31/03/2009 Weakest Link


31/03/2009

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

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Only one of them 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 here today could win up to £10,000.

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They've only just met, but to get the prize money they'll have to 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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My name is Nick, I'm 32, from Altrincham

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and I'm an insurance broker.

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My name is Beryl, I'm 72,

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I'm a demonstrator and I come from Livingston.

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My name is Ben, I'm 26, I'm from London

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and I'm a management consultant.

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My name is Sharon, I'm 33 and I live in Jersey and I'm an accountant.

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I'm Neil, 42, from Maidstone in Kent and I'm a warehouse supervisor.

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I'm Helen, 28, from Leeds and I'm an emergency call operator.

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I'm Dennis, I'm 62, I live in Long Melford in Suffolk,

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and I'm an interviewer for the Office for National Statistics.

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Hi, I'm Natalie, I'm 42, I live in Northamptonshire,

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and I'm a psychic writer.

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My name is David, I'm 51, from West Bromwich,

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and I'm a vocational developments manager.

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-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. Say "Bank" first and the money is safe.

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Round 1. Three minutes on the clock.

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We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's you, Ben.

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Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

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Ben, in the names of countries, the abbreviation UK stands for what?

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-United Kingdom.

-In a temperate climate, which season immediately follows summer and precedes winter?

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-Autumn.

-Neil, the popular English dish eaten out of newspapers is known as fish and what?

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-Chips.

-Correct. Helen, in maths, what is eight plus 12?

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-20.

-Dennis, in commerce, the three most important considerations are said to be

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location, location, location when buying what, a house or a handbag?

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-House.

-Natalie, when a man gets married, the female parent of his wife

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is known as his mother-in what?

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-Law.

-David, in crosswords, what's the general name for the words and phrases

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provided to help solve a puzzle?

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-Clues.

-Nick, in botany, which word that is the opposite of hard

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describes fruits such as strawberries, gooseberries, and raspberries?

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-Soft.

-Correct. Beryl, in the UK postal service, pillar boxes

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are traditionally which primary colour?

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-Red.

-Correct. Ben...

-Bank!

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END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

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OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target.

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That money will go through. One of you will not.

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Who possibly is only here because it's a good place to hide from the nurses?

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Who will lose you money?

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One of you is about to leave with nothing.

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Time to vote off the weakest link.

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Ben is the first strongest link as he banked all the money for the team.

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Statistically, Sharon is the weakest link, but can she 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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Beryl.

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Natalie.

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Natalie.

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Beryl.

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Beryl.

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Beryl.

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Beryl.

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Helen.

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Beryl.

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-What do you do, Neil?

-I'm a warehouse supervisor.

-What sort of warehouse?

-A clothing warehouse.

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Put your board down.

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Is that why you come in that fantastically sexy top?

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No, it's something just neutral. Didn't want to show off anything too flashy.

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No, you certainly succeeded in that. Put your board up.

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-What sort of clothes are you delaing with?

-Various well-known brands.

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-Oh, such as what?

-Such as GAP, Louis Vuitton, Fred Perry.

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So do you get your pick at the end of the day?

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-No... No, it's all...

-There was a bit of a pause there.

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-No, no perks at all.

-So you can't take it home to your wife?

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-That wouldn't be an issue at the moment.

-Why wouldn't it be an issue?

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-Because I'm separated from my wife at the moment.

-Are you, at the moment?

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-So you've got a girlfriend?

-I do have a girlfriend.

-What's she called?

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-She's called Rebecca.

-Is she? And how old are you?

-I'm 42.

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-And how old is Rebecca?

-She is 23.

-Are you a friend of her dad's?

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No, I wasn't. I met her through work.

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Did you? And how did you get her to go out with you?

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-I could show you, but it's daytime television.

-Why Beryl?

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Nobody got a question wrong. I just had to choose a name.

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-What do you do, Sharon?

-I'm an accountant.

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-Are you good at arithmetic?

-I would like to think so.

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-So, if Neil's 42 and Rebecca is 23, what's the age difference?

-19 years.

-Oh.

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-You can work quickly then, can you?

-Yes, Anne.

-Where do you live?

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-I live in Jersey, in the Channel Islands.

-Have you got a rich husband?

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-No, I'm still searching for him.

-Are you?

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So you're not as quick at snapping a husband as you are at doing mental arithmetic?

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-There's not many good-looking men in Jersey.

-It's the land of the ugly, is it?

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-They're all bagged in Jersey.

-Are they?

-Yes.

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-There's not one decent-looking man?

-Lie I said, they're all married.

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-Why Beryl?

-Because no-one was the weakest link,

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but I don't think she would mind being the first one voted off.

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-What do you do, Dennis?

-I'm an interviewer for the Office for National Statistics.

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Fabulous. What are you interviewing about at the moment?

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At the moment, I'm working on a survey called the Family Resources Survey.

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-Family what?

-Family Resources Survey.

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It's finding out about people's living conditions and housing conditions.

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-Where?

-The ones I've just finished have been in Colchester, Wivenhoe...

-In Essex?

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-In Essex, that's right.

-So they're mostly on benefits, are they?

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I couldn't really divulge those sort of things cos I'm bound by the Official Secrets Act.

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-Are you?

-Yes.

-And does the Official Secrets Act cover where you got that shirt?

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-No, that doesn't come into that. That is entirely my choice.

-Yes.

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-So where did you get the shirt?

-Marks and Spencer's.

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So you visit people's homes. And how long do you stay?

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35, 40 minutes, an hour, depends on how long the survey.

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Do people say sometimes, "Dennis, you're too boring. Go"?

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No, they don't. Sometimes they don't let me in the house initially anyway.

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Yeah. Why don't they let you in the house?

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-Because they don't want to do the survey.

-Why would they want to do the survey?

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-I really don't know.

-Just lonely people...

-No, not at all.

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-I try and make it as interesting as I can.

-Why Beryl?

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Unfortunately, nobody got any questions wrong

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and she was opposite me and I had to vote for somebody.

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Beryl, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

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Being the weakest link today has been a learning curve for me,

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because I've met different people.

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But seeing Anne Robinson in the flesh... She actually is beautiful,

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petite, gorgeous features, pointed chin, a bit like the wicked witch in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

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Round 2. In the bank, £1,000. We'll take 10 seconds off your time.

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-We'll start with the strongest link, Ben. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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Start the clock. According to the lyrics of a 2008 UK hit single,

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by Gabriella Cilmi, there is nothing sweet about who, me or him?

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-Me.

-Correct. The district of Knotty Ash is part of which English city?

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-Liverpool.

-Correct. Neil, the removable paper sleeve name

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for the fact that it keeps a hardback book clean is usually called a what jacket?

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-Dust.

-Correct. Helen, what G is the general term for a person

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who receives hospitality at the home of another?

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-Guest.

-Dennis, a series of spine chillers first broadcast in 1980

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had the title Hammer House of what?

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-Horrors.

-Natalie, in April 2008, for the third time the business tycoon

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Silvio Berlusconi became prime minister of which country?

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-Italy.

-Correct. Bank!

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In US states, in terms of area, Alaska is the largest or smallest?

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-Largest.

-Nick, the alloy that is resistent to rust invented in 1913

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in Sheffield by Harry Brearley is known by the alliterative name stainless what?

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-Steel.

-Although it's not required, which letter of the alphabet

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frequently appears three times at the beginning of website addresses?

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-W.

-Sharon, Robin Hood was an accomplished marksman with which weapon?

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-Bow and arrow.

-Neil, the drummers in the groups Queen and Duran Duran

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share the full name Roger what?

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-Taylor.

-Helen...

-Bank!

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In food, what C is the name of a delicate spicy sprout

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often grown on the window sill and commonly served in egg mayonnaise sandwiches?

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-Cress.

-Dennis, Tracy Emin was shortlisted for the 1999 Turner Prize

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for producing her celebrated work centred around which item of furniture?

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-Bed.

-Correct. Natalie, a claim in 1940 by the linguist Benjamin Whorf

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led to the myth that the Inuit language has dozens of words for which weather feature?

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-Snow.

-David, in the gospel of Luke, the story of a man who unselfishly helps someone who is in trouble

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is called the parable of the good what?

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-Samaritan.

-Correct.

-Bank!

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Nick, in astronomy, what W is the term for the increase

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in the apparent size and shape of the moon as more of its surface is lit by the sun?

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-Could you repeat the question?

-What W is the term for the increase

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in the apparent size and shape of the moon as more of its surface is lit by the sun?

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-Pass.

-Waxing.

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Ben, the company cashier who formed a business partnership in 1894

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with the storeholder Michael Marks was Tom who?

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-Spencer.

-Sharon...

-Bank!

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Which city is the capital of Poland?

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-Warsaw.

-Bank!

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Time's up. You won £970, because Neil thought about it for too long.

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In his sexy, sexy sweater.

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Who thinks the National Front is a building society?

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Why thinks the Abbey National is a political party?

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Time to vote off the weakest link.

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As the only player to get an answer wrong, Nick is the weakest link.

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The strongest link statistically is Sharon.

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But will the voting reflect reality?

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Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

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Natalie.

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Nick.

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Nick.

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Nick.

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Nick.

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Nick.

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Nick.

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Nick.

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-What do you do, Ben?

-I'm a management consultant.

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-How old are you?

-26.

-Did you go to university?

-Yes.

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-Where?

-Oxford.

-What did you study?

-Classics.

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And now your specific job is to do what?

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Probably the hardest question you'll ask me today. I'm still finding out,

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but we help companies cut costs, come up with new ideas, enter new markets,

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-generally run themselves.

-Do the companies who are employing you

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know you're still trying to find out what you are doing?

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-They might well do.

-What particular area do you work in?

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-Financial services.

-Banking?

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-That's part of it.

-How long have you been working there?

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-Six months.

-Just as the recession hit?

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-Indeed.

-So you are really a baby management consultant.

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-I am a baby.

-And they charge a lot of money, your firm, do they?

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They might do. I'm not privy to that sort of information.

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And when you hop into the bank,

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do they think that somebody who went to Oxford and got a Classics degree

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is just right for them in the recession to advise them on their banking strategies?

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I can see why they might be perturbed but I feel that we bring good value.

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-Why Nick?

-Nick's a great guy,

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but unfortunately he was the only person who got one of the questions wrong,

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so the choice is out of my hands.

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-What do you do, Natalie?

-I'm a psychic, but I also write books.

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-So, can you see people's lives in front of you?

-Sometimes, yes.

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-Can you? You've got a gift?

-I think so.

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-Can you just look at people?

-Yeah.

-Can you tell me

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something wonderful is going to happen in my life?

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-There already is.

-Really? What's that happening?

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Yes, you have got a wonderful life in many ways.

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I can tell you the persona that you give here is completely different to the real you.

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-Is it?

-It's Jekyll and Hyde.

-And which is this, Jekyll or Hyde?

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-No. I think Mr Hyde.

-You say I'm being too nice?

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When you're nice, there is always a sort of comment at the end of it

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-sort of waiting in the wings as it were.

-Which wings?

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Can you see wings we can't see?

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How do we get your phone number? Do you advertise?

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-I work on television sometimes, on Sky.

-Do you?

-I'm on tonight, actually.

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-In my little box, yeah.

-They've got you a box, have they?

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And where do you put your broomstick?

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It's cheaper, with the petrol going up, a broom is a lot cheaper to use

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-as a mode of transport.

-Why Nick?

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He got one wrong.

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Nick, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

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I think the team is going to be very clever, coming off these first couple of rounds.

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Everyone seems to be really spot-on with their answers

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hopefully they'll go on and win some real big money

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and could be one of the biggest groups when it's going, I think.

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Round 3. In the bank £1,970. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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We'll start with the strongest link in the last round, Sharon. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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Start the clock. In nature, the oily substance called lanolin

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is extracted from the wool of which animal?

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-Sheep.

-Neil, in a famous scene from the 1972 film The Godfather

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a Hollywood studio chief finds what in his bed,

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a horse's head or an ostrich egg?

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-A horse's head.

-Helen, the government body called the HMRC

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was formed in 2005 by the merger of the Inland Revenue and the Department of Customs and what?

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-Excise.

-Dennis, the technique of swinging a watch and saying,

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"You are feeling sleepy, very sleepy" is used to perform which stage act?

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-Hypnotism.

-Natalie, The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene

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and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad are both mainly set in which continent?

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-England.

-Africa. David, if the word singular means one,

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what P is the equivalent term for more than one?

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-Plural.

-Ben, which 1978 UK hit single by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

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featured the lyrics "Tell me more, tell me more, did you get very far"?

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-Grease Lightning.

-Summer Nights. Sharon, at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics,

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which English sportsman kicked a football into the crowd from the top deck of a red bus?

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-David Beckham.

-Neil, an individual embroidered design such as a rose or a cat

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sewn seperately onto a garment is called a what, motto or motif?

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-Motif.

-Helen, in seafaring, when there is a danger of sinking,

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passengers can be instructed to take to the life boats with the order

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"Abandon what"?

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-Ship.

-Dennis, in Scotland, the town of Fort Williams stands

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at the foot of which major mountain?

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-Pass.

-Ben Nevis. Natalie, radiation of different wavelengths

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arranged in order from radio waves to gamma rays

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is known as the electromagnetic what?

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-Spectrum.

-David, what C is a term for the most common alternative to a burial service?

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-Cremation.

-Ben, the 2008 comedy book by Julian Baratt and Noel Fielding

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featuring characters called Bob Fossil and Bollo is entitled the Mighty Book of what?

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-Boosh.

-Correct. Sharon...

-Bank!

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In mythology, what day of the week is named after the Norsk god Odin?

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-Thursday.

-Wednesday. Neil, an exhilarating trip, especially on a roller coaster,

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is often described as a what, a white-knuckle ride or a brown-bottom run?

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-White-knuckle ride.

-Helen, despite the name, the lead inside a pencil

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is actually a form of which non-metallic chemical element?

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-Slate.

-Carbon. Dennis, squirrels have evolved a complex system of...

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END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

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Time's up. Just £100. That was very disappointing.

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Who lost you money? Who is making futile look fashionable? Who is making tragic look trendy?

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Time to vote off the weakest link.

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Having answered the most questions correctly, Neil is the strongest link.

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Natalie is statistically the weakest link, but will the team notice that?

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Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

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Natalie.

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Natalie.

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Natalie.

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Natalie.

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Ben.

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Ben.

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Natalie.

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-What do you do, David?

-I'm a vocational development manager.

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-I work at a secondary school in Stourbridge.

-In the West Midlands?

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-That's right.

-So you're advising people on careers?

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I do that as part of the job. I have a number of things to do.

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-So, the children at your school, they want jobs, presumably?

-They all do at some stage, yes.

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How are they going to do that with a Birmingham accent?

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I think they need to work very hard at their examinations and get the best results possible.

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-But they'll still have a Birmingham accent.

-There is nothing much I can do about that.

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And my accent is not Birmingham.

0:20:010:20:03

-No, it's worse, isn't it?

-It probably is, when you're from that area.

0:20:030:20:07

-And do you go down to the pub with the kids after school?

-Certainly not.

0:20:070:20:12

-Why not?

-They're underage, they're not old enough to drink.

0:20:120:20:15

So have you got a girlfriend to go down to the pub with?

0:20:150:20:18

-No, I've got a wife at home.

-So do you go down the pub with her?

0:20:180:20:21

-We do. We drink occasionally, yes.

-What else do you do in your spare time?

0:20:210:20:25

I do a number of things in my spare time. I run a Boys Brigade company

0:20:250:20:28

-which takes a lot of my time up.

-Is it a church brigade?

0:20:280:20:32

-Yes, we belong to a church.

-What church?

0:20:320:20:34

-A Methodist church.

-You can drink if you're a Methodist, can you?

0:20:340:20:39

-If it's within your own conscience, yes.

-What do you mean?

0:20:390:20:43

-True, traditional Methodists don't drink.

-But you're not a true Methodist?

0:20:430:20:49

-Some people would say that to me.

-Can Methodists have sex before marriage?

0:20:490:20:53

-As long as they're not late for the service.

-Why Natalie?

0:20:530:20:58

It was the money which she lost, that's what stuck in my mind.

0:20:580:21:02

-What do you do, Helen?

-I answer emergency 999 calls.

0:21:020:21:07

-You thought about that.

-It is a bit confusing what we actually call the title,

0:21:070:21:11

but I take 999 calls for the ambulance service.

0:21:110:21:14

-Have you got to be quick on the uptake to do that?

-Yes.

0:21:140:21:17

-So why are you in the job, Helen?

-I talk fast, so I can take calls really quickly.

0:21:170:21:23

So what can I ring you about?

0:21:230:21:25

-Anything. People do.

-Do they?

-Mmm.

0:21:250:21:29

So, I've dialled 999, ring-ring-ring, what do you say?

0:21:290:21:33

Hello, Ambulance. What's the address of the emergency?

0:21:330:21:36

-I don't want an ambulance.

-What are you calling 999 for then?

0:21:360:21:40

-I want a shoulder to cry on.

-I can give you the number of the Samaritans.

0:21:400:21:44

-No, I want to cry on your shoulder.

-Tell me where you want the ambulance to come to

0:21:440:21:48

and you can tell me what the problem is.

0:21:480:21:50

-Why Natalie?

-Because she is a psychic, she knows more about me than probably I do

0:21:500:21:55

which worries me a bit, so I can't have that.

0:21:550:21:58

Natalie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

0:21:580:22:01

I came on the show today specifically to win some money, because I want to make a trip to America this year,

0:22:090:22:14

with a group of women in California who wanted to go Bigfoot hunting.

0:22:140:22:20

As I haven't won, I'll have to shelve the plans for now.

0:22:200:22:24

Round 4. In the bank, £2,070. Another 10 seconds off the time.

0:22:250:22:29

We'll start with Neil in a very sexy top. Let's play the Weakest Link.

0:22:290:22:35

Start the clock. What was the name of the empire prominent in central and southern Mexico

0:22:370:22:42

between the 14th and 16th centuries?

0:22:420:22:45

-The Aztecs.

-Helen, the publisher who founded Playboy magazine, often known as Hef, has what full surname?

0:22:450:22:53

-Hefner.

-Dennis, which part of a shirt has styles called granddad, wing, and nehru?

0:22:530:22:59

-Collar.

-Correct. David, an advanced screening of a film before its official premiere

0:22:590:23:05

is usually called a what, preview or peep show?

0:23:050:23:08

-Preview.

-Ben, in children's literature, the town of Hillville

0:23:080:23:13

features in books by the US author whose pen-name was Dr what?

0:23:130:23:17

-Seuss.

-Sharon, the names of which two condiments are used to describe

0:23:170:23:23

dark hair with streaks of grey?

0:23:230:23:26

-Sugar and spice.

-Salt and pepper.

0:23:260:23:29

Neil, in English law, what B is the name of the criminal offence abolished in 2008

0:23:290:23:34

that had previously made it illegal to insult Christianity?

0:23:340:23:38

-Pass.

-Blasphemy. Helen, in the UK Standard Driving Test,

0:23:400:23:44

examinees must show adequate knowledge of the theory and practice of which official publication?

0:23:440:23:50

-The Highway Code.

-Dennis, someone who is regarded as ideally attractive

0:23:500:23:55

is often referred to by which phrase - Ultimate Eight or Perfect Ten?

0:23:550:23:59

-Perfect Ten.

-Correct. David...

-Bank!

-In the musical West Side Story

0:23:590:24:03

by Leonard Bernstein, the principal character Tony belongs to a gang known by what name?

0:24:030:24:10

-Pass.

-Jets. Ben, in American history, the anti-tax protests in Boston in 1773

0:24:110:24:18

were named after which commodity?

0:24:180:24:20

-Tea.

-Sharon, what P is a four-letter term for a structure with a deck built from the shore out

0:24:200:24:27

into the water and used as a promenade?

0:24:270:24:29

-Pier.

-Neil, the TV game show first shown in 2008 featuring teams of well-known personalities

0:24:290:24:36

is entitled Alan Carr's Celebrity what?

0:24:360:24:39

-Pass.

-Ding Dong. Helen, in reptiles, a species of snake native to the British Isles

0:24:400:24:45

has what common name taken from that of a plant that grows on lawns?

0:24:450:24:50

-Grass.

-I'll accept. Dennis, in film, the 1989 comedy about a professor

0:24:510:24:56

with a machine that makes things smaller was called Honey, I Shrunk The what?

0:24:560:25:00

-Kids.

-David, a person generally cuts which teeth last, incisors or wisdom?

0:25:000:25:07

-Wisdom.

-Bank!

-Correct.

0:25:070:25:09

Time's up, your bank was in time, and you won £150. But who is amateur at being amateur?

0:25:090:25:16

Who thinks arms akimbo is an African dictator?

0:25:160:25:20

Time to vote off the weakest link.

0:25:210:25:23

Neil goes from being the strongest link in the last round to the weakest link in this.

0:25:250:25:29

The strongest link statistically was Dennis, but whose game is over?

0:25:290:25:34

Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

0:25:340:25:39

Neil.

0:25:410:25:44

Neil.

0:25:440:25:46

David.

0:25:460:25:49

Neil.

0:25:490:25:51

Sharon.

0:25:510:25:53

Neil.

0:25:530:25:54

Sharon, why Neil?

0:25:560:25:58

Because he is the only one that I remember getting more than one question wrong.

0:25:580:26:02

And I got a question wrong, but I think he got two wrong.

0:26:020:26:06

Ben, the baby management consultant, how do you think you did in that round?

0:26:060:26:10

OK. I got two relatively easy questions compared to Neil.

0:26:100:26:16

-And why are you voting for Neil?

-Unfortunately he got two wrong, I believe.

0:26:160:26:21

Neil, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

0:26:210:26:23

Anne asked me about the age difference between me and my girlfriend Becky,

0:26:300:26:36

because there is quite a big age difference with 19 years.

0:26:360:26:39

It didn't bother me at all. I am quite happy to announce to the world

0:26:390:26:43

that I have got a girlfriend almost half my age. I don't have a problem with that.

0:26:430:26:47

Round 5. In the bank, £2,220. Another 10 seconds off.

0:26:480:26:52

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

0:26:520:26:56

Start the clock. Dennis, in athletics in 1954, the Australian runner John Landy

0:26:560:27:04

broke the world record held by Roger Banister over what distance?

0:27:040:27:07

-A mile.

-David, in London, Lambeth Palace is the official residence of the Archbishop of where?

0:27:070:27:14

-The Archbishop of Canterbury.

-Ben, in food what A is the name of the vegetable

0:27:140:27:20

cultivated for its long, thin stalks and known as a traditional speciality of the Vale of Evesham?

0:27:200:27:26

-Asparagus.

-Sharon, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro

0:27:260:27:33

in 1992 was known as The Earth what?

0:27:330:27:37

-Summit.

-Correct. Helen...

-Bank!

0:27:370:27:39

In commerce, if the weight of an unwrapped product

0:27:390:27:41

is described as net, which word refers to its weight plus wrapping?

0:27:410:27:46

-Net weight.

-Gross. Dennis, the South Downs are examples of what, low hills or deep rivers?

0:27:460:27:53

-Low hills.

-David, the Model T-Ford first produced in 1908

0:27:530:27:58

was known affectionately as the Tin what?

0:27:580:28:01

-Pass.

-Lizzy. Ben, which three-letter word is a common name for a lipid?

0:28:010:28:06

-Fat.

-Sharon, in economics, the term stagflation that refers to low growth and rising prices

0:28:070:28:14

combines the word stagnation and which other?

0:28:140:28:18

-Inflation.

-Helen, in the 1995 film Toy Story,

0:28:180:28:21

which character has the catchphrase "To infinity and beyond"?

0:28:210:28:25

-Buzz Lightyear.

-Correct. Dennis...

-Bank!

0:28:250:28:27

In military jargon, what G is derived from the Spanish for small war

0:28:270:28:31

that describes combat by small irregular armed forces?

0:28:310:28:34

-Guerrilla.

-David, which woodwind instrument that is often taught at primary schools

0:28:340:28:40

was known in the 18th century as the English flute?

0:28:400:28:42

-Recorder.

-Ben, the Matthew Le Tissier Suite is an executive box

0:28:420:28:49

at the homeground of the football club based in which south coast city?

0:28:490:28:53

-Southampton.

-Correct. Sharon...

-Bank!

0:28:530:28:56

The 2005 book Margrave of the Marshes was the posthumous autobiography

0:28:560:29:01

of which radio DJ and presenter?

0:29:010:29:04

-John Peel.

-Helen, a suspect who is questioned and gives information

0:29:040:29:09

that may implicate others is sometimes said to sing like a what, crow or canary?

0:29:090:29:13

-Canary.

-Dennis...

-Bank!

-The city of Port Said stands at the northern end of which Middle Eastern canal?

0:29:130:29:19

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

0:29:190:29:22

That wasn't on the tip of your tongue. Correct answer was the Suez.

0:29:220:29:26

You only won £450. So, who is the role model and who is the sausage roll model?

0:29:260:29:32

Who would embarrass themselves less by Morris dancing naked?

0:29:320:29:37

Time to vote off the weakest link.

0:29:370:29:40

According to the statistics, David is the weakest link.

0:29:420:29:46

Dennis is the strongest link, but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?

0:29:460:29:52

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

0:29:540:29:58

David.

0:29:590:30:01

David.

0:30:010:30:04

David.

0:30:040:30:06

David.

0:30:060:30:09

Helen.

0:30:090:30:10

-Helen, why David?

-It is either me or him and I can't vote for myself.

0:30:100:30:16

-Dennis, why David?

-I honestly thought he was the weakest link.

0:30:170:30:20

Correct me if I'm wrong.

0:30:200:30:23

Dennis, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

0:30:230:30:25

I think I was voted off because I was seen as a threat.

0:30:330:30:36

I think the other four considered me the one that was likely to win.

0:30:360:30:39

When Anne passed a comment about me having a Birmingham accent, I hope I was quick enough to correct her.

0:30:390:30:44

I don't come from Birmingham. I'm from the Black Country and very proud of it.

0:30:440:30:48

Round 6. You've won £2,670. Another 10 seconds off.

0:30:490:30:54

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

0:30:540:30:58

Start the clock. Dennis, what single-word name is used in the USA

0:30:590:31:03

for the straps that hold up men's trousers and in the UK for a device that holds up women's stockings?

0:31:030:31:10

-Suspenders.

-Ben, the islands of Corsica, Elba and St Helena

0:31:100:31:15

are the sites of the birth, exile and death of which military leader?

0:31:150:31:19

-Napoleon Bonaparte.

-Sharon, in botany, an abnormal swelling of the stem of a plant

0:31:190:31:23

often caused by parasites is called what, a gall or a squall?

0:31:230:31:28

-Gall.

-Helen, the 2008 comedy starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr has actors

0:31:280:31:36

making a war film entitled Tropic what?

0:31:360:31:39

-Thunder.

-Correct. Dennis...

-Bank!

0:31:390:31:40

The Hindu god Ganesh is usually depicted with a pot-belly,

0:31:400:31:45

four arms and the head of which large land mammal?

0:31:450:31:49

-Elephant.

-Ben, a situation in which all competing parties have equal opportunitites

0:31:490:31:55

is known as a level playing what?

0:31:550:31:56

-Field.

-Sharon, in pop music, what L is the four letter-word

0:31:560:32:00

used to describe the albums that have been recorded at concerts rather than in the studio?

0:32:000:32:04

-Live.

-Correct. Helen...

-Bank!

0:32:040:32:06

The novel by Anne Bronte about the love of Gilbert Markham for Helen Graham

0:32:060:32:11

is entitled The Tenant of Wildfell what?

0:32:110:32:14

-Fall.

-Hall. Dennis, in ice-cream flavours, which alcoholic drink is usually paired with raisins?

0:32:150:32:21

-Rum.

-Ben, the annual motor racing event first held at Goodwood in West Sussex in 1993

0:32:210:32:28

is called the Festival of what?

0:32:280:32:30

-Horse racing.

-Speed. Sharon, in the text symbol set on mobile phones,

0:32:310:32:36

which punctuation mark is used to depict a pair of eyes, one of which is winking?

0:32:360:32:41

-Colon.

-No, a semi-colon. Helen, the US artist whose Seagram murals,

0:32:410:32:47

Black-Form paintings and Black On Grey works were part of a 2008 exhibition at Tate Modern

0:32:470:32:53

was Mark who?

0:32:530:32:55

-Pass.

-Rothko. Dennis, Lowestoft which is the most easterly town in the UK, is in which county?

0:32:560:33:04

-Suffolk.

-Correct. Ben...

-Bank!

0:33:040:33:06

In agriculture, what H is the name for the science of growing plants...

0:33:060:33:09

-Horticulture.

-Bank.

0:33:090:33:12

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

0:33:120:33:13

That was the incorrect answer. The correct answer was hydroponics.

0:33:130:33:18

You won £320. So, maybe you can't bank on Ben?

0:33:180:33:25

Perhaps Helen's an accident waiting to happen.

0:33:260:33:29

Should Sharon be subtracted?

0:33:290:33:31

Or maybe Dennis is better at asking questions than answering them. Think carefully.

0:33:310:33:37

Time to vote off the weakest link.

0:33:370:33:39

For the third round in a row, Dennis is the strongest link.

0:33:410:33:45

The weakest link statistically is Helen, but who will the team want off?

0:33:450:33:50

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

0:33:510:33:54

Helen.

0:33:560:33:58

Helen.

0:33:580:34:00

Ben.

0:34:010:34:03

Ben.

0:34:030:34:05

We have a tie, team, Helen and Ben, two votes each.

0:34:070:34:11

Ben, why Helen?

0:34:110:34:13

It was a choice between myself and Helen, so I went for her.

0:34:130:34:18

-Helen, why Ben?

-Once again, I can't vote for myself, so let's go for Ben.

0:34:190:34:24

He got a couple of questions wrong.

0:34:240:34:26

When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote. The strongest link was Dennis.

0:34:260:34:32

Why did you vote for Ben?

0:34:320:34:34

Because he got two questions wrong,

0:34:340:34:36

there was one at the end that he didn't get right as well, if I'm right.

0:34:360:34:40

-Do you want to change your vote to Helen?

-No, I stick with what I said.

0:34:400:34:43

Actually, Helen was the worst player.

0:34:430:34:45

-Was she?

-It's votes that count. Ben, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

0:34:450:34:49

Dennis is for me clearly the favourite to win.

0:34:570:35:00

However, I wouldn't be surprised if Sharon and Helen combined to vote him off.

0:35:000:35:04

That would be the wise thing to do if they want to win the money.

0:35:040:35:07

Round 7. In the bank £2,990. Another 10 seconds coming off.

0:35:100:35:15

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

0:35:150:35:19

Start the clock.

0:35:200:35:22

Dennis, in the Superman comics and films, what's the alliterative name of the girlfriend of Clark Kent?

0:35:220:35:27

-Lois Lane.

-Sharon, in pastimes, which word meaning to scratch about in an attempt to catch hold of something

0:35:270:35:34

is the name of a popular board game?

0:35:340:35:36

-Scrabble.

-Helen, the 2008 book title Tackling Life and How I Conquered My Fears and Other Stories

0:35:360:35:43

is by the England Rugby Union player Johnny who?

0:35:430:35:45

-Wilkinson.

-Dennis, in food, belotti and cannelini are both types of what, biscuit or bean?

0:35:470:35:54

-Bean.

-Sharon, in maths, the factors of the number 12

0:35:540:35:58

that are below 12 itself are one, two, three, four and which other?

0:35:580:36:03

-Six.

-Correct. Helen...

-Bank!

0:36:030:36:05

In musical composition, what C is the symbol normally placed at the left-hand end of a stave

0:36:050:36:10

to specify the pitch of the notes written on it?

0:36:100:36:13

-Clef.

-Dennis, someone appointed to manage the estate of a bankrupt person or a company

0:36:130:36:19

that has gone into liquidation is called the official what?

0:36:190:36:21

-Receiver.

-Sharon, in TV, the US series first broadcast in 2005 entitled Dancing with the Stars

0:36:210:36:28

is the American version of which popular British programme?

0:36:280:36:31

-Strictly Come Dancing.

-Helen, the period of time in which the radioactivity of a substance

0:36:310:36:36

falls to 50 percent of its original value is known as its half what?

0:36:360:36:41

-Life.

-Correct. Dennis...

-Bank!

-In order to mix the contents of a bottle of liquid medicine

0:36:410:36:46

the lable often gives what instruction, shake or rattle?

0:36:460:36:49

-Shake.

-Sharon, at the coast, if the outgoing tide is set to ebb,

0:36:490:36:54

what four-letter term refers to the inward movement of the sea?

0:36:540:36:57

-Bend.

-Flow. Helen, which character created by Elzie Segar

0:37:020:37:09

has the tattoo of an anchor on his arm?

0:37:090:37:12

-Popeye.

-Correct. Dennis...

-Bank!

-Regarded as the holiest place in the Muslim world,

0:37:120:37:16

what K is the name of the building at the centre of the Grand Mosque in Mecca?

0:37:160:37:21

Pass.

0:37:210:37:23

Time's up. The correct answer was Kaaba. You won £520.

0:37:250:37:30

In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank.

0:37:300:37:33

Before that, time to vote off the weakest link.

0:37:330:37:37

Helen is the strongest link, because she didn't get an answer wrong.

0:37:380:37:42

Statistically, the weakest link is Sharon, but who will lose out in the final vote?

0:37:420:37:47

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

0:37:490:37:53

Dennis.

0:37:550:37:57

Sharon.

0:37:580:38:00

Sharon.

0:38:000:38:02

-Helen, why Sharon?

-There were a couple of questions she didn't get right that I knew the answers to,

0:38:040:38:09

that's the only reason, really.

0:38:090:38:11

-Dennis, why Sharon?

-I've tried to play it fair all the way through

0:38:110:38:15

and I honestly believe she was the weakest link on that round.

0:38:150:38:18

-It's easiest going into the final with Helen, isn't it?

-Not really, no.

0:38:180:38:22

Sharon, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

0:38:220:38:24

I would like to apologise to all the single men of Jersey. You're not all ugly.

0:38:320:38:38

I just didn't know what to say to Anne, so I do apologise and don't hate me.

0:38:380:38:42

Round 8. In the bank, £3,510. In this round, 90 seconds.

0:38:430:38:48

Whatever you win is trebled. We'll start with Helen. Let's play the Weakest Link.

0:38:480:38:54

Start the clock. Helen, in which sport is the winner of the British Open presented

0:38:550:38:59

with a a trophy in the form of a silver claret jug?

0:38:590:39:03

-Tennis.

-No, golf. In cinema, which 2001 film that starred Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor

0:39:030:39:09

was set in and around a famous night club in Paris?

0:39:090:39:13

-Moulin Rouge.

-Helen, according to one version of the legend, King Arthur is given his sword Excalibur

0:39:130:39:19

by a mysterious figure known as the Lady of the what?

0:39:190:39:21

-Lake.

-Correct. Dennis...

-Bank!

0:39:210:39:23

In pop music, what is the surname of the singing siblings Rufus and Martha and their father Loudon III?

0:39:230:39:31

-Wainwright.

-Helen, in the workplace, a container into which people put money after they use bad language

0:39:320:39:38

is called a what, swear box or curse purse?

0:39:380:39:41

-Swear box.

-Correct. Dennis...

-Bank!

0:39:410:39:43

In TV, the actress born in Kashmir in 1946 who appeared in The New Avengers, Absolutely Fabulous,

0:39:430:39:49

and Sensitive Skin is Joanna who?

0:39:490:39:51

-Lumley.

-Helen, who was the longest reigning Tudor monarch of England?

0:39:510:39:56

-Queen Victoria.

-Elizabeth I. Dennis, the Bolshoi Theatre,

0:39:560:40:01

renowned for its opera and ballet, is in which Russian city?

0:40:010:40:04

-Moscow.

-Helen, in the UK National Lottery on both Wednesdays and Saturdays,

0:40:040:40:09

tickets must be purchased by what time on the evening of the draw?

0:40:090:40:13

-Half past seven.

-Correct. Dennis...

-Bank!

0:40:130:40:15

In baby clothes, what B is the name for a knitted foot covering for an infant?

0:40:150:40:19

-Booties.

-Correct. Helen...

-Bank!

0:40:190:40:22

The normal body temperature of a human adult

0:40:220:40:24

is approximately 98 degrees on which scale?

0:40:240:40:27

Fahrenheit.

0:40:270:40:29

Time's up. That was correct, but you were out of time

0:40:290:40:34

and collectively you put in the kitty £170, which we will treble.

0:40:340:40:39

it gives you prize money today of...

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

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If there's a tie, it's Sudden Death. So, Helen and Dennis, for £4,020,

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let's play the Weakest Link.

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-Dennis, you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'll go first, please.

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In customs, International Nurses Day is celebrated annually on May 12

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to mark the birthday in 1820

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of which pioneer of the modern profession?

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-Florence Nightingale.

-That is correct.

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Helen, which British singer, who had a UK hit single in 2008 with Thank You For A Lifetime,

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had previously achieved a Top Ten hit in each decade of the second half of the last century?

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-Don't know.

-Cliff Richard.

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Dennis, which term for alcoholic drinks, especially spirits,

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is also used with a parsley sauce that often accompanies traditional pie and mash?

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-Liquor.

-That is correct.

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Helen, in tennis, at the Australian Open in 1977,

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who became the first British male player in the Open era

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to reach a Grand Slam singles' final?

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-Don't know.

-John Lloyd.

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Dennis, which stately home in North Yorkshire was used

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as one of the main locations for both the 1981 TV adaptation

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and the 2008 film of the Evelyn Waugh novel Brideshead Revisited?

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-Pass.

-The correct answer is Castle Howard.

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Helen, the so-called four great inventions of ancient China

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were paper, printing, the compass, and which explosive mixture?

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-Gunpowder.

-That is the correct answer.

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Dennis, in theatre, which musical that opened in the West End in 1999

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features a character called Sophie who tries to identify which of three men is her father?

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-The Lion King.

-Mamma Mia.

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Helen, in World War II, in the specific term for safety arrangements

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during the Blitz, the letters ARP stood for what three-word phrase?

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-Air Raid Procedure?

-No, the correct answer is Air Raid Precautions.

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Dennis, which Spanish Cubist painter born in 1881 said of some of his earlier works

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including The Blind Man's Meal, "I limited myself to one colour as a form of discipline"?

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-Picasso.

-That is the correct answer.

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That means, Dennis, you are today's strongest link

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and you go away with...

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Helen, you leave with nothing.

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Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

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I'm glad that I got to the final, but being so close to the money

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and then losing? A bit devastated, really.

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To win the Weakest Link is something I never imagined I would do.

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I am amazed, still in shock, but very, very pleased.

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