Master Minds Recap: January 22, 2021

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Friday, January 22, 2021 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Freedom”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Rob, Jason, Allison

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) MOVIES: In the Oscar-winning film “Braveheart”, Mel Gibson played what Scottish freedom fighter?
(a) Rob Roy MacGregor (b) William Wallace (c) Charles Edward Stuart
(2) GEOGRAPHY: Which of these states would you find along the Continental Divide?
(a) New Mexico (b) Arizona (c) Utah
(3) DIVINATION: In addition to swords, cups & pentacles, which suit can be found in a deck of tarot cards?
(a) scrolls (b) wands (c) potions
(4) HISTORY: Theodore Roosevelt was the first President to do which of the following?
(a) ride in an automobile (b) ride in a submarine (c) ride a moose
(5) OBSERVANCES: In England, Pancake Day is the equivalent of what U.S. observance?
(a) April Fools’ Day (b) St. Patrick’s Day (c) Mardi Gras
(6) MAIL: Which of these actresses appeared first on a U.S.
postage stamp?
(a) Bette Davis (b) Lucille Ball (c) Grace Kelly
(7) FASHION: If you are wearing chic canvas shoes with rope soles what kind of footwear are you wearing?
(a) stilettos (b) espadrilles (c) brogans

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Rob 400 Jason 600 Allison 500 / Ken 600 Muffy 400 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) COOKING: The process of splitting open a piece of meat to increase its surface was named for what colorful insect?
(2) WORLD HISTORY: On July 14, 1789, Parisians stormed what fortress, widely considered the start of the French Revolution?
(3) THE CALENDAR: In most years, what is the second Federal holiday to fall on a fixed date after New Year’s Day?
(4) THE MEDIA: In terms of circulation, what is the largest newspaper headquartered west of the Mississippi?
(5) MYTHOLOGY: Achilles became partially invulnerable when his mother dipped him in what mythical river?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Rob 600 Jason 1000 Allison 700 / Ken 1000 Muffy 800 Jonathan 400

Rob 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.

Jason and Allison go first:

(500) Hasbro coined the term “action figure” when marketing what iconic toy to boys?
(600) Including Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney, the “Fierce Five” were a team of Gold Medal athletes in what sport?
(700) What device typically connects to a modem to allow devices in your home to communicate with the internet?
(800) Commonly used to mean “expert”, what name is given to spiritual teachers in Hinduism and Buddhism?
(900) A classic French braid is made by interweaving how many main strands of hair?
(1000) Agreed upon at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, what 1995 accords ended the war in Bosnia?
(1100) What breakout essay by David Sedaris recounts his time working as Crumpet the Elf at Macy’s?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Jason 2300 Allison 2100

Jason 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 Jason.

(500) A bar mitzvah commemorates the religious adulthood of a Jewish boy when he turns what age?
(600) Upon arriving in New England, settlers of the Plymouth Colony signed a Compact named for what ship?
(700) Which home and hardware store touts itself as “the helpful place”?
(800) In mid-August 1969, a festival was held on a 600 acre dairy farm owned by Max Yasgur in what town?
(900) The F-117 Nighthawk was the first of what type of aircraft designed to evade detection?
(1000) In 1668, John Dryden became the first English writer officially appointed to what position?
(1100) Traditionally, many scotches are flavored with the smoke of what fuel made of decaying vegetation?
(1200) Sometimes called “pearl milk tea,” boba is a Taiwanese drink containing gel-like balls of what starchy thickener?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Muffy finished with 6400 to Ken’s 2200 so Muffy will join Jason in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. When Ken got that last clue right, he raised both arms in a “yay, I got one right!” gesture. LOL!! (I know I will forget to post that in the comments tomorrow.)

If Jason beats Muffy, 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 at the same time and they write their answers down.

(1) What Olympic event has gymnasts perform on a floor with a rope, hoop, ball or ribbon accompanied by music?
(2) Prior to running the country for ten years, what UK Prime Minister was in a college band called Ugly Rumours?
(3) In 1835, West Point began the tradition of handing out what wearable keepsakes to graduating seniors?
(4) What biblical figure was the great-grandson of Ruth?
(5) What antislavery newspaper was first published by Frederick Douglass in 1847?

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

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