Master Minds Recap: June 8, 2020 (evening)

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Monday, June 8, 2020 with host Brooke Burns. This week they are showing 2 episodes per day, one in the afternoon and one in the evening.

This evening’s episode: “Trivia, Smarts & Cornhuskers”
Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Challengers: Tom, Annie, Andy

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) PHRASES: ‘Jumping the broom’ is a resurgent African-American tradition most associated with which life event?
(a) having a baby (b) getting married (c) retiring
(2) FLORICULTURE: According to organizers, about how many flowers on average are used to decorate Tournament of Roses parade floats?
(a) 3 million (b) 6 million (c) 9 million
(3) TERMS: Where are you most likely to find a ‘chapter ring’?
(a) audiobook (b) grandfather clock (c) oak tree
(4) TEXTILES: Mongolia and China are leading suppliers of which fabric?
(a) camel hair (b) cashmere (c) mohair
(5) DEFINITIONS: In the title of the book “Wuthering Heights”, what does the word “Wuthering” mean?
(a) foreboding (b) desolate (c) blustery
(6) PRODUCE: Which of these can ripen only after they are picked?
(a) avocado (b) grapefruit (c) tomato
(7) JUSTICES: Before joining the Supreme Court, who said, “If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable?
(a) Louis Brandeis (b) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (c) Hugo Black

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Tom 400 Annie 300 Andy 400 / Ken 500 Muffy 500 Jonathan 400

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) ANATOMY: What is the scientific name for the tube in your throat commonly called the ‘voice box’?
(2) GOVERNORS: A notable signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock served as governor of what state?
(3) BEVERAGES: Created in Waco, Texas, what major U.S. soft drink’s unique taste comes from a combination of 23 flavors?
(4) BUSINESS: Formed in 1955, which Nebraska-based holding company is run by the ‘Oracle of Omaha’?
(5) GEOGRAPHY: Nicknamed the “Biggest Little City in the World”, what Nevada gambling town is actually west of Los Angeles?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Tom 1200 Annie 300 Andy 400 / Ken 900 Muffy 900 Jonathan 400

Annie 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.

Tom and Andy go first:

(500) Found in Southeast Asia, gibbons belong to what order of primates?
(600) Home of the Fountain of Youth tourist attraction, the oldest city in the United States is located in what state?
(700) Cholesterol and triglycerides are examples of what fat-like substances that are found in human blood?
(800) Champagnes labeled “blanc de blanc” are most typically made with what popular wine grape variety?
(900) In the 7-Eleven logo, what color is the word ‘Eleven’?
(1000) Coretta Scott King and Toni Morrison were both members of what college sorority?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Tom 2700 Andy 1100

Tom 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 Tom.

(500) Novelist and poet Mary Ann Evans wrote her works under what male pen name?
(600) Named for a Swedish city, what syndrome occurs when hostages develop trust or feel affection for their captors?
(700) Succeeding his father as president in 1971, what was the nickname of Haiti’s Jean-Claude Duvalier?
(800) On average, more than one quarter of the bones in the adult human body are located in which extremities?
(900) Which U.S. minister to Mexico signed the treaty of La Mesilla, purchasing southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico?
(1000) A traditional Niçoise salad contains tuna and what other small, salty fish?
(1100) The predecessor of the broadcasting corporation PBS was NET, which stood for what?
(1200) What U.S. state’s motto is “sic semper tyrannis”?
didn’t count:
(1300) At what New York institution was America’s first school of engineering?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Ken finished with 6500 to Muffy’s 2100 so Ken will join Tom in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Tom 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 city returned to its former name after being called both Petrograd and Leningrad?
(2) Julius Caesar’s writings provide much of what we know about what learned class of ancient Celts?
(3) The chemical symbols for tin, actinium and potassium combine to form what 5-letter word?
(4) Since 1951, what is the maximum number of years a person can serve as a U.S. president ?
(5) Which country became the first to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Tom and Ken were tied at 4 right apiece so Tom got to play the Ultimate Trivia Question. He does not have to beat Ken on this one. He just has to get it right.

For $10,000: ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUESTION: In the painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware”, what other future president is seen in the boat carrying the flag?

ANSWER show

Tom got it wrong. He is going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new players tomorrow.

Master Minds airs daily on Game Show Network. Check your local listings for times. (Here in the Central Time Zone it comes on at 3:00 p.m.)

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