Q 01/05

On which channel did The Weakest Link first appear in the UK in August 2000?

A) BBC Two

B) BBC One

C) ITV

D) Channel 4

Answer · why

A) BBC Two

BBC Two launched it as a daytime quiz on 14 August 2000, and its success there soon earned a bigger-budget weekly primetime version on BBC One.

Q 02/05

What nickname did Anne Robinson earn for her withering put-downs as host of The Weakest Link?

A) The Ice Queen

B) The Queen of Mean

C) The Dragon Lady

D) The Headmistress

Answer · why

B) The Queen of Mean

The Queen of Mean: she was dubbed it for her acerbic put-downs, and the label followed her across the Atlantic when she hosted the American version to...

Q 03/05

Jon Briggs, narrator of the original Weakest Link, later became the first British voice of which virtual assistant?

A) Alexa

B) Siri

C) Cortana

D) Bixby

Answer · why

B) Siri

Siri: its first British voice was built from sentences Briggs had recorded years earlier for a text-to-speech company, without his ever having a contr...

Q 04/05

What must a Weakest Link player call out before their question to make the money in the chain safe?

A) Save

B) Bank

C) Lock

D) Stick

Answer · why

B) Bank

Bank: the call secures the cash but resets the chain to zero, which is why teams that play it safe after every answer earn so little.

Q 05/05

As the players vote on The Weakest Link, the narrator reveals the round's statistical weakest player to whom?

A) The contestants

B) The viewers at home

C) The players already voted off

D) The host alone

Answer · why

B) The viewers at home

The viewers at home: the players vote without hearing the statistics, and for tactical reasons they sometimes send a strong performer packing instead.