Weakest Link Rounds 1-2 (10/19/2020)

Here are the clues from Round 1 of “Weakest Link” (10/19/2020) with host Jane Lynch. The game begins with 8 players. The player voted the weakest link gets eliminated at the end of each round until only 2 are left standing.

Round 1 was worth a potential $25,000. They would have to answer 8 questions in a row to get there. However, every time someone gives a wrong answer, the questions start at $1,000 again. They also have the option to hit the button and say BANK. Whatever money has been earned at that point would be safe but they start at $1,000 again.

$1000 (Mark) In the Mother Goose nursery rhyme, who sat on a wall and had a great fall?

$2000 (Abel) Traditionally, what color are you NOT supposed to wear after Labor Day?

$3000 (Linette) If you’re eating Crazy Bread with Crazy Sauce, you got it from what national “Pizza! Pizza!” chain?

$4000 (Mary) Bottlenose, Spinner and Rough-Toothed are different types of what aquatic mammal? BANK

$1000 (Mateen) Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman are the hosts of what crafty competition show? WRONG

$1000 (Meredith) Lin-Manuel Miranda won his first Tony Award for what 2008 musical about a New York City neighborhood?

$2000 (Adam) In the Dr. Seuss story, Sam-I-Am finally convinces the narrator to enjoy what colorful food combo?

$3000 (Rachel) What Hostess snack cake on your screen was originally marketed with the name Little Shortcake Fingers?

ANSWERS: show

$4000 (Mark) Flip or flop: What are the first three cards in Texas Hold’em called? WRONG

$1000 (Abel) According to Merriam Webster, if your pal sends you a file marked NSFW, it’s not safe to open where?

$2000 (Linette) Ellen Page and Liam Harmsworth have both been named “Sexist Vegetarian Celebrity” by what animal rights group?

$3000 (Mary) If I ask you in French to squeeze the “pamplemousse,” what citrus am I asking you to squeeze? WRONG

$1000 (Mateen) What ‘really hot’ ’90s boy band is pictured on your screen? BANK

$1000 (Meredith) What U.S. legislative body as 435 voting members?

$2000 (Adam) Who is Jack Gyllenhaal’s godmother, who stars in the movie “Knives Out”? WRONG

$1000 (Rachel) South Dakota or West Virginia: Which U.S. state is further north? BANK

ANSWERS: show

Jane Lynch Quotes:
• Team, out of a possible $25,000, you banked a paltry $6,000, and I’m not used to seeing numbers that small.
• Who should have watched the show at least once before playing?
• Who thinks Planet Hollywood is between Mercury and Venus

6 votes made Adam the Weakest Link

ROUND 2: There are now 7 players left and $6,000 in the bank. The range is $1000 to $50,000.

$1000 (Meredith) The Just Born Candy Company is famous for making what marshmallow chicks sold during Easter

$2500 (Rachel) In what 1987 film does Patrick Swayze say the memorable line “Nobody puts Baby in a corner”?

$5000 (Mark) The symbol on the bin on your screen promotes what environmental activity? BANK

$1000 (Abel) In medicine, the initials “ENT” indicate a doctor who specializes in ears, noses, and what third body part?

$2500 (Linette) If you’re dribbling while concentrating on your ball handling and free throws, what sport are you playing? BANK

$1000 (Mary) In the U.S., the State of the Union Address is most frequently delivered during what month?

$2500 (Mateen) “The Modern Prometheus” is the subtitle to what 19th-century gothic horror novel? WRONG

$1000 (Meredith) If you want a side of Cheddar Bay Biscuits with your Ultimate Feast, you should dine at what seafood restaurant chain?

ANSWERS: show

$2500 (Rachel) Bill Belichick has coached what NFL team to nine Super Bowl appearances in the last twenty years BANK

$1000 (Mark) In 2000, who starred on Broadway to prove he was “more than a guy in red Speedos running in slow motion across a beach”? WRONG

$1000 (Abel) What Los Angeles university’s student newspaper is called “The Daily Trojan”

$2500 (Linette) One of the wrestling twins on your screen shares her first name with what French cheese? WRONG

$1000 (Mary) Upon declaring its independence in 1980, which African nation became the last in the world alphabetically WRONG

$1000 (Mateen) If the three Jonas brothers had a total of 12 children, what’s the average number of offspring per Jonas brother BANK

$1000 (Meredith) What U.S. president known for his giant bathtubs later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court WRONG

$1000 (Rachel) The store famous for mailing big blue coupons is named “Bed Bath &… what?

ANSWERS: show

Jane Lynch Quotes:
• You know, maybe you’re all independently wealthy and you just came here for fun, because that’s the only explanation I can think of for banking a ghastly $11,000. That brings your total bank to $17,000.
• Whose brains would zombies definitely take a pass on?
• Who locked themselves out of their convertible?

4 votes made Linette the Weakest Link