Master Minds Recap: September 12, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Tuesday, September 12, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Safari Weddings”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Monica Thieu, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Simon, Ariel, Jenna

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) ADVERTISING: Red Bull was sued for false advertising after someone had a problem with their slogan “Red Bull gives you” what?
(a) horns (b) hooves (c) wings
(2) GEOGRAPHY: The sole resident of Estcourt Station, Maine receives his water and electricity from what neighboring Canadian province?
(a) New Brunswick (b) Ontario (c) Quebec
(3) SPORTS: Playing most of his career for the Cowboys, who holds the all-time record for touchdowns by an NFL running back?
(a) Emmitt Smith (b) Barry Sanders (c) Walter Payton
(4) WHICH CAME FIRST: three, piece or suit?
(a) The Three Stooges (b) Five Easy Pieces film (c) Brown v. Board of Education
(5) INVENTORS: Born in 1874, which inventor was the great-grandson of Irish whiskey distillery founder John Jameson?
(a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Guglielmo Marconi (c) Eli Whitney
(6) TRAINS: In 1969, a recorded voice warning travelers to “mind the gap” was introduced in what city’s underground system?
(a) London (b) New York City (c) Toronto
(7) MOVIES: Before they were stars, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were extras in what Kevin Costner film?
(a) The Untouchables (b) Field of Dreams (c) Dances with Wolves

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Simon 500 Ariel 400 Jenna 500 / Beastie 500 Monica 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.

(l) GAMES: What tabletop toy featuring animals is known as the “frantic marble munching game”?
(2) ARTISTS: A maker of “land art”, Robert Smithson created the earthwork “Spiral Jetty” in what Utah body of water?
(3) TRANSPORTATION: What Cologne-based airline is the world’s largest purchaser of caviar?
(4) TV: On his show, what beloved children’s host featured his meeting with Koko, the sign-language speaking ape?
(5) HISTORY: Martin Luther King Jr. wrote “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor” in his ’63 letter from what building?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Simon 1300 Ariel 1000 Jenna 1100 / Beastie 900 Monica 1100 Ryan 1800

Ariel and Beastie are eliminated.

Simon and Jenna advance to the next round, as do Monica 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.

Simon and Jenna go first:

(500) A common superstition is that it’s bad luck to open what rain protection indoors?
(600) The Bee Gees famously wrote music for what 1970s disco film?
(700) In beauty, what is the process of removing dead cells from the outer layer of your skin?
(800) Who is the only President whose signature is on a lunar plaque left on the surface of the moon?
(900) What chemical element with atomic number 79 is often eaten as an over-the-top food garnish?
(1000) The state of Hawaii is an archipelago containing how many inhabited islands?
(1100) Goofy greaser buddies Lenny and Squiggy were the friendly neighbors of the female stars on what classic TV show?
(1200) What SUV maker debuted as a brand of 4X4 military vehicles in World War 2?
(1300) In Indian cookery, a tandoor is an oven made of what?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Simon 4500 Jenna 6000

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

(500) What island nation is the only Communist country located in the Western Hemisphere?
(600) With over 4,500 locations across the U.S., 90% of Americans live within 10 miles of what retail giant?
(700) A magazine writer coined nicknames for the members of what ’90s super group based on their debut single & video “Wannabe”?
(800) After the Chernobyl and Fukushima meltdowns, what flower was used to extract radioactive waste from the soil?
(900) Who followed his book “Tropic of Cancer” with the semi-autobiographical novel “Tropic of Capricorn”?
(1000) A brilliant military mind, Frederick the Great was the ruler of what 18th century kingdom?
(1100) The Borg-Warner Trophy is awarded to the winner of what sporting event?
(1200) In the Catholic Church, each of the nine orders of angels is known by what “musical” term?

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Ryan finished with 5600 to Monica’s 2100 so Ryan will join Jenna in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Jenna beats Ryan, 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) The Kraken brand sells a gift set that includes a tiki mug with their black spiced variety of what spirit?
(2) Which head on Mt. Rushmore was completed first?
(3) Bebe Neuwirth won a Tony and Catherine Zeta-Jones won an Oscar for playing what vengeful character in the musical “Chicago”?
(4) The beverage we call “mocha” was named for a city in what country located at the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula?

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

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