0:00:01 > 0:00:04Here are today's nine contestants
0:00:04 > 0:00:06preparing for the show.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Only one of them will go home
0:00:08 > 0:00:11with the prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13The others will leave with nothing
0:00:13 > 0:00:17as their team-mates vote them the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:46They don't know each other, however, if they want the prize money, they'll have to work as a team.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50But eight of them will leave with nothing, as round by round,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Let's meet the team.
0:00:56 > 0:01:02I'm Dave. I'm a 42-year-old sales representative from Blyth in Northumberland.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07My name is Cathy. I'm 38, from County Down and I work in a homeless hostel.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12I'm Matt. I'm 24, and I'm a service technician from Birmingham.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15I'm Pat. Aged 56, from Romford in Essex.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I'm a club entertainer and singer.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22I'm Lyssa. I'm a 28-year-old account manager from Cheshire.
0:01:22 > 0:01:28I'm Stella. I'm 50 years of age. Local government officer and I come from Manchester.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32I'm Dan. I'm 30 and I'm a civil servant from Cardiff.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36I'm Eva. I'm 60. I'm retired from the civil service.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I come from Elstree in Hertfordshire.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43I'm Mark. I'm 36. I'm a driving instructor from Liverpool.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Now the rules.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48In each round, aim to answer
0:01:48 > 0:01:52enough questions to reach your £1000 target.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01If you get a question wrong, you break the chain and lose all the money.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05But if you bank it before the question is asked,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08the money is safe, but you start a brand-new chain.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Remember, at the end of the round,
0:02:11 > 0:02:15only money that has been banked can be taken forward. In Round One,
0:02:15 > 0:02:21there are three minutes. We'll start with the first name alphabetically.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25That's you, Cathy. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27The first question is for £20.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Start the clock.
0:02:29 > 0:02:35What B is a painting implement consisting of flexible fibres, set in a handle?
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Brush.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Marie Antoinette was the queen of which country?
0:02:40 > 0:02:41France.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Which C is a board game where the horizontal squares are ranks
0:02:46 > 0:02:48and the vertical squares are files?
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Chess.
0:02:49 > 0:02:55- Lyssa.- Bank.- In the children's rhyme, what did the third little piggy eat?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57- Nothing.- Roast beef.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00In which sport would you use a shuttlecock?
0:03:00 > 0:03:01Badminton.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Blood and navel are types of which citrus fruit?
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Orange.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Which H is an animal that has a hock, withers and fetlock?
0:03:10 > 0:03:11A horse.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17The electric charge caused by rubbing a balloon against a jumper is known as what?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Static electricity.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23- Bank.- Which actress married actor Richard Burton twice?
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Elizabeth Taylor.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29What is the game baccarat played with, dice or cards?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- Dice.- Cards.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39In 1851, the American Isaac Singer patented which labour-saving machine?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- Er, pass.- A sewing machine.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47In the 1973 Bob Marley and The Wailers song I Shot The Sheriff,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49whom did they NOT shoot?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51His deputy.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56Is the drink sambuca often served with a coffee bean or a lemon rind on top?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Coffee bean.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03- Bank.- What C is the process of producing sculptures using a mould?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- Pass.- Casting.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09In fashion, are brogues worn below or above the waist?
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Below.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Which Charles Dickens novel features Noah Claypole?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- Great Expectations. - Oliver Twist.
0:04:17 > 0:04:23What P is an agricultural implement originally developed in prehistoric times
0:04:23 > 0:04:25used for tilling the soil?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28- Pass.- Plough.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32In the animal kingdom, is an adder a venomous snake?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Yes.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39Which film contains the word supercalifragilistic- expialidocious?
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Mary Poppins.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44- Bank.- In which county is the city of Plymouth?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- Dorset.- Devon.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51Ray-Ban and Oakley are famous manufacturers of what type of eyewear?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- Contact lenses.- Sunglasses.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59Which British crime novelist wrote Murder At The Vicarage and Murder In Mesopotamia?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Agatha Christie.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Stella, what does a vulcanologist study?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- Don't know.- Volcanoes.
0:05:09 > 0:05:16In cookery, what S is obtained from the fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and cattle?
0:05:16 > 0:05:17- Pass.- Suet.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22- Bank.- Iota and epsilon are letters used in which alphabet?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Greek.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28In chemistry, how many atoms are in a diatomic molecule?
0:05:28 > 0:05:29Two.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Time is up, and in that first round,
0:05:37 > 0:05:41you put into your kitty £400 of the £1000 you could've won.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45But...who is holding you back?
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Who is causing you a problem?
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Whose knowledge is better suited to watching TV
0:05:51 > 0:05:53than appearing on it?
0:05:53 > 0:05:58One of you is about to leave with nothing. It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04The only player to answer all of his questions correctly is Dave.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06He is the strongest link.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11Stella is the weakest link statistically. Who will lose out?
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Matt,
0:06:39 > 0:06:44- what are your specialist subjects? - Geography.- Geography?
0:06:44 > 0:06:48- You're very good at geography, are you?- Not too bad.- Right.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51And you think Plymouth is in Dorset?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53It's close.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Right.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- What did Stella do to upset you? - She got two questions wrong.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Did anyone else get two wrong?
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- Probably me.- Not probably. Definitely.- Definitely.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Lyssa, how's it going for you?
0:07:07 > 0:07:11- Not at all bad.- Why Stella?
0:07:11 > 0:07:14I noticed she got a few questions wrong.
0:07:14 > 0:07:20- Stella, did you leave your memory in Manchester?- I think I did, Anne.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22You can go back there and find it.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Statistically, you were the weakest link.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29And with five votes, you've been voted it. Goodbye.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41The volcano question, I would've got right if I didn't feel pressured,
0:07:41 > 0:07:45if I'd had more time. But while you're stood up there,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48you think about time and time being wasted.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52I think Dan will go next. He got two questions wrong,
0:07:52 > 0:07:54as I did, but he didn't bank any money.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Round Two. You've won £400 so far out of a possible £1000.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Eight of you left.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06You have ten seconds less.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09We start with last round's strongest link Dave.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18In the sitcom Sorry, who played a librarian who lived with his parents?
0:08:18 > 0:08:19Ronnie Corbett.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25What C is a limestone and clay powder which sets solid when mixed with water?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- Pass.- Cement.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32In fashion, what B is a felt cap often worn by members of the military?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34A beret.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39In horse racing, is a steeplechase a flat course or does it have obstacles?
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Obstacles.
0:08:40 > 0:08:46In 1978, Melvyn Bragg began presenting which cultural arts programme?
0:08:46 > 0:08:47The South Bank Show.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- Bank.- Which J is an energetic American dance
0:08:50 > 0:08:54that evolved from the jitterbug in the '40s and '50s?
0:08:54 > 0:08:55- The jig.- Jive.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59What is the black and white stripped member
0:08:59 > 0:09:01of the horse family found in Africa?
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Zebra.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06What is the alcoholic ingredient in Irish coffee?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Whiskey.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12In a hotel with 200 guests, one quarter of them are from Europe.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Numerically, how many are not?
0:09:15 > 0:09:16150.
0:09:16 > 0:09:22What H is a mammal which is protected from predators by its sharp spines?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Hedgehog.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28- Bank.- Which famous pop singer played Eva Peron in the 1996 film Evita?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Madonna.
0:09:30 > 0:09:36What B is a device of electrical cells which allows release of energy on demand?
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Battery.
0:09:37 > 0:09:43Which central Florida city is famous for the Walt Disney World Theme Park?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Orlando.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49- Bank.- What P treats milk to destroy bacteria?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Pasteurisation.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Who created the characters Noddy and Big Ears?
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Enid Blyton.
0:09:56 > 0:10:01Was the London Royal College of Art founded in the 18th or 19th century?
0:10:01 > 0:10:02- 18th.- 19th.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07Mary Kathleen Collins, who starred in 10 and Bolero, is better known as Bo who?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Derek.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13A group of which sly canines could be referred to as a skulk?
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Er...skunks.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19Foxes.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23What type of food is the traditional Jewish cholla?
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Bread.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29- Bank.- Which Royal is older, Zara Phillips or Prince William?
0:10:29 > 0:10:30Zara Phillips.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35In Fawlty Towers, what was the first name of John Cleese's character?
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Basil.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Dan, of which country is Kuwait City the capital?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- Iraq.- Kuwait.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47In English law, what is the minimum age
0:10:47 > 0:10:49you can ride a moped on a public road?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- 18.- 16.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55In nature, what is the larger bird, a rook or a raven?
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Raven.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- Bank.- Which Marilyn Monroe film was turned into a play
0:11:00 > 0:11:03at the Queen's Theatre, London in 2000,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05starring Daryl Hannah?
0:11:06 > 0:11:10The correct answer is The Seven Year Itch.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Time is up, though,
0:11:12 > 0:11:17and of the £1000 available in that round, you won £440.
0:11:17 > 0:11:24But who is now out of the running? Who should be making a fast exit?
0:11:24 > 0:11:29Who is a grave disappointment? Who is costing you money?
0:11:29 > 0:11:34One of you is about to go with nothing. It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40Having answered all of his questions correctly and banked £200 for the team,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Matt is the strongest link in this round.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Cathy is this round's worst player.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48But will the rest have noticed?
0:11:50 > 0:11:55Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16You actually got nine correct answers in a row.
0:12:16 > 0:12:22So if you'd banked intelligently, you could've reached your £1000 target.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24But you didn't, did you, Pat?
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- No.- You want to get rid of Cathy, do you?
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Not particularly. She's nice. She got a few questions wrong,
0:12:31 > 0:12:36- and I thought she seemed to be the weakest link to me.- Right.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- How's it going for you, Dan? - All right.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42- You do a bit of dancing? - Erm, I try not to.- Right.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47But you thought in America in the '40s they were all jigging, did you?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- Yeah.- Right.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- Why Cathy? - I think the nerves have got her,
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- and I think she was about as bad as me.- Yeah.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Slightly worse, you'll be pleased to hear.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- How's it going for you, Mark? - All right, yeah.- Why Cathy?
0:13:03 > 0:13:07- I think she got two wrong. - Right. Just one more than you.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- One more than me, yeah.- Right.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Cathy, what happened to you in that round?
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I haven't a clue, Anne.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18That's why statistically you were the weakest link,
0:13:18 > 0:13:22and with four votes, you're voted out. Goodbye.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33I could've played better. It's a new experience. You're under pressure.
0:13:33 > 0:13:39When you're at home, it seems that much easier there's nobody looking at you.
0:13:39 > 0:13:45I think Dan should be voted off next, because I think Dan nearly did as bad as me.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Maybe he banked something, I don't know. But he should go next.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Round Three, and of the £2000
0:13:54 > 0:13:59you could've won by now, you've put in the kitty £840. Seven of you left.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01There's ten seconds less.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06We'll start with last round's strongest link Matt. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Start the clock.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14Which Welsh city is the headquarters of Glamorgan County Cricket Club?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- Swansea.- Cardiff.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19In maths, what is one quarter of a half?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- A quarter.- One eighth.
0:14:21 > 0:14:27Which Christian festival is named after an Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring?
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Easter.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33Which screen legend was born Doris von Kappelhoff in 1924?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Doris Day.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Was Dick Whittington real or fictional?
0:14:37 > 0:14:38He was real.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43The Netherlands, the Channel Islands and Lincolnshire
0:14:43 > 0:14:46are growing areas for what bell-shaped flower?
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Daffodil.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Tulip.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53In computing, for what does RAM stand?
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Random Access Memory.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59In the animal kingdom, are the tusks on animals such as elephants and warthog
0:14:59 > 0:15:01elongated teeth or horns?
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Teeth.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10If you were in Australia fossicking, for what might you be prospecting?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- Pass.- Gold.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16How many years has the musical The Phantom Of The Opera
0:15:16 > 0:15:19been running in the West End? 10, 12 or 14?
0:15:19 > 0:15:2014.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24In nature, which P makes up the corolla of a flower?
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Petals.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Suggs was the lead singer of which group?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- Pass.- Madness.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36What R is the system by which oxygen is taken into the body
0:15:36 > 0:15:38and carbon dioxide is removed?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Respiratory.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45Name the 1975 Steven Spielberg thriller in which Chief Brodie says,
0:15:45 > 0:15:47"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Jaws.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- Bank. - In weights and measures, for what does "kg" stand?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Kilograms.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58In which country might you go from Kimberley to Durban?
0:15:58 > 0:15:59South Africa.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- Bank.- What H was the original language of the Old Testament?
0:16:03 > 0:16:04Hebrew.
0:16:04 > 0:16:10Donny and which Osmond sibling were the youngest ever hosts of a weekly variety...
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Marie.
0:16:12 > 0:16:18In humans, what T is the name given to the elements only needed in minute amounts?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- Don't know.- Trace.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25In the Bible, which king of Israel famous for his wisdom was visited...
0:16:25 > 0:16:26Solomon.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31- Bank.- The duet I Just Can't Stop Loving You was a 1987 number-one hit
0:16:31 > 0:16:34for Siedah Garrett and which male artist?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Michael Jackson.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40- Bank.- On the World Wide Web, which country does BE represent?
0:16:40 > 0:16:41Belgium.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45- Bank.- Can roughage be digested and absorbed by the body?
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- Yes.- No.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Which American jazz trumpet player...
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Time is up.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56I cannot complete the question.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59In that round, you did not do well at all.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01You banked a rather pitiful £210.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Who is too dazzled by the lights and dazed by the questions
0:17:05 > 0:17:08to remain?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Put them out of their misery
0:17:10 > 0:17:14and get more money. It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20The statistics show Lyssa is the strongest link in this round.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24With the most incorrect answers, Pat is the weakest link.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27But will the votes follow the facts?
0:17:29 > 0:17:34Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Dave, what do you do?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- I'm a sales rep.- Are you?
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- You don't like women? - Nothing wrong with women at all.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- Why have you voted for Eva, then? - She got two questions wrong
0:18:06 > 0:18:11- and she collapsed a bit.- You thought Eva was the weakest link?- I did.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13She wasn't, was she, Pat?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16I had a terrible round. Terrible.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Why Eva?
0:18:18 > 0:18:22I couldn't vote for myself. I know I got a lot of questions wrong.
0:18:22 > 0:18:28Eva, you weren't the worst statistically but there's nothing fair here.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32With four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44I was disappointed I was voted off, because I wasn't the weakest link.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48It was Pat. However, I did get two questions wrong.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52The hardest thing about playing The Weakest Link
0:18:52 > 0:18:56is that your heart starts to pound, your mouth goes dry,
0:18:56 > 0:18:58and you can't think.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Round Four.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07£1050 banked so far out of potential prize money of £3000.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09So huge scope for improvement.
0:19:09 > 0:19:15Six of you left and ten more seconds off the clock. You now have only 2½ minutes.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20The strongest link, Lyssa, will start. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Start the clock.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27In Gerry Anderson's 1960s animated series
0:19:27 > 0:19:30who was the captain of the submarine Stingray?
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- Captain Scarlet.- Troy Tempest.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37What N is a basketball-based sport most popular with women...
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Netball.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44Did Alexander Fleming win the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1945 or 1955?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47- 1955.- 1945.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52What C is a small bushy-tailed rodent found in the Andes of Bolivia?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Chinchilla.
0:19:55 > 0:20:01In classical music, with which instrument is Franz Liszt mainly associated?
0:20:01 > 0:20:02Piano.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Is the actor Paul Newman colour-blind?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- No.- Yes.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12In science, does denitrification take place in the soil or the air?
0:20:12 > 0:20:14The soil.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Which organisation was established on 24th October 1945
0:20:18 > 0:20:20by 51 countries?
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- The EEC.- The United Nations.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27In pop music, who was the lead singer of The Smiths?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Morrissey.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33British boxer Henry Cooper famously knocked down
0:20:33 > 0:20:35which American opponent in 1963?
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- Cassius Clay. - Muhammad Ali or Cassius Clay.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Is Hindi or Urdu the most widely spoken language in India?
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Hindi.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48In science, what A is a mixture of two or more metals?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- Amalgam.- Yes, correct. Alloy or amalgam.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56- Bank.- Was 20th-century composer William Walton English or American?
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- American.- English.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03Which religious teaching is summarised in the Four Noble Truths?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- Jewish.- Buddhism.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Stewpot is the nickname of which former Radio 1 DJ?
0:21:09 > 0:21:10Ed Stewart.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14If you wish to travel directly from Madagascar to Australia,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17would you head east or west?
0:21:17 > 0:21:18- West.- East.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22In sport, are pool and billiards the same game?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24No.
0:21:24 > 0:21:29- Bank.- Is the Canary archipelago made up of six or seven volcanic islands?
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Seven.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33In nature, Calluna vulgaris is the name
0:21:33 > 0:21:37for which purple flower found on British moorlands?
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Heather.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41The Bankside power station in London
0:21:41 > 0:21:46was converted into which popular art gallery opened in 2000?
0:21:46 > 0:21:51- Tate.- Tate Modern is the correct answer. I can't accept that.- Bank.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52What R is the name...
0:21:57 > 0:22:03Time is up and after all that work you only scraped together £220.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07Who needs to be given their marching orders?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Who is past their best?
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Who leaves with nothing? It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19The only player to answer all his questions correctly is Matt
0:22:19 > 0:22:24so he is the strongest link for the second time in the game.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29Dan is the worst player, having given the most incorrect answers.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31But how will the voting go?
0:22:33 > 0:22:38Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Dave, what's the idea of the little face?
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- Sorry to see Dan go. - So why did you vote for him?
0:23:00 > 0:23:03He got a couple of questions wrong.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- Just one more than you, in fact. - That's right.- OK. Mark,
0:23:07 > 0:23:12- why Dan?- I thought he got one or two more wrong than anyone else.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- What happened to you, Dan? - Nightmare of a round.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Did you come on the right quiz show?
0:23:19 > 0:23:24- Yeah. With a fair wind I would have done all right. - No wind in this studio.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:23:34 > 0:23:40I think they voted me off because my name's Dan and it's easy to spell.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44I had a really bad round and I deserved to be voted out.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48If I hadn't been, I think I could have gone on to win it.
0:23:48 > 0:23:53Pat should go. He's really ruthless. He's just in it for the money.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Round Five.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02Your total so far is £1270. If you'd hit your targets, it would be £4000.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Five of you left.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12That's Matt. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Start the clock. In literature, in which century
0:24:17 > 0:24:19was Dracula published?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- Seventeenth.- Nineteenth.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24How many notes make up a pentatonic scale?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- Twelve.- Five.
0:24:26 > 0:24:32Which hurdler was unbeaten for nearly ten years, Edwin Moses or Michael Johnson?
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- Johnson.- Edwin Moses.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Which famous wall was built from 221BC?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- Hadrian's Wall. - The Great Wall of China.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45The theme music to Ally McBeal is performed by Vonda who?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Shepard.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52Which 19th-century scientist appeared on £10 notes in November 2000?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- George Stephenson. - Charles Darwin.
0:24:55 > 0:25:01Which Manchester comedian is the creator of Paul and Pauline Calf?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- Pass.- Steve Coogan.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08In the US congress how many senators represent each state?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- One.- Two.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15Which king was defeated by Henry Tudor in 1485 at Bosworth Field?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Richard III.
0:25:17 > 0:25:23From which country of the UK did author John Bunyan come?
0:25:23 > 0:25:25- Scotland.- England.
0:25:25 > 0:25:31What N is a method of connecting computers so they can share data?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Network.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37In Hamlet, Claudius is king of which European country?
0:25:37 > 0:25:39- Greece.- Denmark.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42What do the initials LEA stand for?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Local Education Authority.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49What P is a tiny opening in a rock through which fluids may pass?
0:25:49 > 0:25:50Pore.
0:25:50 > 0:25:56- Dave.- Bank.- JF Kennedy appointed which of his brothers as Attorney General?
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Bobby.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01In which country did the dance cha-cha-cha originate?
0:26:01 > 0:26:03- Brazil.- Cuba.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Lord Carrington resigned as foreign secretary
0:26:07 > 0:26:11after the invasion of which territory in 1982?
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- Cuba. - No. The Falkland Islands.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20In which sport do the Detroit Pistons play the Orlando Magic?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Basketball.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Which former president of the Soviet Union
0:26:25 > 0:26:28is now president of the International Green Cross?
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Gorbachev.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Bank.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Time is up. You banked
0:26:40 > 0:26:46just in time and reached £100.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Who's not in the same league now as the rest of you?
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Who needs another stage on which perform?
0:26:57 > 0:27:01The longer they stay, the lesser the money.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Ditch the dud, drop the ditherer.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14With the most correct answers, Mark is this round's strongest link.
0:27:14 > 0:27:20Pat is the weakest player for the second time in the game. Can he survive the vote again?
0:27:22 > 0:27:26It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42- How's it going for you, Lyssa? - Not bad so far.- Why Pat?
0:27:42 > 0:27:48- He had a bad round and got a couple of questions wrong.- Right.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53- You got a couple of questions wrong. - Absolutely.- Matt,
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- not much of a round for you. - No, a pretty bad one.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01- What's Pat done to upset you? - I think he got the most questions wrong
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- in that last round.- He did.
0:28:03 > 0:28:09- Pat, different music in Essex to the rest of the world? - Just slightly, yeah.
0:28:09 > 0:28:15- You've never heard of a pentatonic scale?- I'm not a reading musician. I'm just a busker.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Right. Well, it's time to busk off.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32I deserved to get voted off. I was very lucky two rounds ago
0:28:32 > 0:28:36because I was the weakest link. Having got so far,
0:28:36 > 0:28:39I would like to have got a bit further.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43Matt will probably be the next one off.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Though all four are playing very well.
0:28:48 > 0:28:55Round Six. There's £1370 in the kitty out of a possible £5000.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Another ten seconds comes off the time.
0:28:58 > 0:29:04We start with the strongest link Mark. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Start the clock.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Are the Letters to Timothy in the Old or New Testament?
0:29:11 > 0:29:13The New Testament.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Which US actor was in Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles?
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Gene Wilder.
0:29:19 > 0:29:26Which cross-dressing male comedian won two Emmy awards in 2000 for Dress To Kill?
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- Lily Savage.- Eddie Izzard.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Which children's writer used the location of her farm
0:29:34 > 0:29:36in the Lake District for many of her books?
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Beatrix Potter.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Is Montevideo or San Diego
0:29:41 > 0:29:45the most southerly capital city in South America?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Montevideo.
0:29:48 > 0:29:54- Dave.- Bank.- If a minibus takes 18 people, how many minibuses are needed to transport 72?
0:29:54 > 0:29:56- Six.- Four.
0:29:56 > 0:30:02Which British music festival began in 1960 as a jazz and blues festival?
0:30:02 > 0:30:04- Pass.- Reading.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07In which US state is Cape Cod?
0:30:07 > 0:30:08Massachusetts.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Mark. What sort of creature is a grouper?
0:30:11 > 0:30:14- A bird.- A fish.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17On which continent is the republic of Mali?
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- Asia.- Africa.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Where was Christopher Plummer born?
0:30:23 > 0:30:24- England.- Canada.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Was Sophocles a Greek or Roman dramatist?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Greek.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Crown, elephant and foolscap are sizes of what?
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Paper.
0:30:35 > 0:30:40- Dave.- Bank.- Who played Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection?
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Gene Hackman.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46In 1839, the first bicycle was built with what?
0:30:46 > 0:30:49- Two wheels.- Pedals.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Which Soviet organisation was superseded by
0:30:52 > 0:30:56the Russian Federal Security Service in 1991?
0:30:56 > 0:30:58- Smers...- The KGB.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01What A is another term
0:31:01 > 0:31:03for suffocation?
0:31:03 > 0:31:06- Pa... Er... Pass.- Asphyxia.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10Name one of the two Terrys who directed Monty Python...
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Terry Jones.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16- Matt.- Bank.- Which eight-bone joint is the carpus?
0:31:20 > 0:31:22The answer to that is wrist.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25In that round, you won £120.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Who's not as bright
0:31:27 > 0:31:31as the rest of you and needs to go?
0:31:31 > 0:31:34It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Lyssa is the strongest player for the second time.
0:31:39 > 0:31:44Matt, an earlier strongest link, is this round's worst player.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48But will his previous success save him from the vote?
0:31:50 > 0:31:55Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09What do you do, Lyssa?
0:32:09 > 0:32:14- I'm a recruitment consultant. - Why Matt? Would you find him a job?
0:32:14 > 0:32:20- I'm sure we could.- A job as...? - One where he didn't have to answer questions.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22You don't want him here?
0:32:22 > 0:32:26LYSSA: He had a bit of a bad round, unfortunately.
0:32:26 > 0:32:31- Dave, why Matt?- I thought he had a really bad round that time.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Mark, had enough of Matt?
0:32:34 > 0:32:37I just thought he got a couple wrong.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Matt, bicycles.
0:32:43 > 0:32:50Did you suppose in the early 19th century, everyone was a trick cyclist(?)
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- Probably. - Not two wheels until 1839?- Yeah.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57- You didn't get one right in that round.- I know.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:33:08 > 0:33:13The bicycle question two wheels. I'm never going to live it down.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16It was the first thing I thought of.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20That's what I said. I think possibly Mark
0:33:20 > 0:33:23will go off next, because he hesitates.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26I think Lyssa has got a bit more general knowledge.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31I think it will be Lyssa and Dave in the final.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Round Seven.
0:33:36 > 0:33:41Of the £6000 you could have won, you have £1490. Three of you left.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45Ten seconds fewer. The strongest link starts.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Lyssa. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Start the clock.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55When did the 1998 Human Rights Act come into force in UK law?
0:33:55 > 0:33:57- 1998.- 2000.
0:33:57 > 0:34:04The 1978 duet You Don't Bring Me Flowers featured Barbra Streisand and which singer?
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Neil Diamond.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13Which K was a pirate captain executed in 1701 at Wapping?
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Captain Kidd.
0:34:15 > 0:34:22In the name of the Irish writer WB Yeats, was the WB William Butler or Walter Benjamin?
0:34:22 > 0:34:24William Butler.
0:34:24 > 0:34:30A gavial is a carnivorous long-snouted reptile from which family?
0:34:30 > 0:34:32- Lizard.- Crocodile.
0:34:32 > 0:34:38Margaret Thatcher stepped down as an MP at which year's General Election?
0:34:40 > 0:34:42- 1997.- 1992.
0:34:42 > 0:34:48In 1824, which North American country officially became independent from Spain?
0:34:48 > 0:34:50- America.- Mexico.
0:34:50 > 0:34:55In which country in the UK is the market town of Cardigan?
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Wales.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59The majority
0:34:59 > 0:35:03of the city of Cambridge is on the east bank of what river?
0:35:04 > 0:35:06The Cam.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08- Lyssa.- Bank.
0:35:08 > 0:35:13Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn starred with whom in The First Wives Club?
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Bette Midler.
0:35:15 > 0:35:20What type of fruit is an ananas in French?
0:35:21 > 0:35:23- Apple.- Pineapple.
0:35:23 > 0:35:28Which Nationwide Division One football club play at home at St Andrews?
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Birmingham City.
0:35:30 > 0:35:35In which city is Michelangelo's fresco Creation: The Sun And Moon?
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Rome.
0:35:37 > 0:35:43Lynda La Plante created which Prime Suspect female superintendent?
0:35:43 > 0:35:45- Tennison.- Dave.- Bank.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49What was the Houses of York and Lancaster's emblem?
0:35:49 > 0:35:50The rose.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57The time's up. You put into the bank £150.
0:35:57 > 0:36:02In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06That means, in the next round, there's £3,000 to be won.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09The question is,
0:36:09 > 0:36:14who is least likely to assist you in raising the prize money?
0:36:14 > 0:36:17Who are you going to dump?
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Who is a liability at this crucial stage?
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:25 > 0:36:30Dave is the strongest link, as he gave the most correct answers.
0:36:30 > 0:36:36Mark is this round's weakest link. But, at this crucial stage, who will lose out?
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Dave, why Mark?
0:36:57 > 0:37:02I felt Mark was the weakest link and got more questions wrong.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07- Not that he'd be worse opposition in the final?- I didn't think that.
0:37:07 > 0:37:12- Lyssa, why Mark?- A bit of a bad round. He got a couple wrong.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16He might be a bit of opposition in the final round.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20Mark...how do you feel about being voted off?
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Well, it happens.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26Well, it was unanimous. Mind you, that's only two votes.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:37:37 > 0:37:43I am disappointed to get so far and not get through, but I didn't play well.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47Nerves came into it. I thought I could have done better.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50Out of Lyssa and Dave, it's pretty even.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53I'm not sure who'll win. It could go either way.
0:37:53 > 0:37:58I think it will be very close. It might even go to sudden death.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Round Eight.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05You have £1640
0:38:05 > 0:38:07out of a possible £7000.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Dave and Lyssa.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15You have 90 seconds. Whatever you win in this round will be trebled
0:38:15 > 0:38:18and added to your total to make up your prize money.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21So, £3000 at stake.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24We start with the strongest link.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28That's Dave. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Start the clock.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34What kind of animal is a kudu?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36- A fish.- An antelope.
0:38:36 > 0:38:42Which member of the Douglas family of actors was born in 1916 in New York?
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Kirk.
0:38:44 > 0:38:50Was Derek Jarman's 1976 film Sebastiane made in Greek or Latin?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52Latin.
0:38:52 > 0:38:57Which country holds tennis tournaments at Flushing Meadows?
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- America.- Dave.
0:38:59 > 0:39:06- Bank.- Which US pianist and singer was at the St Augustine School For The Blind?
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Stevie Wonder.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Ray Charles.
0:39:10 > 0:39:15Which British bank collapsed in 1995 due to losses run up by Nick Leeson?
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Barings.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21In UK politics, who is independent MP for Tatton?
0:39:23 > 0:39:25- Pass.- Martin Bell.
0:39:25 > 0:39:32In computing, what is the point of contact between two programmes or two pieces of equipment called?
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Interface.
0:39:34 > 0:39:41Which organisation was established in 1919 by the Versailles Peace Settlement?
0:39:41 > 0:39:43NATO.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45The League Of Nations.
0:39:45 > 0:39:51The Bradwins appear in The Rainbow and which other DH Lawrence novel?
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Women In Love.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- Dave.- Bank.- What instrument did Victor Borge play?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Piano.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00The...
0:40:05 > 0:40:08I cannot complete the question.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10In that round,
0:40:10 > 0:40:13you won £120.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17We'll treble that and add it to the previous winnings.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21That means prize money today of £2000 for one of you.
0:40:21 > 0:40:27You'll now play against each other, head-to-head. I'll ask alternate questions.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30The best of five.
0:40:30 > 0:40:36Whoever answers the most correctly wins. If there's a tie, we'll go for sudden death.
0:40:36 > 0:40:42So, Dave and Lyssa, for £2000, let's play The Weakest Link.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48Lyssa, as the strongest link, you choose who starts.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49I'll go first.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Lyssa.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58If you were born on Christmas Day,
0:40:58 > 0:41:02what would your zodiacal star sign be?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Capricorn.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07That is the correct answer.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Dave.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14First appearing in 1977,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17which famous film baddie
0:41:17 > 0:41:20was played as a child
0:41:20 > 0:41:24by eight-year-old Jake Lloyd
0:41:24 > 0:41:28over 20 years later?
0:41:32 > 0:41:34No. I don't know.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37The correct answer is Darth Vader.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Lyssa.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44In Arthurian legend,
0:41:44 > 0:41:49what was the name of the site where Arthur had his court?
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Camelot.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54That is the correct answer.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Dave.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00How many times
0:42:00 > 0:42:05has the United States hosted the Olympic Summer Games?
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Twice.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12The correct answer is four.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Lyssa.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19In TV, Richard Briers
0:42:19 > 0:42:23starred as the fussy Martin Bryce
0:42:23 > 0:42:26in which BBC sitcom?
0:42:26 > 0:42:30- Ever Decreasing Circles. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:34 > 0:42:39Dave, you must answer this question correctly to remain in the game.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42In the animal kingdom,
0:42:42 > 0:42:45the flightless cormorant
0:42:45 > 0:42:53lives in which island group off the coast of South America?
0:42:55 > 0:42:57The West Indies.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01The correct answer is the Galapagos Islands.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07That means, Lyssa,
0:43:07 > 0:43:12you are today's strongest link and you go away with £2000.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15Dave, you leave with nothing.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.
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0:43:21 > 0:43:24It was pretty even. I got very lucky.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27It could have gone either way.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29I feel really disappointed.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33I'd done well throughout the whole game.
0:43:33 > 0:43:38To get to the last two and walk away with nothing is very upsetting.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41It's unbelievable.
0:43:41 > 0:43:45It's great to have got through all that and come out as the winner.