Master Minds Recap: February 16, 2023

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

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Antarctica”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Arianna Haut, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Tanaya, AJ, Jose

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) SPACE TRAVEL: As of August 2022, what is the only country besides the U.S. to land and operate a Rover on the surface of Mars?
(a) India (b) China (c) France
(2) MUSIC: At one time, what were used to play early 78 rpm phonograph records?
(a) porcupine quills (b) muskrat whiskers (c) cactus needles
(3) REBOOTS: Starring many from the original cast, “And Just Like That” is a reboot of what HBO comedy?
(a) Weeds (b) Nurse Jackie (c) Sex and the City
(4) LITERATURE: What author preferred blue paper over other colors when writing novels such as “The Three Musketeers”?
(a) Alexandre Dumas (b) Jules Verne (c) Victor Hugo
(5) ATHLETICS: Because some businessmen found basketball too vigorous, William Morgan created what sport that used a lighter ball?
(a) racquetball (b) dodgeball (c) volleyball
(6) POLITICS: Susanna Madora Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas 32 years before which event?
(a) Kansas statehood (b) 19th Amendment (c) she learned she won
(7) SOCIAL CLUBS: “Club 33” is an exclusive and secretive members-only club located where?
(a) Disneyland (b) Mount Rushmore (c) Yankee Stadium

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Tanaya 500 AJ 600 Jose 600 / The Beast 600 Arianna 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) SPACE: Elon Musk’s Starlink is a constellation of satellites designed to provide global access to what?
(2) ASTROLOGY: In the Chinese zodiac, what 3-letter animal comes immediately after the year of the rooster?
(3) MEDICINE: What is the most commonly transplanted organ in the U.S.?
(4) MOVIES: Winner of 2 Oscars, “Fargo” took place primarily in what U.S. state?
(5) MATH: What vowel has been assigned an approximate mathematical value of 2.72?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Tanaya 700 AJ 1600 Jose 1400 / The Beast 1400 Arianna 1100 Ryan 1600

Tanaya and Arianna are eliminated.

AJ and Jose advance to the next round, as do The Beast 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.

AJ and Jose go first:

(500) What 2021 action film with Scarlett Johansson is also the name of an arachnid?
(600) What bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss once taught 6th grade in Spanish Harlem?
(700) In a William Blake poem, what title creature is “burning bright in the forests of the night”?
(800) Near Morgantown, Maryland, what river reaches its deepest point of 107 feet?
(900) With a large bill helpful for grabbing fruit, the toco is the largest subspecies of what bird?
(1000) Eugene Schueller founded what beauty brand as the “French harmless hair dye company”?
(1100) Enshrined in 660 BCE, legend states that Jimmu was the first emperor of what country?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
AJ 2500 Jose 2500

CONTESTANT TIE-BREAKER: What impressionist who drew “Windmills at Dordrecht” said, “I dream my painting and I paint my dream”?
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AJ buzzed in first with the correct answer so he wins $1,000 and advances to the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. But first, The Beast and Ryan will battle it out for a minute to see who joins AJ.

(500) The site of ancient cave paintings, Lescaux Grotto was discovered by 4 teenage boys in what country?
(600) In 2022, Lt. Amanda Lee became the first female pilot of what famed Navy aerial acrobatics team?
(700) The main recruitment period for fraternities and sororities is known by what speedy term?
(800) What John Bunyan religious allegory was published in two parts in the 1600s?
(900) What Grammy and Tony winner won an Emmy for his role of Pray Tell on “Pose”?
(1000) Located in Somerset, England for 5 weeks in 2015, what artist launched the dystopian pop-up art exhibition “Dismaland”?
(1100) All 6 species of what mammal are classed as having either 2 or 3 toes?
(1200) The most massive organism on Earth, Utah’s Pando is the name of a giant interconnected grove of what type of trees?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

The Beast finished with 1400 to Ryan’s 6100 so Ryan will join AJ in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If AJ beats Ryan, 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) “The Tin Drum” is the first book in what trilogy by Gunter Grass?
(2) Which planet’s day lasts longer than its year
(3) Element 104 on the periodic table is named in honor of what man who conceived the structure of atoms
(4) What is the most populous U.S.city named for a British prime minister?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Ryan got 2 right to AJ’s 0. AJ is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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