Master Minds Recap: January 16, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Monday, January 16, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Shakespeare”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Jonathan Corbblah, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Kelly, Bill, Tracey

The show’s format pits 3 contestants against each other and 3 Master Minds against each other. There are 3 rounds and the contestant with the highest score wins $1,000 and faces off in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge against the winning Master Mind. If the contestant beats the Master Mind, the prize money goes up to $10,000.

Round 1: Here are the 7 categories and questions. 100 points for each correct answer.

(1) TRANSPORTATION: The first public demonstration of a hot air balloon flight occurred in which of these places?
(a) Cambridge University (b) La Scala Opera House (c) Palace of Versailles
(2) ANIMALS: According to the American Kennel Club, which dog breed was created by a German tax collector to protect him on his rounds?
(a) Doberman Pinscher (b) Rottweiler (c) German Shepherd
(3) WHICH CAME FIRST?: bacon, lettuce or tomato?
(a) Kevin Bacon (b) Cabbage Patch Kids (c) Heinz tomato ketchup
(4) AWARDS: According to Nobel rules, which of these people can nominate someone for a Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) Pulitzer Prize winners (b) sociology professors (c) U.S. state governors
(5) GEOGRAPHY: The oldest bar in the U.S. still in operation is the White Horse Tavern located in what New England state?
(a) Massachusetts (b) New Hampshire (c) Rhode Island
(6) PEOPLE: Before willing his wealth to the institution that bears his name, James Smithson made a career in what field?
(a) mineralogy (b) construction (c) fur trading
(7) STOCKS: In 2021, folks on Reddit brought Wall Street to its knees by forcing the “short squeeze” of what game retailer’s stock?
(a) Hasbro (b) GameStop (c) Radioshack

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Kelly 500 Bill 400 Tracey 400 / The Beast 400 Jonathan 500 Ryan 600

Round 2: There are 5 subjects and questions. No multiple choice. Correct answers are worth 200 points for the first 4. The last question is worth 400 points. At the end of the round, the person with the lowest score on each team is eliminated.

(1) SIDE HUSTLES: What author’s wife compiled a vegetarian cookbook of her husband’s favorite recipes while he was writing “Anna Karenina”?
(2) DINOSAURS: The stegosaurus defended itself with plates on its back and what on its tail?
(3) SPACE: NASA scientist Katherine Johnson calculated the trajectories for what astronaut’s orbital space flight in 1962?
(4) FOOD: What cooking term means coating wet or moist foods with a dry ingredient like flour or breadcrumbs before cooking??
(5) SCULPTURE: A mistranslation of the Hebrew word “rays” may have led Michelangelo to sculpt horns on what biblical figure?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Kelly 700 Bill 1000 Tracey 1200 / The Beast 1000 Jonathan 1100 Ryan 1600

Kelly and The Beast are eliminated.

Bill and Tracey advance to the next round, as do Jonathan and Ryan.

Round 3: Each team faces off in a rapid-fire 1-minute trivia battle. The first question is worth 500 points and each additional question goes up an additional 100 points. The winners go on to the last round.

(500) In lieu of a wedding ring, what facial feature often indicates that an Amish man is married?
(600) The pop culture mashup “Dark Side of the Rainbow” syncs the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” With what band’s music?
(700) A goose egg is playing for what number?
(800) According to one theory, the moon was formed from debris after a massive object crashed into what planet?
(900) French actress Sarah Bernhardt was the first woman to play what Danish prince on film?
(1000) Acquired by Amazon in 2014, what website accounts for the vast majority of live video streaming traffic in the US?
(1100) Called Monte Cervino in Italian, what Alpine mountain roughly translates as “peak in the meadows:” in German?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Bill 2900 Tracey 1900

Bill wins $1,000 and advances to the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. But first, Jonathan and Ryan will battle it out for a minute to see who joins Bill.

(500) At 3 feet 7 inches tall, Eddie Gaydell was the shortest person to play in what professional league??
(600) Starting in 1979, what company’s ad campaign encouraged Americans to reach out and touch someone?
(700) What nursery rhyme twins who go to battle over a rattle also appear in through the Looking Glass?
(800) Sometimes decorated, what ancient two handled pottery vessel comes from the Greek for carried on both sides??
(900) The name of what Latin American currency may have evolved into the dollar sign by overlaying the P and S??
(1000) What was the name of the first English child born in America?
(1100) The province containing Johannesburg, now known as Gauteng, was created as a result of elections in what country?
(1200) What type of medieval catapult typically used counterbalances and slings to whole objects?

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Jonathan finished with 6400 to Ryan’s 3100 so Jonathan will join Bill in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Bill beats Jonathan, he will return on the next show. Any player who makes it through 2 shows and wins $20,000, gets to join the Master Minds expert team.

Ultimate Trivia Challenge: The questions are presented to the players at the same time and they write their answers down.
(1) In 2015, scientists detected gravitational waves in space, a century after they were first predicted by whom?
(2) Moving clockwise on a timepiece, which number is 270 degrees away from the 12?
(3) A form of endoscopy, what diagnostic procedure uses a minimally-invasive fiber optic tube to look inside the abdomen?
(4) In contrast to the artwork he’s most associated with, who created Chicago’s “Flamingo”, a massive red stabile?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Jonathan got 4 right to Bill’s 2. Bill is going home with $1,000 and we will see three new challengers tomorrow.

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