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.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Any of the nine people in the studio here today
0:00:34 > 0:00:37could win up to £10,000.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41They've only just met but to get the prize money,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43they'll have to work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45However, eight will leave with nothing,
0:00:45 > 0:00:50as round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Let's meet the team.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57I'm Tom, I'm 66, from Saddleworth near Oldham
0:00:57 > 0:00:58and I'm a retired engineer.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03I'm Janice, I'm 54, from West Norwood in south London
0:01:03 > 0:01:05and I'm a private French teacher.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09I'm Andy, I'm 20, I'm from Letchworth Garden City
0:01:09 > 0:01:11and I'm a television production student.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15I'm Jennifer, I'm 45, from Nottingham
0:01:15 > 0:01:17and I'm an admin assistant.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21I'm Peter, I'm 50, I'm from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire
0:01:21 > 0:01:23and I'm a warehouse operative.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27I'm Liza, I'm 31, from Aberdeen and I'm a driver.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33I'm Jono, I'm 42, from Leicester and I'm a telecoms manager.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37I'm Sophie, I'm 20, from Wootton Bassett
0:01:37 > 0:01:39and I'm a politics student.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44I'm Wayne, I'm 37, from Southall and I work in admin.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50OK, just to remind you, in each round, there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Say bank before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Round one, three minutes on the clock.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10that's you, Andy.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Andy, in cliches, when a man proposes marriage to a woman
0:02:22 > 0:02:24he is often said to get down on bended what?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26On one knee.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I'll accept.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33Jennifer, in a competition, the traditional prize for the person who comes last
0:02:33 > 0:02:36is a spoon made from which material, wood or bronze?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- Wood.- Correct. Peter.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40In the Gregorian calendar,
0:02:40 > 0:02:44what is the name of the month that falls between June and August?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46- July.- Correct. Liza.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50In food, what D is the name for the main meal of the day,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53eaten by some at midday and by others in the evening?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- Dinner.- Correct. Jono.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- In maths, what nine minus three? - Six.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Correct. Sophie.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03In fabric, a design described as check
0:03:03 > 0:03:07features a repeat pattern of which shape, stars or squares?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- Squares.- Correct. Wayne.
0:03:09 > 0:03:15In language, the familiar phrase that means a person who is reliable and trustworthy
0:03:15 > 0:03:17is a safe pair of what?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Can you repeat the question, please?
0:03:20 > 0:03:25In language, the familiar phrase that means a person who is reliable and trustworthy
0:03:25 > 0:03:27is a safe pair of what?
0:03:29 > 0:03:30- Trousers.- Hands.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Tom, according to folklore,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37which yellow wild flower can be held under the chin
0:03:37 > 0:03:41to determine whether a person likes a particular dairy product?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- Buttercup.- Correct. Janice.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45In rail travel, what T is the name for a cart
0:03:45 > 0:03:49used by passengers to move their luggage around a station?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51- Trolley.- Correct. Andy.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54In the measurement of time, there are how many years in half a century?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- 50.- Correct.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Jennifer. In the pantomime Cinderella,
0:04:00 > 0:04:05the character who searches for the owner of a glass slipper is usually known as Prince who?
0:04:05 > 0:04:06- Charming.- Correct. Peter.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10In art, the word mural commonly refers to a large picture
0:04:10 > 0:04:14painted directly onto which structure of a building, the wall or the floor?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- The wall.- Correct. Liza.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21In money, a small container used by children to save coins
0:04:21 > 0:04:24and named for the fact that it's in the shape of a porcine animal
0:04:24 > 0:04:25is called a what bank?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- Piggy.- Correct. Jono.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32In families, what J is the word placed after the name of a son
0:04:32 > 0:04:37to distinguish him from his father when they have the same first name?
0:04:37 > 0:04:38- Junior.- Correct. Sophie.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44In public speaking, while a well-received speech goes down a storm,
0:04:44 > 0:04:48one that is poorly received is said to go down like a lead what?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- Balloon.- Correct. Wayne.
0:04:50 > 0:04:56In the animal kingdom, the grey wolf most closely resembles which breed of dog,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58the German shepherd or the Irish setter?
0:04:58 > 0:04:59- German shepherd.- Correct.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- Tom.- Bank.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04JINGLE PLAYS
0:05:05 > 0:05:08OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12That money will go through to the next round but one of you will not.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17Who has a three-figure IQ with a minus sign in front of it?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Who's going to go on losing you money?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27The first strongest link is Sophie.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30The statistics reveal that Wayne is the weakest link
0:05:30 > 0:05:33but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Wayne.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Wayne.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Wayne.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Wayne.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Wayne.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Wayne.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55Wayne.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57Wayne.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Tom.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05- Liza, what do you do? - I drive cleaners to their work
0:06:05 > 0:06:07and then I pick them up and drive them home.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- Where are they going to work?- They work in an oil company in Aberdeen.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- So they're Scottish cleaners? - Well, no. There's a lot of Polish.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- So do you live in Aberdeen?- Yes.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- And you haven't got a Polish husband, then? - No, I've got a Turkish husband.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Oh, so you speak Turkish, do you?
0:06:23 > 0:06:27- A little bit. I don't know how to say the Weakest Link in Turkish.- No.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29So where did you meet your Turkish husband?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32I met him when I worked in a kebab shop.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Yes.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Was that in Turkey? - No, it was Aberdeen.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- How long did it take you to lasso him?- A week.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47He was only in Aberdeen for a week and I got my hooks into him.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Yes. And how did you do that, Liza?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Well, it was love at first sight.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- But how did you get your hooks into him?- I just grabbed him,
0:06:57 > 0:06:58hooked him.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- And why Wayne? - Because he got his question wrong.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- So, Andy.- Hi.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06How long have you been a fan of Justin Bieber?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Erm, I'm not really a fan, Ann.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- Really?- No.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- And what do you do, little Andy? - I'm a student.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- Studying what? - Television production.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- Are you, now?- Yes. - Because you're going to be a what?
0:07:22 > 0:07:27- A producer.- How do you deal with an elderly cantankerous star?
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Female.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Cantankerous? - Yes, do you know what that means?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33I've never heard of that word in my life.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- I have no idea what that means. - LAUGHTER
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- Can you sing?- In the shower, maybe.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- But no - no, I can't. Can you sing? - Put your board down.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48When you're in the shower, is the hair down there or is it back up?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- It's all over the place. - Oh, much better!
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- Put it right back up. - What, like that?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55No, no, so it's off your face.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- Like this?- Yes.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00But then I can't see because it will come back down.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- What are you going to sing for us? - I'll sing a song to you.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Go on.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09# L is for the way you look at me
0:08:09 > 0:08:13# O is for the only one I see... #
0:08:13 > 0:08:17- So you can't sing.- No, I can't. - You're better behind the camera.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Put your board up. Why Wayne?
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Unfortunately, the question he got wrong was a little bit...
0:08:23 > 0:08:26I think everyone knew the answer. Sorry.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- Where are you from, Jennifer? - Nottingham, Ann.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- Are you? And what do you do? - I'm an admin assistant.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- Are you? Where?- For the Nottingham Citizen's Advice Bureau.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40- Oh, great, you're helping people in distress?- I like to think so.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Yes and what if I come in and say I'm in terrible debt
0:08:43 > 0:08:46and the bailiffs are after me?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Well, I tell you don't let the bailiffs in.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- Really? And how long have you been there?- Two and a half years.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57- What did you do before?- Before that I worked for an energy company.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- Doing what?- Collecting bad debt.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- Fabulous. - LAUGHTER
0:09:05 > 0:09:11- So it was you sending the bailiffs? - We used to send debt collectors
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- but not bailiffs.- Stop digging. You'll just get worse.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16I know, yeah.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- Why Wayne?- Unfortunately, he did get his question wrong
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- and it was an easy question. - He was the only one.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Wayne! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33I didn't get the chance to speak to Ann
0:09:33 > 0:09:37but if I had I would have recited a poem I wrote for her that goes:
0:09:37 > 0:09:39I think you're remarkable
0:09:39 > 0:09:42The way you smile leaves a sparkle In your jewel-bright eyes
0:09:42 > 0:09:46And your cool goodbyes Where you wink at me
0:09:46 > 0:09:48With that kinky orange tint
0:09:48 > 0:09:51And I wonder if you think I could be your strongest link.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Round two. In the bank £1,000.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57We're taking 10 seconds off your time.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00We start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Sophie.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Start the clock.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Sophie, in industry, what Q is the term for an open pit
0:10:08 > 0:10:10made for the purpose of extracting stone?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- Quarantine.- Even quarry.
0:10:13 > 0:10:19Tom, the refrain of the 1997 UK hit single Angels by Robbie Williams
0:10:19 > 0:10:22is, "And through it all she offers me protection,
0:10:22 > 0:10:23"a lot of love and..." what?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Affection.- Correct. Janice.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30In weather features, the form of lightning characterised by zigzag lines
0:10:30 > 0:10:33shares its common name with which item of cutlery?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- Fork.- Correct. Andy.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39What's the term for any letter of the alphabet that's not a vowel?
0:10:40 > 0:10:44- A noun.- A consonant.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Jennifer, in transport regulations in the UK,
0:10:47 > 0:10:50which road users are legally allowed to drive through red lights,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53emergency vehicles or pizza delivery scooters?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- Emergency vehicles. - Correct. Peter.
0:10:55 > 0:11:01In TV, when Barney Harwood succeeded Joel Defreis in 2011,
0:11:01 > 0:11:05he became the 35th presenter of which long-running children's programme?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Blue Peter.- Correct. Liza.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11In pyrotechnics, which girl's name precedes the word wheel
0:11:11 > 0:11:13in the name of a circular firework
0:11:13 > 0:11:16that emits whirls of sparks as it rotates?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- Catherine.- Correct. Jono.- Bank.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22In science, what C is the six-letter name of a highly-conductive metal
0:11:22 > 0:11:24that is used to make electrical wiring?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- Copper.- Correct. Sophie.
0:11:26 > 0:11:32In maritime history, in April 1912, a telegram containing the line, "We are sinking fast,"
0:11:32 > 0:11:34was sent from which ocean liner?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- Titanic.- Correct.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Tom, each December in the UK,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42the list of people who have been chosen to receive a title or decoration
0:11:42 > 0:11:44is known as the New Year what?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- Honours list.- Correct. Janice.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49In botany, cacti is the plural of which word?
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- Cactus.- Correct.- Bank.- Andy.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57In printed media, the game in which a player compares almost identical pictures
0:11:57 > 0:12:00and looks for the intentional discrepancies
0:12:00 > 0:12:01is called spot the what?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- Difference.- Correct. Jennifer.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07In clothing, what G is the name of a type of tunic or pinafore dress
0:12:07 > 0:12:10worn by girls as part of a traditional school uniform?
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Can you repeat the question?
0:12:14 > 0:12:18In clothing, what G is the name of a type of tunic or pinafore dress
0:12:18 > 0:12:21worn by girls as part of a traditional school uniform?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- Gingham.- Gymslip. Peter.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28In pop music, Loud was the title of a 2010 UK hit album
0:12:28 > 0:12:30for which singer, born in Barbados?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33- Don't know.- Rihanna. Liza.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36In biology, when a superficial wound is healing,
0:12:36 > 0:12:40what four-letter name is given to the crust of dried blood that forms over it?
0:12:40 > 0:12:41- Scab.- Correct. Jono.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45In TV, the Two Ronnies sketch set in a hardware shop
0:12:45 > 0:12:49in which a customer asks for items such as Os, Ps, plugs and washers
0:12:49 > 0:12:51is best known as Four what?
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- Four Candles.- Correct. Sophie.- Bank.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57ENDOFROUND JINGLE
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Time's up. The bank was in time. You won £350.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Who's thrifty with thought?
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Who tried to solve global warming by leaving the fridge open?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17According to the statistics, Jennifer is the weakest link.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Jono is the strongest link but will the other players consider that
0:13:21 > 0:13:22when casting their votes?
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Jennifer.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Jennifer.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Jennifer.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Andy.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Jennifer.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Andy.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43Andy.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Jennifer.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- What do you do, Sophie? - I'm a politics student.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- Are you? Where? - At Sussex University.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54What makes you think you'd be good at politics?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56I don't want to get into politics
0:13:56 > 0:13:59but I was voted in my school Most Likely To Become Prime Minister.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02So you could be the Nick Clegg of Wootton Bassett.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05I guess so. I don't know about Nick Clegg but something like that.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07I want to get into journalism, like yourself.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- What sort of journalism? - Foreign affairs.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12So you know plenty about foreign affairs?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I'm currently doing Germany, America and France.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Oh, so you know the prime ministers of those countries?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- I know a bit more than that. Probably not much.- Yes.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26- So who is the prime minister of France?- Of France? They've got a president. It's Sarkozy.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30And a prime minister as well, whose name escapes me right now.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Of course it does.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33LAUGHTER
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Television or newspapers?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38To be honest, I haven't really thought it through.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41It's a work in motion. Maybe I'll team up with Andy
0:14:41 > 0:14:44and we can do some sort of journalism, production...
0:14:44 > 0:14:49- Some sort of journalism?- Yeah. - Who's your hero in journalism?
0:14:49 > 0:14:53- You.- That'll do. And have you got another one?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- No, I don't really know anyone.- No?
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- There is a lot of thinking through to be done.- I know.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02I career change quite a lot. I'm only 20. I've got time to decide.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06- Why Jennifer?- Because I knew she'd got a question wrong
0:15:06 > 0:15:09and with the repeating, I don't know - it was the only name that came to me.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Where are you from, Janice?
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- West Norwood in south London. - West Norwood?- Yeah.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- And what do you do in West Norwood? - I'm a private French teacher.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Are you? Who do you teach?
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Erm, anybody from three upwards who wants to learn French.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25And what can you teach them at three?
0:15:25 > 0:15:30Erm, you can teach them some songs and some vocabulary, some words.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34- What sort of songs?- Erm, traditional French songs like Frere Jacques,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Sur Le Pont D'Avignon, that sort of thing.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41Do you find when you're speaking English, French words drop in?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- Not really. I don't think so.- No.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47So "erm" at the start of each sentence, that's not French?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49No.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52- Isn't it?- No.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54How do you say "erm" in French?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Urrr.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58That's so much more sexy.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00Put your board down.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Where does that dress come from?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08It's from a local shop.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- Yeah, were you on medication at the time?- Possibly.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16OK, so what are you going to sing for us?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Er, Sur Le Pont D'Avignon.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Go on, then.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Er...
0:16:22 > 0:16:26# Sur le pont d¹Avignon L'on y danse, l'on y danse
0:16:26 > 0:16:29# Sur le pont d¹Avignon L'on y danse tous en rond. #
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- Put your board up.- Thank you. - Why Jennifer?
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Er, she did get a question wrong. - Jennifer! You are the weakest link.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Goodbye.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47The rest of the team aren't all that bright, really.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51I'd say Tom is about the brightest one of the bunch,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53so he'll probably win,
0:16:53 > 0:16:55but we were all pretty average, I'd say.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Round three. In the bank, £1,350.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Another ten seconds coming off the time.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05We'll start with the strongest link, that's Jono.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Start the clock.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Jono, in physics, a mixture of all the colours of the spectrum
0:17:14 > 0:17:15will produce light of what colour?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20- White.- Correct. Sophie.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25In British wildlife, which mammal lives in a system of burrows called a sett?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- Badger.- Correct.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Tom, in politics what E precedes opportunities, rights and pay
0:17:31 > 0:17:34to make the names of three principles of anti-discrimination law?
0:17:34 > 0:17:35- Equal.- Correct. Janice.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39In astronomy, with a diameter of approximately 3,000 miles,
0:17:39 > 0:17:44which is the smallest of the eight major planets in our solar system?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46- Pluto.- Mercury. Andy.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50"In the pudding club" and with "a bun in the oven"
0:17:50 > 0:17:54are two phrases derived from cookery used to describe a woman in which condition?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Pass.- Pregnant.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Peter, in stereotypes,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03while on a summer holiday, British men are often criticised
0:18:03 > 0:18:05for wearing socks with what, flippers or sandals?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07- Sandals.- Correct. Liza.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10In maths, what is four fifths of 500?
0:18:11 > 0:18:13- 400.- Correct. Jono.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15In pastimes, what's the usual name for the hobby
0:18:15 > 0:18:18of recording the numbers of railway locomotives?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20- Train spotting.- Correct. Sophie.- Bank.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24The coronation of William I, also known as William the Conqueror,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26took place on Christmas Day of which year?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- 1066.- Correct.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Tom, in drinking vessels, what T is the term for a large metal cup
0:18:32 > 0:18:35with handle and a lid and is often used for holding beer?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- Tankard.- Correct. Janice.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40In film, the title of which 2011 comedy
0:18:40 > 0:18:43about a teenage boy growing up in Swansea
0:18:43 > 0:18:45is the name of a type of naval vessel?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- Battleship.- Submarine.
0:18:50 > 0:18:56Andy, in UK geography, in the name of the south coast area awarded city status in 2000,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59which seaside resort is linked with Hove?
0:18:59 > 0:19:01- Brighton.- Correct. Peter.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05In advertising the slogan coined in the late 1920s to promote a breakfast cereal
0:19:05 > 0:19:07is "Snap, crackle..." what?
0:19:07 > 0:19:08- "And pop."- Correct. Liza.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13In the English legal system, most people between the ages of 18 and 70
0:19:13 > 0:19:16are eligible to be called for which service in a court of law?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- Jury duty.- I'll accept. Jono.- Bank.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24In TV, the series first shown in 2008 about volunteers who swap diets
0:19:24 > 0:19:27to tackle their extreme and opposite weight problems
0:19:27 > 0:19:29is entitled Supersize vs... what?
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- Superskinny.- Correct. Sophie.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36In British politics, who was the last prime minister from the Conservative party
0:19:36 > 0:19:38in the 20th century?
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- John Major.- Correct.
0:19:41 > 0:19:47In fashion, the French designer who launched his famous Corolle and Envol collections
0:19:47 > 0:19:50in the 1940s was Christian who?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- ENDOFROUNDJINGLE Dior.- Bank.
0:19:53 > 0:19:59Time's up. That was the correct answer. Your bank was out of time. You won £250.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Whose knowledge has now evaporated?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10For the second round in a row, Jono is the strongest link.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15Statistically, Janice is the weakest link but can she survive the vote?
0:20:16 > 0:20:20Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Janice.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Andy.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Janice.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Janice.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Janice.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Janice.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Janice.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Where are you from, Jono? - Leicester, Ann.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45- And what do you do in Leicester? - I work for Openreach, part of BT.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- We do their repairs.- So whatever happens, it's not your fault?
0:20:48 > 0:20:52- It's never my fault, no. - Is it never your company's fault?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- No, we're the solution. - Is being an engineer your life?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- No, not entirely.- What, you do something exciting, do you?
0:20:58 > 0:21:02- I think it's quite exciting, yeah. I own a recording studio.- Do you?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- Yes.- Really. In Hollywood? - No, in Leicester.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- In Leicester.- The Hollywood of England.- That is exciting.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- Can you sing?- Everyone can sing. - Yes, good. Put your board down.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Go on.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17# Good morning, miss Can I help you, son?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20# 16 today and up for fun... #
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- I think that's enough, don't you? - Yeah, probably.- Put your board up.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28- Why Janice?- She got a couple of questions wrong, unfortunately.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- Where are you from, Tom? - I'm from Saddleworth, near Oldham.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- Are you? What do you do there, Tom? - I'm retired.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- Really?- Yes.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39And the get-up. Just put your board down for a minute.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42It's a sort of ageing rock look, is it?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45This is my crown green bowling outfit.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Do you polish your bowls?
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Er...
0:21:51 > 0:21:52- All the time.- Put your board up.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Yes. So apart from playing bowls, what do you do?
0:21:56 > 0:22:00I work in many things. I paint in oils and watercolours.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- Do you do the painting at home? - Yes, at home and...
0:22:03 > 0:22:08- Doesn't Mrs Tom want you out of the way?- Oh, no, she's at work.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- Is she much younger than you, then? - A little bit, yes.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Yes. And what's Mrs Tom called? - She's called Helen.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18- Do you paint Helen?- I don't think I've ever painted her.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20What, because she's no oil painting?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23No, she's actually sublime, my wife. She's gorgeous.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- Is she?- She is indeed and one day I will paint her, I think.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- Why Janice?- She got all her questions wrong, I'm afraid.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32She did. Janice!
0:22:32 > 0:22:34You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45During my chat with Ann, she picked up on the fact that I preface every sentence with "erm",
0:22:45 > 0:22:48which drives my partner mad. Erm...
0:22:51 > 0:22:56Round four. In the bank, £1,600. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58We'll start with the strongest link, that's Jono.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Start the clock.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06In literature, the 1786 poem addressed to a haggis
0:23:06 > 0:23:09is a work by which Scottish writer?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12- Burns.- Correct. Sophie.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18In the term pros and cons, derived from Latin meaning the reasons for and against a course of action,
0:23:18 > 0:23:20which word represents against?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23- Cons.- Correct. Tom.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27In science fiction cinema, in the 1977 film Star Wars,
0:23:27 > 0:23:31what was the name of Wookiee who flew with Han Solo
0:23:31 > 0:23:33in the Millennium Falcon?
0:23:33 > 0:23:35- Chewbacca.- Correct. Andy.- Bank.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38In conservation, in the name of a directive made by a local council,
0:23:38 > 0:23:42the letters TPO stand for Tree Preservation what?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- Officer.- Order. Peter.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48In Australian history, the outlaw Ned Kelly was renowned
0:23:48 > 0:23:50for wearing homemade what, armour or aftershave?
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- Armour.- Correct. Liza.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54In athletics competitions,
0:23:54 > 0:23:58of the four items hammer, javelin, discus and shot,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01which one is generally thrown the furthest?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- Javelin.- Correct. Jono.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09In rock music, the former drummer with Nirvana
0:24:09 > 0:24:11and founder of the Foo Fighters,
0:24:11 > 0:24:17who in 2011 won the NME God-like Genius award, is Dave who?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- Grohl.- Correct. Sophie.- Bank.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24In cookery, the popular pasta dish known as spag bol
0:24:24 > 0:24:26is named after which Italian city?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- Rome.- Bologna. Tom.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32In TV, what D is the surname of Dec,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35who is one half of the duo known as Ant and Dec?
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- McAlister.- Donnelly. Andy.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45In maths, the fraction that's commonly used
0:24:45 > 0:24:46as an approximation of pi
0:24:46 > 0:24:48is 22 over which number?
0:24:53 > 0:24:54360.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56No. Pass.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Seven.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02In the British military, Who Dares Wins is the motto of which regiment?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- SAS.- Correct. Liza.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06In southern England, a famous signpost
0:25:06 > 0:25:08that points to two locations in Kent
0:25:08 > 0:25:10spells out the name of which snack,
0:25:10 > 0:25:13ham sandwich or cheese toastie?
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- Cheese toastie.- Ham Sandwich. Jono.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20In film, in the 2005 action romance Mr And Mrs Smith,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23the title roles were played by Brad Pitt and which actress?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- Angelina Jolie.- Correct. Sophie.- Bank.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32In the arts, which term for a building...
0:25:32 > 0:25:33ENDOFROUND JINGLE
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Time's up. You won £220.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41But who's the nudist in your nettle patch?
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50The statistics show that Jono is still the strongest link.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53With no correct answers, Andy is the weakest link
0:25:53 > 0:25:55but whose game is over?
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04Andy.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Liza.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Andy.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Andy.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Andy.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Andy.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21- What do you do, Peter? - I'm a warehouse operative.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- Have you got a forklift truck? - A long-legger,
0:26:24 > 0:26:26which is slightly different.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Put your board down. What's a long-legger?
0:26:29 > 0:26:33It's a vehicle with long forks that stick out the back,
0:26:33 > 0:26:35picks up cages and takes them to a lorry.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37What's the difference from a forklift truck?
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- A forklift truck you need a licence for.- Put your board up.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44- Why Andy?- I'm afraid, following him, I know he got two questions wrong.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Liza, why Andy?
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Andy got two questions wrong in that last round.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- He's great but I had to vote for the weakest link.- Yeah.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- And you could eat him for breakfast, couldn't you?- I could.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Andy! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10I'm a little bit annoyed about getting the pi question wrong.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11I got an A for maths at GCSE
0:27:11 > 0:27:19and I knew pi is 3.14 and so on but I didn't know what it was in the context of 22 over 7.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20I didn't know that.
0:27:20 > 0:27:26Round five. In the bank, £1,820. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28We'll start with the strongest link, that's Jono.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32Start the clock.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Jono, in sport, the Queen's Cup, the Britannia Cup
0:27:35 > 0:27:38and the New York Yacht Club Challenge Cup
0:27:38 > 0:27:42have all been awarded as major prizes at which annual sailing regatta?
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- Henley.- Cowes. Sophie.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51In botany, what P is the name of the common wild flower
0:27:51 > 0:27:54related to the violet that is sometimes known as heartsease?
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- Poppy.- Pansy. Tom.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59In the southern United States,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Bourbon Street, which is noted for its jazz clubs,
0:28:01 > 0:28:04is a thoroughfare in the French Quarter of which city?
0:28:04 > 0:28:06- New Orleans.- Correct. Peter.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10In history, what's the three-letter name of the kind of weapon
0:28:10 > 0:28:14used to execute Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles I and Sir Walter Raleigh?
0:28:14 > 0:28:16- Axe.- Correct.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20In quotations, "A spectre is haunting Europe" are the opening words
0:28:20 > 0:28:23of which work, A Christmas Carol or The Communist Manifesto?
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- Christmas Carol. - Even The Communist Manifesto.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Jono, in children's TV,
0:28:29 > 0:28:32the theme song of the animated series Shaun The Sheep
0:28:32 > 0:28:33is sung by which comedian?
0:28:37 > 0:28:39- Johnny Vegas.- Vic Reeves.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43Sophie, in education, at a UK university, which word meaning newer
0:28:43 > 0:28:46is an informal term for a first-year student?
0:28:46 > 0:28:48- Fresher.- Correct.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Tom, in chess, what is the only piece
0:28:50 > 0:28:53that cannot move to an adjacent square in one turn?
0:28:59 > 0:29:01- The knight.- Correct. - Bank.- Peter.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03In sport, during a professional tennis match,
0:29:03 > 0:29:07every seven or nine games, the umpire will make a polite request
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- for new what, balls or spectators? - Balls.- Correct.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14Liza, in pop music, at the time of their first hit single,
0:29:14 > 0:29:17three members of the group Duran Duran shared what surname?
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- Pass.- Taylor. Jono.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27In food, which large fruit has a fibrous husk,
0:29:27 > 0:29:30a hard shell, firm white flesh and a hollow core...?
0:29:30 > 0:29:32- Coconut.- Correct. Sophie.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35In Turkish history, what C is a former name
0:29:35 > 0:29:37of a city now officially called Istanbul?
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- Pass.- Constantinople.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Tom, in the media,
0:29:41 > 0:29:44which word meaning to imitate precedes writer
0:29:44 > 0:29:47to give the job title of a person who provides the text for advertisements?
0:29:48 > 0:29:50- Script.- Copy. Peter.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54- In fashion, the hairstyle... - ENDOFROUND-JINGLE
0:29:55 > 0:29:57Time's up. You only won £50.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02Who thinks Charge Of The Light Brigade is an electricity bill?
0:30:04 > 0:30:08Who's your leading loser? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12As the only player to get all their answers right,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Peter is the strongest link.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Liza is statistically the weakest link
0:30:17 > 0:30:19but will the votes reflect the statistics?
0:30:21 > 0:30:25Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Jono.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33Jono.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35Sophie.
0:30:36 > 0:30:37Liza.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Jono.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45- Sophie, why Jono?- Erm, he got a couple of questions wrong.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47I know I did as well.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51- Tom, why Jono? - We all had a bad round
0:30:51 > 0:30:53but I think he had the worst of it.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Jono! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05I feel a little bit aggrieved to be voted off at round five.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09I wasn't the weakest link but I think we all got two questions wrong
0:31:09 > 0:31:12or most of us did and someone had to go.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18Round six. In the bank, £1,870. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22We'll start with the strongest link, that's Peter.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:31:24 > 0:31:25Start the clock.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30Peter, in geography, Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench
0:31:30 > 0:31:32is the deepest point in which ocean?
0:31:34 > 0:31:36- Atlantic.- Correct.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Liza, in medicine, the first organ donor cards introduced in the UK
0:31:39 > 0:31:42in 1971 were only for which organs?
0:31:42 > 0:31:44- Heart.- Kidneys.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Sophie, which Celtic language formerly spoken in the south-west of England
0:31:48 > 0:31:51was artificially revived in the 20th century?
0:31:51 > 0:31:53- Gaelic.- Cornish.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57Tom, in pop music, the cover of the 2010 album Surfing The Void
0:31:57 > 0:32:00by the Klaxons depicts a cat dressed as what,
0:32:00 > 0:32:02a clown or an astronaut?
0:32:02 > 0:32:05- Clown.- Astronaut. Peter.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08In vocabulary, which term meaning relating to the hand
0:32:08 > 0:32:10is used to describe physical labour
0:32:10 > 0:32:13and is also a term for a book of instructions?
0:32:14 > 0:32:16- Er, pass, don't know. - Manual.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Liza, in home entertainment,
0:32:18 > 0:32:20what B is the name of a video format
0:32:20 > 0:32:24that was launched in 1975 and finally phased out in 2002?
0:32:25 > 0:32:27- Betamax.- Correct. Sophie.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31In geography, Austria, Lithuania and Malta
0:32:31 > 0:32:33all have capital cities whose names in English
0:32:33 > 0:32:35begin with which letter?
0:32:35 > 0:32:36B.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39- B.- V. Tom.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43Which of these words is an informal term for a party - dandy or beano?
0:32:44 > 0:32:46- Beano.- Correct.- Bank.- Peter.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50In 1960s fashion, a unisex suit consisting of loose trousers
0:32:50 > 0:32:54and a high-collared jacket was named after which post-war Chinese leader?
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- Chairman Mao.- Correct. Liza.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59At the Olympic games, John Curry, Robin Cousins
0:32:59 > 0:33:02and Nancy Kerrigan competed in which sport?
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- 100 metres. - Even figure-skating.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08Sophie, the comedian and regular panellist on the TV show Mock The Week,
0:33:08 > 0:33:12whose 2011 tour was entitled Right Here Right Now,
0:33:12 > 0:33:13is Russell who?
0:33:13 > 0:33:15- Howard.- Correct. Tom.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18In musical instruments, what H is the term
0:33:18 > 0:33:21for the pocket-sized reed organ invented in the 1820s
0:33:21 > 0:33:23that is blown directly from the mouth?
0:33:23 > 0:33:25- Harmonica.- Correct. - Bank.- Peter.
0:33:25 > 0:33:30In 1990s politics, which Democrat campaigned for the US presidency
0:33:30 > 0:33:32with the slogan, "It's the economy, stupid"?
0:33:33 > 0:33:35- Reagan.- Bill Clinton.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37END-OFROUND JINGLE
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Time's up. You won £70.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44So, should Peter set sail? Is Tom in the frame?
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Does Liza have a bus waiting?
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Or maybe Sophie gets your vote.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Having survived the previous vote, Liza is still the weakest link.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01The statistics show that Tom is the strongest link
0:34:01 > 0:34:05but will the other players realise that?
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:34:12 > 0:34:13Liza.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Sophie.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Sophie.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Liza.
0:34:24 > 0:34:29We have a tie, team - Sophie and Liza, two votes each.
0:34:29 > 0:34:30Sophie, why Liza?
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Because she got quite a few questions wrong.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Liza, why Sophie?
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Because I think she got equal amount of questions that I got wrong.
0:34:38 > 0:34:43- Do you? You mean she was as bad as you?- Yes.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48When the vote's tied the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote and that was Tom.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Why did you vote for Liza?
0:34:50 > 0:34:51It was a close call
0:34:51 > 0:34:56but on balance, I thought Liza had the worst round.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59OK. Do you want to stick with Liza or move to Sophie?
0:34:59 > 0:35:01- I'll stick with Liza. - She was the worst player.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Liza! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16I just hope that my children, Riley and Evan, are proud of me
0:35:16 > 0:35:19and I did all I could but I was the weakest link.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26Round seven. In the kitty now, £1,940.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Another ten seconds off your time.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30We start with the strongest link, that's Tom.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:35:33 > 0:35:34Start the clock.
0:35:34 > 0:35:39Tom, in cinema, the Irish actor who starred in the films Alexander, Phone Booth
0:35:39 > 0:35:41and Miami Vice is Colin who?
0:35:42 > 0:35:45- Firth.- Farrell. Peter.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48The French-born artist Marcel Duchamp
0:35:48 > 0:35:53was a leader of a 20th-century movement called what, Mama or Dada?
0:35:54 > 0:35:55- Dada.- Correct. Sophie.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59In food, an alternative name for the vegetable okra
0:35:59 > 0:36:02that refers to a part of the human anatomy is lady's what?
0:36:03 > 0:36:05- Finger.- I'll accept.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09Tom, in medicine, what E is the specific term for an outbreak of a disease
0:36:09 > 0:36:12that affects a large number of people at the same time?
0:36:12 > 0:36:14- Epidemic.- Correct. - Bank.- Peter.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16In religious architecture,
0:36:16 > 0:36:18the Sistine Chapel is in which small European state?
0:36:18 > 0:36:20- The Vatican.- Correct. Sophie.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24In Edinburgh, the extinct volcano in Holyrood Park
0:36:24 > 0:36:27is known as what, Arthur's Seat or Albert's Stool?
0:36:27 > 0:36:29- Arthur's Seat.- Correct.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Tom, in finance, the government-sponsored scheme
0:36:32 > 0:36:35in which people can donate to charity directly from their wages
0:36:35 > 0:36:37is known as Payroll what?
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- Donation.- Giving.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44Peter, in pop music, accompanied by a controversial video,
0:36:44 > 0:36:48Firestarter was a UK number one single in 1996 for which group?
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- Blur.- No, the Prodigy.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54Sophie, in vocabulary, what L follows cuff and golf
0:36:54 > 0:36:58to make two terms referring to fashion and sport respectively?
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- Link.- Correct. - Bank.- Tom.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04In populations, which four-letter word is the collective name
0:37:04 > 0:37:07for the people native to the Isle of Man?
0:37:08 > 0:37:10- Manx.- Correct. - Bank.- Peter.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12In ornithology, the British bird of prey
0:37:12 > 0:37:15that is named after a familiar brown garden bird
0:37:15 > 0:37:16is called a what hawk?
0:37:16 > 0:37:19- Er, sparrow.- Correct.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20- Sophie.- Bank.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23In maths, on a three-dimensional graph,
0:37:23 > 0:37:26the first two axes are called x and y,
0:37:26 > 0:37:28which letter is used for the third one?
0:37:28 > 0:37:30- Z.- Correct. - Bank.- Tom.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33In UK politics, in its passage through Parliament,
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- a bill receives... - ENDOFROUNDJINGLE
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Time's up. You won £180.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43In round eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:37:43 > 0:37:49Have the decency to vote off the weakest link.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55Having got all her answers right, Sophie is the strongest link.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Statistically, Tom is now the weakest link
0:37:57 > 0:38:01but who will be taking the final walk of shame?
0:38:03 > 0:38:07Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Peter.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Tom.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Tom.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- Sophie, why Tom?- I thought he got the most answers wrong.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- Peter, why Tom? - I thought he got the most wrong.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28You played fairly. He was the worst player.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Tom, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44I hope with all my heart that Sophie wins it. She's delightful
0:38:44 > 0:38:45and she's played really well
0:38:45 > 0:38:48and I just hope that she gets through.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53Round eight. In the bank, £2,120.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56In this round, 90 seconds but whatever you win will be trebled.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59We'll start with the strongest link, that's Sophie.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Start the clock.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Sophie, in geography, which city is the capital of Tunisia?
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- Pass.- Tunis.
0:39:09 > 0:39:14Peter, in publishing, the columnist and author of the best-selling non-fiction book Bad Science,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17who describes himself as a nerd evangelist, is Ben who?
0:39:18 > 0:39:20- Affleck.- Goldacre.
0:39:20 > 0:39:21Sophie, in marine life,
0:39:21 > 0:39:24the name of which fish found in the sea around the British Isles
0:39:24 > 0:39:27also means the part of a shoe that is walked upon?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29- Sole.- Correct. Peter.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31In botany, what A is a tuberous plant
0:39:31 > 0:39:35named for the fact that it was once used to treat wounds
0:39:35 > 0:39:38caused by missiles shot from a bow?
0:39:38 > 0:39:42- Arrow.- No, I cannot accept. It's arrowroot.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46Sophie, in film quotations, in the 1933 comedy I'm No Angel,
0:39:46 > 0:39:50which actress said, "When I'm good I'm very, very good but when I'm bad I'm better"?
0:39:50 > 0:39:52- Marilyn Monroe.- Mae West.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56Peter, in English law which term specifically describes a prison sentence
0:39:56 > 0:39:59that will be served if the offender commits another crime
0:39:59 > 0:40:01- in a set period? - Suspended.- Correct.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04- Sophie.- Bank.- In business, which two-word phrase
0:40:04 > 0:40:07meaning hard bargaining originally referred to the practice
0:40:07 > 0:40:10of buying and selling equines?
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Horse... I don't know.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Horse trading. Peter.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19In engineering, in the names of three steam ships designed by Brunel,
0:40:19 > 0:40:22what G goes before Western, Eastern and Britain?
0:40:22 > 0:40:24- East.- Great.
0:40:24 > 0:40:29Sophie, in literature, which 1954 novel by William Golding
0:40:29 > 0:40:34was written as a savage parody of the 19th-century story Coral Island by R...
0:40:34 > 0:40:36ENDOFROUND JINGLE
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Time's up. You won £20, which we will treble.
0:40:41 > 0:40:46It gives you prize money today of £2,180.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48There can only be one winner.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.
0:40:52 > 0:40:58So, Peter and Sophie, for £2,180, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Sophie, as the strongest link, you have the choice of who goes first.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07I'll go first, please.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Sophie, in food in 2011,
0:41:12 > 0:41:15the EU granted protected geographical status
0:41:15 > 0:41:19to the coiled sausage named after which former county
0:41:19 > 0:41:22in the north-west of England?
0:41:25 > 0:41:26Lincolnshire.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30The correct answer is Cumberland.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Peter, in cinema, the comedian Peter Sellers,
0:41:32 > 0:41:35the pianist David Helfgott
0:41:35 > 0:41:39and a speech therapist, Lionel Logue,
0:41:39 > 0:41:41have all been played in films
0:41:41 > 0:41:44by which Oscar-winning Australian actor?
0:41:46 > 0:41:49- Russell Crowe. - The correct answer is Geoffrey Rush.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50Sophie, in zoology,
0:41:50 > 0:41:55instead of bone, the skeletons of sharks, skates and rays
0:41:55 > 0:42:00consist of which elastic, flexible tissue,
0:42:00 > 0:42:04with a whitish, translucent appearance?
0:42:05 > 0:42:07- Skin. - The correct answer is cartilage.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Peter, in literature, Alan Bennett in 2008
0:42:12 > 0:42:16and John Le Carre in 2011
0:42:16 > 0:42:21each donated their archives to the Oxford University library
0:42:21 > 0:42:22known by what name?
0:42:22 > 0:42:24The Bodleian.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26That is the correct answer.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Bodleian or "Boad-li-an".
0:42:30 > 0:42:36Sophie, a musical setting of the phrase, "He banged the leather for goal",
0:42:36 > 0:42:39often said to be the first football chant,
0:42:39 > 0:42:44was written by which English composer and fan of Wolverhampton Wanderers?
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- Mozart.- The correct answer is Sir Edward Elgar.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Peter, in science, by definition,
0:42:50 > 0:42:53a chemical compound that is classed as organic
0:42:53 > 0:42:55contains which element?
0:42:55 > 0:42:57- Carbon.- That is the correct answer.
0:42:57 > 0:43:03Sophie, in TV, which quiz show that ran from 1988 to 2003
0:43:03 > 0:43:08saw a group of contestants gradually reduced to a single winner
0:43:08 > 0:43:13and featured the catchphrase, "Question or nominate?"
0:43:15 > 0:43:18- Pass.- Fifteen To One.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20END-OFROUNDJINGLE
0:43:20 > 0:43:23That means, Peter, you're today's strongest link
0:43:23 > 0:43:26and you go away with £2,180.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30Sophie, you leave with nothing.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:36 > 0:43:42I had no idea I would get even half this far,
0:43:42 > 0:43:44so just to get this far is an achievement.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47I don't need the cash but it would have been helpful.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50I just want to run round screaming that I won.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53I really do, I'm so... I feel so good.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55It's funny.
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