0:00:03 > 0:00:07Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:37 > 0:00:43They've only just met, but to get the prize money they'll have to work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round,
0:00:47 > 0:00:52we lose the player voted the weakest link. Let's meet the team.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56I'm Adam, I'm 23, from Cheltenham, and I'm a stand-up comedian.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02I'm Lynsey, I'm 30, from Liverpool, and I'm a store liaison officer.
0:01:04 > 0:01:10I'm Gordon, I'm 79, I live in Nottingham and I'm a retired electronics engineer.
0:01:10 > 0:01:16My name is Emma, I'm 40, from Wiltshire, and I'm a personal assistant.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21My name is James, I'm 33, from Middlesex and I'm a chauffeur.
0:01:22 > 0:01:29I'm Barbara, 73, from Pontypridd in South Wales and I'm a retired civil servant.
0:01:30 > 0:01:37I'm David, I'm 55, I'm from Newcastle Upon Tyne and I'm a Christian minister.
0:01:38 > 0:01:44I'm Jade, I'm 20, from Sutton Coldfield, and I'm a marketing student.
0:01:44 > 0:01:50I'm Pete, I'm 49, from Norwich, and I'm a local government officer.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55OK, just to remind you, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Break the chain and you lose all the money in it.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Say "bank" before the question and the money is safe.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12Round 1. Three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16That's you, Adam. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:20 > 0:02:28In British customs, since the 1950s, pink clothes have traditionally been worn by babies of which sex?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- Girls.- Correct.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34In maths, what is 22 minus 19?
0:02:34 > 0:02:40- Three.- Correct. In the office, a malfunction in a printer or photocopier
0:02:40 > 0:02:46when the stationery gets snarled up is known as a paper jam or paper sponge?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- Jam, paper jam.- Correct.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53In cricket, what's the three-letter name for the wooded implement for hitting the ball?
0:02:53 > 0:02:59- Bat.- Correct. In leisure activities, what D is a general term that means
0:02:59 > 0:03:04to move the feet and body rhythmically in time to music?
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- Dancing.- Correct.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12In a TV catchphrase coined by Bruce Forsyth on The Generation Game,
0:03:12 > 0:03:17which four words follow the greeting, "Nice to see you..."?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- To see you nice.- Correct.
0:03:20 > 0:03:26In food and drink, the seeds used to make coffee and chocolate are referred to as nuts or beans?
0:03:26 > 0:03:31- Beans.- Correct. In UK traditions,
0:03:31 > 0:03:36chicks, lambs and rabbits are associated with which Christian festival?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Easter.- Correct.
0:03:38 > 0:03:44In film awards, what O is the popular name for the statuettes first presented in 1929
0:03:44 > 0:03:48that have a height of 13½ inches?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- Oscars.- Correct. - Bank.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target.
0:03:56 > 0:04:03That goes through to the next round, but one of you will not. Who's worth less than a Greek pension?
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Who might be slower than an electric car?
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:04:12 > 0:04:18In an impressive first round, Adam is the strongest link as he banked the money.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23The weakest link, statistically, is Lynsey, but whose game is over?
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Gordon.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Gordon.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36David.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38David.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Gordon.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Lynsey.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Lynsey.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Gordon.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Gordon.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Adam, put your board down.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Hm. Where did you buy that?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Top Man.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- What - the chest hair? - This is Welsh, born and bred.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05- Put your board up. What do you do? - I'm a stand up comedian.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10- Where do you do that?- Cheltenham Spa.- Put your board down again.
0:05:10 > 0:05:16- I'd like a joke that's funny. - I've got a ukulele normally, so it's more...
0:05:16 > 0:05:22I went to a wedding. It was two aerials. The ceremony was rubbish, but the reception was brilliant.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27- I'm guessing you're not earning a living as a stand-up.- Half. - What's the other half?- Waiter.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32- Do you tell them jokes?- Yeah. - Do you have to do songs?- Yes, I do.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- What sort of songs?- Birthday songs.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38My auntie Mary's just died. Can you do a funeral song?
0:05:38 > 0:05:44Sorry for this sad day, hope the sadness will go away. Mary will always be in your heart...
0:05:44 > 0:05:49- Oh, I can only think of fart to rhyme with it.- Put your board up.
0:05:50 > 0:05:57- Why Gordon?- It would be nice if he could go back and sit nice and comfortably.- What do you do, Jade?
0:05:57 > 0:06:03- I'm a marketing student. - Put your board down. What do you hope to get?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- A 2.1.- Not your two big ones.
0:06:05 > 0:06:13- Well, I could fall back on them. - Yes, you could.- Literally. - They're quite big.- Yeah.- How big?
0:06:13 > 0:06:17- Do you really want to know? - Yes.- 34 HH.- Huge Hooters?
0:06:17 > 0:06:24- You could say that? - Yes. You're from Birmingham? - Can you tell?- Only just.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- What do you do in Birmingham? - Ice skating and swimming.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33Move down towards David. What sort of ice skating?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- Speed skating.- How does that work?
0:06:36 > 0:06:40You have to get low like that and go.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45Get up on your podium. Well done. Put your board up.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- Why Gordon?- He was a bit slow.
0:06:48 > 0:06:55- Yes. He's a bit old, perhaps?- Maybe. - He wouldn't do speed skating. - Well, he's got a Hawaiian shirt on.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01- What do you do, Pete?- I'm a gypsy and traveller liaison officer. - Oh? What's the difference?
0:07:01 > 0:07:06- I think it's traditional heritage. Where they...- Oh, getting boring!
0:07:06 > 0:07:12- OK. Where do you come from?- Norwich. - Yes...that's not your fault, is it?
0:07:12 > 0:07:17- Do you have to move on the gypsies and the travellers?- Occasionally.
0:07:17 > 0:07:23- Is that difficult?- Not really. If you go down and show a little bit of respect
0:07:23 > 0:07:28and inform them about what's going to happen to them, that's fine.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33Or you could explain the benefits of Norfolk and they'd go immediately.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Yeah.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40- Why Gordon?- Well, we all had a great round. It's just picking a name.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Gordon, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54It was a perfect round, so they had to pick on someone
0:07:54 > 0:07:58and me being old and with a bad cold
0:07:58 > 0:08:02I suppose they thought, "Poor man. He needs to go and have a rest."
0:08:02 > 0:08:07Round 2. In the bank, £1,000. We now take 10 seconds off your time.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12We'll start with the strongest link, Adam. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Start the clock.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19In the signs of the zodiac, Aquarius is also known as the what carrier?
0:08:19 > 0:08:25- Water.- Correct. In the animal kingdom, what T is the common name for a female tiger?
0:08:25 > 0:08:33- Tigress.- Correct. The actor born William Bradley Pitt in 1963 is known by what first name?
0:08:33 > 0:08:40- Brad.- Correct. In chess, which is the only piece that can be placed in a position of check?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- The...queen.- King.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47In science, what's the term for a piece of metal that can attract iron
0:08:47 > 0:08:51and settles in a north/south alignment when freely suspended?
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- Compass.- Magnet.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00In music, what A is an adjective used to describe any instrument that's not electric?
0:09:00 > 0:09:05- Acoustic.- Correct. In London, the road noted for its luxury hotels
0:09:05 > 0:09:09that forms the eastern boundary of Hyde Park is called Park what?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- Street.- Lane.
0:09:12 > 0:09:18In geometry, an octahedron is a three-dimensional shape with how many plane faces?
0:09:18 > 0:09:25- Eight?- Correct. In nature, which tall grass is the main foodstuff of the giant panda?
0:09:25 > 0:09:31- Bamboo.- Correct.- Bank! - In fundraising, having previously swum across the English Channel,
0:09:31 > 0:09:35which British comedian swam the River Thames in 2011 for charity?
0:09:35 > 0:09:41- David Walliams.- Correct. In baking, what P is the generic term for the dough mixture
0:09:41 > 0:09:46widely used as a moulded base for items such as jam tarts?
0:09:46 > 0:09:52- Pastry.- Correct. In children's rhymes, the song The Animals Went In Two By Two
0:09:52 > 0:09:55refers to loading whose ark?
0:09:55 > 0:10:00- Noah.- Correct. In tennis, the British player who won the Men's Singles at Wimbledon
0:10:00 > 0:10:04three consecutive years in the 1930s was Fred who?
0:10:04 > 0:10:12- Perry.- Correct. Between 1993 and 2007, Ann Widdecombe, John Gummer and Tony Blair all joined what -
0:10:12 > 0:10:16the Liberal Democrats or the Roman Catholic church?
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- The Roman Catholic Church.- Correct. - Bank!- In geography,
0:10:20 > 0:10:26which four-letter word for lake is in the names of several large expanses in the Lake District?
0:10:26 > 0:10:33- Pool.- Mere. In pop music, what Z is the first name of one son of Bob Marley
0:10:33 > 0:10:37and also a fictional rock star created by David Bowie?
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- Ziggy.- Correct. In cartoon cliches,
0:10:41 > 0:10:46in return for a prediction, a fortune teller asks for what to be crossed with silver?
0:10:46 > 0:10:52- Palm.- Correct.- Bank. - In TV, the 2011 reality series Geordie Shore,
0:10:52 > 0:10:57about a hedonistic group of friends in the north-east of England is set in which city?
0:10:57 > 0:11:04- Newcastle.- Correct. In human anatomy, the mitral valve, which ensures the one-way flow...
0:11:06 > 0:11:13Time's up. You won £400, but whose head is so full of froth they could be a cappuccino?
0:11:15 > 0:11:20Whose friends have gone into hiding? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26With all her answers wrong, Jade is the weakest link.
0:11:26 > 0:11:32Statistically, Lynsey is the strongest link, but how will the votes go?
0:11:33 > 0:11:38Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40James.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Jade.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Jade.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Jade.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Jade.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Jade.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56James.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Barbara.
0:11:58 > 0:12:04- What do you do, David? - I'm a Christian minister. - Put your board down.
0:12:04 > 0:12:10- So why have you got a cross round your neck?- I prefer to wear a cross rather than a dog collar.
0:12:10 > 0:12:16- If you're going clubbing, do you wear it?- I do. - And on holiday?- I do.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21- On the beach?- It doesn't go with my cossie.- Put your board up. What sort of church?
0:12:21 > 0:12:28We're a seven day a week community. We have a cafe and a state-of-the-art centre.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- Have you got technology in your church?- All kinds of technology.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37- Is God on Twitter?- Not for our church, but he is for many.
0:12:37 > 0:12:43- Have you got a church joke? - Where's the first cricket match in the Bible?- I don't know.
0:12:43 > 0:12:49In the Book of Acts. "Peter stood before the 11 and was bold."
0:12:49 > 0:12:52You could do stand-up in Cheltenham.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- Why Jade?- She got a couple wrong.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- OK. Where are you from, Lynsey? - Liverpool, Anne.
0:12:58 > 0:13:04- And what do you do?- I'm a store liaison manager.- How did you get here today?- I got a train.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08- Oh, didn't you steal a car? - No, it was all paid for.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- What store do you represent? - It's a famous coffee brand.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- Yes. Called?- Costa Coffee.
0:13:15 > 0:13:21- Have they got branches in Liverpool? - Many branches.- Are there people who drink real coffee in Liverpool?
0:13:21 > 0:13:26They drink real coffee, hot chocolate, and they pay for it.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Everyone in Liverpool thinks they're in showbusiness.
0:13:30 > 0:13:36I was in the third round of Pop Idol: Arrival. I should have been in Girls Aloud.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Put your board down. What are you going to sing for us?
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- I can do Fallin' by Alicia Keys. - Oh, yeah, go on.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46# I keep on fallin'
0:13:46 > 0:13:50# In
0:13:50 > 0:13:53# And out of love. #
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Put your board up.
0:13:55 > 0:14:01- Why Jade? - Sadly, she got two wrong, but she did bank some money.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Jade, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:14:11 > 0:14:18When I met all the contestants, the one that made an impression was Adam. He's quite charismatic
0:14:18 > 0:14:22and also quite clever. He might be a dark horse and possibly win.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Round 3. In the bank, £1,400. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32We'll start with Lynsey. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Start the clock.
0:14:34 > 0:14:41In heraldry, the cross of St Andrew on the Scottish flag resembles which letter of the alphabet?
0:14:42 > 0:14:49- X.- Correct. In botany, the plant called Lily of the Valley has flowers that are white or gold?
0:14:49 > 0:14:54- White.- Correct. In definitions, which word means to go to bed
0:14:54 > 0:14:58and to stop work and start drawing a pension?
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- To withdraw.- Retire.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04In maths, what is 660 divided by 60?
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Oh, 16.- Eleven.
0:15:15 > 0:15:22In Olympic athletics, what W is the track event in which at least one foot must remain on the ground
0:15:22 > 0:15:25with the advancing leg kept straight?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- Weightlifting?- Walking.
0:15:31 > 0:15:37In pop music, "I believe in miracles," is the opening line of which song by Hot Chocolate?
0:15:37 > 0:15:43- You Sexy Thing.- Correct. In the arts, a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture
0:15:43 > 0:15:48is often referred to as a Florentine or Philistine?
0:15:48 > 0:15:54- Philistine.- Correct.- Bank. - The usual English translation of the national motto of France
0:15:54 > 0:15:57is, "Liberty. Equality..." and what?
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- Pass.- Fraternity.
0:15:59 > 0:16:07In nature, what A is the name of the yellowish fossilised resin that sometimes contains insects?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- Aconite.- Amber.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15In mythology, which Greek god of love was the son of Aphrodite?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Pass.- Eros.
0:16:18 > 0:16:24In modern parlance, the slang term "dis" meaning to treat with contempt
0:16:24 > 0:16:28is generally thought to be an abbreviation of which word?
0:16:28 > 0:16:35- Disrespect.- Correct. In the Periodic Table, the chemical elements that include neon, radon and xenon
0:16:35 > 0:16:39are known collectively as noble gases or posh vapours?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- Noble gases.- Correct. - Bank.
0:16:41 > 0:16:48In regional food, a Welsh delicacy of boiled seaweed mixed with oatmeal and then fried is known in English
0:16:48 > 0:16:50as lava what?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- Salad?- Bread.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57In warfare and sport, what D is the usual opposite of victory?
0:16:59 > 0:17:04- Defeat.- Correct.- Bank! - In broadcasting,
0:17:04 > 0:17:10the BBC local radio station called Solent was launched in 1970 in which city on the south coast?
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- Bristol?- Southampton. In theatre, the musical...
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Time's up. You won £120.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Who'd do better if they just yawned? Who's the drizzle on your picnic?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27The splinter in your seesaw?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Adam is the strongest link as he answered the most correctly.
0:17:37 > 0:17:44According to the statistics, James is the weakest link, but who will the team want off?
0:17:45 > 0:17:50Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Barbara.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Pete.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57James.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59David.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Pete.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Barbara.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07James.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13A three-way tie. Barbara, Pete and James, two votes each.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- What do you do, Barbara? - I'm retired.- Are you?- Yes.
0:18:17 > 0:18:24- Has your brain retired as well? - Sort of, Anne, yeah. - Where are you from?- Pontypridd.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29- So you fit in well there? - I think so.- Sort of slow.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- Thank you, Anne.- What do you do now? - I go to aqua aerobics.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38- What sort of aqua aerobics?- Extreme. - Is that when you have to go fast?
0:18:38 > 0:18:43- A little bit faster, yeah. - Where do you fit in with that?
0:18:43 > 0:18:50- I'm not bad at it.- And why Pete? - I didn't really know who else to pick.- Of course you didn't!
0:18:50 > 0:18:54- It's hard.- Yes. You're not following the game?- I'm trying to.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59- Where are you from, Emma?- Malmesbury in Wiltshire.- What do you do?
0:18:59 > 0:19:03- I'm a personal assistant. - Are you?- Yes.- Is there a Mr Emma?
0:19:03 > 0:19:08- There is.- How long have you been married?- Well, I'm not married now.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12- You're not? Did he leave you?- No. - You left him.- Yes.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17- Have you got a replacement?- Yes. - What's he called?- Ian.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22- Oh, where did you meet Ian? - At my brother's 30th birthday party. - He's your brother's friend?
0:19:22 > 0:19:28- They're not friends any more. - Why not?- I've got an overprotective brother.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- Why James?- He got two wrong.
0:19:31 > 0:19:37- So, Minister, why Barbara? - I knew that she got the mathematical question wrong.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- That's one question. - It stood in my mind.
0:19:41 > 0:19:48- It's nothing to do with her being old and a bit slow?- Many of my congregation are old and a bit slow.
0:19:48 > 0:19:56Really?! When the vote's tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote and that's Adam.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00- Why Barbara?- Again, that maths question stuck in my mind.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05OK. You have a choice now to try to vote off the worst player.
0:20:05 > 0:20:12- Your choice is between Barbara, Pete or James.- It's only fair that I stick with my original decision.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Barbara, this will come as a great shock to you.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:20:26 > 0:20:32When Anne asked me the maths question, which was 660 divided by 60,
0:20:32 > 0:20:34my mind just went blank.
0:20:34 > 0:20:41I was mentally trying to put 60 into 660 and I just didn't get there!
0:20:42 > 0:20:47Round 4. In the bank, £1,520. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50We'll start with Adam. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Start the clock.
0:20:52 > 0:20:58In business, which word for the bone structure of a person or animal precedes "staff"
0:20:58 > 0:21:03for a term for a workforce reduced to the bare minimum?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- Pass.- Skeleton.
0:21:05 > 0:21:11In cinema, in the 1964 film Goldfinger, which actor played James Bond for the third time?
0:21:11 > 0:21:17- Sean Connery.- Correct. In psychology, the abbreviation IQ is short for Intelligence what?
0:21:17 > 0:21:24- Quotient.- Correct. In ornithology, a black and white bird with a red bill that feeds on marine molluscs
0:21:24 > 0:21:28is known as an oystercatcher or a winklepicker?
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- Oystercatcher.- Correct. - Bank.
0:21:31 > 0:21:37In TV talent shows, the 2009 winner of The X Factor, who was crowned champion of the 2011 series
0:21:37 > 0:21:41of Pop Star to Opera Star, is Joe who?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- McGivray?- No, McElderry.
0:21:43 > 0:21:50In science, the form of carbon dioxide that is stable below 78 degrees Celsius
0:21:50 > 0:21:52is known by what two-word name?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- Carbon monoxide?- Dry ice.
0:21:55 > 0:22:01In a fast food restaurant, what C is the usual name of the dish consisting of a mince beef patty
0:22:01 > 0:22:05with a slice of processed cheddar on top, served in a bread roll?
0:22:05 > 0:22:11- Cheeseburger.- Correct. In maths, what is the highest single-digit prime number?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13- One.- Seven.
0:22:13 > 0:22:19In the acting profession, the term corpsing refers to an uncontrollable fit of coughing or giggling?
0:22:19 > 0:22:26- Giggling.- Correct. In football, at the 1966 World Cup final, which player scored a hat-trick?
0:22:26 > 0:22:29- Geoff Hurst.- Correct. In the history of textiles,
0:22:29 > 0:22:34the inventor of the spinning mule in the 18th century was Samuel who?
0:22:34 > 0:22:40- Jenny?- Crompton. In children's stories, what H is a word meaning to blow strongly
0:22:40 > 0:22:46that is uttered by the wolf when he threatens to bring down the houses of the Three Little Pigs?
0:22:46 > 0:22:49- Huff!- Correct. - Bank.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54In tourism, which three-word French phrase is widely used to refer to an office
0:22:54 > 0:22:58- where foreign currency can be purchased and exchanged?- Pass.
0:22:58 > 0:23:04Bureau de change. In pastimes, in which card game traditionally played in pubs
0:23:04 > 0:23:08does a person win on reaching 121 points?
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- Pass.- Cribbage.
0:23:11 > 0:23:18Which English National Park has a coastline stretching from Combe Martin to Minehead?
0:23:18 > 0:23:23- Exmoor.- Correct. In pop music, Dave Evans, Bon Scott...
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Time's up. 120 you put in the kitty,
0:23:29 > 0:23:34but who's now made your long list of losers? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40With no correct answers, David is the weakest link.
0:23:40 > 0:23:46The strongest link, statistically, is Emma, but will the votes follow the facts?
0:23:47 > 0:23:52Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54David.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57David.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Adam.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Adam.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Adam.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08David.
0:24:08 > 0:24:15Another tie, team. This time, David and Adam, three votes each.
0:24:15 > 0:24:21- What do you do, James? - I'm a chauffeur.- Is that different from a taxi driver?- Very much so.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25- I open the door and I'm very polite. - Where do you do this?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Mainly out of Heathrow, but all over the UK.
0:24:28 > 0:24:35- So when I come off a plane, are you standing there with a sign? - I think I've had you before.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40- You gave a cheeky smile.- Why Adam? - Him and David got the most wrong.
0:24:40 > 0:24:47- David, I've voted for him before. I had to play fair and vote Adam. - And Lynsey, why David?
0:24:47 > 0:24:51He got some questions wrong and didn't bank.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56The strongest link has to cast the deciding vote. That's Emma.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01- Why Adam?- He did two passes in a row and it stuck in my mind. - OK, you've got a choice now.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06- You can stick with Adam or move to David?- I'll stick with Adam, please.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11Adam, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:25:16 > 0:25:22I think Anne and me would go perfect on a bill together. I've got the ukulele stand-up
0:25:22 > 0:25:27and she's got the cold-hearted, sombre stand-up.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Round 5. Your total is £1,640.
0:25:32 > 0:25:39Another 10 seconds off the time. We'll start with Emma. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Start the clock.
0:25:41 > 0:25:48In food, the Scandinavian dish called gravlax usually contains salmon or reindeer?
0:25:48 > 0:25:54- Salmon.- Correct. In film, in a famous scene in 1931's The Public Enemy,
0:25:54 > 0:25:59- a gangster played by James Cagney shoves which fruit into the face of his girlfriend?- A melon.
0:25:59 > 0:26:05A grapefruit. In the British Royal Family, the youngest grandchild of King George V,
0:26:05 > 0:26:10who was born in 1944 was given the title Prince Richard, Duke of where?
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- Gloucester?- Correct.
0:26:13 > 0:26:19In TV, what O is the term for a programme that repeats several episodes of a soap opera?
0:26:19 > 0:26:21- Omnibus.- Correct.
0:26:21 > 0:26:29- Bank.- In sport, in 2011, Cadel Evans became the first cyclist from which Commonwealth country
0:26:29 > 0:26:31to win the Tour de France?
0:26:31 > 0:26:38- Germany?- Australia. In the name of the government body formed in 2005 that collects taxes,
0:26:38 > 0:26:43the letters HMRC stand for Her Majesty's Revenue and what?
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- Customs.- Correct. In computing, a low-resolution image of a file
0:26:47 > 0:26:53that enables it to be easily identified among others is a toenail or thumbnail?
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- Thumbnail.- Correct. - Bank.
0:26:56 > 0:27:02Which term for a star that becomes visible for the first time as the result of an explosion
0:27:02 > 0:27:05- is a Latin word meaning new?- Pass.
0:27:05 > 0:27:11Nova. What A is a four-letter word used to describe a climate or land, such as a desert,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14that is too dry to support vegetation?
0:27:14 > 0:27:19- Arid?- Correct.- Bank.- In military history, the 30 Years War began
0:27:19 > 0:27:22in 1618 and ended in which year?
0:27:22 > 0:27:24- Er, '48.- Correct.
0:27:24 > 0:27:30In contemporary art, John Rankin Waddell, better known as Rankin,
0:27:30 > 0:27:34became famous in photography or sculpture?
0:27:34 > 0:27:36- Sculpture.- Photography.
0:27:36 > 0:27:44In theatre, the 1892 play by Henrik Ibsen about an architect visited by a young woman from his past
0:27:44 > 0:27:46is entitled The Master what?
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- Pass.- Builder.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54In cookery, what C is a word that specifically means to heat sugar slowly,
0:27:54 > 0:27:59sometimes in a mixture with water so that it turns to a rich, brown colour?
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Curdle?
0:28:03 > 0:28:08Time's up. The correct answer is caramelise. And you won £120.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12Who thinks a hedge fund is a credit card at B&Q?
0:28:12 > 0:28:16Who has as much point as a ball of wool?
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Pete is the strongest link because he didn't get any wrong.
0:28:25 > 0:28:31Statistically, the weakest link is James, but will the other players realise that?
0:28:31 > 0:28:35Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39David.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Lynsey.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Lynsey.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48James.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51David.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Another tie, team. David and Lynsey, two votes each.
0:28:55 > 0:29:01- James, why Lynsey?- It was out of her and David. It was pretty even. David done bad in the previous round
0:29:01 > 0:29:08- and I voted him then... - David done what?- In a previous round David done badly. I'm being fair.
0:29:08 > 0:29:13- Even DID badly.- He did badly. He done diddly badly.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15He's a rapper.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20- Lynsey, why David?- I thought in that round he was the weakest link.
0:29:20 > 0:29:27- He didn't bank any money again. - Pete was the strongest link and gets to decide. Why David?
0:29:27 > 0:29:30I thought he was the weakest link.
0:29:30 > 0:29:36- Do you want to change your vote to Lynsey?- No, it's only fair to stick with my first choice.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40David, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:29:44 > 0:29:49If you've had a good Weakest Link and you've done your best,
0:29:49 > 0:29:56I'm not sure it's a Walk of Shame. It's simply an admission that you're the worst player at that point
0:29:56 > 0:29:59and therefore you've got to go.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04Round 6. In the kitty, £1,760. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:30:04 > 0:30:09We'll start with Pete. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Start the clock.
0:30:11 > 0:30:17In maths, what is the total of the number of days in August plus the number in September?
0:30:19 > 0:30:21- 61.- Correct.
0:30:21 > 0:30:28The musician often credited as the godfather of rap, who recorded The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
0:30:28 > 0:30:31was Gil Scott who?
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- No idea.- Heron. In Egyptian history,
0:30:34 > 0:30:42in the 1960s the Abu Simbel temple was moved 60 metres during the construction of which dam?
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- Pass.- The Aswan High Dam.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52In sport, the Vardon Grip, named after the Englishman who introduced it,
0:30:52 > 0:30:56is a technique to hold which item - a relay baton or a golf club?
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- Gold club.- Correct. - Bank.
0:30:59 > 0:31:05- The River Avon that flows through Bath and Bristol enters which estuary at Avonmouth?- Pass.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10The Severn. In fantasy literature, what G is the castle
0:31:10 > 0:31:14that is the setting for a series of novels by Mervyn Peake?
0:31:15 > 0:31:18- Pass.- Gormenghast.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23In legend, Robin Hood first met which of his merry men in a fight on a bridge
0:31:23 > 0:31:26in which he was knocked into the water?
0:31:26 > 0:31:32- Little John?- Correct. In food, what's the full name of the celebrity chef
0:31:32 > 0:31:35sometimes known by the abbreviation AWT?
0:31:35 > 0:31:39- Ainsley Harriott. - Antony Worrall Thompson.
0:31:39 > 0:31:46The year 1926 was significant for which event - the General Strike or Normandy Landings?
0:31:46 > 0:31:49- General Strike.- Correct.- Bank! - In entertainment,
0:31:49 > 0:31:56the Liverpudlian comedian and game show host who was born Leslie Heseltine in 1954
0:31:56 > 0:31:58is professionally known as Les who?
0:31:58 > 0:32:05- Dawson.- Dennis. In definitions, what V is an old name for sulphuric acid
0:32:05 > 0:32:09that is now used to mean bitterness or acrimony?
0:32:11 > 0:32:13- Vile?- Vitriol.
0:32:13 > 0:32:20In holiday destinations, Las Palmas is the largest city and chief port of which group of islands?
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Ca...
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Time's up and you banked £40 in that round.
0:32:28 > 0:32:33So will it be taxi for James? Or does Pete need to get travelling?
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42For the second round in a row, Pete is the strongest link.
0:32:42 > 0:32:49The statistics show that Lynsey is the weakest link, but can she survive the vote?
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56James.
0:32:58 > 0:32:59Lynsey.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Pete.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07James.
0:33:07 > 0:33:12- Pete, why James? - I thought he was the weakest link.
0:33:12 > 0:33:18- Lynsey, did you think James was the weakest link?- Out of the other contestants, yeah.
0:33:18 > 0:33:23If it had extended beyond the contestants, who would you have chosen?
0:33:23 > 0:33:29- Well, the rules of the game. I have to pick one of them three. - One of them three?
0:33:29 > 0:33:35- How do you think you did? - Er...I'm sure the people in the pub will have something to say.
0:33:35 > 0:33:41- Like, "You were the worst player." - Maybe. Maybe so.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45It's votes that count. James, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56I suppose in a way I'm sad I didn't win the Weakest Link,
0:33:56 > 0:34:02but my friends and family have got a lot of different questions to abuse me about. I got a lot wrong,
0:34:02 > 0:34:04which they'll fire at me for years.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11Round 7. You now have £1,800. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15We'll start with Pete. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Start the clock.
0:34:17 > 0:34:24In US law, the entitlement of suspects in custody to remain silent and have an attorney present
0:34:24 > 0:34:27is called Miranda rights or Charlotte rights?
0:34:27 > 0:34:34- Miranda rights.- Correct.- Bank. - In rugby, the Welshman who captained his country in Union in the 1980s
0:34:34 > 0:34:38and in League in the 1990s is Jonathan who?
0:34:38 > 0:34:40- Wilkes.- Davies.
0:34:40 > 0:34:48In the animal kingdom, what L is a South American member of the camel family that is kept on some UK farms
0:34:48 > 0:34:50to guard sheep from foxes?
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- Llama?- Correct.- Bank.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57The author of the novels The Crystal World and Crash
0:34:57 > 0:35:02and the semi-autobiographical Empire of the Sun was JG who?
0:35:03 > 0:35:06- Woodshed?- Ballard.
0:35:06 > 0:35:12In informal English, someone who spends a lot of time in pubs is known as a barfly or beerwasp?
0:35:12 > 0:35:14- Barfly.- Correct.
0:35:14 > 0:35:20- Bank!- In celebrity relationships, the rock guitarists George Harrison and Eric Clapton were each married
0:35:20 > 0:35:23to the model Pattie who?
0:35:24 > 0:35:31- Pass.- Boyd. In postage stamps, the original Tuppeny Blue depicted the head of which British monarch?
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- George V?- Queen Victoria.
0:35:34 > 0:35:41In fashion, the German-born designer who became creative director at Chanel in 1983 is Karl who?
0:35:42 > 0:35:45- Pass.- Lagerfeld.
0:35:45 > 0:35:50Which of the three species of woodpecker native to the British Isles
0:35:50 > 0:35:53is named after a prominent colour in its plumage?
0:35:53 > 0:35:59- Green.- Correct.- Bank!- In health, the quantity of a substance such as an additive
0:35:59 > 0:36:04that can be safely consumed each day is the ADI or Acceptable Daily what?
0:36:04 > 0:36:12- Intake?- Correct.- Bank. - On a digital clock, the numerals on the left-hand side of the display
0:36:12 > 0:36:15usually represent seconds or hours?
0:36:15 > 0:36:18- Hours.- Correct. - Bank.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Time's up. Your bank was in time. You won £120.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36The statistics reveal that Lynsey is still the weakest link.
0:36:36 > 0:36:42The strongest link is Emma, but who will lose out in the final vote?
0:36:42 > 0:36:46Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Emma.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51Pete.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Lynsey.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59A vote each.
0:36:59 > 0:37:06- Emma, why Pete?- It just seemed that he passed and got a couple wrong so he stuck in my mind.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10- Pete, why Lynsey?- I thought she was the weakest link, Anne.
0:37:10 > 0:37:15- And Lynsey, you thought Emma was the worst player, did you?- I did.
0:37:15 > 0:37:21The strongest link has to cast the deciding vote and the strongest link was Emma.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25You voted for Pete. You have a choice now.
0:37:25 > 0:37:32- I will stick with Pete. - Because you think Lynsey will be easier in the final, don't you?
0:37:32 > 0:37:34No, Anne.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Pete, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:37:42 > 0:37:48I'm fine with being voted off in Round 7 because, at the end of the day, we all had one vote each
0:37:48 > 0:37:55so it was fairly level. I don't think between us there was much difference. It's just bad luck.
0:37:56 > 0:38:01Round 8. In the bank, £1,920. In this round, 90 seconds.
0:38:01 > 0:38:08Whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with Emma. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Start the clock.
0:38:10 > 0:38:17What I was the nickname of Vlad Tepes, the 15th-century prince of an Eastern European region
0:38:17 > 0:38:20that is now part of Romania?
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Pass.- The Impaler.
0:38:24 > 0:38:31In film, the 1997 crime drama written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Pam Grier
0:38:31 > 0:38:34in the title role was Jackie who?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36- Chan.- Brown.
0:38:36 > 0:38:42In visitor attractions, the Fitzwilliam Museum of Art and Antiquities was founded in 1816
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- in which city in the east of England?- Norwich.
0:38:45 > 0:38:52Cambridge. The 1953 children's book by Mary Norton about a family of tiny people under the floorboards
0:38:52 > 0:38:55has what title - The Stealers or The Borrowers?
0:38:55 > 0:39:01- The Borrowers.- Correct. In imperial weights and measures, one stone is equal to 14 what?
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- Pounds.- Correct.- Bank!
0:39:04 > 0:39:10Which term for a military dining room is applied to a waist-length fitted jacket worn by an officer
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- to formal dinners?- Pass.
0:39:12 > 0:39:18Mess. In air travel, the usual term for a general feeling of tiredness and disorientation
0:39:18 > 0:39:22experienced after a long plane journey is what lag?
0:39:22 > 0:39:27- Jet.- Correct.- Bank!- In music, what H Is a keyboard instrument
0:39:27 > 0:39:29in which the strings are plucked?
0:39:29 > 0:39:36- Harpsichord.- Correct.- Bank. - In a line in a 19th-century poem by William Ross Wallace,
0:39:36 > 0:39:39the hand that rocks the cradle rules the what?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- World.- Correct.- Bank!
0:39:43 > 0:39:51Time's up. Your bank was in time and you won £110, which we will treble.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55It gives you prize money today of:
0:39:55 > 0:39:59There can only be one winner. Now up to 5 questions each.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03If there's a tie, sudden death. So, Lynsey and Emma,
0:40:03 > 0:40:07for £2,250, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:09 > 0:40:15- Emma, you have the choice of who goes first. - Can I go first, please?
0:40:19 > 0:40:26In geography, after Sudan was divided into two independent states in 2011,
0:40:26 > 0:40:32which country became the largest in Africa in terms of area?
0:40:34 > 0:40:38- Kenya. - The correct answer is Algeria.
0:40:38 > 0:40:43In pop music, the 1978 UK number one album by Blondie
0:40:43 > 0:40:51that sold more than 20 million copies worldwide has what geometric-sounding title?
0:40:52 > 0:40:57- Atomic?- The correct answer is Parallel Lines.
0:40:57 > 0:41:02In the animal kingdom, what is the common name of the predatory mammal
0:41:02 > 0:41:07whose scientific name is canis lupus?
0:41:07 > 0:41:11- Hyena. - The correct answer is the wolf.
0:41:11 > 0:41:18In memorials, on the 4th of July, 2011, seven years after his death,
0:41:18 > 0:41:24a statue of which US President was unveiled in Grosvenor Square in London?
0:41:25 > 0:41:29- Kennedy? - The correct answer is Ronald Reagan.
0:41:29 > 0:41:37In cinema quotations, in which 1996 film did Renee Zellweger speak the line,
0:41:37 > 0:41:40"You had me at hello"?
0:41:40 > 0:41:43- Jerry Maguire.- That is correct.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Lynsey, in Mexican cuisine,
0:41:46 > 0:41:52which dish consisting of a filling such as beef, chicken or refried beans,
0:41:52 > 0:41:58wrapped in a tortilla, has a Spanish name meaning "little donkey"?
0:41:58 > 0:42:02- Fajita? - No, the correct answer is burrito.
0:42:02 > 0:42:10In conservation, in 1966 thousands of art treasures were damaged or destroyed in the city of Florence
0:42:10 > 0:42:14because of the flooding of which major river?
0:42:16 > 0:42:20- Pass. - The correct answer is the Arno.
0:42:20 > 0:42:26Which metal, believed to have been first isolated by Sir Humphry Davy in 1808,
0:42:26 > 0:42:30was used in early photographic flashes
0:42:30 > 0:42:36because it produces an intense white light when it burns in air?
0:42:36 > 0:42:40- Lithium? - The correct answer is magnesium.
0:42:40 > 0:42:46In history, the programmes of rapid industrial and agricultural development
0:42:46 > 0:42:50first launched in the Soviet Union in 1928
0:42:50 > 0:42:54were known as plans of how many years?
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- 30.- The correct answer is five.
0:42:57 > 0:43:02In TV comedy, in a Channel 4 poll in 2007
0:43:02 > 0:43:04and again in 2010,
0:43:04 > 0:43:10which Scottish performer was voted the greatest stand-up of all time?
0:43:11 > 0:43:15- Alan Carr?- The correct answer is Billy Connolly.
0:43:18 > 0:43:23That means, Emma, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Lynsey, you leave with nothing.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:32 > 0:43:38With not losing, I didn't get to do the Walk of Shame and not winning, I don't take that cheque home,
0:43:38 > 0:43:44so there's something still there that makes me want to win something on the telly. You'll see me soon.
0:43:44 > 0:43:52I'd like to let Lynsey, my finalist, know that if I was a really good person I'd share the winnings,
0:43:52 > 0:43:56but unfortunately my debts are so big that I'm not going to!
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