Master Minds Recap: March 7, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Tuesday, March 7, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Vintage Cars”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, LaKedra Pam
Today’s challengers: Chelsea, Daniel, Robin

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) ON THE MAP: Which state capital was named for a prospector who discovered gold there around 1880?
(a) Sacramento (b) Juneau (c) Carson City
(2) ENTERTAINMENT: For his role in “A Star is Born”, Bradley Cooper consulted what Pearl Jam frontman for help on portraying a rock star?
(a) Billie Joe Armstrong (b) Dave Grohl (c) Eddie Vedder
(3) SPORTS: The Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles trophy is a replica of a dish historically used for doing which of these?
(a) serving tea (b) washing hands (c) eating strawberries and cream
(4) CONDITIONS: If someone laughs until they collapse, they may suffer from which rare condition?
(a) cataplexy (b) occlumency (c) rickets
(5) GOVERNMENT: Samuel P. Chase was the only Supreme Court justice with what unfavorable distinction?
(a) never attended law school (b) was impeached (c) voted on his own nomination
(6) ART: According to physician Frank Meshberger, in Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam” God was enshrouded by what?
(a) woman’s hand (b) goat’s eyeball (c) human brain
(7) WHICH CAME FIRST: Peter, Paul or Mary?
(a) “Spiderman” Peter Parker (b) Chef Paul Prudhomme (c) song “Proud Mary”

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Chelsea 500 Daniel 600 Robin 200 / The Beast 400 Muffy 500 LaKedra 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) HEALTH: Sensitivity to light may accompany what intense, localized headache that’s up to 3 times more common in women?
(2) TV: Sid is the first name of what blue googly-eyed “Sesame Street” Muppet?
(3) EGYPT: King Tut’s tomb is located just outside what city known for its ruins?
(4) BRITISH HISTORY: What British ship captain is credited with coining the name “tea trees” for plants which had been used medicinally?
(5) BUSINESS: With more variety now, what website started in 1995 as an online bookseller, calling itself “Earth’s Biggest Bookstore”?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Chelsea 1100 Daniel 1400 Robin 800 / The Beast 1600 Muffy 1300 LaKedra 1500

Robin and LaKedra are eliminated.

Chelsea and Daniel advance to the next round, as do The Beast and Muffy.

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.

Chelsea and Daniel go first:

(500) Appropriately, the stock symbol for Franklin Resources, Inc. is what 3-letter first name?
(600) In 2021, Golden State Warrior Steph Curry became the NBA’s all-time leader in what type of scoring?
(700) The film location of “The Hobbit” trilogy, what country will stamp your passport “Welcome to Middle Earth”?
(800) Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” begin with “La Primavera”, meaning which time of year?
(900) The mythical Furies were female torturers of the damned who had what for hair?
(1000) In 1982, Argentina invaded and occupied what island chain leading to a military conflict with the U.K.?
(1100) Excluding the dot punctuation like in.com, a domain name can only contain letters, numbers and a what?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Chelsea 4900 Daniel 3200

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

(500) What cartoonist created the characters Morticia, Fester and Lurch
(600) A Tibetan Buddhist festival features large butter sculptures made from the milk of what high altitude cow cousins?
(700) Later assassinated in Mexico City, what rival of Joseph Stalin was exiled from the Soviet Union?
(800) The first mass-produced electric car in the U.S., the EV1 was released by which automobile manufacturer in 1996?
(900) “How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” completes the title of what Malcolm Gladwell debut best seller?
(1000) About 2 billion years old and home to unique carnivorous plants, Mt. Roraima is located on what continent?

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The Beast finished with 2900 to LaKedra’s 2000 so The Beast will join Chelsea in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Chelsea beats The Beast, she 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 pronoun is the title of a Joyce Carol Oates novel from her “Wonderland Quartet” series?
(2) Famous for its ancient dwellings, which Colorado national park was one of the first 12 World Heritage Sites?
(3) When there was no majority of electoral votes in the 1824 election, who was elected by the House of Representatives?
(4) What 18th century British seaman married a Tahitian woman and named his first son Thursday October?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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The Beast and Chelsea tied with one right reponse each so Chelsea gets to play the Ultimate Trivia Question. She does not have to beat The Beast on this one. She just has to get it right.

For $10,000: ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUESTION: With Maya Angelou in its all-black cast, what was the first American opera to play at La Scala opera house in Milan?

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Chelsea thought it was “The Color Purple” so she is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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