Master Minds Recap: January 12, 2021

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Tuesday, January 12, 2021 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Elephant Etiquette”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Katherine, David, Jeremy

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) ANIMALS: In elephant etiquette, what do elephants typically do when greeting each other?
(a) nod their heads (b) touch trunks (c) spray water
(2) GEOGRAPHY: Containing the world’s longest known cave system, Mammoth Cave National Park is found in which U.S. state?
(a) Kentucky (b) Arizona (c) Wyoming
(3) SOLAR SYSTEM: The cloud of gas that surrounds the nucleus of a comet is known as its what?
(a) coma (b) cordoba (c) caldera?
(4) BAKED GOODS: Which of these cake icings is a paste of sugar and water, making it better for sculpting rather than spreading?
(a) ganache (b) royal icing (c) fondant
(5) LITERATURE: In the “Harry Potter” series students took the train to Hogwarts from what London station?
(a) King’s Cross (b) Paddington (c) Waterloo
(6) SPORTS: After Jackie Robinson, who was the only athlete to have his number retired by every team in a professional sports league?
(a) Wayne Gretzky (b) Michael Jordan (c) Jerry Rice?
(7) ABBREVIATIONS: In the current military phonetic alphabet, the letter F stands for what?
(a) frank, foxtrot or freedom?

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Katherine 300 David 400 Jeremy 400 / Ken 700 Muffy 700 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) TRANSPORTATION: What terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in New York is a national historic landmark?
(2) QUOTES: What prolific Menlo Park inventor said “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work”?
(3) MEDICINE: What incurable ailment of airway inflammation is the most common chronic disease among children?
(4) BASKETBALL: The Washington Generals endured a 2,495-game losing streak against which trick shot-shooting basketball team?
(5) FAMOUS STORIES: Unlike the movie it spawned, Stephen King’s novella about the Shawshank Prison had what actress’ name in the title?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Katherine 500 David 1000 Jeremy 800 / Ken 1100 Muffy 1300 Jonathan 800

Katherine 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.

David and Jeremy go first:

(500) For over 50 years, Poppin’ Fresh has been what company’s giggling “doughboy” mascot?
(600) Which Biblical femme fatale inspired the Dance of the Seven Veils?
(700) What search engine’s first April Fool’s hoax asked users to mentally project their desires onto a spiral gif?
(800) What ruins did explorer Hiram Bingham describe “the Crown of Inca Land”?
(900) In “The Three Musketeers, the title characters take which young swashbuckler under their wing?
(1000) Crash, splash and rider are all types of what musical instrument?
(1100) Popularized by Hunter S. Thompson, what writing style shares its name with a Muppet?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
David 3100 Jeremy 3700

Jeremy 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 Jeremy.

(500) In “Robinson Crusoe”, what companion is named for the day the title character saved his life?
(600) Buttons and chantrelles are all varieties of what?
(700) Mary Sawyer of Massachusetts, along with her pursuant pet, inspired what nursery rhyme?
(800) Founded by a carriage maker in the late 1940s, what brand name is a giant in both billiards and bowling equipment?
(900) Atopic dermatitis is the most common type of what skin condition that results in itching and redness?
(1000) Spurred by a need to address foreign oil dependency, what U.S. President created the Department of Energy?
(1100) If you have 100 sen, you have the equivalent of one of what currency adopted in 1871?
(1200) Completed in 2005, artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude erected over 7,000 “gates” in what public area?

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Ken finished with 7200 to Muffy’s 2000 so Ken will join Jeremy in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Jeremy 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) What is the only state to have four female governors?
(2) What Austrian physicist is the namesake of a type of radar used to track storms?
(3) How many of the original members of the Bee Gees had the last name Gibb?
(4) Anna Leonowens has been the subject of multiple works for her experience teaching in what country?

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

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