Master Minds Recap: February 17, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Friday, February 17, 2023 with host Brooke Burns, a rerun of the premiere of Season 3. New episodes will resume on Monday, February 20, 2023.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Bubbly Feasts”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Arianna Haut, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Rachel, Mehrun, Heather
Round 1: Here are the 7 categories and questions. 100 points for each correct answer.

(1) PUBLISHING: A blank page at the beginning or end of a book is known by which of the following terms?
(a) flyleaf (b) throwback (c) worksheet
(2) JAPAN: The Momofuku Ando Museum in Osaka is dedicated to what staple of Japanese culture?
(a) origami (b) ramen (c) tea ceremonies
(3) ANIMATION: Sadness, fear, anger, disgust & what other emotion live in the mind of a preteen girl in PIXAR’s “Inside Out”?
(a) joy (b) hope (c) love
(4) TRANSPORTATION: In 1901 Connecticut enacted the first speed limit law for automobiles, restricting cars to how fast in the city?
(a) 35 mph (b) 25 mph (c) 12 mph
(5) NATURE: Though its lumber is extremely soft and pliable, which of these trees is technically a “hardwood”?
(a) balsa (b) cedar (c) redwood
(6) CITIES: Site of America’s first congregational church, what town’s name is thought to be a shortened form of a holy city?
(a) Bethel, MD (b) Athens, GA (c) Salem, MA
(7) THE ENVIRONMENT: In an effort to go “low-carbon”, Google uses which of these to mow the lawn outside its headquarters
(a) hand reel mowers (b) goats (c) battery-powered robots

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Rachel 400 Mehrun 600 Heather 300 / The Beast 500 Arianna 500 Jonathan 700

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