Master Minds Recap: March 1, 2021

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

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Big Ben”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Adam, Christina, Zack

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) LITERATURE: What author of “The Pelican Brief” was once a Mississippi-based practicing litigator?
(a) Tom Clancy (b) John Grisham (c) James Patterson
(2) WHICH CAME FIRST? coffee, tee or milk?
(a) Starbucks (b) wooden golf tee (c) Harvey Milk
(3) TRADEMARKS: Goodyear’s logo was partially inspired by a statue of what figure in the home of its founder?
(a) Athena (b) Pegasus (c) Mercury
(4) PARENTING: Which type of tooth is typically the first one that a baby grows?
(a) bicuspid (b) canine (c) incisor
(5) GOVERNMENT: The House of Representatives votes to fill which of these appointments?
(a) House Chaplain (b) House Historian (c) House Parliamentarian
(6) AGRICULTURE: Which state leads the U.S. in the production of rice?
(a) Arkansas (b) Maine (c) New Mexico
(7) LANDMARKS: Strictly speaking, the name “Big Ben” originally only referred to which part of London’s famous Elizabeth Tower?
(a) bell (b) clock face (c) spire

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Adam 400 Christina 200 Zack 600 / 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) MAMMALS: With breeds including Saanen, what head-butting animal has no upper front teeth?
(2) PUBLICATIONS: Comic books and graphic novels made in Japan are known by what term?
(3) FOOD: Derived from cane, what type of sugar got its name from its process of being whirled in a centrifuge?
(4) EVENTS: When he was a college student in Atlanta, Samuel L. Jackson was an usher at the funeral of what slain leader?
(5) POETRY: In what Carl Sandburg poem did he refer to its title locale as the “city of the big shoulders”?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Adam 400 Christina 400 Zack 800 / Ken 1000 Muffy 1100 Jonathan 700

CONTESTANT TIE-BREAKER: To get a black light poster to glow, expose it to what part of the electromagnetic spectrum?
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Scores at end of Round 3:
Christina 3000 Zack 1700

Christina 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 Christina.

(500) “Paradise Regained” is the sequel to what far more famous poem from John Milton?
(600) What two-piece swimsuit is comprised of bikini briefs and a stylized tank top?
(700) What boxer lent his name to the appliance that was originally called the “short order grill”?
(800) What European capital is known as the “City of 100 Spires”?
(900) Edward Elgar composed what March song often heard at graduation ceremonies?
(1000) Chopped parsley, tomato, mint, bulgur and lemon juice are traditional main ingredients of what Mediterranean salad?
(1100) What nonprofit publication has a 327-acre auto testing center in East Haddam, Connecticut?
(1200) Who was the only Constitutional Convention delegate from New York to sign the Constitution?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Muffy finished with 4000 to Ken’s 3700 so Muffy will join Christina in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Christina beats Muffy, 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) A Thanksgiving dish consisting of a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey is known as what?
(2) Beethoven’s “Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor” is better known by what title?
(3) In November 1918, what country was reestablished after more than a hundred years’ absence?
(4) In Edward Hopper’s famous painting “Nighthawks”, how many people were sitting at the counter?
(5) The ladybug’s name originated in the Middle Ages in honor of whom?

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

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