Master Minds Recap: January 29, 2021

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Friday, January 29, 2021 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & 10,000 Lakes”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: David, Justin, Ethan

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) NATURE: Native Americans of the Northeast made lightweight canoes using the pliable bark of which tree?
(a) fir (b) birch (c) sycamore
(2) MUSIC: Which singer’s voice is insured with Lloyd’s of London for $6 million?
(a) Justin Bieber (b) Andrea Bocelli (c) Bruce Springsteen
(3) RELATIVES: The mother of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill was born in what country?
(a) United States (b) United Kingdom (c) United Arab Emirates
(4) SCIENCE: At about age 20, Alexander Graham Bell spent a considerable amount of time trying to do what unusual task?
(a) teach his dog to talk (b) get his bicycle to fly (c) set water on fire
(5) HISTORY: In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved when the United States promised to discreetly withdraw U.S. missiles from which country?
(a) Turkey (b) Poland (c) Afghanistan
(6) VOCABULARY: If you’re a “Boniface” where do you most likely work?
(a) farm (b) hotel (c) zoo
(7) TRANSPORTATION: Built without the horizontal bar from the handlebars to the seat, women’s bikes were first designed with what in mind?
(a) pregnancy bellies (b) dresses (c) purses and handbags

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Scores at end of Round 1:
David 300 Justin 300 Ethan 600 / Ken 600 Muffy 600 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) HEALTHCARE: Composed of an inflatable rubber cuff that wraps around the arm, a sphygmomanometer measures what?
(2) SPORTS: With L.A. short on lakes, the Los Angeles Lakers’ team name makes sense if you know it moved from what city?
(3) PRODUCTS: In the 1960s, L’Oreal introduced “Elnett”, the first commercially-marketed version of what beauty item?
(4) BEVERAGES: In 1898, what did North Carolina pharmacist Caleb Bradham rename the “cola” he invented, believing it aided digestion?
(5) GEOGRAPHY: What is the only state capital whose name is exactly three words long?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
David 100 Justin 100 Ethan 600 / Ken 1200 Muffy 1000 Jonathan 700

CONTESTANT TIE-BREAKER: What state has the highest rates of both marriage & divorce?
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David 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.

Justin and Ethan go first:

(500) The BAFTA Awards are given out by what country’s Academy of Film and Television Arts?
(600) Traditionally, the primary ingredient of hummus is what legume?
(700) What portmanteau clothing item trend took skinny jeans to the next level by combining spandex with denim?
(800) What Chinese philosopher has the longest documented family tree in history with 86 recorded generations over 2,500 years?
(900) In 1969, Charlotte Reid of Illinois caused a stir when she became the first woman to wear pants in which DC chamber?
(1000) Martha Stewart did some modeling on the side while attending which NYC liberal arts college for women?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Justin 1500 Ethan 1200

Justin 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 Justin.

(500) If someone “cc’s” you on an email, what does the “cc” stand for?
(600) Once promoted by Joe Namath, what brand of reclining armchair has become popular amongst millennials?
(700) In “Peter Pan”, What is Wendy’s last name?
(800) What traditional Mediterranean dish comes from the Greek for “spinach pie”?
(900) The largest African country in area, which neighbor to Morocco sits directly across the Alboran Sea from Spain?
(1000) Who helped launch the Women’s Rights Movement in the U.S. with her 1848 “Declaration of Sentiments”?
(1100) With zebra-striped legs, what incredibly rare animal is the only living relative of the giraffe?
(1200) The first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature was what “Babbitt” author?
(1300) Able to be used in small daily doses to reduce high cholesterol, Vitamin B3 also goes by what name?

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Ken finished with 4400 to Muffy’s 5900 so Muffy will join Justin in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Justin beats Muffy, 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 iconic Disneyland mode of transportation was first patented by Henry Palmer in the 1800s?
(2) William Faulkner’s novel “The Sound and the Fury” took its title from a line in what Shakespeare play?
(3) The first man-made plutonium was created by bombarding what other element with an isotope of hydrogen?
(4) What French aristocrat was named a major general in the Continental Army while still a teen?
(5) What is the only country in Central America untouched by the Caribbean Sea?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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