Master Minds Recap: January 17, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Tuesday, January 17, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & The Breakfast Club”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Thomas, Brian, Martina

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) FOOD: Which of these will sink in a glass of water?
(a) apple (b) lemon (c) lime
(2) ASTRONOMY: The constellation Cygnus is associated with the depiction of what animal?
(a) swan (b) horse (c) boar
(3) ART: With more than 1,100 pieces reported missing, which artist’s work is the most stolen in the world?
(a) Andy Warhol (b) Marc Chagall (c) Pablo Picasso
(4) ORGANIZATIONS: After over 100 years of aviation, what military branch welcomed its first black female tactical jet pilot in 2020?
(a) Army (b) Navy (c) Air Force
(5) ANIMALS: While hunting, the platypus uses a sixth sense that detects what?
(a) infrared radiation (b) electric fields (c) carbon dioxide
(6) HISTORY: Planned as a state capital by James Doty, which city’s original streets were named for signers of the Constitution?
(a) Madison, WI (b) Boston, MA (c) Philadelphia, PA
(7) ENTERTAINMENT: “Library Revolution” & “The Lunch Bunch” were early titles proposed for what movie?
(a) “The Music Man” (b) “The Breakfast Club” (c) “Animal House”

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Thomas 500 Brian 400 Martina 300 / The Beast 500 Muffy 700 Jonathan 500

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) SPORTS: Tony Hawk was the first athlete to perform an aerial spin known as “the 900” in what sport?
(2) LANDMARKS: 14 years after being established, the Library of Congress was destroyed by fire during what conflict?
(3) BUSINESS: The three founders of Apple all worked together at what “Pong”-producing video game company?
(4) LITERATURE: The teenage narrator of “The Outsiders” was known only by what nickname?
(5) DIALECTS: Meaning “town of the hurdle ford”, Baile Atha Cliath is the local name for what European capital city?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Thomas 1100 Brian 800 Martina 1100 / The Beast 1100 Muffy 1900 Jonathan 1700

Brian and The Beast are eliminated.

Thomas and Martina advance to the next round, as do Muffy and Jonathan.

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) The two-wheeled vehicle known as a rickshaw originated in what country?
(600) The ponytail of what “7 Rings” singer was on full display as a coach on “The Voice” in 2021?
(700) Also called lockjaw, what disease is associated with stepping on a rusty nail?
(800) What small Russian buckwheat pancakes are often served with caviar or smoked fish?
(900) Daniel Webster and Henry Clay were leaders of what former political party?
(1000) Also known as Coach K, Mike Krzyzewski led what school to five national basketball championships?
(1100) What beloved children’s author populated his bestselling word books with characters Lowly Worm and Huckle Cat?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Thomas 4800 Martina 1100

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

(500) With a tail that propels them forward, what marsupial is considered a five-legged animal?
(600) What digital assistant from Amazon is named for a famous library in Hellenistic Egypt?
(700) In the 1970s, a corn syrup solution was used to make what? Toy with elastic, flexible limbs?
(800) Thomas Lanier are the given first and middle names of what playwright of “The Night of the Iguana”?
(900) Discovered in Pretoria, South Africa in 1905, the Cullinan was the world’s largest-ever what?
(1000) What Khmer Rouge dictator was overthrown as Prime Minister of Cambodia in 1979?
(1100) Still a symbol for the Netherlands, what shoe gets its name from Middle English for “short, thick piece of wood”?
(1200) Stewing or frying pieces of meat in a thick white sauce is known as what French style of cooking?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Muffy finished with 5400 to Jonathan’s 3800 so Muffy will join Thomas in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Thomas beats Muffy, 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) The line “Love is so short, forgetting is so long” was written by what Chilean writer & diplomat?
(2) In addition to Edward, Robert and John, Rose Kennedy gave birth to how many other children?
(3) The 1848 U.S.-Mexican “Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement” is more commonly known by what name?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Muffy got 2 right to Thomas’s 0. Thomas is going home with $1,000 and we will see three new challengers tomorrow.

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