V, BLOCKBUSTERS & WEAKEST LINK
V BUT I LIKE IT 2002
IT’S the final day of our mega quiz show week, and what better way to end than with some classics?
Can you withstand Anne Robinson’s piercing stare or are you The Weakest Link? And forget the telly, because we’ve some real Blockbusters to brighten up your weekend.
She’s the Queen of Mean, and no one was safe from her razorsharp tongue. Yes, it’s Anne Robinson and one of the most entertaining quizzes of the noughties and 2010s – if you’re watching from your sofa, that is. For the poor people in the studio, it was a ruthless battle of tactics, wits and, for all but one, humiliation. Can you score a perfect round and bank the cash, or would you be sent home as The Weakest Link? Try our questions (and we promise not to call you any names)...
Which fruit is dried to produce prunes?
In the proverb “to reverse the natural order of things” is to put the cart before the what?
What power can be produced in two forms: alternating and direct?
What plant is the national emblem of Scotland?
In science, what term describes dissimilar organisms living together in a mutually beneficial relationship?
What was the original name for the toy store Hamleys?
Where would a Scottish person wear his tam o’ shanter?
In medicine, glaucoma is a disease affecting what part of the body?
Which American president famously said “the ballot is stronger than the bullet”?
How many more legs does a spider have than a human?
What can be added to malt vinegar to make it darker brown?
In horticulture, what is the area used to cultivate trees for study and display?
On UK coins, which profile of the Queen is shown?
Who wrote the 1818 novel Frankenstein?
In pop music, which large accident-prone, spotted character had a Christmas number one in 1993?
1. Stalin 2. Lift 3. Jubilee (Golden & Diamond) 4. Nobel
5. Piccadilly 6. Molting 7. Derbyshire
8. Earth 9. Black Box 10. Peanuts
11. Teepee 12. Dopey 13. Spaghetti Junction 14. Garda 15. Yale.
1. What’s up Doc 2. Shut that door 3. The Daleks 4. Tinky-winky, Laa-laa, Dipsy and Po 5. You’ll like this, not a lot
6. ’Allo ’Allo 7. Corporal Jones
8. Yabba dabba do 9. Mr Plod
10. Gladiators 11. Charlie 12. Lollipop
13. Self destruct 14. I’m free 15. Shorts.
1. Plums 2. Horse
3. Electricity 4. Thistle 5. Symbiosis
6. Noah’s Ark 7. On his head 8. Eyes
9. Abraham Lincoln 10. Six 11. Caramel
12. Arboretum 13. Right 14. Mary Shelley 15. Mr Blobby.
Frankenstein, and Noel with chart-topper
0-15
You know what I’m going to say…
You are the weakest link – just be grateful Anne is not there to give you a tongue-lashing.
16-30:
Not bad. You might have made it to The Weakest Link final but you would still have got a withering goodbye from Anne.
31-40:
Can I have a Y, A and a Y please Bob! That was an impressive effort worthy of a (tiny) smile from Anne.
41-45:
You are the strongest link. Need I say more?