Master Minds Recap: February 1, 2021

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Monday, February 1, 2021 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Dastardly Deeds”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Jessie, Jillian, John

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) BOOKS: Which of these Harry Potter characters is a ghost?
(a)Luna Lovegood (b) Susan Bones (c) Moaning Myrtle
(2) COMPETITIONS: What activity is known as “the most dangerous 8 seconds in sports”?
(a) bull riding (b) luge (c) surfing
(3) FOOD: In the 1980s, what type of pizza was introduced to the world by California Pizza Kitchen?
(a) stuffed crust pizza (b) BBQ chicken pizza (c) square pizza
(4) MUSIC: What 1936 Cole Porter hit begins, “The night is young, the skies are clear, so if you want to go walking dear”?
(a) I Get a Kick Out of You (b) It’s De-Lovely (c) Let’s Misbehave
(5) CRIME: The largest theft ever investigated by Quebec police was for stealing $18.7 million worth of what?
(a) diamonds (b) furs (c) syrup
(6) HISTORY: Ancient Greek mathematician Archytas was often credited with building which of these?
(a) clock (b) robot (c) music box
GEOGRAPHY: By area, what is the smallest country in the world?
(a) Monaco (b) San Marino (c) Vatican City

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Jessie 500 Jillian 600 John 300 / Ken 600 Muffy 600 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) HOME FIXTURES: What type of suspended lighting fixture has the same word origin as “candelabra”?
(2) CHEMISTRY: What greenhouse gas has the chemical formula CH4?
(3) WOMEN: Janea Padilha invented what type of bikini wax technique that was named for her country of birth?
(4) BOOKS: Published posthumously, “Dragon Teeth” is a 2017 novel by what author of “Jurassic Park”?
(5) FOOD: The cherry pepper is more commonly known as what?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Jessie 900 Jillian 600 John 300 / Ken 800 Muffy 500 Jonathan 700

John and Muffy 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.

Jessie and Jillian go first:

(500) What color jersey is worn by the winner of cycling’s Tour de France?
(600) What TV comedy lasted nearly eight years longer than the Korean War which it depicted?
(700) A popular bread for French toast, challah gets its distinctive yellow color from what ingredient?
(800) Viking Erik Thorvaldsson was better known by what colorful nickname?
(900) Named for its New York hometown, what glass cookware is known for its blue cornflower pattern?
(1000) At one time, who owned RKO Pictures as well as the aircraft company named for him?
(1100) Created by pulling loops through piled cotton, what fabric is common in bath towels and robes?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Jessie 2300 Jillian 1100

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

(500) Which holy day of rest is first mentioned by name in Exodus?
(600) What style of women’s eyewear typically have upturned corners at the temples that mimic a certain animal?
(700) Found in a White Russian, what is the number-one selling coffee liqueur in the world?
(800) Including Seneca Lake, what is the collective name of the eleven glacial lakes found in central New York State?
(900) Because it contains longer molecule chains, fiber is considered what type of carbohydrate?
(1000) What race car driver who became the top flying ace in WWI also won the Medal of Honor?
(1100) Invented in 1914, what was the first brand of rubber-based artificial leather?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Ken finished with 4400 to Jonathan’s 2100 so Ken will join Jessie in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Jessie 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 at the same time and they write their answers down.

(1) Soviet scientists once proposed building a dam across what strait to melt the Arctic’s sea ice?
(2) Of the three major films starring James Dean, which one was released last?
(3) After getting carsick from his lawyer’s constant speeding up and slowing down, Ralph Teetor invented what mechanism?
(4) Galileo gets credit for discovering what largest moon in our solar system?
(5) In The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood what was the totalitarian state that has replaced the U.S.?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Jessie got 3 right to Ken’s 5. Jessie is going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new players tomorrow.

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