29/03/2010 Weakest Link


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Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.

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Only one will win up to £10,000.

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The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the Weakest Link.

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Welcome to the Weakest Link.

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Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.

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They've only just met, but to get the prize money must work together.

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However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round,

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we lose the player voted the Weakest Link. Let's meet the team.

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I'm James, I'm 58, I'm from Tarporley in Cheshire and I'm an odd job man.

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I'm Cara, I'm 18, from Surrey and I'm a theatre studies student.

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I'm Paul, I'm 33, I'm from Westbury in Wiltshire and I'm a roofer and cladder.

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I'm Lucy, I'm 41, from Bristol and I'm an online marketing manager.

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I'm Mikey, I'm 24, from Edinburgh and I'm a rock singer.

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I'm Jean, I'm 57, I'm from Liverpool and I've retired.

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I'm Graham, I'm 44, from Hampshire and I work in recruitment.

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I'm Maureen, I'm 38, I'm from Upper Ramsbottom and I work in customer service.

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I'm Frank, I'm 19, I'm from Northampton and I'm a pharmacology student.

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OK, just to remind you, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.

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The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.

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Break the chain and you lose all the money in it. Say "Bank" first and it's safe.

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Round 1. Three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.

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That's you, Cara. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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The first question is for £20. Start the clock.

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In football, the supporters of the national team of which country of the UK are the Tartan Army?

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-Er, true.

-Scotland.

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In the modern English alphabet, which letter comes between C and E?

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-D.

-Correct. In takeaway food, which Italian dish consisting of various toppings on a round dough base

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is often ordered by phone?

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-Pizza.

-In the classroom, a child who wants to answer a question posed by the teacher

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will raise a hand or a foot?

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-Hand.

-In music, a patriotic song such as the one sung in the UK

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beginning, "God save our gracious king" or "queen" is known by what two-word name?

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-National anthem.

-In a garden, what G is the general name

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for the covering of green vegetation regularly cut with a lawn mower?

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-Grass.

-Correct. In the currency adopted by some member countries of the European Union,

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how many cents are in one euro?

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-70.

-100.

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Which drink is often given to young children at bedtime to help them sleep - warm milk or hot coffee?

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-Warm milk.

-In famous people, the supermodel born Katherine Moss near Croydon in 1974

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is best known by what first name?

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-Kate.

-Correct. In motoring, the device at a service station

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that's used by drivers to fill their cars with fuel is known alliteratively as a petrol what?

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-Tank.

-Pump.

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In broadcasting, in 2004 the DJ Chris Moyles began hosting a show on Radio One

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in a timeslot named for which meal?

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-Breakfast.

-Correct. In DIY, what H means to fix wallpaper to a wall?

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-Hang.

-Correct.

-Bank!

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In food, the accompaniments known as pommes frites in France and chips in the UK

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are known in the USA as French what?

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-Fries.

-In geometry, a plain figure that's sometimes called a diamond

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is also known by what name - a rhombus or an omnibus?

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-Rhombus.

-Simon and Garfunkel had a UK number one single in 1970 entitled Bridge Over Troubled what?

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-Water.

-Correct.

-Bank!

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In British postal addresses, the word Square is commonly shortened to what two-letter abbreviation?

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-Sq.

-Correct. In 1950s TV, the law-enforcing hero John Reid played by Clayton Moore

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was better known as The Lone what?

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-Ranger.

-Correct. In the animal kingdom, polar bears live wild

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in the area around which pole - North or South?

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-North.

-In history, the system introduced in 46BC by Julius Caesar that established leap years

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was known as the Julian what?

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-Calendar?

-Correct.

-Bank!

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Time's up.

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You answered in time, which is a miracle for you.

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Your bank was not in time.

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So, team, at the end of that first round, you've won just £150.

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So who's the Big Chief Talking Bull? Who's the star of So You Think You're A Dunce?

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Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

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According to the statistics, Mikey is the Strongest Link.

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Cara is the Weakest Link as she gave the most wrong answers,

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but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?

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Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

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Cara.

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Maureen.

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Cara.

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Cara.

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Cara.

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Cara.

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Cara.

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Cara.

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Cara.

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-Paul...

-Anne.

-What do you do?

-I'm a roofer and cladder.

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-And how old are you?

-33.

-"Thirty-fwee"?

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-And are you fwee?

-No, I'm not, unfortunately. I've got a girlfriend.

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-Unfortunately, did you say?

-Yeah. For you, Anne.

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-Are you qualified?

-Yep.

-As what?

-As a roofer and sheet cladder.

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-What are your qualifications?

-NVQ.

-What level?

-Level 2.

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-So can you go on a roof on Level 2?

-Yeah.

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-How do you clad a roof?

-It's quite easy.

-Could I do it?

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I suppose you'd have to start off as a labourer and work your way up.

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-Did you start as a labourer?

-Yeah.

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-So what would I wear?

-Steel toe-capped boots, hard hat, high-vis and warm clothes, really.

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-Really?

-Unless you're working in the summer, then...

-I could take my top off?

-If you wanted.

-Good.

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-Why have you voted for Cara?

-Unfortunately, she got two questions wrong in that round.

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-What do you do, James?

-I'm an odd job man in the village where I live.

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-What's the village?

-Tarporley.

-Are there lots of footballers' wives in Tarporley?

-No.

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-It is rather middle class.

-Is it? But you're not, are you?

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Pff...I work for a living.

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-Have you got fruit on the sideboard at home?

-We don't have a sideboard.

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-You're not middle class, then. Why Cara?

-Well, she did not do very well, did she?

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So there you go.

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-What do you do, Frank?

-I'm a student.

-What are you studying?

-Pharmacology.

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-Are you getting any practice in?

-I have a part-time job at a chemist.

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-What would you say if I came in with ladies' problems?

-I'd pass you over to the pharmacist.

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-A lady like yourself might want to...

-Talk to someone older than 19?

-Perhaps, yes.

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-Why Cara?

-Em, unfortunately, she got two questions wrong.

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I didn't want her to give students a bad name. Sorry.

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Cara, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

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I will get killed at home for getting two questions wrong.

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It's completely embarrassing. And getting voted off first!

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That's awful. Never mind.

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I was on the Weakest Link!

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Round 2. In the bank, £150. We take 10 seconds off your time.

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We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Mikey. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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Start the clock.

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In the story of Samson and Delilah, what was the source of his extraordinary strength?

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-His hair.

-In a speech to the House of Commons in 1940, Winston Churchill declared, "We shall never..." what?

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-Surrender.

-What L is the usual term for the small strips of material at the top of a pair of trousers

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through which a belt is passed?

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-Loopholes.

-I'll accept.

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In transport, which word meaning to slide unintentionally for a short distance

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is also a road joining a motorway?

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-Slip road.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The Ivory Coast is a country in which continent?

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-Africa.

-In football, the break in the middle of a match is usually known as half-what?

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-Time.

-Correct. In literature, a boat called the Pequod and its crew feature

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in which novel by Herman Melville?

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-Moby Dick?

-Correct. In animal pests, the common rodent that lives and breeds in and around buildings

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has the rhyming name the what mouse?

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-Town mouse.

-House.

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What P is the word used to describe two or more lines the same distance apart at every point?

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-Parallel.

-In music, the US rock group who had the Christmas UK number one single in 2009

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following an internet campaign were Rage Against The what?

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-Machine.

-In maths, what is 24 divided by 3?

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-Seven.

-Eight! Maureen,

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in cinema, the actor who has played Dr Frankenstein and Hamlet is Kenneth who?

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-Branagh.

-Correct. On a conventional clock, which of the three hands

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takes longest for one revolution?

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-The hour hand.

-Correct.

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The title of the former Soviet newspaper Pravda translates into English as Truth or Lies?

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-Truth.

-Correct. Paul, in UK organisations,

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the acronym CAMRA is short for the Campaign For Real what?

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-Pass.

-Ale.

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Which system in the human body, which is to process food, shares its name with a biscuit?

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-Digestive.

-Correct. Mikey,

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the cities of Stuttgart and Leipzig are in which European country?

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-Germany.

-Correct. In pop music, Dusty Springfield had a UK hit single in 1968 entitled Son Of A what?

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-Preacher Man.

-Correct.

-Bank!

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The ferry between Lymington and Yarmouth connects the British mainland and which island?

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-Isle of Wight.

-Most photographs of which US President show him with a beard - Reagan or Lincoln?

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-Abraham Lincoln!

-Bank!

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Time's up. The bank was in time and you won £350.

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But who thinks ABBA sells flatpack furniture?

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Who thinks IKEA sang Waterloo? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

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The statistics show that Maureen is the Strongest Link.

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The Weakest Link is Lucy, but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?

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Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

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Lucy.

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Lucy.

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Paul.

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Paul.

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Lucy.

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Paul.

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Paul.

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Paul.

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-What do you do, Mikey?

-I sing in a band.

-Do you? Are you a star?

-I'm all right.

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-Not as big a star as you.

-Very few people are.

-No, true.

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-What were you doing before then?

-I was at uni.

-Where?

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-Oxford.

-Studying?

-Law.

-Law. So have we paid for you to study law

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-and now you're being a singer?

-Only if you look at it in a very negative way.

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I'm looking in a positive way. If I paid you to study law, why aren't you a lawyer?

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-Cos I prefer...

-Is Daddy a lawyer?

-He is. And are Daddy and Mummy thrilled you're a rock star

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-instead of a lawyer?

-They are!

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-Have you got a record deal?

-I've got my own record label.

-You're own label.

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-If you're not a success, will you drop yourself?

-I might do.

-What are you called?

-Serpico.

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Let's hear one with a tune.

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# Because I gotta, gotta, gotta get out of this godforsaken town... #

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-What godforsaken town is that?

-Just a metaphorical one.

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Put your board up.

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-Why Paul?

-It was really tough. He got the Moby Dick question right,

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but the CAMRA question was easy and he got it wrong.

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-What do you do, Maureen?

-I work in customer service.

-Who for?

-For a leading high street bank.

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-What leading high street bank?

-One you can put initials into.

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-Did you get a bonus this year?

-I just get a wage, no bonuses.

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-Do they pay in doughnuts?

-No. I don't really like doughnuts.

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-So what is it you eat?

-Well, I like all types of food.

-Yes.

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-Why Paul?

-I thought CAMRA was an easy answer. Unfortunately, that's why I chose Paul.

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Paul, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

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I would have liked to have got further on in the rounds so I could show a bit of my general knowledge,

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but I felt proud to take the Walk of Shame.

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It was nice being that close to Anne!

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Round 3. In the bank, £500. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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We'll start with Maureen. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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Start the clock.

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In a phrase popularised by the TV series Minder, a scheme that brings financial reward

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is a nice little what?

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-Earner.

-The famous statue known as the Venus de Milo

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was donated in 1821 by Louis XVIII to which museum?

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-Pass.

-The Louvre.

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In public conveniences, if engaged means a cubicle is occupied,

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what V is the word used to indicate that it is empty?

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-Vacant.

-In maths, what is 43 plus 14?

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-57.

-Correct. In dangerous animals, when it is disturbed

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a scorpion may inflict a sting using a poisonous gland in its tongue or tail?

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-Tail.

-The cricketer who captained Australia in three Ashes series and commentated on the game

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for 42 years is Richie who?

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-Benaud.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In two films in the 1950s,

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Alastair Sim played Miss Fritton, the headmistress of which school for girls?

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-Pass.

-St Trinian's.

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Which word means a person who puts flower bulbs into the soil and a container to grow them?

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-Planter.

-In pop music, Piece of Me, Break the Ice, Womaniser and Circus were UK hit singles...

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-Britney Spears.

-Correct.

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James, the practice of smashing plates became a tradition in which type of establishment -

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Dutch cafes or Greek restaurants?

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-Greek restaurants.

-In medieval history, the chief rulers of the Mongol tribe,

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such as those called Ghengis and Kubla, bore what title?

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-Khan.

-Correct.

-Bank!

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Which word for a group of people who live together precedes service, policing and centre

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to give three familiar terms?

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-Community.

-Correct. In food, what is the name of a type of Spanish omelette and a thin Mexican pancake?

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-Tortilla.

-In English, which day of the week is named after Freyja, the Norse goddess of love?

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-Friday.

-In the TV sitcom Friends, which old-fashioned word for a person who made or sold candles

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was the first name of a character?

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-Chandler.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Which of these destinations is famous as a centre for eco-tourism -

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Costa Rica or the Costa Brava?

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-Costa Brava.

-Costa Rica.

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In January 2010, at Alexandra Palace, Phil Taylor beat the Australian Simon Whitlock

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to win his 15th world title in which game?

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-Darts.

-Correct. Lucy...

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Time's up. You won £600.

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But whose IQ has now gone AWOL?

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Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

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For the second round in a row, Maureen is the Strongest Link.

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Statistically, Frank is the Weakest Link, but can he survive the vote?

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Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

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Graham.

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Frank.

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Frank.

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Frank.

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Frank.

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James.

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Graham.

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-What do you do, Jean?

-I'm...having a gap year, Anne.

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-Have you been made redundant?

-No, I retired.

-From what?

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-From working in a comprehensive school in Liverpool.

-Were you cleaning?

-No...

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-Can you sing? Can you dance?

-Well, I used to be in pantomime.

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-Can you sing?

-That's for you to judge.

-OK, put your board down.

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-What will you sing for us, Jean?

-Let's Face The Music.

-OK.

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-What, now?

-Well, certainly not in a couple of hours, Jean.

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Oh, very well.

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-#

-There may be trouble ahead

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-#

-But while there's moonlight and music and love and romance

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-#

-Let's face the music and dance!

-#

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Put your board up. Why Frank?

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He got a couple of questions wrong. Sorry.

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-What do you do, Graham?

-I run an employment agency.

-Who are you in it?

-I'm the MD.

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-You're a managing director?

-I am.

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-Is there a little wife at home?

-I've never been married.

-Oh, do you like musicals?

-Yep!

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Yes... Why Frank?

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He was the last one to get a question wrong, so I remembered it.

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Frank, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

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I'd like to see Mikey voted out next just because he got a few wrong in my round

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and I find it a bit irritating that he should be a lawyer and I'm still working for my degree.

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Round 4. In the bank, £1,100. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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We'll start with Maureen. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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Start the clock.

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The 1982 musical about a florist's assistant who breeds a carnivorous plant is Little Shop of what?

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-Horrors.

-Correct. Abolished in 1993, the local government levy called the Community Charge

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was commonly known by what two-word name?

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-Poll Tax.

-Correct. In anatomy, what P is the name for the part of the mouth that has two sections,

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hard at the front, soft at the back?

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-Palate.

-Correct.

-Bank!

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The American actress who starred in Groundhog Day and Four Weddings And A Funeral is Andie who?

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-Pass.

-McDowell.

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In a standard UK electric plug, the fuse is fitted to which terminal - live or earth?

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-Live.

-Which TV show that began in 1980 and was presented by Bruce Forsyth featured the catchphrase

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"You get nothing for a pair, not in this game"?

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-Play Your Cards Right.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Painters traditionally wear a three-quarter length garment

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known as an artist's what?

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-Smock.

-In written English, what's the general name for the symbols used to separate sentences

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and parts of sentences?

0:22:070:22:09

-Punctuation.

-I'll accept.

0:22:090:22:12

The US singer who had UK hit albums in the 1960s entitled Blonde On Blonde and Nashville Skyline

0:22:120:22:19

is known professionally as Bob who?

0:22:190:22:22

-Pass.

-Dylan! Mikey, in sheep farming, tup is an alternative name for what - a ram or a ewe?

0:22:240:22:32

-A ewe.

-A ram.

0:22:330:22:35

In the army, the Household Cavalry is made up of two regiments - Lifeguards and Blues and what?

0:22:350:22:41

-Royals.

-Correct. In maths, what is 58 minus 23?

0:22:420:22:47

-35.

-Correct.

-Bank!

0:22:500:22:53

What A is an architectural term for a glazed courtyard and is also the name of a chamber in the heart?

0:22:530:22:59

-Alcatrave?

-No, atrium.

0:22:590:23:02

In the Flash Gordon comic strip, the villainous emperor of the Planet Mongo was Ming the what?

0:23:020:23:09

-Terrible?

-Merciless.

0:23:090:23:12

Which international airport in the south-east of England has the three-letter code STN?

0:23:120:23:18

-Stansted.

-The Lancashire-born actress who played Bubble in Absolutely Fabulous...

0:23:180:23:25

Time's up. I can't complete the question. You won just £200.

0:23:280:23:33

So who, on balance, is unbalanced?

0:23:330:23:37

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

0:23:370:23:39

With all his answers wrong, Mikey is the Weakest Link.

0:23:410:23:46

The Strongest Link is Graham, but will the votes follow the facts?

0:23:460:23:51

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

0:23:520:23:57

Mikey.

0:23:570:23:59

Mikey.

0:24:010:24:03

Lucy.

0:24:030:24:05

Lucy.

0:24:060:24:08

Mikey.

0:24:090:24:10

Mikey.

0:24:100:24:13

-What do you do, Lucy?

-I'm an online marketing manager for a law firm.

0:24:150:24:19

-So it's advertising.

-Yeah.

-You're advertising lawyers?

-Yes.

0:24:190:24:24

-Are they sexy lawyers?

-Some are all right, if you like that kind of thing.

-Do you not?

0:24:240:24:30

I might be persuaded.

0:24:300:24:33

-Have you got a partner?

-Not currently. It's kind of complicated.

0:24:330:24:37

-I did have until just before Christmas.

-Now you've been dumped, are you looking for a lawyer?

0:24:370:24:45

I haven't met any that are single or particularly take my fancy.

0:24:450:24:49

-What sort would take your fancy?

-Just that spark of chemistry.

0:24:490:24:54

-Why Mikey?

-He just got two questions wrong.

-You see, Graham's single.

0:24:540:25:00

-Yeah, I know.

-And he likes musicals.

0:25:000:25:04

-Well, yeah. That's OK.

-He's got his own hair. I'm not sure about the teeth.

0:25:040:25:11

-Are they your own teeth, Graham?

-Yes.

-They just look surprisingly straight.

0:25:110:25:17

-And...is that a problem?

-And white.

-Yeah.

0:25:170:25:22

-Why Mikey?

-Um, Mikey was the only one to get two questions wrong.

0:25:220:25:26

Mikey, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

0:25:260:25:29

Anne's looking good. How old is she? 600 or 700 years old. She looked great.

0:25:360:25:42

I don't know how they're doing with mummifying people now, but she looks great.

0:25:420:25:48

Round 5. Your total is £1,300. Another 10 seconds off the time.

0:25:500:25:55

We'll start with Graham. Let's play the Weakest Link.

0:25:550:25:59

Start the clock.

0:25:590:26:01

In medicine, what L is the term for an oily lotion rubbed on the skin to ease pain or stiffness

0:26:010:26:07

caused by strains or bruising?

0:26:070:26:09

-Pass.

-Liniment.

0:26:110:26:13

In a rhyming expression, an intoxicated person is said to be as drunk as which animal?

0:26:130:26:19

-A skunk.

-Correct. In mythology, the Roman goddess of flowering plants,

0:26:190:26:24

worshipped at a spring festival, had what name - Clover or Flora?

0:26:240:26:29

-Flora.

-In cinema, which 1994 Australian film starred Toni Collette

0:26:290:26:35

as a woman obsessed with the pop group ABBA and getting married?

0:26:350:26:40

-Muriel's Wedding.

-Correct. In American food, which large fruit is used to make a pie

0:26:400:26:47

eaten at Thanksgiving dinner?

0:26:470:26:49

-Pumpkin.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-What B is the name of a university town and popular seaside resort

0:26:490:26:56

between Christchurch and Poole?

0:26:560:26:58

-Bournemouth.

-Correct. How many wives of Henry VIII were called Anne?

0:26:580:27:04

-Two.

-Correct. According to the nursery rhyme, "Curly locks, will you be mine?

0:27:040:27:10

"You shall not wash dishes nor yet feed the..." what?

0:27:100:27:13

-Swine.

-Correct.

-Bank.

0:27:130:27:16

A person with a virtual monopoly on the supply of good or services has cornered the market or stall?

0:27:160:27:23

-Market.

-Correct. In pop music, they lyricist Bernie Taupin is best known

0:27:230:27:28

for his collaborations on songs with which singer?

0:27:280:27:32

-Elton John.

-Correct.

-Bank.

0:27:320:27:36

At the Olympics, in which aquatic sport might a competitor attempt a forward somersault with a twist?

0:27:360:27:42

-Diving.

-Correct. The US TV series starring Dick Van Dyke as a medical sleuth

0:27:420:27:49

is entitled Diagnosis what?

0:27:490:27:52

-Murder.

-Correct. In ancient monuments, the name of the Egyptian city near the pyramids

0:27:520:27:59

sounds like which slang word for a man?

0:27:590:28:03

-Geezer.

-Correct.

0:28:040:28:06

-Bank!

-In clothing, what L is the generic term for the material widely used in the fashion industry

0:28:060:28:12

that's produced by tanning?

0:28:120:28:14

-Leather.

-Correct.

-Bank!

0:28:140:28:17

The Roman Catholic cleric born in 1923 who was...

0:28:170:28:21

Time's up. I can't complete the question.

0:28:240:28:28

You won £470.

0:28:280:28:30

Who's the Russell Brand and who's the Russell Hobbs? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

0:28:300:28:36

Graham goes from being the Strongest Link to being the Weakest Link.

0:28:390:28:43

The Strongest Link, statistically, is Lucy, but whose game is over?

0:28:430:28:49

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

0:28:490:28:54

Lucy.

0:28:540:28:56

Graham.

0:28:580:29:00

Maureen.

0:29:010:29:03

James.

0:29:030:29:05

Graham.

0:29:050:29:07

Lucy, why are you voting off your one potential hope?

0:29:090:29:14

Well, I couldn't remember who got a question wrong, but I had a vague recollection Graham got one wrong.

0:29:140:29:21

-Maureen, why Graham?

-I like Graham and his teeth,

0:29:210:29:25

-but I had to vote for somebody and he got the most wrong.

-He did. He was the worst player.

0:29:250:29:31

Graham, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

0:29:310:29:35

Meeting the Queen of Mean was just fantastic for me.

0:29:410:29:45

It's well documented amongst my friends that I'm such a huge fan of Anne Robinson.

0:29:450:29:50

Very few people make me nervous. She is one of them. Wonderful. I want to marry her!

0:29:500:29:56

Round 6. In the bank, £1,770. Another 10 seconds off the time.

0:29:580:30:03

We'll start with Lucy. Let's play the Weakest Link.

0:30:030:30:07

Start the clock.

0:30:070:30:09

In cinema, the 2009 biographical film entitled Amelia starred Hilary Swank as a pioneering US pilot

0:30:090:30:16

with what surname?

0:30:160:30:18

-Earhart.

-In anatomy, the largest muscle in the human body is where - the buttocks or the shoulder?

0:30:180:30:24

-Buttocks.

-Correct.

-Bank!

0:30:240:30:27

In maths, to draw the symbol known as the hash or number sign takes how many straight lines?

0:30:270:30:34

-Three.

-Four.

0:30:340:30:37

The board game in which players try to move tent pegs from their triangle to the one opposite

0:30:370:30:42

is Chinese what?

0:30:420:30:45

-Checkers.

-In fishing, what T is the term for a boat designed to drag a wide-mouthed net along?

0:30:450:30:52

-Trawler.

-In The Wind In The Willows, the four principal characters are a rat, a mole, a toad and what?

0:30:520:31:00

-Badger.

-Correct.

0:31:000:31:02

The document known as Magna Carta was sealed in which century?

0:31:020:31:07

-The 16th.

-13th.

0:31:070:31:10

In pop music, Elephant in 2003 and Get Behind Me, Satan in 2005

0:31:100:31:15

-were UK hit albums by which American duo?

-No.

0:31:150:31:20

The White Stripes. In physics, what P is defined as the rate at which work is done or energy is used?

0:31:200:31:26

-Pass.

-Power.

0:31:290:31:31

The stand-up comedian born in 1945 as Royston Vasey performs under the stage name Roy Chubby what?

0:31:310:31:39

-Brown.

-Correct. In motor racing, the turns called Maggotts, Abbey Curve and Stowe Corner

0:31:390:31:46

are on which circuit in Northamptonshire?

0:31:460:31:50

-Silverstone?

-Correct. A person who is facing up to an unpleasant task is said to be gritting their what?

0:31:500:31:57

-Teeth.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the campaign for the right to roam,

0:31:570:32:02

the 1932 event organised by the Ramblers Association was called the Kinder Trespass or Surprise?

0:32:020:32:08

-Surprise.

-Trespass.

0:32:100:32:12

-The Latin phrase meaning that it is up to the buyer to check...

-Caveat emptor!

0:32:120:32:18

-Correct.

-Bank!

0:32:180:32:21

Well, a correct answer and a bank in time and you won £170, but...

0:32:230:32:29

Has Jean made too much of a song and dance of it?

0:32:300:32:35

Is Maureen a dead weight? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

0:32:350:32:40

With all of her questions correct, Jean is the Strongest Link.

0:32:400:32:44

The statistics show that Maureen is the Weakest Link, but will the other players realise?

0:32:440:32:50

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

0:32:500:32:55

Lucy.

0:32:560:32:58

Maureen.

0:33:000:33:01

Maureen.

0:33:030:33:05

Lucy.

0:33:060:33:09

We have a tie, team. Lucy and Maureen, two votes each.

0:33:090:33:13

-Lucy, why Maureen?

-Cos I think she got two questions wrong.

0:33:130:33:18

-Maureen, why Lucy?

-I had to vote for somebody who got questions wrong.

0:33:180:33:24

When the vote's tied, the Strongest Link has the deciding vote - Jean.

0:33:240:33:29

-Why have you voted for Maureen?

-I thought she got two wrong.

0:33:290:33:33

-Do you want to stick or move to Lucy?

-I'll stay with Maureen.

0:33:330:33:37

She was the worst player. Maureen, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

0:33:370:33:42

I was the Weakest Link in that round, so I wasn't surprised that I got voted off.

0:33:490:33:55

I'm glad I got Silverstone right.

0:33:550:33:57

If I hadn't, it wouldn't be worth going home. My husband is a biker, you see!

0:33:570:34:03

Round 7. In the bank, £1,940. Another 10 seconds off the time.

0:34:030:34:09

We'll start with Jean. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

0:34:090:34:14

In wildlife, what name for a type of scarab beetle reflects that it feeds upon animal droppings?

0:34:140:34:22

-Dung beetle.

-In food and drink, what A is a famous type of brandy produced in southwestern France?

0:34:220:34:30

-Armagnac?

-Correct.

-Bank.

0:34:300:34:33

The man convicted of spying for the Soviet Union who escaped from Wormwood Scrubs in 1966

0:34:330:34:39

and fled to Moscow is George who?

0:34:390:34:42

-Pass.

-Blake.

0:34:420:34:44

In the board game Trivial Pursuit, questions in the History category are represented by which colour?

0:34:440:34:51

-Green?

-Yellow.

0:34:510:34:53

In the human body, which element is present in meat, shellfish and brown rice

0:34:530:34:59

and assists with brain function - lead or zinc?

0:34:590:35:02

-Zinc.

-In policing, the technology used to detect vehicle registrations from camera images,

0:35:020:35:08

abbreviated to ANPR, is Automatic Number Plate what?

0:35:080:35:13

-Recognition.

-Correct. In the solar system, based on their mean distance from the Sun,

0:35:130:35:18

which planet is next: Mars, Earth, Venus...?

0:35:180:35:22

-Sorry, could you repeat it, please?

-Based on their mean distance from the Sun,

0:35:290:35:35

which planet is next: Mars, Earth, Venus...?

0:35:350:35:39

-Jupiter.

-Mercury.

0:35:410:35:43

-What D is the name of the Hindu festival of light, celebrated in late October?

-No.

0:35:430:35:50

Diwali. According to the title of a 1984 UK hit single by Bananarama, which Hollywood star was waiting?

0:35:500:35:58

Robert De Niro. Bank!

0:35:580:36:00

In American sport, the Lakers and the Clippers are rival basketball teams in which city?

0:36:000:36:07

-Dallas.

-Los Angeles.

0:36:080:36:11

The foul-mouthed characters called Derek and Clive were...

0:36:110:36:15

Time's up. I can't complete the question and you won £70.

0:36:170:36:21

In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank. Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

0:36:210:36:28

In a sudden reversal of fortune, Jean is now the Weakest Link.

0:36:280:36:32

Statistically, Lucy is the Strongest Link, but who will lose out in the final vote?

0:36:320:36:40

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

0:36:400:36:45

Jean.

0:36:460:36:48

Jean.

0:36:490:36:51

Lucy.

0:36:520:36:53

-Lucy, why Jean?

-She got a couple wrong, hesitated and lost us a bit of time.

0:36:550:37:02

-James, why Jean?

-Cos she was the Weakest Link, as I understood it.

0:37:020:37:06

She was the worst player. Jean, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

0:37:060:37:11

I didn't really expect to be singing on prime-time television!

0:37:170:37:22

But oh, what the heck, I'm old enough now that I can do that sort of thing

0:37:220:37:28

without anyone expecting me to sound like Charlotte Church!

0:37:280:37:32

Round 8. In the bank, £2,010. In this round, 90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled.

0:37:320:37:39

We'll start with Lucy. Let's play the Weakest Link.

0:37:390:37:43

Start the clock.

0:37:440:37:46

An 1812 painting by Turner refers to Hannibal and his army crossing the Alps

0:37:460:37:52

in a heatwave or snowstorm?

0:37:520:37:54

-Snowstorm.

-Bank!

-In science fiction cinema, in the Matrix films,

0:37:540:37:59

the Canadian actress who played the role of Trinity is Carrie-Anne who?

0:37:590:38:03

-No.

-Moss. A loganberry is a cross between a raspberry and which other soft fruit?

0:38:030:38:09

-Blackberry.

-Bank!

-The Russian author and Nobel laureate Boris Pasternak

0:38:090:38:15

is most famous in the West for the 1957 novel Doctor what?

0:38:150:38:19

-Zhivago.

-Bank!

-In medicine, what E is the term for an injection of anaesthetic into the fluid

0:38:190:38:25

surrounding the spinal cord to control pain during childbirth?

0:38:250:38:29

-Epidural.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The British industrialist and inventor who patented a spinning frame

0:38:290:38:36

powered by water in 1769 was Richard who?

0:38:360:38:40

-Arkwright?

-Correct.

-Bank.

-The approval by the sovereign of a law passed by Parliament

0:38:400:38:46

is known as the Royal Mint or Assent?

0:38:460:38:49

-Assent.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-An activity once popular in the north of England

0:38:490:38:54

involved putting which relative of the weasel down one's trousers?

0:38:540:38:58

-Ferret.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The song performed by Katrina and The Waves that won Eurovision

0:38:580:39:04

for the UK in 1997 was Love Shine A what?

0:39:040:39:07

-Light.

-Correct.

-Bank!

0:39:070:39:10

Which essential ingredient of brass is a major constituent of bronze?

0:39:100:39:14

-Copper.

-Correct.

-Bank!

0:39:140:39:17

Time's up. Your bank was in time and, collectively, you've put into the kitty £180,

0:39:170:39:23

which we will treble.

0:39:230:39:25

It means prize money today of:

0:39:250:39:29

There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.

0:39:290:39:34

If there's a tie, sudden death. So, James and Lucy, for £2,550, let's play the Weakest Link.

0:39:340:39:42

Lucy, you have the choice of who goes first.

0:39:450:39:49

I'd like James to go first.

0:39:490:39:52

James, in British politics, the Westland affair in the 1980s

0:39:550:39:59

which prompted resignations from the Cabinet centred on a manufacturer of which form of air transport?

0:39:590:40:06

-Helicopters.

-That is correct.

0:40:060:40:08

Which TV cookery contest was first hosted by Loyd Grossman in 1990,

0:40:080:40:14

by Gary Rhodes in 2001

0:40:140:40:17

and then, in 2005, by John Torode and Gregg Wallace?

0:40:170:40:22

-MasterChef.

-That is correct.

0:40:220:40:24

In world geography, the cities of Mombassa in Kenya, Durban in South Africa and Colombo in Sri Lanka

0:40:240:40:32

all stand on which ocean?

0:40:320:40:34

-The Indian Ocean.

-That is the correct answer.

0:40:340:40:38

In quotations, after seeing her in Brussels, Charlotte Bronte described which British monarch

0:40:380:40:45

as "a little stout, vivacious lady, very plainly dressed"?

0:40:450:40:50

-Queen Victoria.

-That is correct.

0:40:500:40:53

In theatre, in which musical that opened in the West End in 2009

0:40:530:40:57

does a choir of nuns perform songs entitles Raise Your Voice and Take Me To Heaven?

0:40:570:41:04

-Sound of Music?

-The correct answer is Sister Act.

0:41:050:41:08

In UK geography, which settlement on the River Wear, designated a New Town in the 1960s,

0:41:080:41:15

shares its name with a famous America city?

0:41:150:41:19

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Washington.

0:41:220:41:25

What is the five-word title of the first memoir by Gerald Durrell,

0:41:250:41:30

published in 1956, that recounts his early childhood on the Greek island of Corfu?

0:41:300:41:37

-My Family And Other Animals.

-That is the correct answer.

0:41:370:41:41

Which word from Sanskrit follows "Instant" and precedes "Chameleon"

0:41:410:41:48

and "Police" in the titles of UK hit singles for John Lennon, Culture Club and Radiohead?

0:41:480:41:55

-Karma.

-That is the correct answer.

0:41:550:41:58

In sport, which nine-a-side game, similar to baseball, and invented in Chicago in the 1880s

0:41:590:42:06

is played over seven innings, with the pitcher bowling underarm to the batter?

0:42:060:42:12

-Softball?

-That is the correct answer.

0:42:120:42:15

Lucy, in literature, a girl called Susanna born in 1583

0:42:160:42:21

and twins christened Hamnet and Judith, less than two years later,

0:42:210:42:26

were the children of which English playwright?

0:42:260:42:30

-Shakespeare.

-That is the correct answer.

0:42:300:42:33

After five questions each, your scores are tied.

0:42:330:42:38

So, James and Lucy, let's play sudden death.

0:42:380:42:42

James, which British actor who starred in several Ealing comedies won his only Oscar

0:42:440:42:50

for his role in the 1957 film Bridge On The River Kwai?

0:42:500:42:55

-David Niven.

-The correct answer is Alec Guinness.

0:43:000:43:05

In vocabulary, what term deriving from the Latin for James

0:43:050:43:09

describes a style of furniture and architecture of the 17th century?

0:43:090:43:14

-Jacobean.

-That is the correct answer.

0:43:170:43:19

That means, Lucy, you are today's Strongest Link and you go away with:

0:43:230:43:29

James, you leave with nothing.

0:43:290:43:32

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

0:43:330:43:37

If I'd won the money, I was looking to put on a big 30th wedding anniversary party for my wife and I

0:43:380:43:45

later on in the summer.

0:43:450:43:47

When I found out I'd won the Weakest Link, it took a while to sink in,

0:43:470:43:52

but it was absolutely fantastic and just the icing on the cake of what has been a good, fun day.

0:43:520:43:58

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