Master Minds Recap: February 10, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Friday, February 10, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Sweeping Kicks”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Sarah, Brian, Sheila

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) NATURE: Approximately what percentage of the world’s ice is in Antarctica?
(a) 30% (b) 60% (c) 90%
(2) HEALTH: Rare in the U.S. since the introduction of fortified foods, rickets is a disorder that can be caused by a lack of what?
(a) iron (b) calcium (c) fiber
(3) ANIMALS: Venerated for religious reasons, what creature was first domesticated by Mayans?
(a) rabbit (b) horse (c) turkey
(4) SPORTS: Which of these NFL teams has never retired a jersey number?
(a) Dallas Cowboys (b) Detroit Lions (c) Denver Broncos
(5) AWARDS: Which President received a British knighthood before he was even elected?
(a) Eisenhower (b) Reagan (c) LBJ
(6) ENTERTAINMENT: Responsible for TV projects such as “Big Little Lies”, what actress sold her media company in 2021 for nearly $1 billion?
(a) Zoe Kravitz (b) Laura Dern (c) Reese Witherspoon
(7) BEVERAGES: What is the flavor of Cointreau liqueur?
(a) hazelnut (b) orange (c) cherry

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Sarah 400 Brian 200 Sheila 300 / The Beast 600 Muffy 500 Ryan 600

Round 2: It was back to this format today: 5 subjects and questions. No multiple choice. Only the first player on each team to buzz in gets to answer. Correct answers are worth 200 points for the first 4. The last question is worth 400 points. Wrong answers are penalized by the value of the question. At the end of the round, the person with the lowest score on each team is eliminated.

(1) PERFORMANCE: Since 1941, all U.S. Presidents have been the honorary chairman of what organization bringing entertainment to the troops?
(2) LITERATURE: “Welcome to Dead House” was the first of 62 novels and stories in what original book series by R.L. Stine?
(3) LANDMARKS: A Bruce Springsteen song celebrated what Texas sculpture garden of 10 graffiti-covered cars sticking out of the ground?
(4) AVIATION: Who was the 1st person to pilot a supersonic flight?
(5) HISTORY: What two-word term refers to the idea that the U.S. is ordained to spread across the entire North American continent?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Sarah 600 Brian 800 Sheila 300 / The Beast 400 Muffy 1100 Ryan 1000

Sarah and Brian advance to the next round, as do Muffy 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.

Sarah and Brian go first:

(500) A “Big Wheel” is a brand of what low-riding three-wheeled vehicle?
(600) What fictional barbarian from Cimmeria first appeared in short stories by writer Robert E. Howard?
(700) What popular piece of cooking equipment gets its name from the Japanese for “fire bowl”?
(800) Having served in the Israel Defense Forces as a combat instructor, what actress was qualified to play Wonder Woman?
(900) Aided by a beat-up copy of the Iliad, Heinrich Schliehmann reputedly discovered what ancient Greek city?
(1000) Architect Rastrelli designed what structure on the Neva River as a royal residence for the Russian tsars?
(1100) Will-o’-the-wisps are believed to occur when oxygenated phosphines ignite what component of swamp gas?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Sarah 1100 Brian 2200

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

(500) In 2022, what West Coast team was NBA champion for the fourth time in eight years?
(600) Vicks debuted what night time cold remedy in 1966?
(700) What Hindu Spring Festival is celebrated by dousing fellow revelers and colored paint and powder?
(800) Owners of one of the largest rail networks in the U.S., BNSF Railway shares part of its name with what New Mexico city?
(900) What branded outdoor waterproof footwear is known as the “original yellow boots”?
(1000) “Nature never did betray the heart that loved her” comes from “Tintern Abbey” by which Lake poet?
(1100) Joshua Tree National Park straddles a section of the Sonoran Desert and what other desert?
(1200) Named for its distinctive sound, what is the tallest bird species in North America?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Muffy finished with 3900 to Ryan’s 3200 so Muffy will join Brian in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Brian beats Muffy, 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) On the Great Seal of the United States, the eagle’s beak clutches a banner that says what?
(2) The first provisional president of the Republic of China, what leader is honored as the “Father of the nation”?
(3) Greek myths of floating islands are thought to be based on real city-sized masses of what floating volcanic rock
(4) In a 1926 issue of Vogue,what fashion designer introduced the first “little black dress”?

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

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