Weakest Link (6/4)
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 4)
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Contestants:
(Name, Age, Location, Occupation)
DAN, 21, Mundelein IL, Senior at DePaul University
BRIAN, 26, Atlanta GA, Accountant
FRED, 61, Dallas TX, Retired Boat Captain
AMANDA, 32, Chicago IL, Nanny
TERRI, 32, Alta Loma CA, Grocery Clerk
AMY, 32, Los Angeles CA, Children's Golf Instructor
SHANNON, 31, Coppell TX, Pharmaceutical Consultant
VAUGHN, 31, Martin TN, Professor
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ROUND 1 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Money banked: $13,500
Chains banked: 3
DAN : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong
BRIAN : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong
FRED : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong
AMANDA : 3 answers right, 0 answers wrong
TERRI : 3 answers right, 0 answers wrong, 3 chains banked *STRONGEST LINK*
*BANKED MOST*
AMY : 0 answers right, 2 answers wrong *WEAKEST LINK*
SHANNON : 2 answers right, 0 answers wrong
VAUGHN : 2 answers right, 0 answers wrong
"Whose parachute, sadly, has failed to open?"
DAN : AMY
BRIAN : AMY
FRED : BRIAN
AMANDA : FRED
TERRI : AMY
AMY : FRED
SHANNON : AMY
VAUGHN : AMY
Anne: "Dan...did you have your hair done for the occasion?"
Dan: "Just for you. Just for you."
Anne: "Pity. Don't like Amy?"
Dan: "She answered a question with an answer that wasn't even on the list. (Amy
was asked which country borders Iran: Syria or Turkey? She answered 'Eygpt'.
[It was Turkey, BTW; apparantly, she thought it Anne meant what country
borders all three]"
Anne: "Brian, what do you do?"
Brian: "I'm an accountant."
Anne: "So share with us...this three-foot-wide Frisbee. (Brian thought that the
Frisbee, not the hula-hoop, was the three-foot plastic ring invented by Wham-O
in 1953) So Amy only got the same amount wrong as YOU did."
Brian: "But I DID get one RIGHT."
Anne: "So you CAN count!"
Brian: "I can."
Anne: "And it's votes that count. Amy, the golf teacher, who sadly has a
handicap when it comes to knowledge...Amy, with 5 votes, you ARE the 'weakest
link'. Good-bye."
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ROUND 2 2 minutes, 20 seconds
Money banked: $1,000
Chains banked: 1
DAN : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *BANKED MOST*
BRIAN : 2 answers right, 0 answers wrong
FRED : 0 answers right, 2 answers wrong
AMANDA : 1 answers right, 1 answers wrong
TERRI : 0 answers right, 3 answers wrong *WEAKEST LINK*
SHANNON : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong
VAUGHN : 3 answers right, 0 answers wrong *STRONGEST LINK*
"Whose talents are better suited for silent film?"
DAN : FRED
BRIAN : FRED
FRED : SHANNON
AMANDA : FRED
TERRI : FRED
SHANNON : FRED
VAUGHN : TERRI
Anne: "Shannon, what do you do?"
Shannon: "I'm a pharmaceutical consultant"
Anne: "So you're on drugs yourself? You do not like Fred?"
Shannon: "Oh, I like Fred...but he just took too long to answer a question."
Anne: "Statistically, he was NOT the worst player.....WAS he, Terri?"
Terri: "He was not."
Anne: "Does television frighten you, Terri?"
Terri: "Yes. I was on the 'Howard Stern Show'."
Anne: "What were YOU doing on the 'Howard Stern Show'?"
Terri: "I'm friends with Boy George and I was on with Boy George."
Anne: "So it was a long, long time ago when you were on the 'Howard Stern
Show'."
Terri: "No...six months ago"
Anne: "Six months ago, they got you on to talk about a fading pop star who
finished his career in the 80s?! The good news is, Terri, DESPITE being a
friend of Boy George,...you are still with us because it is votes that count.
Fred, the sea captain...alas, his ship must sail. Fred, with 5 votes, you ARE
the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
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ROUND 3 2 minutes, 10 seconds
Money banked: $8,500
Chains banked: 3
DAN : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 1 chain banked
BRIAN : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong
AMANDA : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *BANKED MOST*
TERRI : 3 answers right, 0 answers wrong
SHANNON : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong *WEAKEST LINK*
VAUGHN : 3 answers right, 0 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *STRONGEST LINK*
"Who's the dark cloud with no silver lining? Who's in need on mental floss?"
DAN : SHANNON
BRIAN : AMANDA
AMANDA : SHANNON
TERRI : SHANNON
SHANNON : AMANDA
VAUGHN : BRIAN
Anne: "Vaughn,...what do you do?"
Vaughn: "I'm a professor."
Anne: "Is that way you keep your hands in your pockets?"
Vaughn: "Actually, I'm nervous, too. Maybe that's why I keep my hands in my
pockets."
Anne: "You're nervous?"
Vaughn: "Sure."
Anne: "That's odd, because you look so pleased with yourself."
Vaughn: "I'll pull them out now."
Anne: "Amanda...U-2, K-2...all the same to Amanda. (Amanda said U-2, not K-2,
was the second highest mountain in the world) Getting rid of the other women
on the team, Amanda?"
Amanda: "No, not--"
Anne: (matter-of-factly) "Yes, you are! Shannon, with 3 votes, you ARE the
'weakest link'. Good-bye."
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ROUND 4 2 minutes even
Money banked: $11,000
Chains banked: 4
DAN : 2 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain banked
BRIAN : 3 answers right, 0 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *BANKED MOST*
AMANDA : 2 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 1 chain banked
TERRI : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *WEAKEST LINK*
VAUGHN : 4 answers right, 0 answers wrong *STRONGEST LINK*
"Whose brain in that last round sadly expired?"
DAN : TERRI
BRIAN : TERRI
AMANDA : BRIAN
TERRI : BRIAN
VAUGHN : DAN
Anne: "Team, we have a tie: Terri and Brian, 2 votes each. Brian,...why
Terri?"
Brian: "It was a hard call...and, I just...I just decided to vote for Terri..."
Anne: "So you don't know why you voted for Terri?"
Brian: "Not really. Her performance..."
Anne: "Tell me...do you explain to your clients their problems as simply as you
just explained your vote for Terri?"
Brian: "I have no clients."
Anne: "I'm not surprised! Terri...why Brian?"
Terri: "I think now he might be a little difficult to beat in the later
rounds."
Anne: "Well, when the vote is tied, the 'strongest link' has to cast the
deciding vote. (Audience ooooooohs) Vaughn, we wouldn't like to interrupt your
leisure [said like a Brit], or even your leisure [like American]. (Vaughn takes
his hands out of his pockets again) Now, you voted for Dan,...but he's not in
the running. So, would you like to get rid of Brian, the accountant, or Terri,
the grocery clerk?"
Vaughn: "I would have to get rid of Brian."
Anne: "Why, Vaughn?"
Jenny: "Because I think Terri is a supurb player and she's gonna build money
for us."
Anne: "Well, Vaughn has taken his hands out of his pockets long enough to
decide he wants to get rid of Brian. Brian, you ARE the 'weakest link'.
Good-bye."
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ROUND 5 1 minute, 50 seconds
Money banked: $6,000
Chains banked: 3
DAN : 2 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain bank
AMANDA : 1 answers right, 3 answers wrong, 2 chains bank *WEAKEST LINK*
*BANKED MOST*
TERRI : 1 answers right, 2 answers wrong
VAUGHN : 3 answers right, 1 answers wrong *STRONGEST LINK*
"Whose mind has wandered off?"
DAN : VAUGHN
AMANDA : VAUGHN
TERRI : VAUGHN
VAUGHN : DAN
Anne: "Dan,...you voted for Vaughn...who has been the outstanding player in
this team. How mean is that?"
Dan: "Nobody votes for me twice!"
Anne: "Amanda, the nanny, what could Vaughn possibly have done that you'd
consider him the 'weakest link'?"
Amanda: "Vaughn is too smart."
Anne: "Statistically, who do you think was the worst player in the last round?"
Amanda: "Me."
Anne: "That turns out to be one of the few questions you've answered correctly.
Vaughn, it pains me to say it, but, with 3 votes, alas and sadly - and I'm
ashamed of your team members - you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
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ROUND 6 1 minute, 40 seconds
Money banked: $8,500
Chains banked: 4
DAN : 3 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 2 *STRONGEST LINK* *BANKED MOST*
AMANDA : 2 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 1 *WEAKEST LINK*
TERRI : 3 answers right, 1 answers wrong, 1
"Who's reached their intellectual limit? Who is least likely to raise your
bank balance?"
DAN : TERRI
AMANDA : DAN
TERRI : DAN
Anne: "Terri, yet again, you are voting off the 'strongest link'. Have you no
shame?"
Terri: "Dan voted for ME twice...and NOBODY votes for me twice!"
Anne: "Amanda, explain to me why you are getting rid of Dan."
Amanda: "Well, I think his brain is a little fresher than mine and that poses a
threat."
Anne: "And if I asked you - and think carefully about this, Amanda - who,
statistically, was the worst player in the last round, who would you imagine it
was?"
Amanda: "Me."
Anne: "You. But it's votes that count. Dan, who apparantly has a fresher
brain than Amanda, is going. Dan, with 2 votes, you ARE the 'weakest link'.
Good-bye."
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ROUND 7 1 minute, 30 seconds
(DOUBLE ROUND)
Money banked: $13,500 (doubled to $26,000)
Chains banked: 6
AMANDA : 4 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 5 chains banked *BANKED MOST*
TERRI : 6 answers right, 0 answers wrong, 1 chain banked
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FINAL ROUND (BANKED GRAND TOTAL: $74,500)
Terri, being 'strongest link' of Round 7, elects for Amanda to go first
Amanda - Q: In the Batman comic books, the alter ego of which villain is named
Edward Nygma?
A: The Riddler (correct)
Terri - Q: What North American marsupial has 50 teeth more than any land
mammal?
A: Possum (correct)
Amanda - Q: From 1932 to 1998, what word appeared above Washington's head on
U.S. quarters?
A: Free (incorrect; Liberty)
Terri - Q: In history, what name was given to the B-29 aircraft that dropped
the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
A: Elona Gay (correct)
Amanda - Q: In music, what rock band recorded an album with the San Francisco
Symphony titled "S&M"?
A: The Rolling Stones (incorrect; Metallica)
Terri - Q: In the Clement C. Moore poem "'Twas the Night Before Christmas,"
which of Santa's reindeer is the last one mentioned?
A: Vixen (incorrect; Blitzen)
Amanda - Q: In history, which second son of Eric the Red is thought to have
reached North America almost 500 years before Columbus?
A: Leif Ericson (correct)
Terri - Q: What sports drink did professor Robert Cade originally develop for
the University of Florida football team?
A: Gatorade (correct)
Amanda - Q: In politics, what man was the speaker of the U.S. House of
Representatives before stepping down in 1998?
A: Newt Gingrich (correct)
Terri - Q: In the second Punic War, what general crossed the Alps with
elephants to attack Italy?
A: Hannibal (correct)
1 2 3 4 5
Jenny O X X O O
James O O X O O
Terri is the Strongest Link and leaves with $74,500!
Amanda...leaves...with nothing!
NOTES:
Total money won on "Weakest Link": $700,000 out of a possible $10 million (7%
of the possible amount).
Just above average...but the near-record Round 7 helped considerably.
Anne missed a golden opportunity with Dan...who thought Benjamin Franklin, not
Lady Godiva, rode naked in the streets to protest taxes. I'm guess because she
was too busy holding in a laugh for the most RIDICULOUS answer in Weakest Link
history!
It's gone full circle...almost two years after some moron missed it as the $100
question on "Millionaire", someone got a Hannibal question correct to WIN the
money.
And twice in the late rounds, the 'strongest link' was voted off. Again, Anne
should start asking them to just vote off the 'biggest threat' instead.
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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!!)
And now that "2-Minute Drill" is back, expect to see the reviews of THOSE as
well. :)
Dean Scungio
Date: 6/4/2001
Contestants:
1. Dan; 21; Mundelein, IL
2. Brian; 26; Atlanta, GA
3. Fred; 61; Dallas, TX
4. Amanda; 32; Chicago, IL
5. Terri; 32; Alta Loma, CA
6. Amy; 32; Los Angeles, CA
7. Shannon; 31; Coppell, TX
8. Vaughn; 31; Martin, TN
Round 1 (2:30)
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ROUND BANK: $13,500 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $13,500 (out of $125,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
1 2 3 %age %age
Dan * X * 67 67 Lost $2,500
Brian * X X 33 33 Lost $5,000
Fred * * X 67 67
Amanda * * * 100 100
Terri $* $* $* 100 100 Strongest Link, Banked $10K, $2.5K, $1K
Amy X X - 0 0 Weakest Link, Lost $1,000 twice
Shannon * * 100 100
Vaughn * * 100 100
TEAM: 71 71
VOTING
Dan: AMY
Brian: AMY
Fred: BRIAN
Amanda: FRED
Terri: AMY
Amy: FRED
Shannon: AMY
Vaughn: AMY
Results: Amy 5, Fred 2, Brian 1
Round 2 (2:20)
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ROUND BANK: $1,000 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $14,500 (out of $250,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
4 5 6 7 %age %age
Dan * X $* 67 67 Lost $2,500, Banked $1,000
Brian * * - 100 60
Fred X X 0 40 Lost $5,000 and $1,000
Amanda $* X 50 80 Banked $0
Terri X X X 0 50 Weakest Link, Lost $1,000
Amy 0
Shannon X * $X 33 60 Banked $0
Vaughn * * * 100 100 Strongest Link
TEAM: 50 62
VOTING
Dan: FRED
Brian: FRED
Fred: SHANNON
Amanda: FRED
Terri: FRED
Shannon: FRED
Vaughn: TERRI
Results: Fred 5, Shannon 1, Terri 1
Round 3 (2:10)
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ROUND BANK: $8,500 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $23,000 (out of $375,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
8 9 10 11 %age %age
Dan * * $X 67 67 Banked $1,000
Brian * X X 33 50 Lost $2,500
Fred 40
Amanda $X * X 33 63 Banked $5,000
Terri * * * 100 67
Amy 0
Shannon * X X 33 50 Weakest Link, Lost $2,500 and $1,000
Vaughn * $* * 100 100 Strongest Link, Banked $2,500
TEAM: 61 61
VOTING
Dan: SHANNON
Brian: AMANDA
Amanda: SHANNON
Terri: SHANNON
Shannon: AMANDA
Vaughn: BRIAN
Results: Shannon 3, Amanda 2, Brian 1
Round 4 (2:00)
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ROUND BANK: $11,000 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $34,000 (out of $500,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
12 13 14 15 16 %age %age
Dan X * $* X 50 62 Lost $1,000 twice, Banked $1,000
Brian * $* * 100 64 Banked $5,000
Fred 40
Amanda X * $* 67 64 Lost $1,000, Banked $2,500
Terri * $X X 33 58 WL, Banked $2,500, Lost $1,000
Amy 0
Shannon 50
Vaughn * * * * 100 100 Strongest Link
TEAM: 71 64
VOTING
Dan: TERRI
Brian: TERRI
Amanda: BRIAN
Terri: BRIAN
Vaughn: DAN
Results: Brian 2, Terri 2, Dan 1
Vaughn (StrLink) breaks the tie by voting for BRIAN.
Round 5 (1:50)
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ROUND BANK: $6,000 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $40,000 (out of $625,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
17 18 19 20 21 %age %age
Dan X * * $X 50 59 Lost $1,000, Banked $2,500
Brian 64
Fred 40
Amanda X $* $X X 25 53 Weakest Link, Banked $2,500 and $1,000
Terri X X * - 33 53 Lost $1,000
Amy 0
Shannon 50
Vaughn * * X * 75 94 Strongest Link
TEAM: 47 61
VOTING
Dan: VAUGHN
Amanda: VAUGHN
Terri: VAUGHN
Vaughn: DAN
Results: Vaughn 3, Dan 1
Round 6 (1:40)
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ROUND BANK: $8,500 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $48,500 (out of $750,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
22 23 24 25 26 %age %age
Dan X * * $* $- 75 62 Strongest Link, Banked $2,500 and $1,000
Brian 64
Fred 40
Amanda X X $* * 50 53 Weakest Link, Lost $1,000, Banked $2,500
Terri X * * $* 75 58 Banked $2,500
Amy 0
Shannon 50
Vaughn 94
TEAM: 67 61
VOTING
Dan: TERRI
Amanda: DAN
Terri: DAN
Results: Dan 2, Terri 1
Round 7 (1:30) ($250,000 Chain)
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ROUND BANK: $26,000 (out of $250,000)
FINAL BANK: $74,500 (out of $1,000,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
27 28 29 30 31 32 33 %age %age
Dan 62
Brian 64
Fred 40
Amanda * $* $X $X $* $* 67 56 Banked $10K, $5K, $2K, $2K, $5K
Terri * * * * * * $- 100 68 Banked $2,000
Amy 0
Shannon 50
Vaughn 94
TEAM: 83 64
Shootout
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Amanda: (*) (X) (X) (*) (*)
Terri: (*) (*) (X) (*) (*)
Terri wins $74,500! Amanda receives her lovely parting gift of NOTHING!
Have fun with it, Amanda.
FINAL STATS:
Q: Win Q:Lose
Record (%) BANKED LOST VOTES Streak Streak
Terri 21/30 (70%) $20,500 $ 3,000 4 11 4
Amanda 17/30 (57%) 37,500 2,000 2 4 4
Dan 13/21 (62%) 9,000 8,000 4 3 2
Vaughn 15/16 (94%) 2,500 0 3 14 1
Brian 7/11 (64%) 5,000 7,500 5 3 2
Shannon 4/ 8 (50%) 0 3,500 4 2 2
Fred 2/ 5 (40%) 0 6,000 7 2 3
Amy 0/ 2 ( 0%) 0 2,000 5 0 2
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79/123 (64%) $74,500 $32,000
TEAM STATS:
Team overall record: 79/123 (64%)
Highest chain banked: $10,000 (Round 1: Terri)
Highest link reached: $25,000 (Round 1: Terri)
Most money lost: $5,000 (2) (Round 1: Brian; Round 2: Fred)
Longest streak of right answers: 7 (Round 6)
Longest streak of wrong answers: 4 (Round 2)
You are all weakest links. Goodbye! <wink>
--
Dean Scungio
dscu...@worldnet.att.net
alt.tv.game-shows Lurker
Host of 'Net Ten-to-One
Host of 'Net U.S. Mastermind
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"It's not how much we give away,
it's the way we do it." -Monty Hall
Andy Averill
"Chris Wolvie" <cwo...@go.com> wrote in message
news:nT8T6.1505$sn5....@newsfeed.slurp.net...
> Anne missed a golden opportunity with Dan...who thought Benjamin Franklin,
not
> Lady Godiva, rode naked in the streets to protest taxes. I'm guess
because she
> was too busy holding in a laugh for the most RIDICULOUS answer in Weakest
Link
> history!
She misses a lot of golden opportunities, she's not the world's best
adlibber. She didn't have a clue what to do with Rob Schneider. They
should bring in a standup comic who's used to handling hecklers.
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