0:00:02 > 0:00:09Here are today's nine players about to play for £10,000. Only one will win the prize money.
0:00:09 > 0:00:14The rest will leave with nothing after they are voted the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44They are strangers. If they want to win, they must work as a team.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47But eight of them will leave with nothing,
0:00:47 > 0:00:52as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Let's meet the team.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00I'm Ray. I'm 38. I'm a company director from County Antrim.
0:01:01 > 0:01:07I'm Julie. I'm 34. I'm from Newbury Park. I'm a part-time student.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13I'm Martin. I'm 53. I'm a retired bank manager from Cromer in Norfolk.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18I'm Susan. I'm 45. I'm a customer services assistant from Blackburn.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24I'm Addison, 34, a financial analyst from Northamptonshire.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29I'm Chris, 53, a housewife from near Nottingham.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34I'm Paul, 22, a data processor from Staffordshire.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38I'm Kate, 22, an estate agent from Bexleyheath in Kent.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44I'm David, 42, an office manager from Tynemouth in the north-east.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Now, the rules.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51The aim is to answer enough questions correctly
0:01:51 > 0:01:54to reach £1,000 within the time limit.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58The fastest way is to get a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03A wrong question breaks the chain and loses all the money.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08If you Bank before the question, the money is safe.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12However, you start a new chain from scratch.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17At the end of the round, only banked money can be taken forward.
0:02:17 > 0:02:24Round One is three minutes. We'll start with the person who is first alphabetically.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28That's you, Addison. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39In the song, who "packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus"?
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Nellie.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Rough puff, flaky and shortcrust are types of what?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Pastry.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51What is the internal or external bone framework of an animal or person?
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Skeleton.
0:02:52 > 0:03:00- Bank.- Which book published in 1947 is about a Jewish teenage girl hiding in Nazi Amsterdam?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- Pass.- The Diary Of Anne Frank.
0:03:02 > 0:03:09What E is an outbreak of infectious disease affecting large numbers at the same time?
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Epidemic.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Ray.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16What is a variety of orange with red flesh and juice?
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Blood orange.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22What is the name of the policeman in the Noddy stories?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- Plod.- Mr Plod. I'll accept it.
0:03:26 > 0:03:32- Bank.- Tiny circus man Charles Sherwood Stratton was better known as Tom who?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Tom Thumb.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38What P is a gun-dog breed with a dense curly coat
0:03:38 > 0:03:41which can be cut into an elaborate style?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- Pointer.- Poodle.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47From which country does the sombrero originate?
0:03:47 > 0:03:48- Spain.- Mexico.
0:03:48 > 0:03:54What P is the period during which an individual becomes sexually mature?
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Puberty.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59In the proverb, what might fly if they had wings?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Pigs.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Kate.
0:04:02 > 0:04:09- Bank.- Which edible shellfish is distinguished from a large shrimp by its number of pincers?
0:04:09 > 0:04:10A prawn.
0:04:10 > 0:04:16Which instrument is a shallow drum with metal disks attached
0:04:16 > 0:04:18and is played with bare hands?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- A tom-tom.- A tambourine.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24In fashion, what K is a loose, wide-sleeved Japanese robe?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26A kimono.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29In food, is a lychee a fruit or a vegetable?
0:04:29 > 0:04:30A fruit.
0:04:30 > 0:04:37Which British fashion designer was born Vivienne Isabel Swire in Glossop in 1941?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Vivienne Westwood.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40- Susan.- Bank.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44How are conjoined twins more commonly known?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- Identical twins. - Siamese twins.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52Which pair of twin puppet pigs were first on UK TV in 1957?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Pinky and Perky.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Nature. Alder and birch are types of what?
0:04:57 > 0:04:58Trees.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03Which speed is faster, 100km per hour or 70 miles per hour?
0:05:03 > 0:05:0570 miles per hour.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10- Bank.- Who is daughter to Sissy Houston, cousin to Dionne Warwick
0:05:10 > 0:05:13and calls Aretha Franklin 'Aunt'?
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Whitney Houston.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19- Bank.- In The Flintstones, who was Fred's pet dinosaur?
0:05:19 > 0:05:20Dino.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- Bank.- What is a macaw?
0:05:23 > 0:05:24It's a bird.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26- Julie.- Bank.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30The Pit And The Pendulum was by Edgar Allan...?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- Poe. - Martin.- Bank.- What...
0:05:36 > 0:05:38The time is up.
0:05:38 > 0:05:45In that first round, you banked £530 of the £1,000 available to you.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51Who can't you wait to get rid of? Who is worryingly slow?
0:05:51 > 0:05:57Who, even at this stage, is looking pretty stupid?
0:05:57 > 0:06:02One of you is about to leave. It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08The statistics show that Julie is the strongest link.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12The weakest link is Susan who didn't get any correct.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16But will the other players have picked up on this?
0:06:17 > 0:06:21It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Addison,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50what's Susan done to upset you?
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Er...nothing. I noticed she got one wrong.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- ADDISON: I did, as well. - Can you count?
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- Just about. Yes.- She got TWO wrong.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00David, why Susan?
0:07:00 > 0:07:05She got a couple wrong. Everybody had a good first round.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Susan probably got the wrong questions.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- Susan, what do you do? - I'm in customer services.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- So you're never wrong! - I'm always wrong!
0:07:15 > 0:07:18You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26I feel awful for being first off.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31It's something that everybody dreads. Unfortunately, it was me.
0:07:31 > 0:07:39I won't be able to hold my head up back home. You're busy concentrating on everything else,
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- the questions you're not listening to. Well,- I- wasn't!
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Round Two.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51You've won £530, out of a possible £1,000. Eight of you left.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54We are now taking 10 seconds off the clock.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00We'll start with the strongest link, Julie. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Start the clock.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06What A is the practice of building design?
0:08:06 > 0:08:07Architecture.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12Is hypertension a condition of high or low blood pressure?
0:08:12 > 0:08:13High blood pressure.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18Which diminutive actor was in The Graduate and Marathon Man?
0:08:18 > 0:08:19Dustin Hoffman.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24- Bank.- Vehicles from which country are identified by B?
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Belgium.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30What O is a bulb related to the lily, much used in cookery?
0:08:30 > 0:08:31- I don't know.- Onion.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35In pop music, who is the lead singer of Madness?
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Suggs.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40The generic name for a French country house or castle is...?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Chateau.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47What is the equivalent British term for what Americans call a thumbtack?
0:08:47 > 0:08:48A safety pin.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50A drawing pin.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55Are the sweet-sensitive taste buds at the back or tip of the tongue?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57The tip.
0:08:57 > 0:09:03What P is a thin, usually glass, tube for transferring small quantities of liquids?
0:09:03 > 0:09:04- Phial.- Pipette.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09The TV soap Take The High Road was set in which UK country?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- I don't know.- Scotland.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Which nuts give amaretto its unique flavour?
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Almond.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21For what activity would you need crampons, karabiners and ropes?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Climbing.- Mountain climbing.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- Correct.- Bank.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30Which word comes before hog to make an animal and can come before sparrow?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- Pass.- Hedge.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Is the unit of currency in Russia the rouble or the rupee?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Rouble.
0:09:38 > 0:09:44What A is a thistle-like plant with edible flower heads known as "hearts"?
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Artichoke.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50Into what class of animals do bats, kangaroos, whales and humans fall?
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Wha... Mammals.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- Bank.- Which style of music did Ronnie Scott play?
0:09:56 > 0:09:57Jazz.
0:09:57 > 0:10:03Which H is a poisonous plant used for judicial executions in Ancient Greece?
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Hemlock.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12What US actress is famous for her roles in The Silence Of The Lambs and Contact?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Jodie Foster.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19If a slug moves 5cm in one hour, how many hours would it take
0:10:19 > 0:10:21to move 25cm at the same pace?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Five hours.
0:10:23 > 0:10:30- Bank.- What A is a hypersensitive reaction to substances harmless to most individuals?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Allergic. Allergy.- Allergy.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Which member of the cod family is smoked to make Arbroath smokies?
0:10:38 > 0:10:39Haddock.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44- Bank.- Nursery rhymes. The little nut tree bore what pear?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46- A sweet pear.- Golden.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50What part of the body is affected by astigmatism?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52- Eyes.- Martin.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Bank.- The...
0:10:56 > 0:11:00I cannot complete the question. In that round,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03you banked £520
0:11:03 > 0:11:08out of another possible £1,000.
0:11:08 > 0:11:13Who is standing in your way? Who is least likely to help you
0:11:13 > 0:11:17towards a better bank balance?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:21 > 0:11:27Again, Julie is the strongest link. She got all her questions correct.
0:11:27 > 0:11:33The weakest link is Ray, with the most wrong. But who will lose out in the vote?
0:11:35 > 0:11:39It is time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00We have a tie - Ray and Martin, three votes each.
0:12:02 > 0:12:08- Martin, why Ray?- Ray got a couple wrong and I got one wrong. I think!
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Chris, why Martin?
0:12:10 > 0:12:16It was very difficult to choose. I realised he had got one wrong.
0:12:16 > 0:12:23- The only one I remembered. - Not much of a memory?- Not today. - That's cheering for the team(!)
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Ray, how do you think you did?
0:12:26 > 0:12:33I had an indifferent round. I had a strong round the first round. I was unlucky with the questions.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37The vote is tied, so the strongest link casts the deciding vote.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Julie, you have to choose.
0:12:39 > 0:12:45Ray or Martin? Ray got one question right and two wrong and banked £50.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Martin got two questions right
0:12:47 > 0:12:51and one question wrong and banked £120.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55But you might like Ray's shirt
0:12:55 > 0:12:59better than Martin's shirt!
0:12:59 > 0:13:03I'm going to have to go with the statistics and say Ray.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08Ray, Julie picked you. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16I was disappointed to be voted off.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21I got all my first-round questions right. I deserved another chance.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Addison should be voted off next. He is weak and very nervous.
0:13:25 > 0:13:31I would like to see Julie voted off because Martin should be off, not me.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34I came here to win. I'm disappointed.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Round Three.
0:13:38 > 0:13:44You could have won £2,000. In fact, you have £1050. Down to seven.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49Another 10 seconds come off the clock. The strongest link starts.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Julie. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Start the clock.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Does the male or female sea horse carry eggs until they hatch?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01The male.
0:14:01 > 0:14:07Which L is a type of sedimentary rock, composed chiefly of calcium carbonate?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- Lignite.- Limestone.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Which comedian,
0:14:10 > 0:14:17on his 1980s TV shows, had the characters Theophilus P Wildebeeste and Delbert Wilkins?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Lenny Henry.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24Belfast sits at the mouth of which river - Lagan or Cork?
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Lagan.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30What bird does the US President pardon every Thanksgiving?
0:14:30 > 0:14:31- Eagle.- Turkey.
0:14:31 > 0:14:38In UK politics, do the letters PFI stand for Public or Private Finance Initiative?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- Public.- Private.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Which British comedian was born Alfred Hawthorne Hill?
0:14:44 > 0:14:45- Pass.- Benny Hill.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47What B
0:14:47 > 0:14:51is the name of the species of tiger native to India?
0:14:52 > 0:14:53- Pass.- Bengal.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58Is the word "cadenza" a musical term or a piece of furniture?
0:14:58 > 0:14:59A musical term.
0:14:59 > 0:15:05Which O is a gas that forms a protective layer in the earth's atmosphere?
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Ozone.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10- Bank.- The cranial nerves are where in the body?
0:15:10 > 0:15:11In the skull.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16Which comedian had a series in the '90s called The Man From Auntie?
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Ben Elton.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22- Bank.- What P is used in cinemas to show a film image onto a screen?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Projector.
0:15:26 > 0:15:32The Bangles had a UK hit in 1987 with the song Walk Like A...what?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33A stranger.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35An Egyptian.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39What is the main spirit ingredient of a daiquiri cocktail?
0:15:41 > 0:15:42- Gin.- Rum.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47Is the living content of a plant cell called protoplasm or cytoplasm?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Protoplasm.
0:15:49 > 0:15:55William Brown was the schoolboy hero in the children's books by Richmal who?
0:15:55 > 0:15:56- Pass.- Crompton.
0:15:56 > 0:16:02A US 1994 strike among what sportsmen caused the World Series to be cancelled?
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Baseball.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08Who directed the 1938 comedy thriller The Lady Vanishes?
0:16:08 > 0:16:09Hitchcock.
0:16:09 > 0:16:15- Bank.- Was the first name of the founder of Gucci - Guccio or Fabrizio?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- Fabrizio.- Guccio.
0:16:17 > 0:16:23Which radio system did Edwin Howard Armstrong invent in the 1930s to remove static?
0:16:25 > 0:16:26- Pass.- FM.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31Are the cliffs at Land's End chalk or granite?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Granite. - Martin.- Bank.- In...
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Time is up.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40I cannot complete the question.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42In that round,
0:16:42 > 0:16:44you banked
0:16:44 > 0:16:48a pathetic £170.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Whose train fare was wasted today?
0:16:51 > 0:16:57Who would have been better off, frankly, coming to London to see the sights?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Chris is the strongest link. She got all her questions correct.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10The weakest link is David. He got all his questions wrong.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13But how will the voting go?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17It's time to reveal
0:17:17 > 0:17:20who you think is the weakest link.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Paul, what do you do?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42I'm a data processor.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- What does that mean? - I sit at a computer all day!
0:17:45 > 0:17:51- Why David?- He passed on two and might have got another one wrong.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Kate, what do you do?
0:17:53 > 0:17:58- I'm an estate agent. - So you're used to making up answers. - No. We tell the truth.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01And fashion is one of
0:18:01 > 0:18:02your specialist subjects.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- Not any more! - You know the answer to that, anyway.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10You certainly didn't know the founder of Gucci.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13It's easy when you've got the questions.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- It's harder this side. - What did you think
0:18:16 > 0:18:17you came for?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19I'm just saying...
0:18:19 > 0:18:22What did you think this was about?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Just having a banter with you, Anne!
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- You can't banter if you get questions wrong.- OK.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31David, where are you from?
0:18:31 > 0:18:36- Tynemouth in the north-east.- I think you'd already left for Tynemouth.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Yes, I'm afraid so. It was atrocious.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43Go and rest. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51I was doing well, but the three questions I got,
0:18:51 > 0:18:56I didn't really have a clue and my mind just went blank.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Kate will go next. She should have gone in the first round.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03It was a choice between her or Susan.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06She's starting to struggle a little.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Round Four.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15£1220 banked so far, out of a potential prize money of £3,000.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20Six of you left. We are taking another 10 seconds off the clock.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24We start with the strongest link from the last round -
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Chris. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Start the clock.
0:19:30 > 0:19:36What H is a medieval wind instrument and a type of dance associated with the Navy?
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- Pass.- Hornpipe.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44Rab C Nesbitt first appeared on the BBC2 sketch show Naked...what?
0:19:46 > 0:19:47- Pass.- Video.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Which is further north, Los Angeles or the Canary Islands?
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Los Angeles.
0:19:53 > 0:19:59Ground hornbills, hoopoes and trogons are all types of which creature?
0:20:00 > 0:20:01Bird.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Which country is the world's largest producer of coffee?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Brazil.
0:20:07 > 0:20:14- Bank.- Which imperial unit of measurement is equivalent to 0.9144 metres?
0:20:14 > 0:20:15A yard.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20Which city's polytechnic is now The John Moores University?
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Liverpool.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Was Helios the god of the sun in Greek or Roman mythology?
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Greek.
0:20:26 > 0:20:32- Bank.- Which Shakespeare play features Tybalt and Paris?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Romeo And Juliet.
0:20:33 > 0:20:41Which royal met the stars of Charlie's Angels at its London premiere in November 2000?
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Prince Charles.
0:20:42 > 0:20:49- Bank.- A 1988 Olympic demonstration sport, when did Tae Kwon Do become an official sport?
0:20:49 > 0:20:51- 1992.- 2000.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54What is the capital of Luxembourg?
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Pass.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Luxembourg City.
0:20:59 > 0:21:06Was the Best Actor nomination for Mississippi Burning for Gene Hackman or Robert De Niro?
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Robert De Niro.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Gene Hackman.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13Which acronym is a device that produces a beam of light of one colour?
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Laser.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19- Bank.- Cliff Richard's 1970 hit was Goodbye, Sam. Hello...who?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- Dolly.- Samantha.
0:21:21 > 0:21:27In 1975, Papua New Guinea achieved full independence from which country?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29- France.- Australia.
0:21:29 > 0:21:35Michael Jackson, Madonna and Prince were all born in which year of the 1950s?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- 1955.- 1958.
0:21:38 > 0:21:44Which Disney film and stage musical uses songs by Elton John and Tim Rice?
0:21:44 > 0:21:45The Lion King.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50Does Armistice Day commemorate the end of the First or Second World War?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52The First World War.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Which sport would you associate with Serge Blanco?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- Skiing.- Rugby union. Kate...
0:22:00 > 0:22:02The time is up.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06And after all that work,
0:22:06 > 0:22:11you managed to put into your kitty just £270.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16Who is now out of their depth? Who can't cope with the pace?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Who was misguided
0:22:18 > 0:22:22in thinking they should have involved themselves
0:22:22 > 0:22:25in a game that needed general knowledge?
0:22:25 > 0:22:28It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33The statistics show Kate is the strongest link.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36The weakest link is Martin.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40What factors will the team take into account when voting?
0:22:42 > 0:22:46It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03We have a tie - Martin and Paul, two votes each.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- Martin, why Paul? - Serge Blanco stuck in my mind.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12Did it stick in your mind who was statistically the weakest link?
0:23:12 > 0:23:14I suspect it might have been me.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18It WAS you. Julie, why Martin?
0:23:18 > 0:23:23I noticed he got a few questions wrong because he was after me.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Kate, as the strongest link
0:23:26 > 0:23:29in the last round, to my complete surprise,
0:23:29 > 0:23:34you have the choice of who to get rid of.
0:23:34 > 0:23:35You can get rid of Martin,
0:23:35 > 0:23:40or you could get rid of Paul, who, you'll have noticed, voted for you.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Well...
0:23:42 > 0:23:46- I'm not that childish to stick with Paul.- Really?- Yes.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48So I'll stick with Martin.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Right. Why Martin?
0:23:50 > 0:23:53I just noticed he was the weakest link.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58Martin, the retired bank manager, the estate agent wants shot of you.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09I'm disappointed, but I survived a few rounds.
0:24:09 > 0:24:16I rode my luck in the second round, being down to 50/50. It's just one of those things.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18I think Paul or Kate will go next.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Paul just managed to stay in.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25I think one of those two will probably go this time.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30Round Five, and of the £4,000 you could have won,
0:24:30 > 0:24:32you've scraped together £1490.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Five of you left, ten seconds comes off the time.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40We start with the strongest link. That's Kate.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Start the clock.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49Who appeared to St Bernadette at Lourdes?
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Jesus?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52The Virgin Mary.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57Which Monty Python star was in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
0:24:57 > 0:25:00and The South Park Movie, Bigger, Longer And Uncut?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- John Cleese.- Eric Idle.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Was Jung an artist or psychiatrist?
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- An artist.- Psychiatrist.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11The Pentagon is the HQ of which US department?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Defence department.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Born in Belarus, the painter Marc Chagall
0:25:16 > 0:25:20is more commonly associated with which country?
0:25:20 > 0:25:21France.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25- Bank. - The pedicel of a flower is known as what?
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Stamen?
0:25:27 > 0:25:28The stalk.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Is the Donmar Warehouse in London or Manchester?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- Manchester.- London.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Easter Parade and God Bless America are by Irving who?
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Berlin.
0:25:39 > 0:25:46What name was shared by three kings of the House of Lancaster in the 14th and 15thC?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- Richard?- Henry.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53Which Texas-born actor played Agent K in the 1997 film Men In Black?
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- Will Smith.- Tommy Lee Jones.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00In which decade were UK railways nationalised?
0:26:00 > 0:26:01- '70s?- 1940s.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07With which sport would you associate Frenchman Jean Alessi?
0:26:08 > 0:26:10- Tennis.- Motor racing.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16What is the common name for the Celsius temperature scale?
0:26:17 > 0:26:18- Pass.- Centigrade.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23American actor Kelsey Grammar plays which radio psychiatrist?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26- Pass.- Frasier.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29In which eastern US state is Philadelphia?
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- Virginia.- Pennsylvania.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37In the Ian Fleming novels, what naval rank did James Bond hold?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40- Officer?- Commander.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46In which decade was the FA cup final first broadcast in full on TV?
0:26:48 > 0:26:50- '40s.- 1950s.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54In which religion is Brahma the Creator found?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Hinduism.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Which Russian writer wrote The Cherry Orchard?
0:27:00 > 0:27:01Chekov.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- Bank.- In the UK, the Orcades Islands...
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Time is up.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10I cannot complete the question.
0:27:10 > 0:27:18And, team, you answered just five questions correctly.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20And you've banked a pathetic £100.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Forget charity, forget sisterhood. Forget brotherhood.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Be rotten to be rich.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39For a second time, Chris is the strongest link statistically.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43The strongest in Round Two, Julie is now the weakest.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46But will her earlier form save her now?
0:27:48 > 0:27:52It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Kate,
0:28:08 > 0:28:12do you need qualifications to be an estate agent?
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- No. Not really.- Thought not.
0:28:14 > 0:28:20You certainly know nothing about music, religion, botany, films, history...
0:28:20 > 0:28:23What made you think you should be here?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26I'm in the final five. I haven't done that bad.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31You voted for the person who was the strongest link in that round,
0:28:31 > 0:28:34and the strongest player overall.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37So you're hardly a team player, are you?
0:28:37 > 0:28:41- Were you knocking out the competition?- Possibly.
0:28:41 > 0:28:46Paul, why Chris, the strongest link overall,
0:28:46 > 0:28:48AND in the last round?
0:28:48 > 0:28:54I just noticed she got a lot wrong. Everyone did but, because she's before me,
0:28:54 > 0:28:56I noticed her questions.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58She got no more wrong than you.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02She certainly didn't get as many wrong as Kate.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07Julie, how do you think you did in that round?
0:29:07 > 0:29:11- We all did pretty bad. - Nobody did as badly as you, Julie.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15Statistically, you were the worst player.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17Chris,
0:29:17 > 0:29:20you were the strongest link in the last round
0:29:20 > 0:29:27but for some reason, Kate and Paul have decided you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34I do feel VERY disappointed.
0:29:34 > 0:29:39Having got so far, to be voted off when I was the strongest link.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44I should have got the question on the House of Lancaster right, the Henrys.
0:29:44 > 0:29:49Because I come from Lancashire. I'll never live it down.
0:29:50 > 0:29:56Round Six. So far you've put in the bank a disappointing £1590
0:29:56 > 0:29:59out of a possible £5,000 you could have won.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04There are four of you left. we are losing another ten seconds.
0:30:04 > 0:30:10You voted off the strongest link so we start with the next strongest, Addison.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Start the clock.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20Which sci-fi author wrote The Business, published in 2000?
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- Asimov?- Ian Banks.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25In which continent is the Amor River?
0:30:25 > 0:30:26- Africa.- Asia.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32James Cameron directed which film about an underwater drilling rig?
0:30:35 > 0:30:37- Pass.- The Abyss.
0:30:37 > 0:30:44What was the name of the royal house of Scotland from 1371, and of England from 1603?
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- Hanover.- Stuart.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50What was the pen name of novelist Samuel Clemens,
0:30:50 > 0:30:55whose best-known books tell of life on the Mississippi?
0:30:57 > 0:30:59- Huckleberry Finn. - Mark Twain.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02A steel wedding means how many years?
0:31:02 > 0:31:03- Five.- Eleven.
0:31:04 > 0:31:10In football, in 1953 who were the first team to defeat England at Wembley?
0:31:10 > 0:31:11- Germany.- Hungary.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Which cardinal was arrested for treason
0:31:14 > 0:31:19on failing to secure Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon?
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Wesley.
0:31:22 > 0:31:28Name the '70s and '80s TV drama about the student nurses of St Angela's hospital.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Angels.
0:31:30 > 0:31:35- Bank.- Born in 1475, Buonarotti was the surname of which famous artist?
0:31:36 > 0:31:37Pass.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Michelangelo.
0:31:39 > 0:31:44Brothers John and Michael Whitaker both contend in which sport?
0:31:44 > 0:31:45- Rowing.- Showjumping.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50In the UK, in which county is the market town of Froom?
0:31:52 > 0:31:53Somerset.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58- Bank.- Which team's ground is at White Hart Lane?
0:31:58 > 0:31:59Tottenham Hotspur.
0:31:59 > 0:32:05What is an atom that has lost or gained electrons and so has an electric charge?
0:32:05 > 0:32:06An ion.
0:32:06 > 0:32:12- Bank.- Which city on the River Wye has a cathedral containing the Mappa Mundi,
0:32:12 > 0:32:15one of the oldest maps in the world?
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Pass.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Hereford. Together with S Club Seven,
0:32:20 > 0:32:24which veteran actress launched the Poppy Appeal in 2000?
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Time is up.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31The answer was Dame Thora Hird.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35You did EVEN worse in that round.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38You banked £90.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Whose time is seriously up?
0:32:43 > 0:32:48Who is now standing in your way and costing you a great deal of money?
0:32:48 > 0:32:51It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58The statistics show that Addison is the strongest link.
0:32:58 > 0:33:05Kate is now the weakest link, but will the voting follow the facts?
0:33:06 > 0:33:10It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26We have a tie. Kate and Paul, two votes each. Paul,
0:33:26 > 0:33:29- why vote for Kate? - She did as badly as me.
0:33:29 > 0:33:34She did worse, statistically. She was the weakest link.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38She didn't answer a single question correctly.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Kate, why did you vote for Paul?
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Cos I think he was the only one who did nearly as bad as me.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Well, when the vote is tied,
0:33:46 > 0:33:51the strongest link casts the deciding vote. Addison,
0:33:51 > 0:33:53will you get rid of Paul or Kate,
0:33:53 > 0:33:56bearing in mind that Kate was the weakest link?
0:33:56 > 0:34:00I'll go with statistics and I'll vote for Kate.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05Right. We'll relieve her of embarrassing herself any more.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09She can flog more houses. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18I'm pleased I got as far as I got.
0:34:18 > 0:34:23They had bets in the pub that I'd go out in the first three rounds.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25I didn't expect to win, so I'm proud.
0:34:25 > 0:34:30I think it'll be Addison and Julie in the final and I hope Julie wins.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32She deserves it.
0:34:33 > 0:34:39Round Seven. You have £1680 out of the £6,000 you could have won.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41There are three of you left.
0:34:41 > 0:34:4510 seconds off. We start with the strongest link -
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Addison. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53Start the clock. Addison, the city of Phoenix
0:34:53 > 0:34:55is the capital of which US state?
0:34:55 > 0:34:56Arizona.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02Which playwright won the Nobel prize for literature in 1932?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04- Bacon.- John Gallsworthy.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07What is the biggest bird of prey -
0:35:07 > 0:35:09the Andean Condor or the Golden Eagle?
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Condor.
0:35:11 > 0:35:17Which W is the county where the English composer Edward Elgar was born?
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- Wiltshire.- Worcestershire.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24In which year was the Good Friday peace agreement signed?
0:35:24 > 0:35:26- '95.- 1998.
0:35:26 > 0:35:31In music, who was the frontman in the '90s grunge band Nirvana?
0:35:34 > 0:35:35Pass.
0:35:35 > 0:35:36Kurt Cobain.
0:35:36 > 0:35:41In 1991, Mike Powell broke fellow American Bob Beamon's
0:35:41 > 0:35:44long-standing record in which field event?
0:35:44 > 0:35:45Long jump.
0:35:45 > 0:35:51In the periodic table, which colourless, odourless gas is represented by Xe?
0:35:51 > 0:35:52Xenon.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57- Bank.- In Greek mythology, which mountain was the home of the gods?
0:35:57 > 0:35:58Olympus.
0:35:58 > 0:36:03In which decade did The Beach Boys release Pet Sounds in the UK?
0:36:03 > 0:36:04'60s.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08- Bank.- Which country had referenda in 1972 and 1994
0:36:08 > 0:36:12rejecting membership of the European union?
0:36:12 > 0:36:13- Turkey.- Norway.
0:36:13 > 0:36:20In football, by what nickname is 1966 World Cup player Norbert Peter Stiles better known?
0:36:20 > 0:36:21Nobby Stiles.
0:36:21 > 0:36:27In which election was George Bush defeated by Bill Clinton of Arkansas?
0:36:28 > 0:36:30'92.
0:36:30 > 0:36:35- Bank.- Which American TV sitcom starring John Lithgow is about...
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Third Rock From The Sun.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42- Bank.- Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera was subtitled The Town Of Titipu?
0:36:45 > 0:36:46- Pass.- Mikado.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51Name the branch of the police that deals with terrorism...
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Time is up. I cannot complete the question.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58And in that round
0:36:58 > 0:37:01you banked only £170.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03In Round Eight,
0:37:03 > 0:37:05you can treble what you bank.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09In the next round, £3000 can be won. The question is
0:37:09 > 0:37:13whose lights have pretty well gone out?
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Who is least likely to assist you
0:37:18 > 0:37:22in raising the bank balance as high as it can possibly go?
0:37:22 > 0:37:26It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Addison is the strongest link,
0:37:30 > 0:37:33having answered only one incorrectly.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38Paul is the weakest link, having answered the most incorrectly.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41But, at this stage, who will lose out in the final vote?
0:37:42 > 0:37:47Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Julie, why Paul?
0:37:59 > 0:38:03Out of the two, I thought he got more questions wrong.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07- Addison, why Paul?- I wasn't sure who had the more wrong.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11I knew Paul had a couple, so I voted for him.
0:38:11 > 0:38:16- Paul, your data dried up.- It did. - You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25I think I should have gone out two rounds ago.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27The other contestants
0:38:27 > 0:38:31would have been right to vote me on the last round too.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34I'm pleased I got so far and no complaints.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39I think Julie will win. She's been the strongest in a few rounds.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41She's just good generally.
0:38:42 > 0:38:47Round Eight. You've got in the bank £1850
0:38:47 > 0:38:51out of the £7,000 you could have won by now.
0:38:51 > 0:38:52Just two left.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56This time, you have only 90 seconds.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Winnings are trebled and added to your total
0:38:59 > 0:39:02to make up your final prize money.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05So, £3000 is at stake in this round.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08We start with the strongest link - Addison.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Start the clock.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20In what did Tim Allen play a DIY expert with a show called Tool Time?
0:39:20 > 0:39:22- Home Front.- Home Improvement.
0:39:22 > 0:39:28Which US state has the most fish caught off its shores - Virginia or Alaska?
0:39:28 > 0:39:29- Virginia.- Alaska.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33In art, which 15th and 16th century Florentine artist
0:39:33 > 0:39:38painted Madonna Of The Magnificat and Mystic Nativity.
0:39:38 > 0:39:39- Pass.- Botticelli.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44What is the surname of Floria, the heroine of an opera by Puccini?
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- Smith.- Tosca.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52If one skirt can be made from 1¾ metres of fabric,
0:39:52 > 0:39:58how many skirts can be made from 22¾ metres - 11, 13 or 15?
0:39:58 > 0:39:59- 11.- 13.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03Which Irish-born writer's dying words were said to be,
0:40:03 > 0:40:06"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do"?
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Oscar Wilde.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12- Bank.- In the Bible, which Z is a name given to Jerusalem?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- Pass.- Zion.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Which star of the TV sitcom Coupling
0:40:18 > 0:40:23is the nephew of former Tory MP Jonathan Aitken?
0:40:23 > 0:40:24- Pass.- Jack Davenport.
0:40:24 > 0:40:29In which European country did the first newspaper appear in 1609?
0:40:29 > 0:40:31- France.- Germany.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36Which major tennis tournament is played at the Roland Garros stadium?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38The French Open.
0:40:38 > 0:40:43- Bank.- Which saint is said to have brought Christianity to Ireland in 432 AD?
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Time up.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50The correct answer was Patrick.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52You banked just £40.
0:40:52 > 0:40:57We'll treble that and add it to the winnings from the previous rounds.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01That means prize money today of £1970.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Only one of you can take that money.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09You'll be playing against each other head to head.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11I'll ask alternate questions.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15Whoever answers most correctly wins. It's that simple.
0:41:15 > 0:41:21If there's a tie after five, we'll go to sudden death until we have a winner.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Julie and Addison. £1970.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32Julie, as the strongest link, you pick who goes first.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34I'll go first.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Julie...
0:41:36 > 0:41:43In the children's cartoon He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe,
0:41:43 > 0:41:48what was the name of He-Man's skeletal adversary?
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Skeletor.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52That was the correct answer.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Addison...
0:41:55 > 0:42:00In pop music, which 1960s hit for Little Eva
0:42:00 > 0:42:05was also a hit for Kylie Minogue in 1988?
0:42:06 > 0:42:08I Should Be So Lucky.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12The correct answer is The Locomotion.
0:42:12 > 0:42:13Julie...
0:42:14 > 0:42:19Tripoli is the capital city of which country?
0:42:21 > 0:42:22Libya.
0:42:22 > 0:42:23Correct.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Addison...
0:42:26 > 0:42:31What Russian word meaning "restructuring" was used
0:42:31 > 0:42:38to describe Mikhail Gorbachev's wide-ranging reforms of the Soviet Union?
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Glasnost.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44The correct answer is perestroika.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Julie...
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Mary, Queen of Scots,
0:42:49 > 0:42:54was executed during the reign of which English monarch?
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Elizabeth I.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00That is the correct answer.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Addison, you need to answer
0:43:02 > 0:43:06this question correctly to remain in the game.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09According to the New Testament,
0:43:09 > 0:43:14on which Mediterranean island was St Paul shipwrecked?
0:43:20 > 0:43:22Crete.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25The correct answer is Malta.
0:43:29 > 0:43:34Julie, you are today's strongest link and you go away with £1970.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37Addison, you leave with nothing.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40Join us again for The Weakest Link.
0:43:40 > 0:43:41Goodbye.
0:43:42 > 0:43:47I'm really happy. I've never had so much money, so it's really nice.
0:43:47 > 0:43:51It's very gutting not to have won the money.
0:43:51 > 0:43:55I've just booked a holiday. It would have paid for it.
0:43:55 > 0:43:56It's not to be.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58It's my son's birthday soon.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01I said we'd go to Disneyland Paris.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04We were going on the coach. Now we'll fly.
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