What is the “Weakest Link”?
A: The Weakest Link is a television game show.
Where did it first appear?
A: In the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000 and originally ended
on 31 March 2012 when its host Anne Robinson completed her contract.
The original British version of the show is still aired
where?
A: Around the world on BBC Entertainment.
The game begins with what?
A: A team of eight or nine contestants.
The team members take turns answering general knowledge
questions within a time limit to create what?
A: Chains of correct answers in a row.
At the end of each round, the players do what?
A: They vote one contestant, "The Weakest Link", out of the game.
Once two players are left, they play in a what?
A: A head-to-head contest, with five questions asked to each contestant in
turn, to determine the winner.
The program sees a group of contestants ranging from
five to nine players who will need to work as a team to try to win as much
as possible of a maximum cash jackpot by doing what?
A: By correctly answering general-knowledge questions in a series of
rapid-fire rounds.
Each round features what?
A: A money chain of anywhere from five to nine increasing cash values.
There is a maximum cash target that the team must
attempt to reach within what?
A: A time limit.
How are questions asked of the team members?
A: Sequentially.
In the first round, play will typically start with the
first player alphabetically or by what?
A: A random-draw before the game starts.
The team can most quickly achieve the target by doing
what?
A: Stringing together a chain of consecutive correct answers.
A correct answer increases the value of the succeeding
question, while an incorrect answer does what?
A: It breaks the chain, losing all money accumulated in that chain.
A contestant can secure the accumulated money in the
chain by doing what?
A: By saying "Bank" before their question is asked.
What is the target amount?
The round ends when the team has either run out of time
or what?
A: Banked the target, in which case the round ends prematurely.
If the team banks a total exceeding this amount, it is
what?
A: Rounded down to the maximum amount.
Only the money that has been banked is what?
A: Taken forward in the game, forming the total prize money available at the
end.
Each round ends with the team doing what?
A: Voting off one person from the game.
Before the votes are revealed, a voice-over announcer
reveals what?
A: Who statistically is the Strongest Link and Weakest Link.
The votes are then revealed, followed by inquiry by the
host for what?
A: The reasoning behind the vote, along with berating of the contestants.
The person with the most votes is named what?
A: The Weakest Link regardless of the statistics, and is eliminated from the
game, and wins nothing.
In the event of a tie, the Strongest Link is
immediately deemed immune from the vote and must do what?
A: Break the tie.
This process repeats, with each successive round
beginning with what?
A: The Strongest Link from the last round, or the second-Strongest Link, if
the Strongest Link was voted off.
The final two contestants compete in a head-to-head
round to determine the winner, with the Strongest Link from the last round
determining what?
A: Who begins the round.
The contestants are alternately asked a series of what?
A: Five questions each.
The player who correctly answers the most wins what?
A: The money accumulated in the game.