Weakest Link (4/17/01)
Chris Wolvie
with up to $1 million. The rest will leave with nothing as round by round they are voted off
as...
THE WEAKEST LINK! (for Tuesday, April 18)
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Contestants:
(Name, Age, Location, Occupation)
KIM, 39, Dallas, TX, Pediatric Flight Nurse
TANSY, 40, West Hills, CA, Actress
CHUCK, 35, Dallas, TX, Hockey Referee
CHERYL, 22, Coconut Creek, FL, Singer
KEVIN, 26, Spring Lakes Heights, NJ, Middle School Math Teacher
JILL, 40, Detroit, MI, Attorney
JAMIE, 25, Philadelphia, PA, Rock Climbing Consultant
GEORGE, 49, Martin, IL, "Certifiably Unemployable" (he can't find a job, either)
ROUND 1 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Money "banked": $5,000
Chains "banked": 1
KIM : 2 answers right, 1 answer wrong
TANSY : 2 answers wrong *WEAKEST LINK*
CHUCK : 1 answer right, 1 answer wrong
CHERYL: 2 answers right
KEVIN : 2 answers right *STRONGEST LINK*
JILL : 1 answer wrong, 1 answer wrong, 1 chain banked *BANKED MOST*
JAMIE : 2 answers wrong
GEORGE: 2 answers wrong
"Who is already trying your patience? Who, alas, is not burdened with intelligence?"
KIM : TANSY
TANSY : GEORGE
CHUCK : GEORGE
CHERYL: JAMIE
KEVIN : TANSY
JILL : TANSY
JAMIE : GEORGE
GEORGE: CHUCK
Anne: "All right, team, we have a tie: Tansy and George with 3 votes each. Let me tell you
first, though, about your performance as a team: you managed to answer more questions
INCORRECTLY than those you've answered correctly. So it would be fair to say, at this stage,
I'm not dying with admiration at your performance. Jill...why have you chosen Tansy?"
Jill: "Because Tansy seems EXTREMELY uncomfortable up here."
Anne: "And YOU are comfortable, are you, Jill?"
Jill: "Quite."
Anne: "We'll see about that. Chuck, how's it going for you?"
Chuck: "Great."
Anne: "You think answering one question correctly is 'great'?"
Chuck: "I feel confident."
Anne: "Why have you voted for George?"
Chuck: "Because he didn't bank any money and he got questions wrong."
Anne: "Well, when the vote is tied, the 'strongest link' has to cast the deciding vote.
Kevin, you were the 'strongest link' in the last round. You had chosen Tansy, but you can
change your mind. So...who would you rather get rid of: Tansy or George?"
Kevin: "I think I might...go out on a limb and change my vote."
Anne: "Why is that, Kevin?"
Kevin: "'Cause I've decided that...not banking money is what is costing us, as a team, the
most right now. And George had some oppotunities and didn't take advantage of them."
Anne: "Well, this is a moment of relief for Tansy, who's the actress who's never heard of the
Academy Awards (Tansy didn't know that Kevin Spacey won the 1999 Best Actor Academy Award for
"American Beauty"). Not only that...statistically, she was the worst player in the last
round. George, without hesitation, I can say...you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
ROUND 2 2 minutes, 20 seconds
Money "banked": $5,500
Chains "banked": 4
KIM : 1 answer right, 1 answer wrong, 1 chain banked
TANSY : 2 answers wrong *WEAKEST LINK*
CHUCK : 2 answers wrong
CHERYL: 1 answer right, 1 answer wrong
KEVIN : 3 answers right, 1 chain banked *STRONGEST LINK*
JILL : 1 answer right, 1 answer wrong, 1 chain banked
JAMIE : 1 answer right, 1 answer wrong, 1 chain banked
(No insulting quote)
KIM : CHERYL
TANSY : CHUCK
CHUCK : TANSY
CHERYL: TANSY
KEVIN : TANSY
JILL : TANSY
JAMIE : CHERYL
Anne: "Chuck...not a single question answered correctly in that round. Is there any beginning
to your knowledge? Jill, the attorney...human rights not something you have knowledge of?"
Jill: "CRIMINAL law is what I do."
Anne: "So we must be understanding about you not knowing the difference between Gandhi and the
Dalia Lama (Jill thought Gandhi won the Nobel Peace Prize for his help ending Chinese
domination of Tibet). Why Tansy?"
Jill: "Because I think Tansy is frightened by you, and we can't have anyone on the team who's
frightened by you."
Anne: "Tansy, you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
ROUND 3 2 minutes, 10 seconds
Money "banked": $3,500
Chains "banked": 2
KIM : 0 answers right, 3 answer wrong *WEAKEST LINK*
CHUCK : 1 answers right, 2 answer wrong
CHERYL: 2 answers right, 0 answer wrong
KEVIN : 3 answers right, 0 answer wrong, 1 chain banked *STRONGEST LINK*
JILL : 1 answers right, 2 answer wrong, 1 chain banked *BANKED MOST*
JAMIE : 2 answers right, 1 answer wrong
"Who's knowledge is better suited to WATCHING television rather than APPEARING on it?"
KIM : JILL
CHUCK : KIM
CHERYL: KIM
KEVIN : CHUCK
JILL : KIM
JAMIE : KIM
Anne: "Team...it would be fair to say you have been consistant. Chuck...you've had a few jobs
in your time."
Chuck: "I have, indeed."
Anne: "Share some of them with us."
Chuck: "I've been a financial consultant...I've been a car salesman..."
Anne: "I suppose that, if you don't know what an Audi is, there wasn't much of a CAREER for
you in selling cars (Chuck didn't know that Audi made the "TT Roadster"). Why did you vote
for Kim?"
Chuck: "Unfortunately, Kim has gotten most of her answers wrong and, uh, has cost the rest of
the team."
Anne: "Kim, with 4 votes, you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
ROUND 4 2 minutes even
Money "banked": $15,000
Chains "banked": 6
CHUCK : 3 answers right, 0 answer wrong
CHERYL: 2 answers right, 1 answer wrong, 1 chain banked *WEAKEST LINK*
KEVIN : 3 answers right, 0 answer wrong, 2 chains banked *STRONGEST LINK* *BANKED MOST*
JILL : 2 answers right, 1 answer wrong, 2 chains banked
JAMIE : 2 answers right, 1 answer wrong, 1 chain banked
"Who, sadly, is out of their depth? Who has continued to be dazed and confused?"
CHUCK : JAMIE
CHERYL: JAMIE
KEVIN : JAMIE
JILL : JAMIE
JAMIE : CHERYL
Anne: "Chuck...why Jamie?"
Chuck: "Why you take too long to think about the answers, it costs the team."
Anne: "Jill...why did you vote for Jamie as the 'weakest link' Karen?"
Jill: "Because he is getting his answers incorrect."
Anne: "Did you think he was the 'weakest link'?"
Jill: "Obviously. That's why I voted for him."
Anne: "Well, that's something ELSE you've got wrong, Jill. Cheryl...statistically, you were
the the worst player. But it's votes that count. Jamie, with 3 votes, you ARE the 'weakest
link'. Good-bye."
ROUND 4 1 minute, 50 seconds
Money "banked": $0
CHUCK : 1 answers right, 2 answer wrong
CHERYL: 0 answers right, 2 answers wrong *WEAKEST LINK*
KEVIN : 0 answers right, 3 answer wrong
JILL : 1 answers right, 2 answer wrong *STRONGEST LINK*
"Who is a huge embarrassment to the American educational system?"
CHUCK : JILL
CHERYL: KEVIN
KEVIN : CHUCK
JILL : CHUCK
Anne: "(as if surprised) JILL...why Chuck?"
Jill: "Because Chuck didn't bank at the opportunity enough...he missed a banking oppurtunity
in that round."
Anne: "'He missed a banking oppurtunity'?"
Jill: "Yes."
Anne: "Kevin, what do you do?"
Kevin: "I'm a teacher."
Anne: "What sort of teaching?"
Kevin: "I teach 6th, 7th and 8th grade."
Anne: "Would they agree with me that you, obviously, don't get out much? You've never heard
of T.L.C. (Anne gave the names of the members of the R&B girls' group, but Kevin got it
wrong)? You've never heard of 'Superstar' (Kevin also didn't know that Molly Shannon
headlined the film 'Superstar' as schoolgirl Mary Katheryn Gallager [just like her SNL sketch
character])?"
Kevin: "I'm just happy you've TALKED to me today, Anne."
Anne: "Well, mainly, I'm talking to you, Kevin, to tell you that, statistically, you were the
worst player. But, it's votes that count. Chuck, you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
ROUND 5 1 minute, 40 seconds
Money "banked": $0
CHERYL: 1 answers right, 2 answer wrong
KEVIN : 2 answers right, 1 answer wrong *STRONGEST LINK*
JILL : 0 answers right, 4 answer wrong *WEAKEST LINK*
(No insulting quote)
CHERYL: JILL
KEVIN : JILL
JILL : CHERYL
Anne: "Kevin...had enough of Jill, have you?"
Kevin: "I have to say...her negative energy, it's just...bringing me down."
Anne: "Jill, you have delighted us for long enough! You ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
ROUND 7 1 minute, 30 seconds
(DOUBLE ROUND)
Money "banked": $4,500 (doubled to $9,000)
Chains "banked": 3
CHERYL: 2 answers right, 2 answer wrong, 2 chain banked *BANKED MOST*
KEVIN : 2 answers right, 3 answers wrong, 1 chain banked
PLAYOFF ROUND (BANKED GRAND TOTAL: $38,000)
Cheryl, being 'strongest link' of Round 7, elects for Kevin to go first
Kevin - Q: In horse racing, Baltimore's Pimlico racecourse is the home to which Triple Crown
event?
A: Preakness (correct)
Cheryl - Q: In history, what was the name of the second man to walk on the moon?
A: Buzz Aldrin (correct)
Kevin - Q: Frank Lloyd Wright designed what New York City museum which opened in 1959?
A: I'm gonna try...the Museum of Natural History (incorrect; Guggenheim)
Cheryl - Q: In meteorology, what instrument is used to measure athmospheric pressure?
A: Barometer (correct)
Kevin - Q: In geography, how manay U.S. states touch the Pacific Ocean?
A: Five (correct [California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii])
Cheryl - Q: In cartoons, Yogi Bear and Boo Boo originally inhabited which fictional park?
A: Jellystone (correct)
Kevin - Q: What does the letter "B" stand for in the automobile company "BMW"?
A: Bavarian (correct)
Cheryl - Q: In music, which instrument is Yo-Yo Ma famous for playing?
A: Violin (incorrect; Cello)
Kevin - Q: In language, the term "fortnight" refers to how many consectutive days?
A: 14 (correct)
Cheryl - Q: In medicine, the "Rh factor" found in red blood cells gets its name from which
type of primate?
A: Rhesus monkey (correct)
[SUDDEN DEATH]
Kevin - Q: In literature, Napoleon, Snowball and Old Major are characters in which George
Orwell novel?
A: Animal Farm (correct)
Cheryl - Q: In economics, who is the current chairman of the board of the U.S. Federal
Reserve?
A: I don't know (Alan Greenspan)
1 2 3 4 5 6
Kevin O X O O O O
Cheryl O O O X O X
Kevin is the Strongest Link and wins $38,000!
Cheryl...leaves...with NOTHING!
Total money won on "Weakest Link": $111,000 out of a possible $2 million (5.55% of the
possible amount).
Until the next review of "Weakest Link"...*wink*...good-bye.
Dean Scungio
Date: 4/17/2001
Contestants:
1. Kim; 39; Dallas, TX
2. Tansy; 40; West Hills, CA
3. Chuck; 35; Dallas, TX
4. Cheryl; 22; Coconut Creek, FL
5. Kevin; 26; Spring Lake Heights, NJ
6. Jill; 40; Detroit, MI
7. Jamie; 25; Philadelphia, PA
8. George; 49; Martin, IL
Round 1 (2:30)
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ROUND BANK: "a pathetic" $5,000 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $5,000 (out of $125,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
1 2 3 %age %age
Kim * $* X 67 67 Banked $0
Tansy X X 0 0 Weakest Link, Lost $1,000 twice
Chuck * X 50 50
Cheryl * * 100 100
Kevin * * 100 100 Strongest Link
Jill $* X 50 50 Banked $5,000, Lost $2,500
Jamie X X 0 0 Lost $1,000
George X X 0 0
TEAM: 47 47
VOTING
Kim: TANSY
Tansy: GEORGE
Chuck: GEORGE
Cheryl: JAMIE
Kevin: TANSY
Jill: TANSY
Jamie: GEORGE
George: CHUCK
Results: George 3, Tansy 3, Chuck 1, Jamie 1
Kevin (StrLink) breaks tie, votes for GEORGE.
Round 2 (2:20)
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ROUND BANK: $5,500 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $10,500 (out of $250,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
4 5 6 %age %age
Kim $* X 50 60 Banked $1,000
Tansy X X 0 0 Weakest Link, Lost $1,000
Chuck X X 0 25
Cheryl X * 50 75
Kevin * * $* 100 100 Strongest Link, Banked $1,000
Jill * $X 50 50 Banked $1,000
Jamie $* X 50 25 Banked $2,500
George 0
TEAM: 47 47
VOTING
Kim: CHERYL
Tansy: CHUCK
Chuck: TANSY
Cheryl: TANSY
Kevin: TANSY
Jill: TANSY
Jamie: CHERYL
Results: Tansy 4, Cheryl 2, Chuck 1
Round 3 (2:10)
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ROUND BANK: $3,500 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: "a disappointing" $14,000 (out of $375,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
7 8 9 10 %age %age
Kim X X X 0 38 Weakest Link, Lost $1,000 and $2,500
Tansy 0
Chuck X X * 33 29
Cheryl * * - 100 83
Kevin * $* * 100 100 Strongest Link, Banked $1,000
Jill X X $* 33 43 Lost $1,000 twice, Banked $2,500
Jamie $X * * 67 43 Banked $0
George 0
TEAM: 53 49
VOTING
Kim: JILL
Chuck: KIM
Cheryl: KIM
Kevin: CHUCK
Jill: KIM
Jamie: KIM
Results: Kim 4, Chuck 1, Jill 1
Round 4 (2:00)
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ROUND BANK: $15,000 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $29,000 (out of $500,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
11 12 13 14 %age %age
Kim 38
Tansy 0
Chuck * * * 100 50
Cheryl X * $* 67 78 Weakest Link, Lost $2,500, Banked $1,000
Kevin * * $* $- 100 100 Strongest Link, Banked $10,000 and $1,000
Jill X $* $* 67 50 Lost $1,000, Banked $1,000 twice
Jamie * * $X 67 50 Banked $1,000
George 0
TEAM: 80 56
VOTING
Chuck: JAMIE
Cheryl: JAMIE
Kevin: JAMIE
Jill: JAMIE
Jamie: CHERYL
Results: Jamie 4, Cheryl 1
Round 5 (1:50)
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ROUND BANK: $0 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $29,000 (out of $625,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
15 16 17 18 %age %age
Kim 38
Tansy 0
Chuck X X * 33 46 Lost $1,000
Cheryl X X 0 64
Kevin X X X 0 79 Weakest Link
Jill * X X 33 46 Strongest Link
Jamie 50
George 0
TEAM: 18 51
VOTING
Chuck: JILL
Cheryl: KEVIN
Kevin: CHUCK
Jill: CHUCK
Results: Chuck 2, Jill 1, Kevin 1
Round 6 (1:40)
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ROUND BANK: $0 (out of $125,000)
TOTAL BANK: $29,000 (out of $750,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
19 20 21 22 23 %age %age
Kim 38
Tansy 0
Chuck 46
Cheryl X X * $- 33 57 Banked $0
Kevin * X * 67 76 Strongest Link
Jill X X X X 0 35 Weakest Link, Lost $1,000 and $2,500
Jamie 50
George 0
TEAM: 30 48
VOTING
Cheryl: JILL
Kevin: JILL
Jill: CHERYL
Results: Jill 2, Cheryl 1
Round 7 (1:30) ($250,000 Chain)
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ROUND BANK: $9,000 (out of $250,000)
FINAL BANK: $38,000 (out of $1,000,000)
STATS: ( *: correct, X: incorrect, $: banked, -: time expired )
Rnd Full
24 25 26 27 28 29 %age %age
Kim 38
Tansy 0
Chuck 46
Cheryl * $X X $* - 50 56 Banked $5,000 and $2,000
Kevin X * X * $X 40 68 Banked $2,000
Jill 35
Jamie 50
George 0
TEAM: 44 48
Shootout
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Kevin: (*) (X) (*) (*) (*) (*)
Cheryl: (*) (*) (*) (X) (*) (X)
Kevin of Spring Lake Heights, NJ, just won $38,000, and Cheryl wins
absolutely NOTHING! Not even a year's supply of Turtle Wax!
FINAL STATS:
KEVIN:
Overall record: 20/28 (71%)
Longest streak: 11 questions
Votes received: 1
Banked: $15,000
Lost: $0
CHERYL:
Overall record: 14/24 (58%)
Longest streak: 4 questions
Votes received: 4
Banked: $8,000
Lost: $2,500
JILL:
Overall record: 6/17 (35%)
Longest streak: 3 questions
Votes received: 4
Banked: $10,500
Lost: $9,000
CHUCK:
Overall record: 6/13 (46%)
Longest streak: 4 questions
Votes received: 5
Banked: $0
Lost: $1,000
JAMIE:
Overall record: 5/10 (50%)
Longest streak: 4 questions
Votes received: 5
Banked: $3,500
Lost: $1,000
KIM:
Overall record: 3/8 (38%)
Longest streak: 2 questions
Votes received: 4
Banked: $1,000
Lost: $3,500
TANSY:
Overall record: 0/4 (0%)
Longest streak: 0 questions
Votes received: 7
Banked: $0
Lost: $3,000
GEORGE:
Overall record: 0/2 (0%)
Longest streak: 0 questions
Votes received: 4
Banked: $0
Lost: $0
GROUP STATS:
Team overall record: 54/106 (51%)
Highest chain banked: $10,000 (Round 4, Kevin)
Highest link reached: $25,000 (Round 4, Kevin)
Most money lost: $2,500 (Round 1, Jill; Round 3, Kim; Round 4, Cheryl;
Round 6, Jill)
Longest streak of right answers: 7 (Round 4)
Longest streak of wrong answers: 8 (Round 5)
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
Frequent Net Games Contestant
"It's not how much we give away,
it's the way we do it." -Monty Hall
Chris Wolvie
with up to $1 million. The rest will leave with nothing as round by round they are voted off
as...
THE WEAKEST LINK! (for Wednesday, April 19)
===========================================
Contestants:
(Name, Age, Location, Occupation)
GLENN, 40, Ontario, CA, Automotive Sales
STAN, 43, La Verne, CA, Closet Designer
JOHNATHAN, 35, New Albany, OH, OB/GYN
MARGARET, 29, Los Angeles, CA, Works @ Motion Picture Academy
ERIC, 30, St. Claire Shores, MI, CPA
LISA, 31, New York City, Pathology Resident
JOHN, 32, Springfield, VA, Attorney
CAROL, 47, Edmonds, WA, P.E. and Karate Teacher
ROUND 1 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Money "banked": $7,500
Chains "banked": 3
GLENN : 1 answer right, 2 answer wrong, 1 chain banked
STAN : 2 answers right, 1 answer wrong
JOHNATHAN: 3 answers right *STRONGEST LINK*
MARGARET : 2 answer wrong, 1 chain banked * WEAKEST LINK*
ERIC : 1 answer right, 1 answer wrong
LISA : 2 answers right
JOHN : 2 answers right, 1 chain banked
CAROL : 1 answer right, 1 answer wrong
"Who is allergic to intelligence?"
GLENN : MARGARET
STAN : GLENN
JOHNATHAN: CAROL
MARGARET : GLENN
ERIC : CAROL
LISA : GLENN
JOHN : GLENN
CAROL : STAN
Anne: "Stan,...how's it going for you?"
Stan: "Real good...real good."
Anne: "'Real good'...where are you from?"
Stan: "La Verne, California."
Anne: "Why Glenn?"
Stan: "Uh, he missed two questions and acorns come from OAK trees (Glenn had thought they were
from ELM trees) and that's pretty easy."
Anne: "Margaret,...what do you do?"
Margaret: "I work at the Motion Picture Academy."
Anne: "Have you heard of Val Kilmer?"
Margaret: "I have, but I have not seen that movie (she refers to 'Red Planet', which Kilmer is
in, instead of 'Mission to Mars', which she THOUGHT he was in)."
Anne: "I see...so you only know about movies you've seen. Why did YOU vote for Glenn?"
Margaret: "He...missed a few answers and he also took a lot of time, so I felt like we needed
to go faster to build up our chain."
Anne: "Did you think he was the 'weakest link'?"
Margaret: "Yes."
Anne: "Oh. Statisically, Margaret, he wasn't. Do you want to have a crack at who WAS,
statistically, the 'weakest link'? Well, let me tell you"
Margaret: "Okay..."
Anne: "It was MARGARET! But, it's votes that count. And, Glenn, with 4 votes, you ARE the
'weakest link'. Good-bye."
ROUND 2 2 minutes, 20 seconds
Money "banked": $23,500
Chains "banked": 6
STAN : 1 answer right, 1 answer wrong, 1 chain banked
JOHNATHAN: 3 answers right
MARGARET : 3 answers right
ERIC : 3 answers right, 1 chain banked
LISA : 3 answers right, 2 chains banked *STRONGEST LINK* *BANKED MOST*
JOHN : 3 answers right, 1 chain banked
CAROL : 1 answer right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *WEAKEST LINK*
(The team had runs of 6, 5 and 6...which would've equaled the $125,000 target)
"Whose tongue is quicker than their mind?"
STAN : CAROL
JOHNATHAN: STAN
MARGARET : CAROL
ERIC : CAROL
LISA : CAROL
JOHN : CAROL
CAROL : ERIC
Anne: "Alright, team, let me remind you of a few things. It is important to bank
strategicaly; you got six questions correct in a row and, if you had banked cleverly, that
would have made you $50,000. You did it AGAIN; you could have EASILY reached your target of
$125,000 in that last round (See, told ya). Eric,...remind us what you do..."
Eric: "I am a CPA."
Anne: "Did you understand what I just said?"
Eric: "I did."
Anne: "Well, THAT's a comfort. Why have you voted for Carol?"
Eric: "Two of her questions she had wrong. I can forgive her for not knowing Carson Daly
'cause it's fairly recent, MTV, Total Request Live (Carol thought Lisa Sharp hosted TRL, not
Daly). However, I do think she should've known Merv Griffin instead of Milton Berle (Carol
though Berle made "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!", not Griffin). So, for those reasons, I
think she needs to go."
Anne: "Carol, with 5 votes, you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
ROUND 3 2 minutes, 10 seconds
Money "banked": $7,500
Chains "banked": 3
STAN : 1 answer right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *WEAKEST LINK*
JOHNATHAN: 2 answers right, 1 answer wrong, 1 chain banked
MARGARET : 1 answer right, 1 answer wrong
ERIC : 1 answer right, 1 answer wrong
LISA : 3 answers right
JOHN : 3 answers right, 1 chain banked *STRONGEST LINK*
"Whose traffic light is stuck on red?"
STAN : ERIC
JOHNATHAN: STAN
MARGARET : STAN
ERIC : STAN
LISA : STAN
JOHN : STAN
Anne: "Johnathan, what do you do?"
Johnathan: "I'm an obstetrician/gynocologist."
Anne: "Hmm, well, I'll keep my feet on the ground, then. That's the SECOND time you've voted
for Stan."
Johnathan: "Yes, uh, well, in this past round, he got two wrong and one of them was a medical
question so I'm a little, uh, biased there, but I thought that he should know the angles of a
triangle (Stan thought each angle in the sides of an equilateral triangle had 30 degrees, not
60)."
Anne: "Stan, with 5 votes, you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
ROUND 4 2 minutes even
Money "banked": $2,500
Chains "banked": 1
JOHNATHAN: 2 answers right, 1 answer wrong
MARGARET : 2 answers right, 1 answer wrong
ERIC : 1 answer right, 2 answers wrong, 1 chain banked *STRONGEST LINK* *BANKED MOST*
LISA : 2 answers right
JOHN : 3 answers wrong *WEAKEST LINK*
"Who is now running on empty? Who is the poster-child for incompetence?"
JOHNATHAN: ERIC
MARGARET : JOHN
ERIC : JOHN
LISA : JOHNATHAN
JOHN : MARGARET
Anne: "Team, do I have to BEG you to take the money?!? You could've won a half-a-million
dollars by now. You've settled for $41,000. We can't accuse you of being greedy.
Eric,...how did you at school, Eric?"
Eric: "I did well."
Anne: "How well?"
Eric: "I was valedictorian of my high school class."
Anne: "You were valedictorian of my high school class!? And is that where they taught you
that Thomas Edison wrote the dictionary (Eric thought Edison, not Noah Webster, wrote the
dictionary for the English language)? Margaret, our motion picture expert...why have you
voted for John?"
Margaret: "The questions he missed, and I thought we could've, y'know, gone faster and gotten
more."
Anne: "You're fast, are you?"
Margaret: "I'd like to THINK so."
Anne: "Well, John...went from the 'STRONGEST link' to the 'WEAKEST link'...a HUGE reversal of
fortunes. With 2 votes, John, you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
ROUND 4 1 minute, 50 seconds
Money "banked": $7,500
Chains "banked": 1
JOHNANTHAN: 3 answers right
MARGARET : 3 answers right *STRONGEST LINK*
ERIC : 3 answers wrong, 2 chains banked *WEAKEST LINK* *BANKED MOST*
LISA : 1 answer right, 2 answers wrong
"Who is costing you dollars by the second? Dispatch the dead wood..."
JOHNATHAN: LISA
MARGARET : ERIC
ERIC : LISA
LISA : MARGARET
Anne: "Johnathan, the gynocologist...voting off the female doctor on the other side..."
Johnathan: "Well, I think she got a lot wrong in that round and she tried to vote ME off the
last round."
Anne: "Eric...valedictorians...do they wear boxers or briefs (Anne asked this because Eric
thought former President Bill Clinton said on an MTV interview that he wore boxers, not
briefs?"
Eric: "If you promise not to tell anyone, briefs."
Anne: "Well, that's a deal, 'cause you've kept a lot of the right answers secret. Why did you
vote for Lisa?"
Eric: "I voted for Lisa just because she got the most questions wrong."
Anne: "She's been pretty good up 'till now."
Eric: "She has been."
Anne: "Statistically - and I know you'll understand this, because you're an accountant - you
were the WORST player. But, it's votes that count. Lisa, with 2 votes, you ARE the 'weakest
link'. Good-bye."
ROUND 5 1 minute, 40 seconds
Money "banked": $8,500
Chains "banked": 3
JOHNATHAN: 4 answers right *STRONGEST LINK*
MARGARET : 2 answers right, 2 answers wrong, 3 chains bank *BANKED MOST* *WEAKEST LINK*
ERIC : 3 answers right, 1 answer wrong
(Again, a run of 6....$50,000...squandered for 2 chains and $7,500)
"Who is least likely to assist you in raising the bank?"
JOHNATHAN: ERIC
MARGARET : JOHNATHAN
ERIC : JOHNATHAN
Anne: "Margaret,...have you had a bad experience with a gynocologist?"
Margaret: (blushing) "Um, no, thankfully."
Anne: "It wouldn't be - would it, Margaret - that you were getting rid of a serious rival?
(Margaret does not reply) Eric,...why have you voted for Johnathan?"
Eric: "I voted for Johnathan because of the Museum of Modern Art question (Johnathan went
temporarily dyslexic and said that "MOMA" was the "Modern Museum of Art")...I felt that's
right when our team started getting momentum going and that did slow us down."
Anne: "Who do you think, Eric, statistically was the worst player in that last round?"
Eric: "Statistically speaking, it probably WAS me..."
Anne: "There was nothing 'probably' about it, Eric. Statistically, you were the worst player,
but, it's votes that count! Johnathan, with 2 votes, you ARE the 'weakest link'. Good-bye."
ROUND 7 1 minute, 30 seconds
(DOUBLE ROUND)
Money "banked": $0 (doubled to...well, $0)
MARGARET : 1 answer right, 4 answers wrong
ERIC : 4 answers right
(Anne on the 'goose-egg': "The two of you in that round managed to bank absolutely NOTHING!
We cannot double that amount, alas, can we, Eric the accountant?" [Obviously, Eric agrees.])
PLAYOFF ROUND (BANKED GRAND TOTAL: $57,000)
Eric, being 'strongest link' of Round 7, elects to go first
Eric - Q: Which ballroom dance done in 3/4 time is named for the German word meaning "to
revolve"?
A: I'll guess the merengue (incorrect; waltz)
Margaret - Q: What phrase did astronomer Fred Hoyle coin to describe the scientifically
accepted theory of the beginning of the universe?
A: Big Bang thoery (correct)
Eric - Q: Which gland found at the base of the brain is known as the master gland of the
endocrine system?
A: The pituitary gland (correct)
Margaret - Q: In geography, which of the 5 Great Lakes lies ENTIRELY in U. S. territory?
A: Superior (incorrect; Michigan)
Eric - Q: Following a tradition started by race car driver Louis Meyer, what beverage do Indy
500 winners drink after the race?
A: Orange juice (incorrect; milk)
Margaret - Q: In movies, what comedian supplied the voice of Mr. Potato Head in the film "Toy
Story"?
A: Don Rickles (correct)
Eric - Q: In horticulture, what is the national flower of the United States?
A: Rose (correct)
Margaret - Q: In history, the attack on what South Carolina fort signified the start of the
Civil War?
A: Appamatox (incorrect; Sumter)
Eric - Q: For which film did actor Jack Nicholson earn his first Academy Award?
A: "Prizzi's Honor" (incorrect; "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Margaret - Q: In television what do the initials of the network "QVC" stand for?
A: Quality, Value, Choice (incorrect; Quality, Value, Convenience)
(SUDDEN DEATH)
Eric - Q: In 1998, who became the oldest astronaut to fly in a space shuttle?
A: John Glenn (correct)
Margaret - Q: At Texas A & M University, what do the letters "A & M" stand for?
A: Agriculture and Mechanics (incorrect; AgriculturAL and MechanicAL)
1 2 3 4 5 6
Eric X O X O X O
Margaret O X O X X X
Eric is the Strongest Link and wins $57,000!
Margaret...leaves...with NOTHING!
Total money won on "Weakest Link": $168,000 out of a possible $3 million (5.6% of the possible
amount).
<Anne mode on> So...is it relatively safe to say that this team was slightly above average,
since the average money taken has been $56,000? If that is true, then it seems the
contestants are turning out to be SLIGHTLY more successful than the XFL. <Anne mode off>
A few more interesting facts: the final two in all three shows have always been the two in the
dead center (positions 4 and 5, if you will), it has always been man vs. woman...and the man
always won by getting the last correct answer. So...if you wanna win, be in either position 4
or 5...and make sure you're male and the last one next to you is female. :)
Bob Bailin
[snip]
Margaret gets screwed on the following question:
> Margaret - Q: At Texas A & M University, what do the letters "A & M" stand for?
> A: Agriculture and Mechanics (incorrect; AgriculturAL and MechanicAL)
>
According to the Texas A&M website, http://www.tamu.edu/00/data/about.html :
"Texas A&M, ... was opened on Oct. 4, 1876 as the Agricultrual and Mechanical
College of Texas.
[...]
In 1964, the name of the institution was changed to Texas A&M University [...].
The initials "A" and "M" are a link to the university's past; they no longer
represent any specific words [...]."
So the correct answer should have been: "nothing".
This is the same as asking what the "X" in "XFL" stands for.
>
--
Bob Bailin
72027...@compuserve.com
Alex Cain
Xtreme football. Duh.
> >
>
> --
> Bob Bailin
> 72027...@compuserve.com
--
"Want to know how a pro does it? Seduce a child?"
--pedophile "st00pid" Richard Bullis in message ID
<tdq1k6r...@corp.supernews.com>
"And how many times have I been told that the FBI
has been notified of my alleged criminal activities?
In a month? Obviously if they have been notified,
they are not interested."
--pedophile "st00pid" Richard Bullis attempts to
justify his viewing, downloading, and collecting
of child pornography in message ID <tdr014d...@corp.supernews.com>
Bob Bailin
> Bob Bailin wrote:
> >
> > cwo...@go.com (Chris Wolvie) writes:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > Margaret gets screwed on the following question:
> > > Margaret - Q: At Texas A & M University, what do the letters "A & M" stand for?
> > > A: Agriculture and Mechanics (incorrect; AgriculturAL and MechanicAL)
> > >
> >
> > According to the Texas A&M website, http://www.tamu.edu/00/data/about.html :
> >
> > "Texas A&M, ... was opened on Oct. 4, 1876 as the Agricultrual and Mechanical
> > College of Texas.
> > [...]
> > In 1964, the name of the institution was changed to Texas A&M University [...].
> > The initials "A" and "M" are a link to the university's past; they no longer
> > represent any specific words [...]."
> >
> > So the correct answer should have been: "nothing".
> >
> > This is the same as asking what the "X" in "XFL" stands for.
>
> Xtreme football. Duh.
Not duh. The official line of the XFL is something like "the XFL is the XFL,
it's not an abbreviation for anything (like the NFL is)."
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Bob Bailin
> > 72027...@compuserve.com
>
> --
> "Want to know how a pro does it? Seduce a child?"
> --pedophile "st00pid" Richard Bullis in message ID
> <tdq1k6r...@corp.supernews.com>
>
> "And how many times have I been told that the FBI
> has been notified of my alleged criminal activities?
> In a month? Obviously if they have been notified,
> they are not interested."
> --pedophile "st00pid" Richard Bullis attempts to
> justify his viewing, downloading, and collecting
> of child pornography in message ID <tdr014d...@corp.supernews.com>
--
Bob Bailin
72027...@compuserve.com
Matt Ottinger
> Bob Bailin wrote:
> >
> > In 1964, the name of the institution was changed to Texas A&M University [...].
> > The initials "A" and "M" are a link to the university's past; they no longer
> > represent any specific words [...]."
> >
> > So the correct answer should have been: "nothing".
> >
> > This is the same as asking what the "X" in "XFL" stands for.
>
> Xtreme football. Duh.
Um, no. In fact, you fell for the author's exact point. While it seems fairly obvious
and reasonable to think that the "X" means "Xtreme", the marketing brain trust made a
big deal from the start of saying that the "X" doesn't really stand for anything.
--Matt
otti...@acd.net
Bob Flaminio
news:3AE0A832...@acd.net...
Yep. From the FAQ at http://www.xfl.com/faq.html :
>>>
WHAT DOES XFL STAND FOR?
The letters XFL are not an abbreviation. The name of the league IS NOT
the Xtreme Football League.
<<<
-Bob
John Sergent
Eric Panchenko
Eric Panchenko
"John Sergent" <feu...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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Brandon Brooks
DVD stands for Digital Video Disk.
XFL stands for nothing.
And A&M stands for nothing.
Brandon Brooks
> Just like DVD.
Randy Amasia
"Brandon Brooks" <b-br...@northwestern.edu> wrote in message
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> OH COME ON, GIVE ME A BREAK!
> DVD stands for Digital Video Disk.
> XFL stands for nothing.
> And A&M stands for nothing.
Alpert & Moss
John Sergent
"Eric Panchenko" <goo...@NOaolSPAM.com> wrote:
> No, DVD stands for Digital Video Disk or Digital Versatile Disk.
>
Not anymore, though first one and then the other USED to be correct.
Mark J.
>> DVD stands for Digital Video Disk.
>> XFL stands for nothing.
>> And A&M stands for nothing.
>
>Alpert & Moss
>
Herb and Jerry, to be exact.
And, in the case of colleges, Agricultural and Mechanical.
Mark Jeffries--Yes I did, Geoff.