0:00:02 > 0:00:05Of the nine contestants in today's show,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09only one will take home prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11The rest will leave with nothing,
0:00:11 > 0:00:16as one by one they are voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Any of the nine people in the studio today
0:00:36 > 0:00:39could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41They don't know each other,
0:00:41 > 0:00:46however, if they want the money, they'll have to work as a team
0:00:46 > 0:00:48but eight will leave with nothing,
0:00:48 > 0:00:53as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Let's meet the team.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00I'm Lisa. I'm 38 from Rayleigh and I'm a housewife.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05I'm Bill, I'm 63, I'm from Kirkcaldy and I'm a butcher.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09I'm Helen, I'm 26, I live in Bedford and I'm a window dresser.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14I'm Lesley, 50, from Chester and I'm an office manager.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19I'm Niall, I'm 39, from Belfast and I'm a freelance IT consultant.
0:01:19 > 0:01:25I'm Phill, 28, from Stratford-upon- Avon and I'm a nightclub manager.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30I'm Veronica, I'm 65, I'm from Stoke Mandeville
0:01:30 > 0:01:32and I'm a part-time voluntary helper.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37I'm Cheryl, I'm 20 years old from Suffolk and I'm a geography student.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41I'm John, I'm 52, I'm from Cheltenham
0:01:41 > 0:01:44and I'm a retired tour operator.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50Now the rules. The aim is to answer enough questions correctly
0:01:50 > 0:01:54to reach your £1,000 target within the time limit.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03Get your question wrong and you break the chain and lose the money.
0:02:03 > 0:02:09If you say "bank" before the question is asked, the money is safe,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12however, you start a new chain from scratch.
0:02:12 > 0:02:18At the end of the round, only banked money can be taken forward.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22In round one, there are three minutes on the clock.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically Bill.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35First question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:35 > 0:02:41The cabinet minister who delivers the budget speech is Chancellor of the what?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Exchequer.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Great white, tiger and bull are types of which fish?
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Shark.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54By what nickname was the 1920s known in the United States?
0:02:54 > 0:02:56The Roaring Twenties.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Lack of which vitamin causes scurvy?
0:02:59 > 0:03:00C.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04How many events are there in the modern pentathlon?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Five.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09What A is the world's smallest ocean?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- Atlantic.- Arctic.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17- Bank.- The title of Bobby McFerrin's hit single was Don't Worry Be...?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Happy.
0:03:19 > 0:03:25Arthur Winn is credited with devising the first of which type of word puzzle in 1913?
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Crossword.
0:03:27 > 0:03:33Which country in the UK has a civil court called the Court of Session?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- London.- Scotland.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40In computing, for what do the letters IT stand?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- Internal technology. - Information technology.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48What W is the pan used in Chinese cooking for stir-frying?
0:03:48 > 0:03:49Wok.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54What type of elements make up 75% of the periodic table,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56metallic or non-metallic?
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Metallic.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Politics: what symbol does a voter make on a ballot paper
0:04:01 > 0:04:03to indicate his choice?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05A cross.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07The American Prohibition
0:04:07 > 0:04:10made the manufacture and sale of what illegal?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Alcohol.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16In which English county is Herne Bay?
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Kent.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- Bank.- What's the surname of Harry Enfield's Wayne and Waynetta?
0:04:21 > 0:04:22Slob.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25In the evolution of man,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28which came first, Homo erectus or Homo sapiens?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30- Homo sapiens.- Homo erectus.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33What M is make-up for eyelashes?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Mascara.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Which animator produced the musical Mary Poppins?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Walt Disney.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46Which UK country have Lawrence Dallaglio and Rory Underwood
0:04:46 > 0:04:48represented at rugby union?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- Wales.- England.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- Bank.- Who was one of the oldest people to reach number one
0:04:54 > 0:04:58when he topped the charts with Millennium Prayer?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Cliff Richard.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05What W is the West Midlands town granted city status in 2000?
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Welwyn Garden.- No, Wolverhampton.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13The Coffs Harbour area is a popular resort in which country?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Australia.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19In which TV sitcom did Ronnie Corbett play Timothy Lumsden,
0:05:19 > 0:05:23a 40-year-old librarian who lived with his mother?
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Sorry!
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- Bank.- What is the number the Romans represented by X?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Ten.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Papyrus is a grass-like plant that lends its name...
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Time is up, I cannot complete the question.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42In that round, team,
0:05:42 > 0:05:48you've banked a very sad, depressing, embarrassing £350
0:05:48 > 0:05:51when you could have won £1,000.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Who, already, is looking like a burden?
0:05:56 > 0:06:00It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:06:02 > 0:06:08Cheryl is the strongest link, getting all her questions right and banking all the money.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13The weakest link is Lisa but will the team realise that?
0:06:15 > 0:06:20Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Phill...
0:06:38 > 0:06:40what does the second L stand for?
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Nothing, my mother couldn't spell.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Why Veronica?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49She lost us a lot of money and got some answers wrong.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Bill...
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- what do you do?- I'm a butcher.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Got a computer in your shop? - Yes, we do.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02- Have you? Never heard of information technology?- Yes, I have.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- It slipped my memory.- I thought you were keeping it secret.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11- Why Veronica?- She cost us money, not banking when she should have.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Lisa...how's it going for you?
0:07:15 > 0:07:20I had a bad start, but I haven't got the answers in front of me.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Did you think you would have?
0:07:25 > 0:07:32- Why Veronica?- I realise I got a question wrong, like her, but I thought she was hesitant.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- Did you think she was the weakest link?- I did.- Did you?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38But she wasn't.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43None of you have noticed that Lisa was the worst player statistically.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47But it's votes that count.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Veronica's geography let her down.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54With six votes, you ARE the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:01 > 0:08:07I'm disappointed to be voted off first but at least I know I wasn't the weakest link.
0:08:07 > 0:08:13Lisa may be next because she is lucky to be there. She was the weakest link.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Round two, team.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21£350 in the bank out of a possible £1,000.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Eight of you left.
0:08:23 > 0:08:31Ten seconds off the clock. We start with the strongest link Cheryl.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Start the clock.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Which famous cricket ground is owned by the MCC?
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Lord's.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45What was the name of King Arthur's sword?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Excalibur.
0:08:47 > 0:08:53The Iberian Pact was signed in 1939 with Spain and which other European country?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- France.- Portugal.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Who was the first Roman Catholic to be elected US president?
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- Bill Clinton.- No, John Kennedy.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07Which Scottish band released the UK hit single Sing in 2001?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Travis.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14The Gateway of India is a monumental arch in which city?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- Pass.- Mumbai.
0:09:16 > 0:09:22Which BBC programme features robots called Sir Killalot and Matilda?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Robot Wars.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29Which New York art gallery was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- The Tate.- No, Guggenheim.
0:09:31 > 0:09:37In science, a criss is a unit of mass for weighing liquids or gases?
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Gases.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43What is the payment by a tenant for the use of another's property?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Rent.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Frankfurter sausages originate from which country?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Germany.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56In the animal kingdom, which word describes the fastest pace of a horse?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- I don't know.- Gallop.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06On which South American coast is Chile? East or west?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- East.- West.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15In EastEnders, what did Pauline Beale's name become when she married Arthur?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Fowler.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Cayenne and pimento are types of which pungent fruit?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Pepper.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Cats, is based on verse by which poet?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- Keats.- No, TS Eliot.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Poland has a coastline along which sea?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- Adriatic.- Baltic.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42The Rastafarian religion is based on the ideas of Marcus whom?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- Welling.- Garvey.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Are Downpatrick and Portadown in Northern Ireland or Scotland?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Northern Ireland.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56In maths, what is 15 x 8?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58120.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- Bank.- What K is the largest city and chief sea port in Pakistan?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Pass.- Karachi.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11A katydid is what type of insect, a grasshopper or a spider?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Grasshopper.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Which letter is the symbol for hydrogen?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18H.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23- Bank.- In Friends, which first name links the actors who play Chandler and Joey?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Jerry.- Matt.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Time is up.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34You certainly missed out on your £1,000 in that round.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Are you very rich, team?
0:11:37 > 0:11:41You put into the kitty £100.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I urge you, team,
0:11:44 > 0:11:49lighten the load and enhance your bank balance.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58The weakest link is Phill, who answered no questions correctly.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03Niall is the strongest link. Only he got all his answers right.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Will the votes reflect the facts?
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34- John, what do you do? - I'm a retired tour operator.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38And who is Marcus...Welling?
0:12:38 > 0:12:42It was the last word I remember Niall saying
0:12:42 > 0:12:46and I didn't want to say pass, so I guessed.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51- Will you be doing much of that? - Depends what questions you ask.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56- Why Bill?- Bill hesitated a lot and cost us money, I'm afraid.
0:12:56 > 0:13:03- Cheryl, what do you do? - I'm a geography student. - A geography student!
0:13:03 > 0:13:07- What year are you in?- I'm going to start my third year soon.
0:13:07 > 0:13:14- What have you been doing for the last two years?- Not looking at maps of the Baltic Sea.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18- Digging soil.- Digging soil? Will that be useful?
0:13:18 > 0:13:26- It is for gardening. - Is that what you're going to do after university?- Hopefully not.
0:13:26 > 0:13:32- What do you want to do?- Work in TV. - Don't go on a travel programme, Cheryl.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Why Bill?
0:13:34 > 0:13:38He was far too hesitant for my liking.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42- How's it going, Phill?- Not too bad.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46What did Bill with two Ls do to upset you?
0:13:46 > 0:13:51- He dithered far too long.- Was he the weakest link?- Probably not.
0:13:51 > 0:13:58Statistically...Phill with the two Ls was the worst player but it's votes that count.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03Bill the butcher can now gallop off.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07With six votes, Bill, you ARE the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19I thought I would do much better and I'm devastated to be voted off.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23The team were terrified of my superior knowledge!
0:14:23 > 0:14:29I think Phill should be here next. He got three questions wrong and was the weakest link.
0:14:31 > 0:14:37Round three. You've won £450 so far out of a possible 2,000.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41You're down to seven players. Another ten seconds off the clock,
0:14:41 > 0:14:46we start with Niall. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Start the clock.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54What is an abscess that forms around the base of an eyelash?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56A sty.
0:14:56 > 0:15:02In the USA, ACLU stands for the American Civil Liberties what?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Union.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10- Bank.- What is a stationary electrical charge which builds up on an insulated object?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- Current.- Static electricity.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Which British playwright wrote Dr Faustus?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Marlowe.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23The whale belongs to which order of animals, fish or mammals?
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Mammal.
0:15:24 > 0:15:31- Bank.- After which English duke was the American city of New Amsterdam renamed in the 17th century?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- Wellington.- The Duke of York.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39Complete the title of Slade's 1973 UK number-one hit single,
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Cum On Feel The what?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- It's gone, sorry.- Noize.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49In how many Rambo films did Sylvester Stallone star?
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Three.
0:15:51 > 0:15:57A tonsillectomy is the removal of which lymphatic tissue found at the back of the mouth?
0:15:57 > 0:16:00The tonsils.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- Bank.- What is a fear of open places?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Agoraphobia.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09In superstition, does a single magpie foretell sorrow or joy?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Sorrow.
0:16:12 > 0:16:18- Bank.- Which Russian poet wrote The Prisoner Of The Caucasus, Pushkin or Pasternak?
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Pushkin.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26For what does RNLI stand in the name of the sea-rescue charity?
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- Pass.- Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38Which is further by road from Liverpool London or Aberdeen?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Aberdeen.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Which Liberal Democrat leader was once the youngest MP?
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- Paddy Ashdown.- Charles Kennedy.
0:16:49 > 0:16:55- Bank.- Which former Beatle composed the piece Liverpool Oratorio with Carl Davis?
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- John Lennon.- Paul McCartney.
0:16:57 > 0:17:04What A are saltwater fish that have an intense briny taste when canned?
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- Artichokes.- No, anchovies.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10The sternum is more commonly known as what?
0:17:10 > 0:17:12The breastbone.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17In WW2, what P was a German word meaning an armoured division?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Panzer.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- Bank.- In tennis scoring, what comes next after 15 and 30?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- Deuce.- 40.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Time is up.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35You did slightly better in that round, team...
0:17:37 > 0:17:39..but not much.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41You banked £250.
0:17:41 > 0:17:48Who is not delivering? Who is several sandwiches short of a picnic?
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Whose day is done? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57In this round, Lisa is the strongest link.
0:17:57 > 0:18:02Helen is the weakest link as she failed to get anything right.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Can she survive the vote?
0:18:06 > 0:18:11Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Lisa...
0:18:28 > 0:18:33- getting rid of the other women?- No, I just thought Helen was hesitant
0:18:33 > 0:18:35and got a couple wrong.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39And Cheryl, our geography scholar
0:18:39 > 0:18:42who wants to work in television,
0:18:42 > 0:18:46who doesn't know the Baltic from the Adriatic
0:18:46 > 0:18:50and thinks there's a fish called an artichoke.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55So that's cookery programmes I suggest you stay away from.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59What sort of work do you want to do in television?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Erm...I don't know now.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- How's it going, Niall? - Very well, thanks, Anne.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Why Helen?
0:19:10 > 0:19:14She was the weakest link this round and had a dodgy one before.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18Helen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30I'm not surprised I was voted off. I had a terrible round, rubbish.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35I'd like to see John voted off. He's moody, unpredictable,
0:19:35 > 0:19:39he's not getting on with other people or having as much fun.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Round four. So far, £700 banked out of a possible £3,000.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Six of you left, another ten seconds off the clock.
0:19:49 > 0:19:55You now have 2½ minutes. We start with the strongest link Lisa.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03British politics. What name is given to the area an MP represents?
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Constituency.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Which Canadian singer sang with Peabo Bryson
0:20:09 > 0:20:14on the 1992 UK hit single Beauty And The Beast?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- It's gone.- Celine Dion.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Of which US state is Denver the capital?
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Colorado.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27Name the branch of medicine that deals with old people.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Er...paediatrics.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Geriatrics.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35On the London Underground map, which line is coloured brown?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- I don't know.- Bakerloo.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Another name for a bookmaker is a what accountant?
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Turf.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49Spencer Perceval, British PM, was assassinated in which century?
0:20:49 > 0:20:5119th.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Barbie Girl and Doctor Jones
0:20:53 > 0:20:58were 1990s UK number-one singles for which Scandinavian band?
0:20:58 > 0:21:04- A-ha.- Aqua. The Danish fairy-tale author was Hans Christian who?
0:21:04 > 0:21:05Andersen.
0:21:05 > 0:21:11In Australia what fruit did Maria Ann Smith become famous for producing in the 19th century?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- Grapes.- Apples.
0:21:14 > 0:21:20The device which extracts iron from iron ore is called a what furnace?
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- I don't know.- Blast furnace.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27Rugby union. The New Zealand team's strip is which colour?
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Black.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is set in Siam?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34The King And I.
0:21:34 > 0:21:40What H is a Caribbean country situated on the western part of the island of Hispaniola?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Haiti. Bank! >
0:21:42 > 0:21:48Which part of the body is inflamed in stomatitis mouth or liver?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- The liver.- Mouth.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Name the waterproof overshoes usually made of rubber.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- Wellies.- Galoshes.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01Complete the title of this 1999 Jim Carrey film Man On The what?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Moon.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07- Bank!- Complete the title of the Orwell novel Keep The Aspidistra...?
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Flying.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13Blues, browns and coppers are British groups of which insect?
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- Beetle.- Butterflies.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18In which country...
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Time is up.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25I cannot complete the question.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27You won £120.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32Who has made too few visits to the fountain of knowledge?
0:22:32 > 0:22:39Who's skating on very thin ice? And throwing away everyone's money?
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45As the only contestant to answer all questions correctly,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48John is the strongest link.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Phill is the weakest link for the second time.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55He got all his answers wrong. Will this be spotted by the team?
0:22:56 > 0:23:01Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18John, the retired tour operator.
0:23:18 > 0:23:24- Why Phill?- Because I think he had a bad round, that particular round.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28- Niall!- Anne!
0:23:28 > 0:23:31With two Ls. You've given Phill four Ls.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Why's that?
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Just got carried away.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Why've you voted for Phillll with four Ls?
0:23:39 > 0:23:43He had the worst round there. Three wrong answers.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- How do you think you're doing?- Good.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51- There's no end to your confidence. - Absolutely not.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Lesley! No ambitions to present Top Of The Pops, then?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Bit past that now, Anne.
0:23:57 > 0:24:03- You don't know the difference between Aqua and A-ha. - I do.- Do you?
0:24:03 > 0:24:07It seemed A-ha was the only pop group you'd heard of.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12- Why Phill? - Because he got three wrong.
0:24:12 > 0:24:18- I do believe he was the weakest, even weaker than me.- Just!- Just.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- Or "A-ha" as you might say.- Ah!
0:24:21 > 0:24:26Phill with two Ls, or four Ls if you're Niall with two Ls,
0:24:26 > 0:24:30with four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41I wasn't surprised I was voted off there. I got every question wrong.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43It was a fair cop.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46My 500 regular customers
0:24:46 > 0:24:50will come to the bar to tell me I was the weakest link.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54The team as a whole have performed atrociously, I feel.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58The banking has gone out the window. All the tactics have disappeared.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02It's a dog-eat-dog situation now.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Round five, team. Your total so far is £820.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10If you'd stayed awake, it would be 4,000.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15Five of you left. You've lost Phill with two Ls.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20You have Cheryl, a geography genius who wants to go into television.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22We hope she won't be a weathergirl.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25She might have trouble with the maps!
0:25:25 > 0:25:31Ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link John.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38In which English county is Salisbury?
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Wiltshire.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45Who had a 1999 UK hit single with That Don't Impress Me Much?
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Shania Twain.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51The northern lights are known as the aurora what?
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Borealis.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57- Bank.- The word albumen refers to which part of an egg?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01The white.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06What Irish city's name means the town of the ford of the hurdles?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09- Dublin.- Correct!
0:26:09 > 0:26:12In which country of the UK was Robin Cook born?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Scotland.
0:26:14 > 0:26:20- Bank.- What sport developed from the game of battledore and shuttlecock?
0:26:22 > 0:26:24- Badminton.- Correct.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Who is the spiritual leader of the Church of England?
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Archbishop of Canterbury.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- Bank.- Name the study of the composition of the earth.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Geology.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41- Bank.- The name of which district of Los Angeles is spelt out
0:26:41 > 0:26:45on a hillside sign, put up in 1923 as a real-estate promotion?
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- Hollywood.- Correct!
0:26:48 > 0:26:54Which novel and film by Graham Greene describes the life of a boy called Pinky?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56- Perky.- Brighton Rock.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01The food miso comes from which Asian country?
0:27:01 > 0:27:03- India.- Japan.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Which of Henry VIII's wives was the first to be beheaded?
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Anne Boleyn.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14Which country is the venue of motor sport's Acropolis rally?
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Greece.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20- Bank.- How many days after the resurrection was Jesus' ascension?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22- Forty.- Correct.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24In which TV comedy
0:27:24 > 0:27:29did Nicholas Lyndhurst have a secret life in wartime Britain?
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- I can't remember. - Goodnight Sweetheart.
0:27:32 > 0:27:38Destroying angel, death cap and fly agaric are poisonous what?
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- Mushroom. - Toadstool, but I'll accept it.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46The Nikkei 225, formerly Nikkei-Dow, is an indicator of share prices
0:27:46 > 0:27:48on which city stock market?
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Tokyo.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55- Bank.- The American and Horseshoe waterfalls form which site...
0:27:56 > 0:28:02Time is up. I cannot complete the question. You've banked £370.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Who do you no longer wish to have with you?
0:28:06 > 0:28:11One of you is a waste of space. Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18He was the strongest link, but John is now statistically the weakest.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23Lesley is now the strongest link but how will the team vote?
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Lesley, why John?
0:28:42 > 0:28:47He's been very good in other rounds, but this time he let himself down.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50The weakest link, I think.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54Cheryl, that geography degree in Leicester.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00It hasn't been in vain. You've heard of Hollywood, that's good.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05And the capital of southern Ireland you know, don't you?
0:29:05 > 0:29:09- Indeed. - Your mother'll be very pleased.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13- Why John?- He was definitely the weakest link there. We did better.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Statistically, John was the weakest.
0:29:17 > 0:29:22He thinks Graham Greene wrote a book with a character called Pinky
0:29:22 > 0:29:24and the book was called Perky!
0:29:24 > 0:29:27With four votes, John, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39Being voted off was disappointing. I'd been the strongest link.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43I think Cheryl will be here next,
0:29:43 > 0:29:46because she answered artichoke instead of anchovy
0:29:46 > 0:29:51and she's been a weak player and has slipped through the net and survived.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57Round six, and of the £5,000 you could've won, you've banked £1,190.
0:29:57 > 0:30:02There are four of you left. We've cut 10 seconds from your time.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06We start with the strongest link, that's Lesley.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Let's play The Weakest Link! Start the clock.
0:30:09 > 0:30:15In Day Of The Triffids, what were the man-eating triffids?
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Plants.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21What was the profession of James Caan's character in Misery?
0:30:21 > 0:30:23A writer.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28Which river in India and Bangladesh is considered sacred by Hindus?
0:30:28 > 0:30:31The Ganges.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35- Bank.- What sport do the Harlequins and Newcastle Falcons play?
0:30:35 > 0:30:37- American football?- No. Rugby union.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41What name is given to a small, hot, dying star?
0:30:41 > 0:30:44- Black hole.- White dwarf.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Helios was the Greek god of what?
0:30:46 > 0:30:48The sun.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53Who resigned as party leader after the 2001 general election?
0:30:53 > 0:30:55William Hague.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00- Bank.- Greenback is a nickname for which country's currency?
0:31:00 > 0:31:02USA.
0:31:02 > 0:31:08In 1958, Christopher Trace and Leila Williams presented which children's TV show?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Blue Peter.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13- Bank.- Who sculpted The Thinker?
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Rodin.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Name the small magnetic device
0:31:18 > 0:31:22which indicates the direction of the earth's poles.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- Magnet.- Compass!
0:31:25 > 0:31:28The Edinburgh Festival fringe starts in what month?
0:31:28 > 0:31:30August.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34In which century did Edward Lear live and work?
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Nineteenth.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- Bank. - The platypus is native to where?
0:31:40 > 0:31:41Australia.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44- Bank.- Which low-budget film of 1999
0:31:44 > 0:31:47saw three people lost in the woods?
0:31:47 > 0:31:50The Blair Witch Project.
0:31:50 > 0:31:55In science, the word ternary refers to something with how many parts?
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- Four.- Three!
0:31:57 > 0:32:01Damon Albarn sings with which UK pop group?
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Blur.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07What material was invented in 1836 by Dubus-Bonnel,
0:32:07 > 0:32:09weaving glass with wool or cotton?
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Fibreglass.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Monet, Renoir and Sisley
0:32:16 > 0:32:20were figures in which 19th-century artistic movement?
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Impressionist.
0:32:22 > 0:32:28Time is up. The correct answer, but you were out of time,
0:32:28 > 0:32:30is impressionism.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32And we are very impressed.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35You banked £270.
0:32:35 > 0:32:42Whose mouth is in gear, but their brain has slipped to neutral?
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Niall is the strongest link for the second time.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53Lisa is the weakest link, also for the second time.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55But will the team remember?
0:32:57 > 0:33:01Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Niall, why Lisa?
0:33:14 > 0:33:18There wasn't much between us but I think she got two wrong.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Cheryl, don't know about compasses?
0:33:21 > 0:33:27I knew compass, but I was focusing on the question and repeated it.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Unfortunately.
0:33:29 > 0:33:35- Are there many people teaching you at university?- Yes.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Or have they all died of shame?
0:33:37 > 0:33:43- So why Lisa?- As Niall said, she definitely got two wrong.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46We did quite well otherwise.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51With two votes, Lisa, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01I came here to win, so I'm very disappointed.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04It was tactical. I was the strongest link other rounds.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07They wanted me out of the way.
0:34:07 > 0:34:12Lesley should've been out. She got more questions wrong
0:34:12 > 0:34:15but somehow the others didn't notice.
0:34:17 > 0:34:22Round seven, and of the £6,000 you could have won, you've got £1,460.
0:34:22 > 0:34:2910 seconds off the clock. We start with the strongest link from the last round Niall.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Who are the only players who may handle a football?
0:34:37 > 0:34:38Goalkeepers.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41In which organ is the pineal gland?
0:34:41 > 0:34:43- Lungs.- The brain.
0:34:43 > 0:34:48On which island was the detective series Bergerac set?
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Jersey.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- Bank.- James I of England was James VI of where?
0:34:53 > 0:34:54Scotland.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57- Bank.- How many strings on a cello?
0:34:57 > 0:34:59- Six.- Four.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Name the light-sensitive area in the eye.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05- Cornea.- Retina.
0:35:05 > 0:35:10Which American actor plays the lead in the 1999 film Wild Wild West?
0:35:10 > 0:35:12- Will Smith.- Correct.
0:35:12 > 0:35:18In motor racing, name the position taken by the driver who made the fastest practice time.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Pole position.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Name the largest internal organ of the human body.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Liver.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28- Bank.- How many metres in 2km?
0:35:28 > 0:35:302,000.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33TV who played Magnum PI?
0:35:33 > 0:35:35- Don't know.- Tom Selleck.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39In Paris, what is the oldest bridge over the river Seine?
0:35:39 > 0:35:42- Sorry, gone.- Pont Neuf.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46Which communist leader was born in Georgia in 1879?
0:35:46 > 0:35:49- Lenin.- No. Stalin.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53Which is a flat fish haddock or halibut?
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Halibut.
0:35:55 > 0:36:00What was the surname of Anton, the Russian dramatist
0:36:00 > 0:36:02who wrote Uncle Vanya in 1899?
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Chekhov.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08Bryan Adams' song I Do It For You was in which 1991 film?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14What is the monetary unit of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka?
0:36:14 > 0:36:18- I don't know.- Rupee. Name the Greek god of the sea.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20- Neptune.- Poseidon.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23In which US state is Meteor Crater?
0:36:23 > 0:36:25- California.- Arizona.
0:36:25 > 0:36:31If a dog is walked four miles a day, how far will it walk in two weeks?
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Fifty-six.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36In which country is the 1953...
0:36:36 > 0:36:39Time is up. You've won £260.
0:36:39 > 0:36:44In round eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47There's £3,000 to be won.
0:36:47 > 0:36:53The question is, who is most likely to let you down?
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Have the courage to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Niall is again the strongest link.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05With the most wrong answers, Cheryl is the weakest link.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09At this crucial stage, whose game is over?
0:37:09 > 0:37:14Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Niall, why Cheryl?
0:37:26 > 0:37:30It was a very tight round, but I felt she was the weakest link.
0:37:31 > 0:37:37Lesley, why are you getting rid of the other woman on the team?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39If I didn't and got rid of Niall,
0:37:39 > 0:37:44who did really well, you'd probably say I had something against men.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Just as well Cheryl's going.
0:37:46 > 0:37:52Not much time to learn geography. It's her third year at university.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57Cheryl, with two votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:03 > 0:38:08I'm quite upset I didn't get to the final. It was a bit unfair
0:38:08 > 0:38:14of Anne to keep on about my degree. She didn't pick on the others.
0:38:14 > 0:38:19Lesley's looking much weaker than Niall, so I think Niall will win.
0:38:20 > 0:38:26Round eight and of the £7,000 you could've won, you've got £1,720.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31Lesley and Niall, two of you left. You have 90 seconds.
0:38:31 > 0:38:37What you win in this round will be trebled and added to your total,
0:38:37 > 0:38:42so £3,000 is at stake. We start with the last strongest link, Niall.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:38:46 > 0:38:52Which of the Spice Girls released her debut album Hot in 2000?
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- Emma Bunton.- No, Melanie B.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02By what name were the Vietnamese communist forces known?
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Vietcong.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07What do you grind if you suffer from bruxism?
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Can you repeat that?
0:39:09 > 0:39:13What do you grind if you suffer from bruxism?
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Teeth.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20- Bank.- Who hosted the 2001 Brit Awards with Ant McPartlin?
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- Dec.- Correct.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26In which city is Tiananmen Square?
0:39:26 > 0:39:27Beijing.
0:39:27 > 0:39:32- Bank.- Which country did 400m runners Iwan Thomas and Jamie Baulch
0:39:32 > 0:39:35represent in the Commonwealth Games?
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- Germany.- Wales.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42The plant Viscum album is better known as what?
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Mistletoe.
0:39:44 > 0:39:49- Bank.- Which actress starred in the 2001 film The Wedding Planner?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- Don't know.- Jennifer Lopez.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56 What term derives from the Greek for "beautiful handwriting"?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Calligraphy.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02- Bank.- In what century did Kingsley Amis write?
0:40:02 > 0:40:0420th.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08- Bank.- What bomb was first dropped in 1945?
0:40:08 > 0:40:11- Atom bomb.- Bank.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15A chocolate bar has 14 squares in 7 rows. How many are in a row?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18Two.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Time is up.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24You won £180, which we'll treble and add to the winnings.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28That means prize money today of £2,260.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32But only one of you can take that away,
0:40:32 > 0:40:35so now you will play head-to-head.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39I'll ask alternate questions, best of five.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Whoever answers most correctly wins.
0:40:41 > 0:40:47If there's a tie we'll go for sudden death until we have a winner.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52So, Lesley and Niall, for £2,260, let's play The Weakest Link.
0:40:55 > 0:41:00- Niall, as the last strongest link, you choose who goes first.- I will.
0:41:03 > 0:41:08Niall, in 2000, Charles Darwin replaced which novelist
0:41:08 > 0:41:12previously featured on the English ten-pound note?
0:41:16 > 0:41:19- Charles Dickens. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Lesley, in entertainment,
0:41:22 > 0:41:27what is the first name of Rocco Ritchie's older half-sister?
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Lourdes.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33Niall, which African capital city
0:41:33 > 0:41:37changed its name from Salisbury in 1980?
0:41:39 > 0:41:41- Harare.- Correct.
0:41:41 > 0:41:47Lesley, which fish has its head at right angles to its body,
0:41:47 > 0:41:49and swims upright?
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- Eel? - No, the correct answer is sea horse.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Niall, in music,
0:42:04 > 0:42:08which opera company was founded in the 1870s
0:42:08 > 0:42:14with the purpose of performing Gilbert and Sullivan operettas?
0:42:15 > 0:42:21- The Savoyards.- No, the correct answer is the D'Oyly Carte company.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Lesley, in sport,
0:42:23 > 0:42:27snooker is played using how many balls?
0:42:30 > 0:42:34- 19?- No, the correct answer is 22.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Niall,
0:42:39 > 0:42:42which book of 1086
0:42:42 > 0:42:46was a survey of England ordered by William I?
0:42:50 > 0:42:54- The Domesday Book. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58Lesley, you need to answer this correctly to remain in the game.
0:42:58 > 0:43:04In religion, which Christian sect was founded in 1871
0:43:04 > 0:43:08by the American Charles Taze Russell?
0:43:15 > 0:43:20- Mormons.- No, the correct answer is Jehovah's Witnesses.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27That means, Niall, you are today's strongest link
0:43:27 > 0:43:31and you go away with £2,260.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35Lesley, you leave with nothing.
0:43:35 > 0:43:39Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:41 > 0:43:47I'm happy, I feel I've done my best. It just wasn't enough at the final.
0:43:47 > 0:43:52Very happy, because my friends would be waiting for me to trip up
0:43:52 > 0:43:55and thankfully I haven't done that.
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