0:00:01 > 0:00:06Here are today's nine contestants preparing for the show.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10Only one will go home with the prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:10 > 0:00:16The others will leave with nothing as their team-mates vote them the Weakest Link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39Any of the nine people in the studio today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:45They don't know each other. To win the prize money, they'll have to work as a team,
0:00:45 > 0:00:52but eight of them will leave with nothing as we lose the players voted the Weakest Link.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Let's meet the team.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01I'm Tracey, aged 38, a trainee hairdresser from Southport.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06I'm Jon. I'm 28 and I work in insurance in London.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12I'm Betty. I'm 52 and I'm a housewife from Stenhousemuir.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17I'm Neale. I'm 37. I'm a firefighter from Leamington.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22I'm Nick. I'm 52. I'm a freelance writer, originally from Norwich.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28I'm Bridget, I'm 44 and I'm a lecturer from Bury St Edmunds.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31I'm Keith, a 61-year-old drug consultant
0:01:31 > 0:01:33from Wallington in Surrey.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38I'm Beverley. I'm 28, a civil servant from Anwick, Northumberland.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44I'm Nicholas. I'm 18 and I'm a student from Horley in Surrey.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Now the rules. In each round,
0:01:47 > 0:01:53the aim is to answer enough questions to reach your £1,000 target in the time.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57The fastest way is by a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02Get a question wrong and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07If you say bank before the question is asked, the money is safe. However,
0:02:07 > 0:02:11you start a new chain from scratch. Remember,
0:02:11 > 0:02:16only money that has been banked can be carried forward. In Round One,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19there are three minutes on the clock.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22We start with the first name alphabetically.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26That's Betty. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett starred in The Two what?
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Ronnies.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39In the proverb, still waters run what?
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Deep.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44What is pumped through the arteries and veins?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Blood.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49In the rhyme, which bridge is falling down?
0:02:49 > 0:02:50London.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55Which country's flag is the Stars And Stripes?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57America.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- Bank.- What P is the transfer of pollen between flowers?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- Pass.- Pollination. Which alien
0:03:03 > 0:03:06wanted to phone home in 1982?
0:03:06 > 0:03:07ET.
0:03:07 > 0:03:13What M is a classification describing a milk-producing creature?
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Mammal.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, who threw a tea party?
0:03:19 > 0:03:20The Mad Hatter.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25Dawn French is Geraldine Granger in The Vicar Of where?
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Dibley.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Bank.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30What Y is a type of alpine singing?
0:03:30 > 0:03:31Yodelling.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36Open weave tights and stockings are what nets?
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Fishnets.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42What would you score in darts for double 20, double 15 and a 2?
0:03:42 > 0:03:4372.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48Inciting anger in someone is like waving a red rag to a what?
0:03:48 > 0:03:49A bull.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54- Bank.- Who wrote the 1937 novel The Hobbit?
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Tolkien.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58What C is a dried, seedless black grape?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Currant.
0:04:00 > 0:04:06There are 480 sheets in a ream of paper. How many are there in two reams?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08960.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12What type of animal is an oystercatcher?
0:04:12 > 0:04:13A bird.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Bank.- In rhyming slang, what's a Mother Hubbard?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Cupboard?
0:04:18 > 0:04:23- Bank.- Traditionally, doing what to a handkerchief helps you remember?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Tying a knot in it.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30- Bank.- Gambling machines that gave out fruit gums were known as what?
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- One-armed bandits. - Fruit machines.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36What S is informal use of language?
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Slang.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42The novel The Sheep Pig was made into which 1995 film?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Pass.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49Babe. What would a darts player score for triple 6 and double 10?
0:04:49 > 0:04:5038.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- Bank.- What C is a hard cheese from a town in Somerset?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- Pass.- Cheddar.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Who presented the TV show Jim'll Fix It?
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Jimmy Savile.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Panthera Leo is the Latin name for which mammal?
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Lion.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Eggs are produced in which organs of the female body?
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Ovaries.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Bank.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25That money will go through to the next round but, of course,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27one of you will not.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32You will have ten seconds less and need to streamline the team.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Who, potentially, is a worry?
0:05:38 > 0:05:43Who is unlikely to stand the pressure of forthcoming rounds?
0:05:43 > 0:05:47One of you will leave. It's time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Betty is the first strongest link statistically.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56The first Weakest Link is Keith,
0:05:56 > 0:06:00but will the others have picked up on this?
0:06:02 > 0:06:07Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- Tracey, what do you do? - I'm a trainee hairdresser.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37- Did you come in your uniform? - No, this is my best outfit.- Right.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42- Why boo hoo?- Because I like Nicholas. He's a lovely person,
0:06:42 > 0:06:47but he was the only one I could remember getting a question wrong.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52- Who do you think was the Weakest Link, Keith? - As you're looking at me,
0:06:52 > 0:06:57- probably me.- What are your hobbies? - Computers, travel.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- Film?- Yes.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- And you'd never heard of the film Babe?- I have heard of it, yes.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- You don't think quickly, then? - It just went.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12But not in the right direction. Nicholas, how old are you?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- 18.- And your hobby is socialising? - Apparently so.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19And you've never had any wild times, alas, in Somerset?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- No.- You've never heard of Cheddar Gorge?
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- No. A long way from home. - Well, I'm sending you home.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30With four votes, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40It's disappointing being voted off when I wasn't the Weakest Link but...
0:07:40 > 0:07:43at the end of the day, it was a close round.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47They did well, and I was the weakest of a strong bunch.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I'm disappointed over the Cheddar question
0:07:50 > 0:07:53because it was easy and I misheard a bit of it
0:07:53 > 0:07:57because I was banking at the time, so I'm gutted about it.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02You hit your target of £1,000
0:08:02 > 0:08:06in that last round. On to Round Two.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09We take ten seconds off the clock.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14We start with the strongest link Betty. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Start the clock.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23At the 2000 Olympics, Denise Lewis won which medal for the heptathlon?
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Gold.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28How many pairs of wings does a bee have?
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Two pairs.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34The day before Ash Wednesday is what Tuesday?
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Shrove Tuesday.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- Bank.- What D is a French city famed for mustard?
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Dijon.
0:08:40 > 0:08:45Did Barbara Cartland write over 300 or over 700 novels?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- Over 300.- Over 700.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51In a survey of 500 pet owners, 380 had dogs. How many didn't?
0:08:51 > 0:08:52120.
0:08:52 > 0:08:58What A is a savoury jelly used to hold together or garnish dishes?
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Aspic.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Are antibodies produced by red or white blood cells?
0:09:03 > 0:09:04White.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09- Bank.- For what vegetable do we use a French name meaning "eat everything"?
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Mangetout.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Did Brahms write any operas?
0:09:16 > 0:09:17No.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22The Remorseful Day was the last novel about which police inspector?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Morse.
0:09:23 > 0:09:29Leonardo DiCaprio interviewed which president in March 2000?
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Clinton.
0:09:30 > 0:09:36- Bank. - In the Beatrix Potter tales, what kind of animal is Tom?
0:09:36 > 0:09:37A rabbit.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42Cat. Is the Irish head of state a president or prime minister?
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Prime minister.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48President. Darwin, McArthur River and Renmark are in which country?
0:09:48 > 0:09:49Australia.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Robert Carlyle played Begbie in which 1996 film
0:09:53 > 0:09:56about the Edinburgh drugs scene?
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Trainspotting.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02You should cut your coat according to your what?
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Cloth.
0:10:03 > 0:10:10What O is the section of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach?
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Os... Pass.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Oesophagus.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18What was Robbie Williams' first solo UK No.1, Angels or Millennium?
0:10:18 > 0:10:19Angels.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Millennium. How many stumps are at the end of a wicket?
0:10:22 > 0:10:23Three.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28Which design company, whose first outlet opened in Florence in 1921,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31has a logo of a double G?
0:10:31 > 0:10:32Gucci.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37- Bank.- Which transport system opened to the public in New York in 1904?
0:10:37 > 0:10:38The underground.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41I'll accept. Subway.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Does the red squirrel hibernate?
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Yes.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48No. In which decade did the Brian Adams song,
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Everything I Do, I Do It For You spend 16 weeks as the UK No.1?
0:10:52 > 0:10:53The '90s.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58When facing forwards, what is the left-hand side of a ship called?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- S... The port side. - Port. Correct.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04- Bank.- What Q is a crystalline silica found in many types of rock?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Quartz.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08In politics...
0:11:11 > 0:11:14The time is up, and a very disappointing result.
0:11:14 > 0:11:20Having reached your target in the first round, you banked, this time, only £500.
0:11:20 > 0:11:26Eliminate the idiot. Hang on to the hopeful. It's time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Betty is the strongest link again with four correct answers.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Keith is the Weakest Link for the second time.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Can he survive another vote?
0:11:40 > 0:11:45Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Tracey, why Keith?
0:12:06 > 0:12:10It was a close thing between Keith and Nicholas
0:12:10 > 0:12:15in the last round, and I think he got two questions wrong this time.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Right.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- Nick, what do you do? - I'm a freelance writer.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- Any qualifications? - A postgrad in journalism.
0:12:24 > 0:12:30- A postgrad in journalism?- It's a mouthful.- Where did you get that?
0:12:30 > 0:12:34- Cardiff.- Cardiff? Didn't they teach you about Robbie Williams?
0:12:34 > 0:12:39- When I did the course, Robbie Williams wasn't born.- What a pity.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44- Why Keith?- He got two wrong. - And you just got one wrong?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- Absolutely.- Right.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51- Beverley...had enough of Keith, have you?- I have. Sorry, Keith.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56- No offence.- Too old, perhaps.- No, not too old. He just got two wrong,
0:12:56 > 0:13:01and at this stage of the game, we need to bank as much as we can
0:13:01 > 0:13:03and he's a little bit too weak.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07He banked £200, but it hasn't saved you, Keith.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11With six votes, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:13:18 > 0:13:24Being voted the Weakest Link is disappointing. It is nerve-racking.
0:13:24 > 0:13:30Anne resembles the wicked witch in The Wizard Of Oz, and she is very scary.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34I think Nick will go next. He has got a few wrong
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and that came out at the end, so I think he'll be next.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Round Three, and of the £2000 you could have won,
0:13:43 > 0:13:49you have in the bank £1500. You are down to seven players.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54We take ten seconds off the clock. We start with the strongest link.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57That's Betty. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Start the clock.
0:14:00 > 0:14:06The rhea is a South American bird similar to which large, flightless African bird?
0:14:06 > 0:14:07The ostrich.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Where is the Scottish National Portrait Gallery?
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Edinburgh.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16In EastEnders, Susan Tully played which character?
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Pass.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Michelle Fowler.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24Benjamin Franklin is famous for flying what during an electrical storm?
0:14:24 > 0:14:25A kite.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29Which lord, suspected of murder, vanished in 1974?
0:14:29 > 0:14:30Lord Lucan.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Bank.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Dry ice is a frozen form of which gas?
0:14:34 > 0:14:35Helium?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Carbon dioxide.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42Which continent includes Australia, New Zealand and nearby islands?
0:14:42 > 0:14:43The Antipodes.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Australasia.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Is Seville in the north or south of Spain?
0:14:48 > 0:14:49South.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53What R is an alternative term for dietary fibre?
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Roughage.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Was Alexander Fleming born in Scotland or England?
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Scotland.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03Robin Williams was an alien in which 1970s and '80s TV sitcom?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Mork and Mindy.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- Bank.- The watercress plant has what colour flowers?
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Green.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11White.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16Which department is responsible for collecting income tax?
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Tax office.
0:15:17 > 0:15:23Inland Revenue. Which famous escapologist was born Ehrich Weiss?
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Pass.
0:15:24 > 0:15:32Houdini. What C is the name given to a substance made from two or more elements?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Pass.
0:15:33 > 0:15:39Compound. James Stewart was wheelchair-bound in which Hitchcock thriller?
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Psycho?
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Rear Window. Which American state was named for a duke of York?
0:15:44 > 0:15:45New York.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Which sport uses the term back sticks?
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Hockey.
0:15:49 > 0:15:55- In history...- Bank.- Samurai were members of the military class of which country?
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Russia.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Japan.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02George Orwell wrote the 1934 novel, Keep The what Flying?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- Flag?- Aspidistra.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09What U is a silvery-white radioactive metal used as a source of nuclear energy?
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Uranium.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Is a saxophone single- or double-reeded?
0:16:13 > 0:16:14Double.
0:16:14 > 0:16:21Single. If four bottles of wine cost £13 each, what would the total cost be?
0:16:21 > 0:16:22£72.
0:16:22 > 0:16:28£52. Which former Monty Python star directed 12 Monkeys and Brazil?
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Eric Idle.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34Terry Gilliam. The NBA is the professional league in which sport?
0:16:34 > 0:16:35Basketball.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39- Beverley...- Bank. - Which country does ska music come from?
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Time is up, and you get worse as you go on.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51You scraped together just £320 in that round.
0:16:51 > 0:16:59Whose time is up? Who isn't worthy of their place on the team? It's time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Bridget is the strongest link. She got all her questions right.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11Tracey is the Weakest Link. She answered all her questions incorrectly.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14But how will the voting go?
0:17:16 > 0:17:21Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39We have a three-way tie. Nick,
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Jon and Beverley. Two votes each.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- Jon, why Nick? - I voted for him last round.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- I think he's the Weakest Link. - Right. Nick,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54where did you learn journalism?
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- Cardiff.- Do you think you should ask for your money back?
0:17:58 > 0:18:01I'll hold fire on that for a while.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04They didn't teach you about popular culture.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09- EastEnders wasn't the same after Dirty Den.- Why Jon?
0:18:09 > 0:18:15- He had as many wrong as me.- He did, but he wasn't the Weakest Link.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Was he, Tracey?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- Was it me?- I ask the questions.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Who do you think was the Weakest Link statistically?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Me.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Correct. Now, when the vote is tied,
0:18:31 > 0:18:36the strongest link casts the deciding vote. Bridget,
0:18:36 > 0:18:41you were the strongest link. Why did you vote for Beverley?
0:18:41 > 0:18:46- I thought she was the Weakest Link. - Statistically, she wasn't,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49so you must decide whether you want to get rid of
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Jon, Nick or Beverley.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57- I'll stick with my original. Sorry. - You'll stick with Beverley.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02- Why? Don't you like her? - Oh, she's a very pleasant person.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06I just thought she got questions wrong she should have known.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Beverley, Bridget thought you ought to have known more.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23I'm appalled that I was voted off.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Two people got three wrong. I only got two wrong.
0:19:27 > 0:19:33I think it was because I was standing alone. I banked all the money.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38I voted for Tracey because she got three wrong. I think it's obvious
0:19:38 > 0:19:41why she wasn't voted out.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44If I'd worn that top, maybe I'd have got farther.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51Round Four. £1820 banked out of potential prize money of £3000.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54There are six of you left.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56We take ten seconds off the clock.
0:19:56 > 0:20:02We start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Bridget.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11What C is a violent involuntary contraction of the muscles?
0:20:11 > 0:20:12Cramp.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Convulsion, but I'll accept cramp.
0:20:15 > 0:20:21Which Happy Days actor played Bugsy Malone in 1976, Ron Howard or Scott Baio?
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Scott Baio.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27In which European country is the province of Toledo?
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Spain.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Which actress is famous as Beattie in telephone commercials?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Maureen Lipman.
0:20:33 > 0:20:39- Bank.- Potassium, phosphate and what N are essential plant nutrients?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- Nitrogen. - Nitrate. I'll accept it.
0:20:42 > 0:20:48With whom did Nelson Mandela share the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993?
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Pass.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54FW de Klerk. Was Frederick Delius born in Bristol or Bradford?
0:20:54 > 0:20:55Bradford.
0:20:55 > 0:21:01In football, which Asian country surprisingly beat Italy in the 1966 World Cup?
0:21:01 > 0:21:02China.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07North Korea. What Christmas cake is known in France as bouche de Noel?
0:21:07 > 0:21:08A yule log.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13Does cytotoxic mean poisonous to cells or animals?
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Cells.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Bank.
0:21:15 > 0:21:21What I is a type of ink sold in sticks and mixed with water before use?
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Indian ink.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27What nationality was Cervantes, author of Don Quixote?
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Spanish.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Bank.
0:21:30 > 0:21:37Who had a girlfriend called Dale Arden and an enemy called Ming the Merciless?
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Flash Gordon.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43In the body, what K are organs which filter waste from the blood?
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Kidneys.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48What type of acid is used in a car battery?
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Nitric.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54Sulphuric. What F is a word used to describe the cutting down of a tree?
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Felling.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00Which Norwegian band had a UK hit single with Take On Me in 1985?
0:22:00 > 0:22:01A-ha.
0:22:01 > 0:22:07What term was used by French critics to describe a film with a dark, fatalistic tone?
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Film noir.
0:22:08 > 0:22:15Which black leader said "I don't see an American dream, I see an American nightmare"?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Michael X.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18No, Malcolm X.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23The name of which Goanese dish of pork, potatoes, chilli and vinegar
0:22:23 > 0:22:26is now applied to very hot curry?
0:22:26 > 0:22:27Vindaloo?
0:22:27 > 0:22:34The Theravada and Mahayana are schools of thought in which Eastern religion?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Buddhism.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Bank.
0:22:39 > 0:22:45You banked out of time, and in that round, you put into your kitty
0:22:45 > 0:22:49a rather pathetic £300. I urge you
0:22:49 > 0:22:55heave the hopeless, ditch the dunce. Hang on to those whose memories are not fading.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59It's time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Neale is the strongest link.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07He got all of his questions right and banked the most money.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11The Weakest Link is Nick, but will the others have realised?
0:23:13 > 0:23:18Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Betty, have you got the hang of the rules?
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- I thought I had. - Why have you voted for Nick?
0:23:41 > 0:23:45- I never trust journalists. - No. Right. Jon,
0:23:45 > 0:23:51- why Nick?- It's nothing personal, but I've voted for him twice...
0:23:51 > 0:23:55- But it's nothing personal? - Er...well, it's his questions.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- Do you want to get rid of him? - I suppose so.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Nick, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13I think Jon should be the next person to go.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Anyone who spells his name Jon, without the H is pretentious.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21He had a knife out for me and voted for me twice before,
0:24:21 > 0:24:27so good old-fashioned retribution, maybe. That's why I hope he's next.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Round Five.
0:24:31 > 0:24:36Your total so far is £2120. There are five of you left.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Ten seconds comes off the time.
0:24:38 > 0:24:44We start with the strongest link. That's Neale. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Start the clock.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52Who won a Best Actor Academy Award for the 1981 film On Golden Pond?
0:24:52 > 0:24:53Henry Fonda.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57What is the rank of the leader of a brigade?
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Brigadier.
0:24:58 > 0:25:06In Judaism, what is the ceremony for boys attaining religious adulthood?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07- Jew?- Bar Mitzvah.
0:25:07 > 0:25:13Classical music: was Turandot the last unfinished opera by Rossini or Puccini?
0:25:13 > 0:25:14Puccini.
0:25:14 > 0:25:20For which baseball team did Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle play?
0:25:23 > 0:25:25New York... Sorry.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28New York Yankees.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33In which South American mountain range is Lake Titicaca?
0:25:33 > 0:25:34It's the Andes.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39In which century did the poet Sylvia Plath live?
0:25:39 > 0:25:4020th.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- Bank.- How many lines of symmetry has a semicircle?
0:25:44 > 0:25:45- Two.- One.
0:25:45 > 0:25:51Which Q is the New York borough in which the US Open Tennis Championship is held?
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Queens.
0:25:52 > 0:25:58Alex is the leader of a gang in which controversial 1962 Anthony Burgess novel?
0:25:58 > 0:25:59A Clockwork Orange.
0:25:59 > 0:26:05- Bank.- Kaiser Wilhelm II lived in exile in which country following WWI?
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Austria.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11Holland. In which country of the UK are the Cuillin hills situated?
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Scotland.
0:26:12 > 0:26:18In TV, name the character Julia Sawalha played in Absolutely Fabulous.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Saffron.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24- Bank.- David Bowie starred as Vendis Partners in which 1986 film
0:26:24 > 0:26:28about young love and conflict in 1950s London?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30The Man Who Fell To Earth?
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Absolute Beginners. Where is Culver Cliff?
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Wales?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Isle of Wight.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40What F is the outer bone in the lower leg?
0:26:40 > 0:26:41Femur.
0:26:41 > 0:26:47Fibula. What name was shared by four consecutive UK kings from the house of Hanover?
0:26:49 > 0:26:50George.
0:26:50 > 0:26:56In chemistry, which element do all organic compounds contain?
0:26:56 > 0:26:57Oxygen.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Carbon. Released in 1937, what was Disney's first feature length cartoon?
0:27:02 > 0:27:03Fantasia.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.- Bank.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Time is up, and after all that work,
0:27:13 > 0:27:19you continue to go down the drain. You put into your kitty just £150.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24Those desperately clinging on should be put out of their misery
0:27:24 > 0:27:30without delay. They have no place here. It's time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Bridget is the strongest link for the second time,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39and for a second time, Tracey is the Weakest Link,
0:27:39 > 0:27:44but can she survive a second vote as the pressure increases?
0:27:46 > 0:27:51Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Bridget, why Tracey?
0:28:07 > 0:28:10She got the most questions wrong in that round.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Right.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- Neale, what do you do?- Firefighter.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- Do they not teach you first aid? - Yeah.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24- You don't know your fibula from your femur.- Er...no.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28- It's not funny, is it?- Not at all. - Not if you're rescuing me.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Why Tracey?
0:28:32 > 0:28:36It's difficult. I think we all had a poor round.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- She answered less than others. - What's your hobby, Tracey?
0:28:40 > 0:28:45- Belly dancing.- Does it give you practice at general knowledge?
0:28:45 > 0:28:48It gives you practice at wiggling your hips.
0:28:48 > 0:28:54But not sufficient. With two votes, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:29:01 > 0:29:09The walk of shame, I found it a great relief and used it as an opportunity to strut my stuff.
0:29:09 > 0:29:14I think the person to win will be Bridget. She's been consistent
0:29:14 > 0:29:18throughout the game. However, the person I'd love to win
0:29:18 > 0:29:22is Neale. He's a fantastic guy and a good laugh.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28Round Six. You have £2270 in the kitty. Four players left.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31We are taking ten seconds from your time.
0:29:31 > 0:29:37We start with the strongest link. That's Bridget. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Start the clock.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45Which valley in the Highlands is known as the Great Glen?
0:29:45 > 0:29:46Glencoe.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51Glen More. Jigglypuff and Lickitung are characters from which TV series?
0:29:53 > 0:29:54I've no idea.
0:29:54 > 0:30:00Pokemon. In Great Expectations, which convict is Pip's secret benefactor?
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Magwitch.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07In religion, which Chinese philosopher was born in 551BC?
0:30:07 > 0:30:08Confucius.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12- Bank. - The USA's most westerly point is in which state?
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Alaska.
0:30:13 > 0:30:19Under which king were women first licensed to be actresses in theatre?
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Charles I or Charles II?
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Charles II.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23Bank.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28Who played Jack Horner in the 1997 film Boogie Nights?
0:30:28 > 0:30:29George Burns?
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Burt Reynolds.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36Which DH Lawrence novel was censored until 30 years after his death?
0:30:36 > 0:30:37Lady Chatterley's Lover.
0:30:37 > 0:30:43Which actor played Philip Marlow in Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective?
0:30:47 > 0:30:48Pass.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53Michael Gambon. Add the square root of 81 to the square root of 100.
0:30:53 > 0:30:5419.
0:30:54 > 0:30:55Bank.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Prince Charles learnt Welsh at which university?
0:30:58 > 0:31:01The University of Cardiff?
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Aberystwyth. What was Henry Cotton's sport?
0:31:04 > 0:31:05Golf.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10- Bank.- What B is a triangular stringed instrument popular in Russia?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Balalaika.
0:31:12 > 0:31:18Which footballer's autobiography entitled Psycho was published in 2000?
0:31:18 > 0:31:19Er...Stuart Pearce.
0:31:19 > 0:31:25Who was leader of the Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes or Robert Catesby?
0:31:25 > 0:31:26Robert Catesby.
0:31:26 > 0:31:32- Bank.- In which continent would you find the Okavango Delta?
0:31:32 > 0:31:33Asia.
0:31:33 > 0:31:34Africa.
0:31:34 > 0:31:39The character Fanny Robin is from which Thomas Hardy novel?
0:31:39 > 0:31:40Far From The Madding Crowd.
0:31:40 > 0:31:46- Bank.- By what other name is the Chinese city of Peking known today?
0:31:46 > 0:31:47I don't know.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48Beijing.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51In which year was the poisonous...
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Time is up.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55I cannot complete the question.
0:31:55 > 0:32:01You put into the bank £260. That is not very impressive.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Who was most responsible
0:32:05 > 0:32:09for the poor banking? It's time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16With just one question wrong, Neale is the strongest link.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20Betty is the Weakest Link, but she did bank some money.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23Will it be enough to save her?
0:32:25 > 0:32:29Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43- Neale, why Jon?- Hard to choose, but Jon hesitated. That's it.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Right.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Betty, why Jon?
0:32:48 > 0:32:51He had tricky questions, numerical questions,
0:32:51 > 0:32:54but he was getting them wrong.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59Jon, do you think when you grow up, you might learn some geography?
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- I might do.- With three votes, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:33:10 > 0:33:16It's annoying that the Weakest Link is out there and I've been voted off.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18I came to win. Didn't quite make it.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22I think Bridget will win. She has good general knowledge.
0:33:22 > 0:33:28She's a teacher, so she reads a lot of books, and I think she'll take the money.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Round Seven.
0:33:33 > 0:33:38So far, you've won £2530. There are three of you left.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43We take ten seconds off the clock. We start with the strongest link.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46That's Neale. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Start the clock.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53In the north, which way do hurricanes spin?
0:33:53 > 0:33:54Clockwise.
0:33:54 > 0:33:55Anticlockwise.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59What C is the name given to the American puma?
0:33:59 > 0:34:00Cougar.
0:34:00 > 0:34:07In opera, which barber introduces himself with the aria Largo Al Factotum?
0:34:07 > 0:34:09The barber of Seville.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Figaro. I'll accept that.
0:34:11 > 0:34:16- Bank.- In energy, for what do the initials kJ stand?
0:34:16 > 0:34:17Kilojoule.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21What American state is named after Louis XIV of France?
0:34:21 > 0:34:22Louisiana.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27- Bank.- What TV show is known on the continent as Jeux Sans Frontieres?
0:34:31 > 0:34:32I can't remember.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34It's A Knockout.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Who caused the collapse of Barings Bank?
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Nick Leeson. Bank.
0:34:40 > 0:34:46Complete the title of the novel by Malcolm Bradbury. Eating People Is what?
0:34:46 > 0:34:47- Easy.- Wrong.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51Which city in Queensland hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games?
0:34:55 > 0:34:56Melbourne?
0:34:56 > 0:35:01Brisbane. For which king did England raise a king's ransom in 1194?
0:35:02 > 0:35:03King John.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08Richard I. Drake's Bay is just north of which Californian city?
0:35:10 > 0:35:11San Francisco.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16In the TV series Minder, which character was played by George Cole?
0:35:21 > 0:35:22I can't remember.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Arthur Daley.
0:35:24 > 0:35:29Which crisis began in 1929 when the New York Stock Exchange collapsed?
0:35:29 > 0:35:30Stock Market Crash...
0:35:30 > 0:35:32The Great Depression.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36What team tennis tournament began in 1900?
0:35:36 > 0:35:37The Davis Cup.
0:35:37 > 0:35:44In 1858, John Hanning Speke discovered the source of which great African river?
0:35:44 > 0:35:45The Nile.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48- Bank.- In literature, what is the name of the...
0:35:52 > 0:35:56Time is up. I cannot complete the question
0:35:56 > 0:35:59and you banked £170. In Round Eight, you get the chance
0:35:59 > 0:36:05to treble what you bank, and that means there's £3000 to be won.
0:36:05 > 0:36:12The question is who is least likely to assist you in raising the total to the maximum?
0:36:12 > 0:36:15It's time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Bridget is the strongest link for the third time.
0:36:20 > 0:36:25Betty is the Weakest Link, but will she survive another vote
0:36:25 > 0:36:27at this crucial stage of the game?
0:36:29 > 0:36:34Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Bridget, you're not on the side of sisterhood?
0:36:46 > 0:36:50I was voting for what I thought was the Weakest Link,
0:36:50 > 0:36:55- as I have done all the way through. - Right. Neale, why Betty?
0:36:55 > 0:36:59I just thought she hesitated a little bit too much.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04- You don't fancy rescuing her? - Oh, yes, I'll rescue her.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08Betty, your memory left for Stenhousemuir.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12- It did.- You may join it. You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23Playing the Weakest Link is hard, but it is enjoyable,
0:37:23 > 0:37:26but as the rounds go on, it gets worse
0:37:26 > 0:37:29and worse and you just want to go home and cry.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Round Eight. So far, you have won
0:37:34 > 0:37:38£2700 out of a possible £7000. Neale and Bridget,
0:37:38 > 0:37:41only two of you left, and this time,
0:37:41 > 0:37:47you have just 90 seconds, but whatever you win in this round will be trebled,
0:37:47 > 0:37:50and added to your total prize money, so £3000
0:37:50 > 0:37:57is at stake. We start with the strongest link. That's Bridget. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Start the clock.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Castille and Aragon were kingdoms of which country?
0:38:05 > 0:38:06France.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07Spain.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Which football team won the English league most?
0:38:11 > 0:38:12Liverpool.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17- Bank.- Which Asian Capital used to be known as Batavia until 1949?
0:38:22 > 0:38:23Jakarta.
0:38:23 > 0:38:29- Bank.- Which Hebrew word for Jewish unleavened bread is widely used in English?
0:38:31 > 0:38:32- Pass.- Matzo.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36What L is the name given to an electrical discharge
0:38:36 > 0:38:41between a charged rain cloud and the ground or two charged clouds?
0:38:41 > 0:38:42Lightning.
0:38:42 > 0:38:47Tom Cruise starred as a Vietnam veteran in which Oliver Stone film?
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Born On The Fourth Of July.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50Bank.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55The world's largest theatre, Radio City Music Hall is in which American city?
0:38:55 > 0:38:56New York.
0:38:56 > 0:38:57Bank.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02The Yardbirds and Cream are associated with which guitar legend?
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Eric Clapton. Bank.
0:39:04 > 0:39:09In literature, what doctor was the author of The Lives Of The Poets?
0:39:11 > 0:39:12Johnson.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Are the flowers of the plant lily of the valley white or blue?
0:39:16 > 0:39:19White. Bank.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22In the animal kingdom, is the koala a type of bear?
0:39:22 > 0:39:24No. Bank.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28In which decade was Playdoh first sold in America?
0:39:28 > 0:39:30- The '30s.- The '50s.
0:39:32 > 0:39:39Time up, and you won £200 in that round. We'll treble that and add it to the winnings
0:39:39 > 0:39:42of the previous rounds, which means a prize
0:39:42 > 0:39:46of £3300, but only one of you can take that money away,
0:39:46 > 0:39:53so now, you will play against each other head to head. I'll ask alternate questions,
0:39:53 > 0:39:57best of five. Whoever answers the most correctly wins.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01If there's a tie after five, we'll go for sudden death.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05So, Neale and Bridget, for £3300,
0:40:05 > 0:40:07let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:09 > 0:40:14- Bridget, as the strongest link you have the choice of who goes first.- May I?
0:40:17 > 0:40:18Bridget,
0:40:18 > 0:40:21in food,
0:40:21 > 0:40:23baked beans are normally made
0:40:23 > 0:40:26from which type of bean?
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Field bean.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31The correct answer is haricot bean.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Neale,
0:40:34 > 0:40:38which streaker hit the headlines
0:40:38 > 0:40:40when she went topless at Twickenham
0:40:40 > 0:40:43in January 1982?
0:40:45 > 0:40:46Erica Roe.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48That is the correct answer.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Bridget,
0:40:50 > 0:40:53who was chancellor of the exchequer
0:40:53 > 0:40:57immediately prior to Gordon Brown?
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Robin...
0:41:08 > 0:41:11No. The correct answer is Kenneth Clarke.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Neale, what was the name
0:41:14 > 0:41:16of the eldest daughter
0:41:16 > 0:41:18in the 1970s and '80s
0:41:18 > 0:41:21TV drama series
0:41:21 > 0:41:23The Waltons?
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Sue Ellen.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29The correct answer is Mary Ellen.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Bridget,
0:41:31 > 0:41:33William Penn
0:41:33 > 0:41:37was a 17th century religious leader
0:41:37 > 0:41:40of which Christian movement?
0:41:42 > 0:41:43Quakers.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45That is the correct answer.
0:41:45 > 0:41:46Neale,
0:41:48 > 0:41:51in which Shakespeare play
0:41:51 > 0:41:53does the character
0:41:53 > 0:41:56of Sir Toby Belch appear?
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Midsummer's Night Dream.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03The correct answer is Twelfth Night.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06At this stage, you are level pegging.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Bridget,
0:42:08 > 0:42:10in children's television,
0:42:10 > 0:42:12which actor provided
0:42:12 > 0:42:14the voices in the 1980s cartoon
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Will O' The Wisp?
0:42:22 > 0:42:23Martin Jarvis.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27The correct answer is Kenneth Williams.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Neale,
0:42:30 > 0:42:33on which Channel Island would you find
0:42:33 > 0:42:35the wildlife centre and zoo
0:42:35 > 0:42:37founded by English zoologist
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Gerald Durrell?
0:42:43 > 0:42:44Jersey.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47That is the correct answer.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Bridget, you must answer this question correctly
0:42:50 > 0:42:52to remain in the game.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56What is the name
0:42:56 > 0:42:59of US President George W Bush's
0:42:59 > 0:43:02vice president?
0:43:13 > 0:43:15I can't remember.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19The correct answer is Dick Cheney.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23That means, Neale,
0:43:23 > 0:43:29you are today's strongest link and you go away with £3300.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32Bridget, you leave with nothing.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38I didn't think I was going to win.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41Bridget was the strongest person there
0:43:41 > 0:43:45but when she got that last one wrong, the penny dropped.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Good on Bridget.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49£3000 would be wonderful,
0:43:49 > 0:43:52but I never had it, so I won't miss it
0:43:52 > 0:43:55and I'll carry on with the normal day.
0:43:55 > 0:43:59£3000 is amazing. I thought I'd be here a lot earlier.
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