Master Minds Recap: January 24, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Tuesday, January 24, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Music, Music, Music”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Arianna Haut, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: William, Mansi, Charlie

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) CORPORATIONS: Reflecting its growing ambitions beyond social media, the parent company of Facebook changed its name to what in 2021?
(a) Globo (b) Meta (c) Mondo
(2) HEIRS: Which wife of King Henry VIII bore him his only legitimate son?
(a) Anne Boleyn (b) Catherine of Aragon (c) Jane Seymour
(3) GEOGRAPHY: At 375,000 square miles and 77 times larger than Yosemite, where is the world’s largest national park?
(a) Greenland (b) Kenya (c) Russia
(4) FOOD: Why is titanium dioxide added to ranch dressing?
(a) To keep it from freezing (b) To increase shelf life (c) To make it whiter
(5) ANIMALS: Not to be confused with the flower, a bird-of-paradise is a bird most likely found on which continent?
(a) Australia (b) South America (c) Africa
(6) ART: Which poet’s works of art have hung in the MET and Tate museums, among other places?
(a) William Blake (b) Charles Baudelaire (c) Emma Lazarus
(7) ADVERTISING: As if his insurance commercials aren’t enough, what actor is also the voice of the yellow M&M?
(a) Ving Rhames (b) J.K. Simmons (c) Antonio Banderas

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Scores at end of Round 1:
William 500 Mansi 400 Charlie 500 / The Beast 700 Arianna 500 Jonathan 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) BEVERAGES: 7-11’s frozen carbonated drinks are known by what trademarked brand name?
(2) CLASSICAL MUSIC: What German composer wrote the piece known as the “Ride of the Valkyries”?
(3) TRIBAL CUSTOMS: Among some Pueblo tribes, a woman can get what legal dissolution by leaving her husband’s moccasins on the doorstep?
(4) LITERATURE: When it was first published in 1847, what Charlotte Bronte novel was subtitled “An Autobiography”?
(5) WARRIOR QUEENS: Zenobia warred with Rome and ruled an empire named for the city of Palmyra in what modern country?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
William 1100 Mansi 1000 Charlie 900 / The Beast 1300 Arianna 1100 Jonathan 1200

Charlie and Arianna are eliminated.

William and Mansi advance to the next round, as do The Beast 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 name of what U.S. state comes from the Spanish for “colored red”?
(600) Used in children’s crafts, what jellylike dye is specifically applied with the hands instead of a brush?
(700) The founder of J.C. Penney had what middle name that’s synonymous with money?
(800) What is the most common sports-related injury?
(900) At age 5, what First Lady met her future husband at Sunday school in Independence, Missouri?
(1000) Which city’s urban grid is designed to tell you exactly where you are in relation to the Mormon’s Temple Square?
(1100) The majority of canned pears are of what variety?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
William 4200 Mansi 1000

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

(500) What collective term is used for the group of organs cooked separately from chicken or turkey?
(600) If your birthday falls on Halloween, what is your astrological sign?
(700) Which figure in da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” lost his feet when a door was installed at the bottom of the painting?
(800) Observed every June 16th, what day is a celebration of the novel “Ulysses”?
(900) Because they mostly form later in life, skin marks known as liver spots, are commonly called what?
(1000) Known for gabled roofs and porches, what home architectural style was inspired by furniture designer Gustav Stickley?
(1100) The heart-shaped tag on a beanie baby displays what 2-letter man’s name?

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The Beast finished with 2400 to Jonathan’s 2900 so Jonathan will join William in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If William beats Jonathan, he will win $10,000 and 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) What football team made NFL history at Super Bowl LIII with male dancers in its cheerleading squad?
(2) What American artist enjoyed painting inside a Model A Ford in the New Mexico desert?
(3) What South American rodent is also called a carpincho or water hog?
(4) In the final episode of M*A*S*H, what word is spelled out with stones by B.J. Hunnicutt?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Jonathan got 4 right to William’s 2. William is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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