Master Minds Recap: January 13, 2021

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Wednesday, January 13, 2021 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & A Beatles Reference”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Ty, Jerry, Maria

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) ASTRONOMY: Nicknamed Lucy, astronomers have discovered a star in the constellation Centaurus that is a large chunk of what?
(a) gold (b) diamond (c) glass
(2) WHICH CAME FIRST: Chile, Chili or Chilly?
(a) Chile was colonized by Spain (b) Chili’s restaurant founded (c) Chilly Willy created
(3) EVENTS: Competitors hear what sound when they misspell a word in the final rounds at the Scripps National Spelling Bee?
(a) buzzer (b) bell (c) a judge saying “incorrect”
(4) BEVERAGES: Orange juice and what mixer are typically added to tequila to make a traditional Tequila Sunrise?
(a) galliano (b) amaretto (c) grenadine
(5) ANIMALS: Due to its highly efficient kidneys, what domesticated house pet can rehydrate by drinking salt water?
(a) hamster (b) cat (c) dog
(6) MUSIC: Who studied jazz clarinet as a student at Juilliard before moving on to other things?
(a) Alan Greenspan (b) Joan Allen (c) David Alan Grier
(7) WORDS: If you are fearful of the number 13, you suffer from what?
(a) Triskaidekaphobia (b) terdecemphobia (c) tridenaphobia

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Ty 500 Jerry 300 Maria 400 / Ken 700 Muffy 500 Jonathan 700

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) GOVERNMENT: What is the upper chamber of Great Britain’s Parliament?
(2) COOKING: When it comes to “baking powder” and “baking soda”, which one contains the other as an ingredient?
(3) FASHION: Roy Raymond named what lingerie chain for a queen because he imagined his stores looking like the boudoirs of her era?
(4) ACADEMICS: Alain Locke was the first African-American to earn what elite educational grant to Oxford?
(5) HISTORY: In Oct. 1787, what essay series began appearing in New York newspapers supporting ratification of the Constitution?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Ty 900 Jerry 700 Maria 400 / Ken 900 Muffy 500 Jonathan 700

Maria 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.

Ty and Jerry go first:

(500) Since 1918, what ad icon has worn a monocle, spats and a top hat?
(600) What French lawn game consists of hitting wooden balls through wire wickets with a mallet?
(700) When a dropped flask coated in liquid plastic didn’t shatter, it led to the creation of what windshield material?
(800) Fish that catch prey by dangling a lure-like appendage from their heads are known by what collective term?
(900) Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of what church official?
(1000) In the 1990s, Slovenia and Croatia were the first countries to break off from what former nation?
didn’t count:
(1100) On which Asian peninsula does every person turn a year older on New Year’s Day instead of their birthday?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Ty 3000 Jerry 700

Ty 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 Ty.

(500) What country issues gold bullion coins known as “gold pandas”?
(600) Like in the swine family, a female raccoon is called a what?
(700) “The Conquest of the World” was an early title for what classic Parker Brothers board game?
(800) Fort Royal was a British colonial city and a haven for pirates on what Caribbean island?
(900) Under threat of deportation from the U.S., what British musician established the fictitious nation of Nutopia in 1973?
(1000) What commander of the Mexican forces at the Battle of the Alamo later held a state funeral for his leg?
(1100) Which of the Seven Deadly Sins begins with a W?
(1200) What cooking technique involves flattening a chicken breast after cutting out the backbone
(1300) Leading to the term “tennis bracelet”, who once stopped a U.S. Open match to find her lost jewelry?

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Ken finished with 2800 to Jonathan’s 7000 so Jonathan will join Ty in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Ty beats Jonathan, 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 what pop classic by Peggy Lee would you hear the lyrics, “Never know how much I love you”?
(2) “At Full Steam” and “A Few Days on Land” are chapters in what Jules Verne novel?
(3) In 1945, Grand Rapids, MI became the first community to include what practice in processing its drinking water?
(4) The first motion picture special effects were seen in Alfred Clark’s 1895 reenactment of what woman’s 1587 execution?
(5) What neo-futurist architect designed the TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport and the Gateway Arch?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Ty got 3 right to Jonathan’s 4. Ty is going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new players tomorrow.

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