Master Minds Recap: February 19, 2021

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Friday, February 19, 2021 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Children’s Magazines”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Kristy, Gilbert, Joseph

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) THE STAGE: Which of these theater directions puts the actor closest to the audience?
(a) downstage (b) upstage (c) backstage
(2) PERIODICALS: Known for its characters Goofus and Gallant, which children’s magazine was first published in 1946?
(a) Jack and Jill (b) Cricket (c) Highlights
(3) EDUCATION: A 1972 Supreme Court ruling affirmed the practice of Amish children ending school after what grade?
(a) 6th grade (b) 8th grade (c) 10th grade
(4) EPICS: In “The Odyssey”, Odysseus reveals himself to his wife’s suitors by shooting an arrow through a line of 12 what?
(a) axes (b) gold rings (c) shields
(5) BUSINESS: Which product is most associated with the name Atlantic Richfield?
(a) tobacco (b) fertilizer (c) gasoline
(6) ART: A 1352 fresco by Tommaso da Modena is the earliest known painting showing a subject wearing what?
(a) eyeglasses (b) pants (c) wig
(7) SPORTS: What state is home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame?
(a) Pennsylvania (b) New York (c) Ohio

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Kristy 300 Gilbert 300 Joseph 300 / Ken 500 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) INTERNET: The name of what popular video-hosting site is an anagram of “movie”?
(2) FAUNA: The Tasmanian Devil is a carnivorous member of what order of animals?
(3) HORSE RACING: Which horse racing bet requires you to predict the first, second and third-place finishers in the correct order?
(4) ON THE MAP: What largest city in North Dakota was named for a banking and shipping magnate?
(5) MATH: What is the term for a natural number that is only divisible by itself and one?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Kristy 100 Gilbert 700 Joseph 500 / Ken 900 Muffy 1200 Jonathan 800

Kristy 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.

Gilbert and Joseph go first:

(500) An Italian comic theater character named Pantalone gives us what word for “trousers”?
(600) What is Sherlock Holmes’ physical address on Baker Street?
(700) “Does she or doesn’t she?” was an iconic slogan for what hair color company that makes the Nice ‘N Easy brand?
(800) The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest surviving building in what country?
(900) In hockey, the phrase “five-hole” refers to the space between what player’s legs?
(1000) The first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction took place at what Illinois university?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Gilbert 2600 Joseph 1800

Gilbert 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 Gilbert.

(500) In spite of their floral prints, what item of tropical clothing became popular with men during the Depression?
(600) What brand of aluminum flashlight isn’t magnetic but is named for founder Anthony Maglica?
(700) During Napoleon’s occupation of Egypt, what tablet inscribed with three different scripts was discovered?
(800) In 2014, which former Secretary of State was a member of the college football playoff selection committee?
(900) A traditional “meat & potatoes” dish, what was the #1 googled recipe in 2019?
(1000) What region of Spain that includes Barcelona tried unsuccessfully to establish its independence in 2017?
(1100) Also called Chinese okra, what edible gourd is often dried out to make organic exfoliators?
(1200) What novelist’s work includes “So Big” and “Cimarron”?

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Ken finished with 5300 to Muffy’s 3600 so Ken will join Gilbert in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Gilbert 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) In 2010, what brand of gaming console was used in the U.S. Air Force to build a supercomputer?
(2) How many states are required to ratify a Constitutional amendment before it is adopted?
(3) In the musical “Wicked”, what witch’s name comes from the initials of the author of the original “Oz” books
(4) 20 years before the birth of Sears, what Chicago-based store published the first mail-order catalog?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Gilbert had no correct responses by Question 4. Ken had 2 so the game was over. Gilbert won $1,000 and there will be 3 new players on Monday.

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