Master Minds Recap: January 26, 2021

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Tuesday, January 26, 2021 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Space Food”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Lisa, Aaron, Paul

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) MAMMALS: The vicuna is the smallest member of which animal family?
(a) camel (b) lemur (c) horse
(2) PASTIMES: At the start of a chess game, which pieces are placed on all four outside corners of the board
(a) knight (b) rook (c) bishop
(3) SNACKS: According to NASA, what do astronauts aboard the International Space Station say is a “nearly perfect space food”
(a) peanut butter (b) Twizzlers (c) Easy Cheese
(4) MUSIC: What was the longest song to ever reach Number One on the Billboard Hot 100
(a) American Pie (b) Stairway to Heaven (c) Bohemian Rhapsody
(5) HISTORY: The Domesday Book is a medieval record of all landholdings in England ordered by which king?
(a) Edward II (b) Henry VIII (c) William the Conqueror
(6) BUILDINGS: Architect Julia Morgan spent 28 years working on the design and construction of what landmark?
(a) Hearst Castle (b) Winchester Mystery House (c) Grand Central Station
FAMOUS NAMES: Since he had “a natural sounding name”, what author of “Birds of the West Indies” was the namesake of a literary hero?
(a) Dr. Harry Potter (b) Dr. James Bond (c) Dr. Tom Sawyer

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Lisa 100 Aaron 300 Paul 300 / Ken 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) CRAFTS: Reminiscent of a polite exclamation, what technique for mending clothing uses interwoven stitches?
(2) MUSIC: Flamenco is a form of song and dance commonly associated with the Andalusia region of what country?
(3) HOBBIES: A person can have the personality traits and horoscopes of two star signs if they are born on a Zodiac what?
(4) NUTRITION: Nearly 30 years after their debut, Flintstone Vitamins finally added what character in the mid-1990s?
(5) FOOD: Often eaten on bagels with cream cheese, lox comes from what type of fish?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Lisa 500 Aaron 500 Paul 500 / Ken 1400 Muffy 700 Jonathan 500

Contestant Tie-Breakers:
1. The word “ursine” refers to what type of animal?
2. Which Tony-winning actor and writer of “Torch Song Trilogy” played Tracy Turnblad’s mother on Broadway in “Hairspray”?

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Aaron 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.

Lisa and Paul go first:

(500) Which snack brand’s mascot is a bright orange cheetah named Chester?
(600) A honey bee colony typically consists of three kinds of bees: drones, a queen and what?
(700) In 2016, what major league baseball team ended a 108-year championship drought by winning the World Series?
(800) What Founding Father is often credited as saying, “We must hang together or surely we shall hang separately”?
(900) In literature, what dreary home do Isabella and Heathcliff move into upon their marriage?
(1000) What is Canada’s longest river?
(1100) In 1969, what rock musical was shut down after one performance in Mexico and had 15 cast members deported?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Lisa 1100 Paul 3700

Paul 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 Paul.

(500) in 1869, what Japanese feudal warriors formed a short-lived colony in northern California?
(600) An NBA basketball rim is exactly how many feet above the ground?
(700) The musical “Les Miserables” is a stage adaptation of a novel from what? French author?
(800) Eight squared is the same as what other number cubed?
(900) In terms of population, what is the world’s largest democracy?
(1000) In 1967, Amana began selling the first countertop microwave oven with what high-tech sounding name?
(1100) Known as a kuali in Malaysia, what rounded pan is used for steaming, strewing and stir- frying?
(1200) “German” and “New Yorker” are examples of what nouns used to denote inhabitants of a particular named place?
(1300) How do oviparous animals produce offspring?

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Ken finished with 5900 to Muffy’s 3300 so Ken will join Paul in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Paul 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 at the same time and they write their answers down.

(1) Based in the city of Austin, what police agency founded by Stephen F. Austin was once nicknamed “Los Diablos Tejanos”?
(2) Now serving as an Executive Vice President, Debra McKee-Fowler is best known as the face of what food brand?
(3) Traditionally made from cottonwood, what decorated Hopi dolls are representations of benevolent spirit beings?
(4) A home built by Shirley Jackson’s own great-grandfather was an inspiration for what fictional haunted house?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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By the fourth question, Paul only had one right to Ken’s three. Paul is going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new players tomorrow.

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