Weakest Link (6/18)
Chris Wolvie
will walk away with up to $1 million. The rest will leave with nothing as
round by round they are voted off as...
THE WEAKEST LINK! (for June 18)
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Contestants:
(Name, Age, Location, Occupation)
MARLON, 38, Lisle IL, Telecommunications Company Representative
CINDY, 29, State College PA, Fratenity Advisor
AMANDA, 21, Monroewille PA, College Student
ALYCEE, 45, Morton PA, Retired Marine
PATRICK, 30, Colleyville TX, Voice Actor
SANTOS, 35, Nashville TN, Writer
JOSHUA, 20, Orange MA, College Student
JENNI, 31, Atlanta GA, Public School Drama Teacher
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ROUND 1 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Money banked: $11,500
Chains banked: 4
MARLON : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong
CINDY : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain banked
AMANDA : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong *WEAKEST LINK*
ALYCEE : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong
PATRICK : 3 answers right, 0 answers wrong *STRONGEST LINK*
SANTOS : 1 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 3 chains banked *BANKED MOST*
JOSHUA : 1 answers right, 1 answers wrong
JENNI : 2 answers right, 0 answers wrong
"Who's out of their league? Who's a suitable candidate for a brain implant?"
MARLON : SANTOS
CINDY : SANTOS
AMANDA : JENNI
ALYCEE : AMANDA
PATRICK : SANTOS
SANTOS : CINDY
JOSHUA : AMANDA
JENNI : CINDY
Anne: "Patrick,...why Santos?"
Patrick: "Time is money in this game, and he took too much time to answer a
question."
Anne: "'Time is money in this game'? Do you know what Santos banked?"
Partick: "A lot of the money."
Anne: "Cindy,...Santos annoying you? Want to get rid of him?"
Cindy: "A little bit."
Anne: "Why is he annoying you?"
Cindy: "Uh, I didn't really care for the 'Golden Fairy' answer he gave. (Santos
thought this so-called fairy was the Brothers Grimm fairy tale character helps
a miller's daughter spin straw into gold...it was Rumplestiltskin)"
Anne: "Did you think he was the 'weakest link', or was it JUST his answer?"
Cindy: "I voted for him as the 'weakest link', so I believe HIM to be the
'weakest link'."
Anne: "'Course, he wasn't STATISTICALLY the worst player...AMANDA was. But
it's votes that count. Santos, with 3 votes, you ARE the 'weakest link'.
Good-bye."
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ROUND 2 2 minutes, 20 seconds
Money banked: $16,000
Chains banked: 4
MARLON : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *WEAKEST LINK*
CINDY : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 1 chain banked
AMANDA : 1 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 1 chain banked
ALYCEE : 2 answers right, 0 answers wrong
PATRICK : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong
JOSHUA : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 1 chain banked
JENNI : 3 answers right, 0 answers wrong *STRONGEST LINK*
"Who's broken and bewildered? I urge you: dump the dunce, ditch the ditherer!"
MARLON : CINDY
CINDY : MARLON
AMANDA : CINDY
ALYCEE : CINDY
PATRICK : AMANDA
JOSHUA : CINDY
JENNI : CINDY
Anne: "Joshua,...what do you do, Joshua?"
Joshua: "I'm a college student."
Anne: "What are you studying at college?"
Joshua: "I'm an American Studies major."
Anne: "And you do some work experience during your vacations?"
Joshua: "I've done some work experience while in college, yes. It's been a lot
of fun."
Anne: "Has it? What SORT of work experience"
Joshua: "Uh, last year, I interned at the White House for nine months."
Anne: "You did WHAT? You were WHAT at the White House?"
Joshua: "I was an INTERN at the White House. (audience chuckles) I know what
you're thinking...it wasn't anything like that!"
Anne: "WHAT was I thinking?"
Joshua: "You were probably thinking I had some interesting experiences with the
President. I only met him, uh, on a few small occasions. I actually..."
Anne: "You'd only NEED a 'few small occasions'! Why Cindy?"
Joshua: "Uh, they "I don't know" answer doesn't earn any money for the team.
So, she has to go."
Anne: "Marlon,...what do you do, Marlon?"
Marlon: "I work for a telecommuncations company in Chicago."
Anne: "What language do you use when you're working for your
telecommuncations?"
Marlon: "We speak English there."
Anne: "Do you? You never speak 'Electric'? (Marlon said 'Electric', not
Esperanto, was the "E" which was an international language invented by L.L.
Zamenhof) Why Cindy?"
Marlon: "Uh, she struggled a little bit and she just flat out said "I don't
know". A guess might've got her closer."
Anne: "Well, statistically, without doubt, Marlon was the worst player. But,
it's votes that count. Cindy, with 5 votes, you ARE the 'weakest link'.
Good-bye."
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ROUND 3 2 minutes, 10 seconds
Money banked: $6,000
Chains banked: 2
MARLON : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong
AMANDA : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 1 chain banked
ALYCEE : 2 answers right, 0 answers wrong *STRONGEST LINK*
PATRICK : 0 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *BANKED MOST*
JOSHUA : 0 answers right, 2 answers wrong *WEAKEST LINK*
JENNI : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong
"Who's several monkeys short of a circus?"
MARLON : JENNI
AMANDA : JENNI
ALYCEE : JENNI
PATRICK : JOSHUA
JOSHUA : AMANDA
JENNI : AMANDA
Anne: "Alycee,...remind us what you do."
Alycee: "I'm a retired Marine"
Anne: "What did you retire to do?"
Alycee: "Uh, relax, volunteer...I'm the tax collector for my town."
Anne: "You popular in your town? Don't like Jenni?"
Alycee: "It's not that I dislike her. It's just that even _I_ knew the answer
to the Wilson Phillips question. (Jenni thought there were more Wilsons than
Phillips in the group)"
Anne: "Amanda...you think Ed Sullivan was a Muppet? (Amanda said Gonzo and
Fozzy Bear were regulars on the variety show "The Ed Sullivan Show", not "The
Muppet Show")"
Amanda: "You threw me when you said 'variety show'. I think of 'variety show',
I think of, like, Cher and Ed Sullivan."
Anne: "And what did Jenni do to upset you?"
Amanda: "She took too much time."
Anne: "Joshua was, statistically, the worst player...but it's votes that count.
Jenni, with 3 votes, you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
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ROUND 4 2 minutes even
Money banked: $5,000
Chains banked: 2
MARLON : 3 answers right, 0 answers wrong
AMANDA : 0 answers right, 3 answers wrong *WEAKEST LINK*
ALYCEE : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong
PATRICK : 3 answers right, 0 answers wrong *STRONGEST LINK*
JOSHUA : 0 answers right, 3 answers wrong, 2 chains banked *BANKED MOST*
"Whose exit is overdue?"
MARLON : AMANDA
AMANDA : MARLON
ALYCEE : AMANDA
PATRICK : JOSHUA
JOSHUA : AMANDA
Anne: "Joshua,...what are you going to do when you grow up?"
Joshua: "I'd like to work in the government...that'd be my goal."
Anne: "Such as what?"
Joshua: "Uh, possibly working in a press office..as a liason."
Anne: "A press office? You voted a member of the team off earlier because they
kept saying "I don't know"."
Joshua: "That's right."
Anne: "Do YOU know how many times you said "I don't know" in the last round
when I asked you a question?"
Joshua: "More than once."
Anne: "HOW many times?"
Joshua: "Three...two...I..."
Anne: "I...what?"
Joshua: "I'm not positive!"
Anne: "You mean you don't know?"
Joshua: "I don't know."
Anne: "So...do you not LIKE Amanda?"
Joshua: "She got a question wrong...that was sort of White House related."
Anne: "What was that?"
Joshua: "That Dolly Madison saved the painting of George Washington that was
hanging, um, in the East Room. (Amanda said it was Mrs. Monroe that saved it
before a British attack)"
Anne: "And you think that was worse than you...who thinks Robert Redford is an
actress? (Joshua thought Redford, not Debra Winger, was the "Urban Cowboy"
actress who also did the voice of E.T.)"
Joshua: "It's not worse, but, I...I think it's comparable."
Anne: "Well, Amanda, statistically, you were the worst player...and, with 3
votes, you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
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ROUND 5 1 minute, 50 seconds
Money banked: $3,500
Chains banked: 2
MARLON : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong
ALYCEE : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong
PATRICK : 1 answers right, 3 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *WEAKEST LINK*
*BANKED MOST*
JOSHUA : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *STRONGEST LINK*
"Who's the sugar in your gas tank? Whose performance could only be admired by
their mother?"
MARLON : JOSHUA
ALYCEE : PATRICK
PATRICK : ALYCEE
JOSHUA : PATRICK
Anne: "Alycee,...why Patrick?"
Alycee: "Um, he had a bad round, but I also perceive that, later on, he could
be a threat to me."
Anne: "Did they teach you in the Marines to be dishonorable?"
Alycee: "Of course not!"
Anne: "So WHY are you getting rid of your rival?"
Alycee: (matter of factly) "Because my 'rival' had a bad round."
Anne: "Joshua,...you're still here!"
Joshua: "I am!"
Anne: "Why Patrick?"
Joshua: "He had a poor round...he said "I don't know"...it just..."I don't
know" got to go."
Anne: "How much did YOU bank in the last round?"
Joshua: "I don't really recall if I banked in the last round"
Anne: "It was a lot less than Patrick banked. But it's votes that count.
Patrick, with 2 votes, you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
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ROUND 6 1 minute, 40 seconds
Money banked: $5,500
Chains banked: 4
MARLON : 3 answers right, 1 answers wrong
ALYCEE : 3 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 3 chains banked *STRONGEST LINK*
*BANKED MOST*
JOSHUA : 3 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *WEAKEST LINK*
"Which fool should be parted from your money?"
MARLON : JOSHUA
ALYCEE : JOSHUA
JOSHUA : ALYCEE
Anne: "Alycee,...why Joshua?"
Alycee: "Just got too many wrong that round."
Anne: "Only one more wrong than YOU got. Marlon,...you getting rid of the
other guy?"
Marlon: "Yup."
Anne: "Why?"
Marlon: "He struggled a lot last round, He got a couple wrong, and, plus,
Alycee played a real good round so I couldn't vote against her."
Anne: "So will you fair better against Alycee than Joshua?"
Marlon: "I'll beat either one of 'em! Watch!"
Anne: "Joshua is going, but, at least, he can go with the comforting thought
that his favorite expression - "I don't know" - will come in very useful when
he joins the White House Press Department. Joshua, with 2 votes, you ARE the
'weakest link'. Good-bye!"
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ROUND 7 1 minute, 30 seconds
(DOUBLE ROUND)
Money banked: $8,500 (doubled to $17,000)
Chains banked: 3
MARLON : 3 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain banked
ALYCEE : 5 answers right, 0 answers wrong, 3 chains banked *BANKED MOST*
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FINAL ROUND (BANKED GRAND TOTAL: $64,000)
Alycee, being 'strongest link' of Round 7, elects to go first
Alycee - Q: Yankee stadium is located in which New York City borough?
A: The Bronx (correct)
Marlon - Q: What is the largest denomination of U.S. currency currently issued
for circulation by the Department of Treasury?
A: $100 (correct)
Alycee - Q: What extinct volcano, thought to be the final resting place of
Noah's Ark, is the highest peak in Turkey?
A: Mount Methusius (incorrect; Mt. Ararat)
Marlon - Q: Known for his surprise endings, what was the pen name of American
short story writer William Sidney Porter?
A: Jack London (incorrect; O. Henry)
Alycee - Q: What portable audio system, sold in the U.S. by Sony, was
originally marketed as the Soundabout?
A: The Walkman (correct)
Marlon - Q: In geography, what is the only U.S. state with a one-syllable name?
A: Maine (correct)
Alycee - Q: In its 89 years of existence, which pocket-size magazine has never
run a cigarette ad?
A: "Reader's Digest" (correct)
Marlon - Q: In history, Leslie Lynch King Jr. was the birth name of what U.S.
president?
A: Gerald Ford (correct)
Alycee - Q: In language, what French term for a dead-end street literally
means "bottom of the bag"?
A: Cul-de-sac (correct)
Marlon - Q: What Chinese-born American architect designed the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame?
A: I.M. Pei (correct)
*SUDDEN DEATH!*
Alycee - Q: Prior to 1954, what was Veteran's Day called in the United States?
A: Armistice Day (correct)
Marlon - Q: According to Billboard, the members of which boy band were the
first artists born in the 1980s to have a song reach #1?
A: 'N Sync (incorrect; Hanson)
1 2 3 4 5 6
Alycee O X O O O O
Marlon O X O O O X
Alycee is the Strongest Link and leaves with $64,000!
Marlon...leaves...with nothing!
NOTES:
Total money won on "Weakest Link": $847,500 out of a possible $13 million (7%
of the possible amount).
The average is being going down more and more...they COULD'VE had $75,000 in
Round 7.
From allinaces to "I don't know" from the "intern"...Anne's having a LOT of fun
at the expense of the highest office in the country, isn't she?
Hanson was a "boy band"? Impossible! Hanson plays their own instruments!!!
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Join us next time for another review of "Weakest Link"...*wink*...good-bye.
(And visit http://www.stormseeker.com/games/weakestlink/ for StormSeeker's
Weakest Link page. Don't force them to give up the recaps...I _need_ them
sometimes!!)
["Fear Factor" is for people who want an extreme challenge...but think that
staring down Anne Robinson is TOO MUCH of a challenge.]
NOTE: I'm going to be moving this week...so it's if-ish at best that I'll get
the June 25 recap up.
Dean Scungio
Date: 6/18/2001
Contestants:
1. Marlon; 38; Lowell, IL
2. Cindy; 29; State College, PA
3. Amanda; 21; Monroeville, PA
4. Alycee; 45; Morton, PA
5. Patrick; 30; Colleyville, TX
6. Santos; 35; Nashville, TN
7. Joshua; 20; Orange, MA
8. Jenni; 31; Atlanta, GA
Round 1 (2:30)
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ROUND BANK: $11,000 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $11,000 (out of $125,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
1 2 3 %age %age
Marlon * * X 67 67
Cindy X $* X 33 33 Lost $1,000, Banked $2,500
Amanda * X X 33 33 Weakest Link, Lost $1,000
Alycee * * X 67 67
Patrick * * * 100 100 Strongest Link
Santos $X $* $- 50 50 Banked $5,000, $2,500 and $1,000
Joshua X * 50 50
Jenni * X 50 50 Lost $2,500
TEAM: 57 57
VOTING
Marlon: SANTOS
Cindy: SANTOS
Amanda: JENNI
Alycee: AMANDA
Patrick: SANTOS
Santos: CINDY
Joshua: AMANDA
Jenni: CINDY
Results: Santos 3, Amanda 2, Cindy 2, Jenni 1
Round 2 (2:20)
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ROUND BANK: $16,000 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $27,000 (out of $250,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
4 5 6 7 %age %age
Marlon $X X * 33 50 Weakest Link, Banked $5,000, Lost $1,000
Cindy * X $* 67 50 Banked $5,000
Amanda X * $- 50 40 Lost $1,000, Banked $1,000
Alycee * * 100 80
Patrick * X * 67 83 Lost $1,000
Santos 50
Joshua * X $* 67 60 Banked $5,000
Jenni * * * 100 80 Strongest Link
TEAM: 68 63
VOTING
Marlon: CINDY
Cindy: MARLON
Amanda: CINDY
Alycee: CINDY
Patrick: AMANDA
Joshua: CINDY
Jenni: CINDY
Results: Cindy 5, Amanda 1, Marlon 1
Round 3 (2:10)
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ROUND BANK: $6,000 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $33,000 (out of $375,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
8 9 10 11 %age %age
Marlon * X * 67 56 Lost $1,000
Cindy 50
Amanda * * $X 67 50 Banked $1,000
Alycee * * - 100 86 Strongest Link
Patrick $X X 0 63 Banked $5,000, Lost $2,500
Santos 50
Joshua X X 0 43 Weakest Link
Jenni X * X 33 63
TEAM: 47 58
VOTING
Marlon: JENNI
Amanda: JENNI
Alycee: JENNI
Patrick: JOSHUA
Joshua: AMANDA
Jenni: AMANDA
Results: Jenni 3, Amanda 2, Joshua 1
Round 4 (2:00)
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ROUND BANK: $5,000 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $38,000 (out of $500,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
12 13 14 15 %age %age
Marlon * * * 100 67
Cindy 50
Amanda X X X 0 36 Weakest Link, Lost $1,000 3 times
Alycee X * * 67 80
Patrick * * * 100 73 Strongest Link
Santos 50
Joshua X $X $X 0 30 Lost $1,000, Banked $2,500 twice
Jenni 63
TEAM: 53 57
VOTING
Marlon: AMANDA
Amanda: MARLON
Alycee: AMANDA
Patrick: JOSHUA
Joshua: AMANDA
Results: Amanda 3, Joshua 1, Marlon 1
Round 5 (1:50)
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ROUND BANK: $3,500 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $41,500 (out of $625,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
16 17 18 19 %age %age
Marlon X * X 33 60 Lost $1,000 twice
Cindy 50
Amanda 36
Alycee * * X 67 77
Patrick X X $X * 25 60 Weakest Link, Lost $1,000, Banked $2,500
Santos 50
Joshua * X * $- 67 38 Strongest Link, Banked $1,000
Jenni 63
TEAM: 46 55
VOTING
Marlon: JOSHUA
Alycee: PATRICK
Patrick: ALYCEE
Joshua: PATRICK
Results: Patrick 2, Alycee 1, Joshua 1
Round 6 (1:40)
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ROUND BANK: $5,500 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $47,000 (out of $750,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
20 21 22 23 24 25 %age %age
Marlon * X * * - 75 63 Lost $2,500
Cindy 50
Amanda 36
Alycee $* X $* $* 75 76 StrL, Banked $2.5K and $1K twice
Patrick 60
Santos 50
Joshua * * X $X * 60 44 Weakest Link, Banked $1,000
Jenni 63
TEAM: 62 57
VOTING
Marlon: JOSHUA
Alycee: JOSHUA
Joshua: ALYCEE
Results: Joshua 2, Alycee 1
Round 7 (1:30) ($250,000 Chain)
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ROUND BANK: $17,000 (out of $250,000)
FINAL BANK: $64,000 (out of $1,000,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
26 27 28 29 30 31 %age %age
Marlon X * * * $X 60 63
Cindy 50
Amanda 36
Alycee * * $* $* $* $- 100 82
Patrick 60
Santos 50
Joshua 44
Jenni 63
TEAM: 80 59
Shootout
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Alycee: (*) (X) (*) (*) (*) (*)
Marlon: (*) (X) (*) (*) (*) (X)
Alycee wins $64,000! Marlon gets a lifetime supply of goose eggs
worth...NOTHING!
FINAL STATS:
Q: Win Q:Lose
Record (%) BANKED LOST VOTES Streak Streak
Alycee 23/28 (82%) $19,500 $ 0 2 8 1
Marlon 19/30 (63%) 7,000 8,500 2 4 3
Joshua 8/18 (44%) 12,000 1,000 5 3 5
Patrick 9/15 (60%) 7,500 4,500 2 4 3
Amanda 4/11 (36%) 2,000 5,000 8 3 4
Jenni 5/ 8 (63%) 0 2,500 4 3 1
Cindy 3/ 6 (50%) 7,500 1,000 7 1 1
Santos 1/ 2 (50%) 8,500 0 3 1 1
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72/118 (61%) $64,000 $22,500
TEAM STATS:
Team overall record: 72/118 (61%)
Highest chain banked: $5,000 (5) (Round 1: Santos; Round 2: Marlon, Joshua,
Cindy; Round 3: Patrick)
Highest link reached: $10,000 (5) (Round 1: Santos; Round 2: Marlon,
Joshua, Cindy; Round 3: Patrick)
Most money lost: $2,500 (3) (Round 1: Jenni; Round 3: Patrick; Round 6:
Marlon)
Longest streak of right answers: 7 (2) (Round 2, Round 7)
Longest streak of wrong answers: 5 (Round 1)
You are all weakest links. Goodbye! <wink>
--
Dean Scungio
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