0:00:02 > 0:00:06Here are today's team of nine contestants preparing for the show.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09One will go home with up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13The rest will get nothing as team-mates vote them...
0:00:13 > 0:00:15the weakest link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Any of the nine people in the studio here today
0:00:36 > 0:00:39could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41They don't know each other,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45but to win the money, they'll have to work as a team.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48But eight of them will leave with nothing,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Let's meet the team.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01I'm Catherine, I'm 22, studying BA illustration and I live in Brighton.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06I'm Peter, 67, a retired banker from Earls Court in London.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11I'm Jo, I'm 32, and I'm a learning mentor from Birmingham.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17Chris, age 20, a medical records assistant from St Andrews.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22I'm Sue, I'm 54 and a housewife from Billingham on Teesside.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28I'm Alison, I'm 49, and a personal skills trainer from Ventnor, IOW.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34Nick, 31. I'm a drug and alcohol counsellor from North Wales.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40I'm Anne, I'm 64, and I'm a part-time data entry clerk
0:01:40 > 0:01:42from Newcastle-under-Lyme.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46I'm David, 52, I live in Staffordshire.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48I'm a comedy entertainer.
0:01:50 > 0:01:56In each round the aim is to get enough questions right to meet your £1000 target
0:01:56 > 0:02:00within the time, the fastest way being to get nine in a row right.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Get one wrong, you break the chain
0:02:03 > 0:02:05and lose all the money in the chain.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08If you say "bank" before I ask the question,
0:02:08 > 0:02:13the money is safe, but you start a new chain from scratch.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Remember, at the end of the round,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18only banked money can be carried forward.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21In Round One there will be three minutes on the clock.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26We start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37The shoe of which animal is seen as lucky?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39A horse.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41In food, Boursin is a type of what?
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Cheese.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45In engineering, what W is the process
0:02:45 > 0:02:49by which two pieces of metal are joined under heat?
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Welding.
0:02:50 > 0:02:56In nature, what name is given to any plant growing where it is not wanted?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Weed.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Complete the title of this Shakespeare play: As You...?
0:03:02 > 0:03:03As You Like It.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Which uniformed organisation for girls uses the name Brown Owl?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10The Girl Guides.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13The Brownies. But I will accept Girl Guides.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- Bank. - The Mike Myers spy character
0:03:16 > 0:03:19is Austin Powers, international man of...?
0:03:19 > 0:03:20Mystery.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24In fashion, what T is a semicircular jewelled headdress?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Tiara.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31In the kids' TV series Rainbow, what kind of animal was George?
0:03:31 > 0:03:32- A bear.- Hippo.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36In food, is an aperitif drunk before or after a meal?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Before.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Which male singer of West End musical fame
0:03:41 > 0:03:44had a UK hit with Love Changes Everything in 1989?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Michael Ball.
0:03:45 > 0:03:51In money, what P can be a state-run or private form of saving for retirement?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Pension fund.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58- Bank.- Which US TV series starred David Hasselhoff as an LA lifeguard?
0:03:58 > 0:03:59Baywatch.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04In maths, what's the answer to any number multiplied by zero?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- The same.- Zero. Correct.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Complete the proverb "Many a good tune played on an old...?"
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- Comb.- Fiddle.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Animals: what C is the ape most closely related to humans?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Chimpanzee.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22What M appears in wet and stormy weather in SE Asia?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Monsoon.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29What name is given to the long, twisted waxed Rastafarian hairstyle?
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Dreadlocks.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Who directed the 1935 mystery film The 39 Steps?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Alfred Hitchcock.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40In theatre, what A is a method of testing and casting actors?
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Audition.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46- Bank.- Fettuccine and rigatoni are types of which Italian food?
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Pasta.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Animals. What type of animal is a blackcock?
0:04:50 > 0:04:51A bird.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56In the song, who wheeled her barrow through the streets of Dublin?
0:04:56 > 0:04:57- Pass.- Molly Malone.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02In science, what M are the largest class of elements?
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Metals.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08- Bank.- The musical Chess was composed by ex-members of which band?
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Abba.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13In the 1980s TV series, what type of flying vehicle was Airwolf?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15A helicopter.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20TV's Have I Got News For You has team captains Paul Merton and Ian...?
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Hislop.
0:05:21 > 0:05:27- Bank.- The singer Dino Crocetti who starred in the 1959 film Rio Bravo
0:05:27 > 0:05:29was better known as Dean who?
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Martin.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- Bank.- In the 1960s children's cartoon series...
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Time is up. I can't complete the question. And in that round
0:05:42 > 0:05:49you won £990 of the £1000 available to you.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52But who looks likely to hold you back?
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Who is already appearing a little bit dense?
0:05:56 > 0:06:00One of you is about to leave with nothing.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07After a good opening round,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Alison is the strongest link.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Sue is the weakest, but at this early stage
0:06:12 > 0:06:16what factors will the team consider as they vote?
0:06:18 > 0:06:23OK. Voting over. Time to reveal who YOU think is the weakest link.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44Nick.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- Hello.- Why Peter?
0:06:47 > 0:06:51He got questions wrong and took a lot of time doing it.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Questions wrong?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55A question?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Only one question.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- You saw him as the weakest link? - Yes.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01But he wasn't, was he, Sue?
0:07:01 > 0:07:03I think it might have been me.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Yes? Why did you vote for Peter?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08He got a question wrong.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- As I did.- All right. Peter...
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Statistically you weren't the worst player...
0:07:17 > 0:07:22But alas, there's many a BAD tune played on an old fiddle.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26The team have decided you ARE the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38I'm disappointed to be voted the weakest link in Round One.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43I think Sue will be voted off in the next round,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46as she was the weakest link in the first round.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Round Two. You have in the kitty £990.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55There are eight of you left.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58We are taking ten seconds off the clock.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01We start with the strongest link from the last round.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Start the clock.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Which French phrase means "double meaning"?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Double entendre.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14If you rented a video for ten nights at £2.50 a night
0:08:14 > 0:08:16how much would it cost?
0:08:16 > 0:08:17£25.
0:08:17 > 0:08:23What F is a pear-shaped fruit with sweet flesh and many seeds?
0:08:23 > 0:08:24- Pomegranate?- Fig.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Who succeeded Zoe Ball
0:08:26 > 0:08:30as presenter of the Radio 1 breakfast show in 2000?
0:08:30 > 0:08:31Donna Air?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Sara Cox. What name is given to a female fox?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36A vixen.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40Lawn and Crown Green are the main forms of what sport?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- Tennis.- Bowls.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45What train runs on a single rail?
0:08:45 > 0:08:46A monorail.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49In nature, is a capsicum a plant or an animal?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51A plant.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56Which Birmingham-born actress was Rita in the film Educating Rita?
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Julie Walters.
0:08:57 > 0:09:04- Bank.- What C is a tropical evergreen tree with kidney-shaped nuts edible after roasting?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- Chestnut.- Cashew.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11Which Bond actor was Simon Templar in the 1960s TV series The Saint?
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Roger Moore.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Marine life. Is a swordfish a shark or ray?
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- A swordfish.- A ray.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Which Scottish football team is nicknamed The Boys?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- Glasgow Rangers?- Celtic.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29In biology, what N is the part of a cell holding genetic information?
0:09:29 > 0:09:30- DNA.- Nucleus.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33In Indian music, are "tabla" pipes or drums?
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- Pipes.- Drums.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40What A is a word or phrase made by rearranging words or letters?
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Anagram.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45On a standard dartboard what's the highest you can score
0:09:45 > 0:09:48with one dart without hitting a treble?
0:09:48 > 0:09:49- Sixty.- Fifty.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53What species of animal is the desert cottontail?
0:09:53 > 0:09:54It's a rabbit.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Is the Cambridge Theatre in London or Cambridge?
0:09:58 > 0:09:59London.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- Bank.- What J names the veins that drain blood from head and neck?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Jugular.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10Which city in Argentina is named from the Spanish for Good Airs or Winds?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Buenos Aires.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17In Indian food, the word "sag" refers to which edible green plant?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Spinach.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24- Bank.- Which London cricket ground is HQ to the Surrey team and a Test Match venue?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- Lords.- The Oval.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31The Reign of Terror 1793-4 was in which country's revolutionary period?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33France.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Which city has the only natural hot springs in Britain?
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Bath.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43- Bank.- Long-beards Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill are in which US rock trio?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45ZZ Top.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Is oleander classed as herb or flower?
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- A herb.- Flower.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Time is up,
0:10:53 > 0:10:58and in that round you won £300, which is hardly impressive.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Who is now struggling to conceal their ignorance?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06One of you is about to leave with nothing.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Sue has gone from weakest link to strongest.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16She got all her questions right.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20The weakest link is Jo. But who will lose the vote?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25It's time to reveal who YOU think is the weakest link.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Chris...why David?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Purely because I know he got two questions wrong.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54- I don't recall anyone else getting two wrong.- You don't?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- Anyway, you thought he was the weakest link?- Yep.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- He wasn't, was he, Jo? - No, he wasn't.- Who was?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03I believe it was me on this round.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Yes. That will be correct.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07And David, what is it you do?
0:12:07 > 0:12:12- I'm a comedian, Anne.- Are you? - Yes.- How funny is that?
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Not as funny as today, believe me.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16It's going to be less funny.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20By four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Bye.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31To use a cliche, I'm sick as a parrot.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35I made mistakes, but they know I could have gone further.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39They saw me as a threat because they know I know a lot more.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I think Jo might come off next.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45She WAS nervous. But now she's cracking.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46So Jo will be next.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Round Three and you have in the kitty £1290.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54You're now seven players.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56We take another ten seconds off the time.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01We start with our current strongest link. That's Sue!
0:13:01 > 0:13:02Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Start the clock.
0:13:05 > 0:13:10Which Radio 4 drama series had its 50th birthday on 1st January 2001?
0:13:10 > 0:13:11The Archers.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16Which Grand Slam tennis event is held annually at Melbourne Park?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18The Australian Open.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Fender and Gibson make which type of musical instrument?
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Guitar.
0:13:23 > 0:13:29- Bank.- What C is an island state of the West Indies at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico?
0:13:29 > 0:13:30Cuba.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35In US politics what position did Al Gore hold during Clinton's tenure?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- Secretary.- Vice-President.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42- Bank.- In pop music, which Scottish group led by Sharleen Spiteri
0:13:42 > 0:13:45shares a name with a US state?
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Pass.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Texas.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52Kibo is the highest peak of which mountain in Tanzania?
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- Pass.- Kilimanjaro.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59In aviation, what word means height in relation to a given point,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01like sea level or horizon?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02Altitude.
0:14:02 > 0:14:08Does an overactive thyroid gland increase or decrease the rate of metabolism?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- Decrease.- Increase.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Which character decided to take a day off school
0:14:13 > 0:14:16in the 1986 comedy directed by John Landis?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Ferris Bueller.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22With which sport would you associate Ken Doherty?
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- Darts?- Snooker.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- Bank.- Which composer was born first: Beethoven or Wagner?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- Wagner.- Beethoven.
0:14:32 > 0:14:39Which British political party was founded in 1988 by merging Liberal and Social Democrat?
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Liberal Democrats.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47Joni who is a Canadian pop singer born Roberta Joan Anderson in 1943?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Joni Mitchell.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53- Bank.- What honour did Coronation Street's Liz Dawn who plays Vera
0:14:53 > 0:14:56receive from the Queen in 2000?
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- OBE?- MBE.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02What is the official currency of Mauritius?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03The pound.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08The rupee. Arthur Golden wrote which 1998 novel
0:15:08 > 0:15:11about a girl who trains to be a geisha?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13- Pass. - Memoirs Of A Geisha.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19Which US film director said, after his honorary knighthood in 2001,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22"I feel I've been engaged to Britain since 1980"?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Steven Spielberg.
0:15:24 > 0:15:30- Bank.- What is the type of wall painting named after the Italian for "fresh"?
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Fresco.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35- Bank. - Is lace a craft that began in Europe or America?
0:15:35 > 0:15:36- America.- Europe.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Adrenaline is produced by which glands in the body?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Adrenal glands.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- Bank.- The Dolomites are...
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Time is up, and you banked...
0:15:51 > 0:15:53only £210.
0:15:54 > 0:16:00Who should be stopped in their tracks? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Anne is strongest, according to the statistics.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Alison, the first strongest link, is now weakest.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Will the votes reflect this?
0:16:14 > 0:16:19Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Anne, why Jo?
0:16:36 > 0:16:41I think she got more wrong than anybody else.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- So, she was the weakest link?- Yes.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Catherine, getting rid of another woman, are you?
0:16:47 > 0:16:52- It's not intentional.- Why Jo, then? - She got a couple wrong.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- You thought she was the weakest link?- Yes.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01Alison...did you think Jo was the weakest link?
0:17:01 > 0:17:05- I did, Anne. Yes. - She wasn't, statistically.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06Who do you think was?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09It sounds bad news for me, Anne.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13It does. But you're still here, because, with four votes,
0:17:13 > 0:17:18the team have decided Jo is the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30I think Anne and Sue have both used tactical voting.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Perhaps they feel insecure, and I'm a scapegoat.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36The person I least want to win is Anne.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39She got more questions than me wrong,
0:17:39 > 0:17:42and she always seemed to have it in for me.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Round Four.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51£1500 banked so far, out of a potential prize money of £3000.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56Six of you left and ten seconds less. You have two and a half minutes.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59We start with the strongest link.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Anne, let's play The Weakest Link.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Start the clock.
0:18:04 > 0:18:10Which war involved the longest continuous engagement of US troops?
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Vietnam.
0:18:11 > 0:18:17Complete the title of this 1962 play by Arnold Westcott: Chips With...
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- Ketchup.- Everything.
0:18:19 > 0:18:25After a brief retirement, which British jockey returned to the saddle in 1992
0:18:25 > 0:18:28to win his 30th Classic, the 2,000 Guineas?
0:18:28 > 0:18:30- Peter Scudamore. - Lester Piggott.
0:18:30 > 0:18:36Which 1996 film starred Ewan McGregor as a member of a colliery band?
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Brassed Off.
0:18:39 > 0:18:45How many pairs of chromosomes are there in a normal cell? 23 or 33?
0:18:45 > 0:18:4623.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51What's the surname of American writer Gore,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54author of the 1968 novel Myra Breckenridge?
0:18:54 > 0:18:55Vidal.
0:18:55 > 0:19:01- Bank.- On what river is the city of Moscow situated?
0:19:01 > 0:19:02- Volga.- River Moscow.
0:19:02 > 0:19:08Which of the Beatles was born first? John, Paul, George or Ringo?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- John.- Ringo.
0:19:10 > 0:19:16What was the name of the first American satellite to be launched in 1958?
0:19:16 > 0:19:17- Sputnik.- Explorer 1.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21In golf, how many holes make up a standard course?
0:19:21 > 0:19:2218.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26Is Nicaragua in Africa or Central America?
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Central America.
0:19:28 > 0:19:34What C is the name of the insects known for their shrill, monotonous call,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37which is often attributed to grasshoppers?
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Cicadas.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- Bank.- What is the molten rock below the Earth's crust
0:19:42 > 0:19:45that erupts as lava?
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Magma.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49What is a balalaika? A type of Russian food
0:19:49 > 0:19:52or a Russian musical instrument?
0:19:52 > 0:19:53Instrument.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58What J is the term used to describe baby marsupials?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Joey.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03In which language is the Domesday Book written?
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Latin.
0:20:05 > 0:20:11Born in 1925, which blues musician is known as the Beale Street Blues Boy?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Muddy Waters or BB King?
0:20:14 > 0:20:15BB King.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19The blackberry plant is also known as what B?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- Pass.- Bramble.
0:20:21 > 0:20:27Name the 1992 Neil Jordan film about an IRA man who meets a transvestite,
0:20:27 > 0:20:29after fleeing to London.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- Pass.- The Crying Game.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Catherine...
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Time is up.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41I cannot ask the question. In that round you banked
0:20:41 > 0:20:43£350.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Who is hindering you from raising that bank balance
0:20:48 > 0:20:51to a greater height?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Sue is the strongest for the second time.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Catherine is the weakest statistically.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05But will the voting reflect this?
0:21:07 > 0:21:12Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Nick.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- Why Catherine? - Well, it was her or Chris,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34and I didn't want to be the only male.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38- Oh, you're frightened of women? - I'm terrified.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42- Anne, not one of your best rounds. - No, it wasn't.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44I will agree with you there.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49Good. That's always wise. Why Catherine?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Well, I did think she got one or two wrong.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57- Do you know anyone else who got one or two wrong?- Myself. - That's right.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Catherine, you are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11I do feel disappointed, but also relieved,
0:22:11 > 0:22:14because it's quite a stressful situation.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18The person who I'd least like to win is Sue.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21I think she's a bit of a know-it-all.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26I think Chris could be voted off next, because he is flailing.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29He has got a few wrong, and I think he's been lucky.
0:22:32 > 0:22:38Round Five, and you have banked so far £1850.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43Five of you left and ten seconds less. We start with the strongest link.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Sue, let's play The Weakest Link.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Start the clock.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54The ear and the eye are known as what R within the nervous system?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Receptors.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00In football, Alan Shearer captained which country?
0:23:00 > 0:23:01England.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06Which Martial Arts expert starred in the 1971 film The Big Boss?
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Bruce Lee.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12In American TV, for what does NBC stand?
0:23:12 > 0:23:17- National Corporation... - National Broadcasting Company.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20In which century did Tokyo become Japan's capital?
0:23:20 > 0:23:21Pass.
0:23:21 > 0:23:2519th. What S is a type of Soviet-designed missile
0:23:25 > 0:23:29used by Iraq against Israel in the Gulf War?
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Scud.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35For which Premiership football team did Marcel Desailly play
0:23:35 > 0:23:37at the beginning of 2001?
0:23:38 > 0:23:39- Manchester United.- Chelsea.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44What P is the pruning of the young branches of a tree
0:23:44 > 0:23:46in order to encourage a bushy head?
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- Propagation.- Pollarding.
0:23:50 > 0:23:56The extravagant mansion Xanadu features in which epic 1941 Orson Welles film?
0:23:59 > 0:24:01- Pass.- Citizen Kane.
0:24:01 > 0:24:08Bude is a popular seaside resort on the north coast of which English county?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- Yorkshire.- Cornwall.
0:24:10 > 0:24:16With which musical instrument would you associate jazz musician Chet Baker?
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- Guitar.- Trumpet.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23In the DH Lawrence novel, what is Lady Chatterley's first name?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Constance.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31Which Indian religion has the two major branches -
0:24:31 > 0:24:33the Theravada and the Mahayana?
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Hinduism.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Buddhism. The cities of Cleveland and Toledo are in which US state?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Ohio.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46If a floor measures 30m x 25m, what's the distance round its edge?
0:24:47 > 0:24:48- 750.- 110 metres.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53In which country in the British Isles is County Down?
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Northern Ireland.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59What F means the ability of substances to glow under ultraviolet light?
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Fluorescence.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05- Bank. - Which Sister Sledge song was reworked by Will Smith
0:25:05 > 0:25:08for his 1998 Top Ten hit, Getting Jiggy With It?
0:25:08 > 0:25:12- We Are Family. - Time is up.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15The answer is He's The Greatest Dancer.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18You only scraped together £150.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Who's cooking on very little gas?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Alison is the strongest link again.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36Chris failed to answer any correctly, making him the weakest.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38But can he survive the vote?
0:25:41 > 0:25:46Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03We have a tie. Anne and Chris - two votes each.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Anne, why have you voted for Chris?
0:26:05 > 0:26:11Well, I know I had a horrendous round, but I thought he did, as well.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Right. Alison, why Anne?
0:26:15 > 0:26:18I felt that, between Anne and Chris,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Anne was the one showing more nerves,
0:26:21 > 0:26:25and I thought perhaps she got one more wrong than him.
0:26:25 > 0:26:31Well, when the vote is tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Do you want to stick with Anne or move on to Chris?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39I'll stay with Anne.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Right.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Anne, Alison wants to get rid of you,
0:26:44 > 0:26:48but in fact, statistically,
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Chris was the weakest link - he didn't get any right.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57But I can't argue with Alison. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09I was kicking myself about Citizen Kane. I knew it.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12It just wouldn't come into my head.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15I think Chris will be voted off next.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19He was the weakest link just now, and survived,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22and I think he's probably panicking now.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29Round Six. You've won £2000 out of a possible £5000.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34We take another ten seconds away and start with the strongest link.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Alison, let's play The Weakest Link.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Start the clock.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44In the USA, what P was the period between 1919 and 1933
0:27:44 > 0:27:46when alcohol was illegal?
0:27:46 > 0:27:47Prohibition.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52What's the name of the Royles' daughter in the TV sitcom The Royle Family?
0:27:52 > 0:27:54- Pass.- Denise.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59In which book of the Bible are the Ten Commandments first mentioned?
0:27:59 > 0:28:00- Genesis.- Exodus.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Which is the largest volcanic island in Europe?
0:28:08 > 0:28:09Sicily.
0:28:09 > 0:28:15Iceland. In chemistry, does an exothermic reaction produce or absorb heat?
0:28:15 > 0:28:16Produce.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20Which North African country did Britain occupy in 1882?
0:28:20 > 0:28:21- Morocco.- Egypt.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26What D is the technique used to purify liquids
0:28:26 > 0:28:30by the processes of evaporation and condensation?
0:28:30 > 0:28:31- Pass.- Distillation.
0:28:31 > 0:28:37In which northern English city is the Cartwright Hall art gallery?
0:28:37 > 0:28:38- Leeds.- Bradford.
0:28:38 > 0:28:43William Caxton set up the first what in England in the 15th Century?
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Printing press.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49In which decade did Alan Wells win Olympic 100 metres Gold?
0:28:49 > 0:28:50'80s.
0:28:50 > 0:28:56In the 17th Century, was Jack Ketch a witch-hunter, arsonist or executioner?
0:28:56 > 0:28:58- Witch-hunter.- Executioner.
0:28:58 > 0:29:04What T is the capital and chief port of Libya and a seaport in northwest Lebanon?
0:29:04 > 0:29:05Tripoli.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10- Bank.- Who wrote the narrative poem Venus And Adonis, printed in 1593?
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- Keats.- William Shakespeare.
0:29:17 > 0:29:22NAFTA is an acronym for the free-trade agreement for which part of the world?
0:29:22 > 0:29:23- Europe.- North America.
0:29:23 > 0:29:29Which river in Perth and Kinross is the longest river in Scotland?
0:29:29 > 0:29:30The Tay.
0:29:30 > 0:29:35In which century did offshore oil production begin?
0:29:35 > 0:29:37- 20th.- 19th.
0:29:37 > 0:29:43In which country was the pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninov born?
0:29:43 > 0:29:44- Poland.- Russia.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48What F is the name of the Roman god of agriculture?
0:29:53 > 0:29:58Time's up. The correct answer was Faunus.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02You answered only six questions correctly, and banked £20.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Who needs to return to cloud cuckoo land?
0:30:09 > 0:30:12Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Alison is the strongest link again.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Having survived the previous vote, Chris is the weakest link.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23But who will go this time?
0:30:26 > 0:30:31Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Alison,
0:30:42 > 0:30:48- why Chris?- I feel he's had a couple of lucky escapes in earlier rounds.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- This time I felt he was struggling. - Right. Sue,
0:30:52 > 0:30:55you want him out, do you - Chris?
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Yes, I think so.
0:30:57 > 0:30:58That says it all.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Chris,
0:31:00 > 0:31:04what subjects are you able to answer questions on?
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Um... Not many. Football.
0:31:06 > 0:31:11A Question Of Sport would suit you. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23I feel slightly disappointed at being voted off,
0:31:23 > 0:31:25but on the other hand, I did well.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27I answered a lot correctly.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30My general knowledge wasn't there.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33I think Nick will be voted off next.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37He's crumbling under the pressure.
0:31:39 > 0:31:44Round Seven. You have £2020. There are three of you left.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Another ten seconds comes off the time.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49We start with Alison.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Start the clock.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59Frances McDormand won an Oscar for her role as a police officer
0:31:59 > 0:32:01in which 1996 Coen Brothers film?
0:32:02 > 0:32:03- Cagney and Lacey.- Fargo.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07TI is the symbol for which element?
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Titanium?
0:32:09 > 0:32:14- Bank.- In which European country are the Sumara Mountains situated?
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Albania.
0:32:17 > 0:32:18Czech Republic.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23Which Austen novel features Edmund Bertram and Mary Crawford?
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- Pride and Prejudice. - Mansfield Park.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27What C is the language of Andorra?
0:32:27 > 0:32:28Catalan.
0:32:28 > 0:32:33- Bank.- What was the first name of the earl who became king in 1066
0:32:33 > 0:32:37despite promising to help William the Conqueror?
0:32:37 > 0:32:38Harold.
0:32:38 > 0:32:44- Bank.- What 1915 film about the American Civil War was directed by DW Griffith?
0:32:45 > 0:32:47- Pass.- Birth Of A Nation.
0:32:47 > 0:32:53In which year did the poll tax riots take place in Britain? 1990 or 1992?
0:32:53 > 0:32:541990.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59- Bank.- Which canal from Worsley to Manchester was built by James Brindley?
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- The Manchester Ship Canal. - Bridgewater.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07The war of 1812 was between America and which country?
0:33:07 > 0:33:08Britain.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12On which Island are Douglas and Ramsey?
0:33:12 > 0:33:13Isle of Man.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18- Bank.- Which philosopher in 1958 became the first president of CND?
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Bertrand Russell.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24- Bank.- Who wrote the play Look Back In Anger?
0:33:25 > 0:33:26- John Steinbeck.- John Osborne.
0:33:27 > 0:33:33Which Flemish artist was assistant to Rubens from about 1618 to 1621?
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Van Dyke.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39- Bank.- What's the surname of Atticus in To Kill A Mockingbird?
0:33:42 > 0:33:43No. Gone.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Finch.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49Which country invented paper over 2,000 years ago?
0:33:49 > 0:33:50China.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53In which year was the Maastrict Treaty signed?
0:33:56 > 0:33:57Time's up.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00The answer was 1992.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05You banked £190, which at least was an improvement.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10In Round Eight, you can treble what you bank.
0:34:10 > 0:34:16That means, potentially, there's £3000 to be won. The question is,
0:34:16 > 0:34:18who does not deserve to stay?
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Have the courage
0:34:20 > 0:34:23to vote off the weakest link.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29Nick got all his questions right, so he's the strongest link.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Alison has become the weakest link.
0:34:33 > 0:34:38But, at this crucial stage, what factors will the players take into account?
0:34:41 > 0:34:45Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Nick,
0:34:58 > 0:35:00why Sue?
0:35:00 > 0:35:04I think she got more questions wrong than myself or Alison.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Right. Alison,
0:35:07 > 0:35:08why Sue?
0:35:08 > 0:35:11I had a dismal and embarrassing round,
0:35:11 > 0:35:14and between Nick and Sue, Sue was the weaker.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20You're correct because, statistically,
0:35:20 > 0:35:22you were the worst player.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26Sue, with two votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37A bit niggled, because I wasn't the weakest link.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39But there wasn't much in it.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43I don't know whether Alison or Nick will win.
0:35:43 > 0:35:48Alison had some very strong rounds where she was the strongest link,
0:35:48 > 0:35:53and Nick has some really bizarre knowledge which might help him.
0:35:56 > 0:36:03Round Eight. You have in the kitty £2210 out of a possible £7000.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Alison and Nick, you have 90 seconds.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Whatever you win now will be trebled
0:36:09 > 0:36:12and added to your total prize money.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14So £3000 is at stake
0:36:14 > 0:36:15in this round.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19We start with the strongest link, that's Nick.
0:36:19 > 0:36:20Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Start the clock.
0:36:23 > 0:36:29If 100g of Turkish Delight costs 90p, how many grams can you buy with £2.70?
0:36:29 > 0:36:30300g.
0:36:30 > 0:36:35What did Abraham Lincoln say is "stronger than the bullet"?
0:36:35 > 0:36:36The truth.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41The ballot. What monument in Paris was commissioned by Napoleon?
0:36:41 > 0:36:42Arc de Triomphe.
0:36:42 > 0:36:48- Bank.- Which 18th century engraver and painter is known for The Rake's Progress?
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- Pass.- Hogarth.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Which 1960 Western starring Yul Brynner was a remake
0:36:58 > 0:37:02of the 1954 Japanese film, The Seven Samurai?
0:37:03 > 0:37:05The Magnificent Seven.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08- Bank.- What M is a town on the River Derwent,
0:37:08 > 0:37:11the administrative centre of Derbyshire?
0:37:12 > 0:37:13Matlock.
0:37:13 > 0:37:19In the proverb, there are more saints in which English county than in heaven?
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- Staffordshire.- Cornwall.
0:37:22 > 0:37:27Who wrote The Tragical History Of Dr Faustus, based on the Faust legend?
0:37:28 > 0:37:30- Pass.- Christopher Marlowe.
0:37:30 > 0:37:36From which country did Nikita Kruschev remove nuclear missiles to end a crisis in 1962?
0:37:36 > 0:37:37Cuba.
0:37:37 > 0:37:44- Bank.- Jeff Hoon was appointed Secretary of State for which department in October 1999?
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- Agriculture. - Ministry of Defence.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Time's up. You banked £60.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00We'll treble that and add it to your previous winnings.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03That means prize money of £2390.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Only one of you can take that away.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10So now you will be playing each other head to head.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13I'll ask alternate questions.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Whoever answers the most correctly wins.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23So, Alison and Nick,
0:38:23 > 0:38:29for £2390, let's play The Weakest Link.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Nick, you have the choice
0:38:32 > 0:38:36- of who goes first.- Myself, please.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Nick,
0:38:40 > 0:38:44which Beatles song mentions grandchildren
0:38:44 > 0:38:47called Vera, Chuck, and Dave?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Eleanor Rigby?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53The correct answer is When I'm Sixty-Four.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Alison,
0:38:55 > 0:38:59which famous musical was adapted
0:38:59 > 0:39:02from George Bernard Shaw's play, Pygmalion?
0:39:05 > 0:39:07My Fair Lady.
0:39:08 > 0:39:09Nick,
0:39:11 > 0:39:13in the children's story,
0:39:13 > 0:39:21what was the name of Flash Gordon's enemy, the Emperor of Mongo?
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Ming the Merciless.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Alison,
0:39:29 > 0:39:34in November 2000, Richard Desmond, the publisher of OK Magazine,
0:39:34 > 0:39:39purchased The Daily Star and which other national daily newspaper?
0:39:41 > 0:39:43The Daily Express.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Nick,
0:39:47 > 0:39:51which dog, from the title of an Arthur Conan Doyle novel,
0:39:51 > 0:39:58was featured on a set of British stamps issued in 1997?
0:40:03 > 0:40:05The Hound Of The Baskervilles.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Alison,
0:40:08 > 0:40:16in which Irish city would you find Ha'penny Bridge?
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Dublin.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Nick,
0:40:24 > 0:40:31which Dutch artist painted the work commonly known as The Night Watch?
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Rembrandt.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Alison, for the lead.
0:40:39 > 0:40:46In the human body, which organs are contained within the pleural cavity?
0:40:53 > 0:40:55The lungs.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00Nick, you need to answer this correctly to stay in the game.
0:41:00 > 0:41:06In TV, what type of business did the Hammond brothers run
0:41:06 > 0:41:10in the 1970s series The Brothers?
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Was it a lorry business?
0:41:16 > 0:41:19I'll accept that. Yes, road haulage.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24Alison, if you answer this question correctly, you have won.
0:41:24 > 0:41:31For £2390, what safety measure for aeroplanes was invented in 1958
0:41:31 > 0:41:35by Australian David Warren?
0:41:40 > 0:41:42The escape chute.
0:41:42 > 0:41:47The correct answer is the black box flight data recorder.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49After five questions, we have a tie.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53So now we go into a Sudden Death situation.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56The questions will continue in pairs.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Nick, if you answer correctly,
0:41:59 > 0:42:04Alison will have to answer correctly or she loses. If you're wrong,
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Alison will have to answer correctly to win.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10So, Alison and Nick,
0:42:10 > 0:42:12let's play Sudden Death.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17Nick,
0:42:18 > 0:42:26between 1968 and 1971, the old London Bridge was dismantled,
0:42:26 > 0:42:33shipped to America and re-erected in which US State?
0:42:35 > 0:42:37I'm going to say Arizona.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39That is the correct answer.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Alison,
0:42:42 > 0:42:49which position in the shadow cabinet was held by Tony Blair
0:42:49 > 0:42:56immediately before he became Leader of the Labour Party in 1994?
0:43:07 > 0:43:10He was Undersecretary of State for Finance.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14The correct answer is Shadow Home Secretary.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25That means, Nick, you are today's strongest link,
0:43:25 > 0:43:28and you go away with £2390.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32Alison, you leave with nothing.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42Winning The Weakest Link, you can't describe.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44It's just fantastic.
0:43:44 > 0:43:48I felt, during the head to head, I was doing extremely well.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51But when it came to sudden death, my mind froze
0:43:51 > 0:43:54and I knew that I'd lost it.
0:43:54 > 0:43:58I think if anybody deserved it, it was Alison.
0:43:58 > 0:44:03I'm really sorry she didn't win, but I'm over the moon that I did!
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