Master Minds Recap: June 4, 2020

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Thursday, June 4, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Easter Island”
Today’s Master Minds: Ryan Chaffee, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Terry, Chris, Rebecca

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) THE PACIFIC: Easter Island is home to more than 850 moai, which are what?
(a) statues (b) volcanos (c) hotels
(2) INGENUITY: Which of these animals has been known to retool coconut shells as portable armor?
(a) orangutan (b) octopus (c) otter
(3) FOOD: What type of Indian flatbread is traditionally cooked on the inside wall of a tandoor oven?
(a) lavash (b) pita (c) naan
(4) PACKAGING: Why do silica gel packets found in containers of new items have the words “Do Not Eat” printed on them?
(a) they are choking hazards (b) they are toxic (c) they can crack teeth
(5) COMPOSING: The fastest commonly-played note, a hemidemisemiquaver is what fraction of a whole note?
(a) 1/16 (b) 1/32 (c) 1/64
(6) PRODUCTS: What brand of pantyhose was sold in plastic, ovoid-shaped packing until 1992?
(a) No Nonsense (b) L’eggs (c) Sheer Indulgence
(7) SPORTS: Who rode the horse “Goodwill” in equestrian events at the 1976 Olympics?
(a) Christina Onassis (b) Caroline Kennedy (c) Princess Anne

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Terry 500 Chris 400 Rebecca 500 / Ryan 600 Muffy 500 Jonathan 500

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) THE FUNNIES: In 1978, Jim Davis introduced what comic strip cat to the world?
(2) ASTROLOGY: If you put the names of the Zodiac signs in alphabetical order, which would come first?
(3) GEOGRAPHY: Tikaboo Peak is the closest you can legally get to what restricted Nevada location with a numerical nickname?
(4) CONFECTIONS: Originally conceived as a “summer candy”, what was the first flavor of life savers?
(5) POETRY: What five-word question begins Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Sonnet 43”?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Terry 900 Chris 400 Rebecca 1300 / Ryan 800 Muffy 900 Jonathan 700

Chris 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.

Terry and Rebecca go first:

(500) The Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary is the sole resource for what annual competition?
(600) Sugarcane is an abundance source of what disaccharide, also known as table sugar?
(700) Mathematically speaking, how many items are in two gross?
(800) The song “Day by Day” appeared in what 1971 off-Broadway musical loosely based on the Gospel of Matthew?
(900) The square & compass are symbols of what secretive fraternal organization formally established in 1717?
(1000) What popular Hawaiian hand gesture is often referred to as the ‘hang loose’ gesture?
(1100) Before taking his stepfather’s surname, what was Bill Clinton’s last name at birth?
(1200) an icon of Chinese Communism, “The Little Red Book” features hundreds of quotations from what leader?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Terry 3400 Rebecca 3900

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

(500) In the “Arabian Nights”, Ali Baba finds treasure stolen by a group of how many thieves?
(600) Before dentists started using it, Joseph Lawrence named what mouthwash brand for the “Father of Modern Surgery”?
(700) In mythology, a sphinx has the body of what animal?
(800) What is the only member nation of OPEC in the Americas?
(900) A mustache-and-beard facial hair style is named for which painter of “Self-Portrait with a Sunflower”?
(1000) Regulated by the hypothalamus, what 24-hour sleep cycle is sometimes referred to as the body’s internal clock?
(1100) Characterized by bombastic, reverberating instruments, what recording technique was pioneered by Phil Spector?
(1200) What is the last name of the beloved title character in “Anne of Green Gables”?
(1300) What fashionable West End district that gave birth to ‘Swinging London’ in the 60s, now consists of 14 streets?

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Ryan finished with 4600 to Muffy’s 4000 so Ryan will join Rebecca in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Rebecca beats Ryan, she 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 popular base for shrimp dishes is a southern version of Italian polenta?
(2) An Indian pre-wedding ritual, what term is given to the art of painting elaborate skin patterns with henna?
(3) In 2011, what became the world’s newest country?
(4) What film director popularized the term ‘MacGuffin’ referring to unimportant objects that drive the plot?
(5) In an 1880 protest, the Irish residents of Mayo refused all dealings with a rent collector named Charles what?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Rebecca got 2 right to Ryan’s 4. Terry is going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new players tomorrow.

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