Master Minds Recap: April 4, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Tuesday, April 4, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Beluga Whales”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, LaKedra Pam, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Thea, Becky, Cliff (returning champ who has won $10,000 so far)

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) SITCOMS: What sitcom’s theme song contains the lyrics “Math, science, history, unraveling the mystery”?
(a) Parks and Recreation (b) The Big Bang Theory (c) Modern Family
(2) ART: What was the last name of French impressionist Pierre-Auguste and his film director son Jean?
(a) Cezanne (b) Rousseau (c) Renoir
(3) HISTORY: All of the tea dumped into the harbor during the Boston Tea Harbor had been grown where?
(a) India (b) China (c) Ceylon
(4) DISCOVERY: Along with David Levy, Gene & Carolyn Shoemaker discovered what type of astronomical object?
(a) star (b) meteor (c) comet
(5) TRANSPORTATION: In what unusual place was former talk show host Jerry Springer born?
(a) in the London subway (b) in a hot air balloon (c) in the Statue of Liberty’s head
(6) BIG CATS: According to National Geographic, which of these is a snow leopard unable to do?
(a) roar (b) retract its claws (c) climb trees
(7) TECH: The 2017 “Wannacry” virus was an example of which kind of cyberattack?
(a) vaporware (b) ransomware (c) shareware

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Thea 700 Becky 400 Cliff 600 / The Beast 600 LaKedra 600 Jonathan 700

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) EVENTS: In its 1949 debut what now-annual awards only included local Los Angeles TV programs for consideration?
(2) HOLIDAYS: By law, five Federal holidays always fall on what day of the week?
(3) ELECTRICITY: Incandescent & halogen light bulbs have filaments made from what element with the symbol “W”?
(4) MONSTERS: In Greek mythology, which hero entered the labyrinth and killed the Minotaur?
(5) ZOOLOGY: What is the more common name for the segmented parasite known as a cestode?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Thea 1900 Becky 1200 Cliff 1800 / The Beast 1400 LaKedra 1800 Jonathan 1900

Thea and Cliff advance to the next round, as do LaKedra 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.

Thea and Cliff go first:

(500) After Prince Charles, who is next in line for the British throne?
(600) Comic book character Perry White was born in what city?
(700) Popular in Mexico, what dessert is, at its most basic, a disc of custard glazed with caramel?
(800) The first people to cross the Atlantic in a hot air balloon were Sweden’s Per Lindstrad and what British mogul?
(900) What flap of cartilage in the throat prevents food from entering the windpipe and lungs?
(1000) Which high-profile attorney founded the Women’s Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education Fund?
(1100) “The Row” is a high end clothing brand owned by which former child actresses?
(1200) In what early plant stage does a leaf stem emerge from a seed?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Thea 3100 Cliff 5300

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

(500) Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for a “Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the” what?
(600) Whose famous psychoanalytic couch is on display at his final home in London?
(700) The Osimo robot was created by what Japanese car company?
(800) The official U.S. Navy peacoat features black plastic buttons etched with images of what?
(900) What Iraqi-American beauty blogger has a cosmetics brand that Forbes valued at over a billion dollars?
(1000) Henry suffers from chrono-displacement disorder and Claire is his “wife” in what 2003 romantic novel?
(1100) As a tribute, one of the headstones in Clint Eastwood’s “High Plains Drifter” bears the name of what Italian director?
(1200) What last book of the Torah is the fifth book of the Old Testament?
(1300) Which potato chips uniform double-curved design is also used in architecture for its structural integrity?

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LaKedra finished with 4300 to Jonathan’s 6600 so Jonathan will join Cliff in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Cliff beats Jonathan, he will win another $10,000 and a spot on the Master Mind panel.

Ultimate Trivia Challenge: The questions are presented to the players at the same time and they write their answers down.

(1) The year of their 1964 debut album, which still-active British rock band recorded a Rice Krispies jingle?
(2) What is the first adverb in the U.S. Presidential Oath of Office?
(3) What Rodin sculpture was originally called “The Poet”?
(4) Which of the seven continents has the most countries?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Jonathan got 3 right to Cliff’s 4. Cliff won another $10,000 for a total of $20,000. Based on what we have seen so far this season, Cliff should be appearing on the Master Minds side tomorrow. A one-time appearance as a Master Mind seems to be all that prize amounts to, although it might be cool if they put together a panel of Master Mind contestants.

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