Master Minds Recap: June 12, 2020 (evening)

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Friday, June 12, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

This evening’s episode: “Trivia, Smarts & Midterms”
Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Challengers: Ian, Emily, Terrie

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) ANIMALS: Able to survive for several months without eating or drinking, what is stored in a camel’s humps?
(a) food (b) water (c) fat
(2) CRAFTS: Dolls made for Amish children do not have which of the following?
(a) bodies (b) faces (c) limbs
(3) MONEY: Due to runaway inflation, what African country once printed bills worth 100 trillion dollars?
(a) Libya (b) Nigeria (c) Zimbabwe
(4) ANATOMY: Always in demand, universal blood donors have what blood type?
(a) AB Negative (b) B Positive (c) O Negative
(5) JEWELRY: Ranging in color from white to gold, which type of pearl is considered the most valuable?
(a) Akoya (b) South Sea (c) Tahitian
(6) METEOROLOGY: The U.S. record for the greatest snowfall in one season occurred on Mt. Baker in what mountain range?
(a) The Cascades (b) The Rockies (c) The Appalachians
(7) INVENTORS: Cartographer John Spilsbury is credited with inventing what in 1767?
(a) mechanical pencil (b) dramamine (c) jigsaw puzzle

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Ian 300 Emily 200 Terrie 500 / Ken 700 Muffy 400 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) SPORTS: Brooms and stones are key pieces of equipment in what winter Olympic sport?
(2) THE CABINET: Serving during the second term of President Bill Clinton, who was the first female U.S. Secretary of State?
(3) WORLD LIT: Nobel Prize winner Knut Hamsun’s novel “Hunger” is set in what Scandinavian country?
(4) BUSINESS: In 1983, Mastercard introduced cards featuring what type of 3D image to foil counterfeiters?
(5) JARGON: Defined by the 1961 Vienna Convention, what two-word phrase is the criminal protection given to foreign dignitaries?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Ian 500 Emily 400 Terrie 500 / Ken 1100 Muffy 1000 Jonathan 800

Emily 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.

Ian and Terrie go first:

(500) Latin for ‘great’, what bottle size contains twice as much champagne as a standard bottle?
(600) One of the focal points of the ‘Arab Spring’, the 2011 Tahrir Square protests took place in what national capital?
(700) Called “The Oyster”, the world’s first waterproof watch was made by what luxury company?
(800) The checkered pattern known as ‘chicken foot’ in French is known by what other animal name in English?
(900) Shut down in 2017, what subsidiary of Twitter was a platform for six-second video clips?
(1000) The California Perfume Company was the original name of what multi-level marketing company?
(1100) Patients suffering from cephalgia have what common ailment?
(1200) “At Wit’s End” was a book of domestic satire by what former “Good Morning America” correspondent?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Ian 2500 Terrie 4100

Terrie 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 Terrie.

(500) What term is used for a baby kangaroo?
(600) Also the most popular bachelor’s degree for women, what occupational field is 87% female?
(700) Which of Canada’s maritime provinces was named for Queen Victoria’s father?
(800) If the visiting team is leading in the final inning, how many outs are in a standard game of major league baseball?
(900) What rhyming menswear ensemble features a long, loose jacket with padded shoulders and high-waisted tapering trousers?
(1000) According to the Library of Congress, who was the first casualty of the Boston Massacre?
(1100) The process used by plants to create food from light energy is known as what?
(1200) Hadrian’s Wall was built to separate Romans from the barbarians in what modern country?

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Ken finished with 4000 to Muffy’s 3500 so Ken will join Terrie in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Terrie beats Ken, 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) If you’ve ever used your phone to scan a QR code, you may know that the letters ‘QR’ stand for what?
(2) In 1959, who left his residence at Potala Palace for the last time disguised as a soldier?
(3) What test sorts people into one of 16 four-letter personality types based on their preferences?
(4) In Franz Kafka’s “The Trial”, the protagonist who is arrested was employed at what type of institution?
(5) Later named for him, ground beef patties were prescribed by what doctor to settle the stomachs of Civil War soldiers?

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

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