Master Minds Recap: January 14, 2021

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Thursday, January 14, 2021 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Little Sea Creatures”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Lori, Margaret, Adam

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: What is the proper term for an adult male elephant?
(a) boar (b) buck (c) bull
(2) DESSERTS: In what way is French vanilla ice cream different from regular vanilla ice cream?
(a) it’s made only in France (b) it has egg yolks (c) it includes whipping cream
(3) GEOLOGY: The majority of limestone is formed in which kind of environment?
(a) shallow water (b) frozen tundra (c) desert
(4) TRIBUTES: Washington’s Dulles International Airport is named for a former Secretary of which U.S. Cabinet Department?
(a) Defense (b) State (c) Transportation
(5) MATH: Which is a statement that mathematicians assume to be true?
(a) theorem (b) axiom (b) hypothesis
(6) WELLNESS: A person obsessed with “healthy eating” to the point that they do harm is said to have what eating condition?
(a) anorexia nervosa (b) orthorexia nervosa (c) pica
(7) BOOKS: Created by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking lives in what fictional house?
(a) Valhalla (b) Villanova (c) Villa Villekulla

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Lori 500 Margaret 600 Adam 300 / Ken 700 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) HEALTH: Named for the site of his practice near Miami, what low-carb diet did Dr. Arthur Agatston invent?
(2) ENTERTAINMENT: In the 1945 film “Anchors Aweigh”, cartoon character Jerry Mouse famously dances with what leading man?
(3) ARCHERY: What term is used for the act of fitting an arrow onto a bowstring, making it ready to fire?
(4) CLASSIC CHARACTERS: The character Arthur Radley in “To Kill a Mockingbird” had what “scary” nickname?
(5) OLD GLORY: The “Betsy Ross flag” design has 13 stars arranged in what shape?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Lori 700 Margaret 400 Adam 300 / Ken 1500 Muffy 400 Jonathan 800

Adam 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.

Lori and Margaret go first:

(500) An EKG is a medical test that records the electrical activity of what body part?
(600) During NFL games, what color is the flag that may be thrown by coaches to challenge calls?
(700) Modern musical notation assigns letters to individual notes ranging from “A” to what other letter?
(800) The reason for rainbows, light bending as it passes from one transparent substance into another is called what?
(900) What line of dolls includes the characters Nellie O’Malley and Kit Kittredge?
(1000) Also called “filter feeders”, what type of toothless whale typically feeds on a diet of krill and plankton?
(1100) Who had “the face that launched a thousand ships”?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Lori 2900 Margaret 2700

Lori 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 Lori.

(500) Also referring to a Las Vegas resort, what was the name of King Arthur’s sword?
(600) Released in 2000, the U.S. golden dollar coin features what Native American and her baby?
(700) In the chorus of the American folk song “Yankee Doodle”, what word rhymes with “dandy”?
(800) The Gulf of Aqaba is bordered by Egypt, Israel, Jordan and what country?
(900) What heavy stew pot with a tight fitting lid has a kitchen appliance in its name?
(1000) Published in 1948, what Shirley Jackson story describes a human sacrifice?
(1100) What country ranks third in the world in both total land area and total population?

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Ken finished with 5000 to Jonathan’s 1300 so Ken will join Lori in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Lori 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) What is the female equivalent of an Oedipus complex, where a daughter competes for her father’s affections?
(2) What modern day country is named for the people who surrendered Jerusalem during the Crusades?
(3) In order for pollination to occur on a flowering plant, pollen must land on what receptor on the pistil?
(4) In terms of allocated budget, what is the largest department of the U.S. Federal government?
(5) In the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, Eliza flees from Kentucky to what state?

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

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