Master Minds Recap: May 28, 2020

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Thursday, May 28, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Sidewalk Surfing”

Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Jacob, Marina, Florian

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) FASHION: What style refers to a dress fitted at the top that widens from the waist to create a triangular silhouette?
(a) A-line (b) sheath (c) wrap
(2) CUISINE: Traditionally, which of these is an uncooked sauce?
(a) Espagnole (b) Pesto (c) Mornay
(3) SPACE: Which of these moons of Jupiter is largest?
(a) Callisto (b) Europa (c) Io
(4) MEDICINE: Using a series of dots on a circular plate, the Ishihara Test is used to gauge your ability to see what?
(a) color (b) shape (c) distance
(5) DESIGNS: In heraldry, what is the most common creature to appear in a coat of arms?
(a) lion (b) bear (c) dragon
(6) LAW: Dixon v. Alabama ruled that colleges can’t discipline students without due process, placing limits on what doctrine?
(a) force majeure (b) habeas corpus (c) in loco parentis
(7) ILLUSTRATION: In 1754, the Pennsylvania Gazette published a political cartoon of a chopped up snake with what caption?
(a) An appeal to Heaven (b) Don’t tread on me (c) Join, or die

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Jacob 500 Marina 300 Florian 300 / Ken 600 Muffy 700 Jonathan 600

Round 2: There are 5 subjects and questions. No multiple choice. Only the first player on each team to buzz in gets to answer. Correct answers are worth 200 points for the first 4. The last question is worth 400 points. Wrong answers are penalized by the value of the question. At the end of the round, the person with the lowest score on each team is eliminated.

(1) LITERATURE: In Charles Dickens “Great Expectations”, what does Miss Havisham insist on wearing for the rest of her life?
(2) SPORTS: Originating in Southern California, what activity was once referred to as ‘sidewalk surfing’?
(3) ROYALTY: The last French queen before the Revolution, Marie Antoinette was married to which French king?
(4) INSECTS: Only mosquitos of which sex are interested in dining on humans?
(5) THE PAST: Referring to the time that came before the calendar year 1, what does the abbreviation ‘B.C.E.’ stand for?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Jacob 700 Marina 300 Florian 900 / Ken 800 Muffy 1100 Jonathan 400

Marina and Jonathan are eliminated.

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.

Jacob and Florian go first:

(500) One of the most popular toy lines in the world, what brand began with a mini blue custom Camaro rolling off the line?
(600) The “Big Brown Bag” is an icon of what retail chain?
(700) What language is made by shifting the first consonants of a word to its end and adding an ‘A’ sound?
(800) Meaning ‘cut off’ in Hawaiian, what loose-fitting dress is often decorated with bright patterns?
(900) Advocating for the legal status of women, what future First Lady wrote, “Remember the ladies” to her husband in 1776?
(1000) From the Latin meaning ‘apple with many seeds’, which superfruit grows on the “Punica granatum”?
(1100) In 1964, Vincent Gaddis coined what name for the fabled treacherous waters off the U.S. east coast?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Jacob 2900 Florian 2300

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

(500) Aligning with its abbreviation, the motto for the FBI is fidelity, bravery and what ‘I’ word?
(600) In surface area, what is the world’s largest salt lake?
(700) The Hollywood sign originally included what four-letter word after it?
(800) Sharing a name with a Mexican state, what hot sauce is produced on Avery Island, Louisiana?
(900) What iconic novel by Nikos Kazantzakis was adapted into a successful film, musical and BBC radio series?
(1000) Who is the ‘husband’ of Borden mascot Elsie the Cow?
(1100) As a 10-year-old, what photographer took Rachmaninoff’s picture and recalled the composer as “my first sitter”?
(1200) Rounded to the nearest billion, how many years old is our sun?

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Ken finished with 4000 to Muffy’s 3600 so Ken will join Jacob in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Jacob beats Ken, he will return on the next show. Any player who makes it through 3 shows and wins $30,000, gets to join the Master Minds expert team.

Ultimate Trivia Challenge: The questions are presented to the players individually and they say their answers out loud.

(1) What country is officially known as the Hellenic Republic?
(2) At 14 years old, Andrew Jackson was taken prisoner in the midst of which war?
(3) Millard and Linda Fuller worked as missionaries in Zaire before launching what non-profit organization in 1976?
(4) What University’s motto, “Ephphatha”, is spelled out on its seal in American sign language?
(5) Of the 11 states named for individuals, which is the only one named for a U.S. citizen?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Jacob got one right to Ken’s 4. Jacob is going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new players tomorrow.

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