Master Minds Recap: August 17, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Thursday, August 17, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Armpit Sounds”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Kelly Gerhold, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Rachel, Aaron, Matt

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) CELEBRATIONS: Hubcap curling, mud pit belly flops & bobbing for pigs’ feet were competitions in Georgia’s annual event called what?
(a) Freakapalooza (b) Redneck Games (c) Debutante Ball
(2) MUSIC: Singer Kelly Clarkson is the former daughter-in-law of what iconic country singer?
(a) Reba McEntire (b) Blake Shelton (c) Dolly Parton
(3) LEGAL TERMS: Many historians agree what law term comes from the railing in a courtroom dividing the audience from the trial space?
(a) bench (b) brief (c) bar
(4) ASTRONOMY: In 2022, the Event Horizon Telescope revealed the first images of a supermassive black hole that shares its name with what Zodiac sign?
(a) Sagittarius (b) Aries (c) Scorpio
(5) GEOGRAPHY: If a kid in Bozeman, Montana dug a hole directly through the Earth’s center where would they end up on the other side?
(a) New Zealand (b) Indian Ocean (c) Sahara Desert
(6) SPORTS: Who was UCLA’s first athlete to win varsity letters in 4 sports– baseball, basketball, football and track?
(a) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (b) Jackie Robinson (c) Rafer Johnson
(7) INVENTIONS: The “Shark Tank” investors passed on an alarm clock that gently rouses a sleeper with the aroma of cooked what?
(a) bread (b) eggs (c) bacon

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Rachel 600 Aaron 500 Matt 500 / Beastie 600 Kelly 600 Ryan 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) MOVIES: What actor was allergic to the original glasses his character wore in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”?
(2) TRAVEL: Also known as the Jewish Alps, the Borscht Belt was a summer resort destination located in what mountains?
(3) GAMES: First popularized in a song by Ice Cube, what video company trademarked the phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong”?
(4) COLLEGES: Miami University isn’t in Florida; it’s in the city of Oxford in what Midwestern state?
(5) LITERATURE: Generally considered an inferior story, “Thou Art the Man” is one of what U.S. author’s early attempts at detective fiction?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Rachel 1000 Aaron 900 Matt 900 / Beastie 1400 Kelly 1600 Ryan 1300

CONTESTANT TIE-BREAKER: Originally referring to a narrow gangway, what “feline” term refers to the runway at a fashion show?
ANSWER show

Matt buzzed in first with the correct response, so Aaron and Ryan are eliminated.

Rachel and Matt advance to the next round, as do Beastie and Kelly.

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.

Rachel and Matt go first:

(500) Still in use today, the first breakfast cereal trademark depicts a man dressed as a member of what religious group?
(600) How many total sides are found on an octagon?
(700) What lead singer of the band Hole was married to Kurt Cobain?
(800) What often-latticed support structure used in gardening was mentioned in the Keats poem “Ode to Psyche”?
(900) What HBO series was based on a 1973 science fiction western film from Michael Crichton?
(1000) Edwin H. Armstrong sought to improve radio audio quality by inventing what broadcast band?
(1100) Suffragist leader Emmeline Pankhurst was born in what country?
(1200) A doctor performing a gastrectomy is entirely removing what organ?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Rachel 3600 Matt 4000

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

(500) In the toy world, the teddy bear was named for what U.S. President?
(600) A dish served “a la perigourdine” means it’s flavored or garnished with what pricey fungi?
(700) Louis Gossett, Jr. became the first black person to win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar when he won for what film?
(800) Dame Margot Fonteyn achieved iconic status when she paired with what partner in ballets like “Giselle” & “Swan Lake”?
(900) Once the world’s largest landfill, Fresh Kills is being converted into a park on what New York island?
(1000) What was the name of Long John Silver’s parrot in Treasure Island?
(1100) Gorelick is the full last name of what Grammy-winning saxophone player?
(1200) A prominent Roman naval commander, who wrote “Natural History”, the world’s first scientific encyclopedia?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Beastie finished with 5600 to Kelly’s 4200 so Beastie will join Matt in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Matt beats Beastie, 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 screenplay for the 1967 James Bond film “You Only Live Twice” was written by what British children’s author?
(2) What trendy piece of fitness gear evolved from counterweights used to weigh dry goods at markets?
(3) Typically the nail on which of your fingers grows the fastest?

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

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