Master Minds Recap: January 6, 2021

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Wednesday, January 6, 2021 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Redemption”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Elizabeth, Yungsheng, Dana

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) GLOBAL CUISINE: In Spain, what collection of small appetizers are sometimes ordered until they constitute a full meal?
(a) turron (b) pisto (c) tapas
(2) FASHION: Which Victoria’s Secret Angel pioneered the “horse walk” style of walking a runway?
(a) Gisele Bundchen (b) Alessandra Ambrosio (c) Candice Swanepoel
(3) WHICH CAME FIRST – Huey, Louis or the News?
(a) Hugh Grant (b) St. Louis Arch (c) Los Angeles Times
(4) SPORTS: Since 1992, what is the only country besides the USA to win a Gold Medal in Olympic Men’s Basketball?
(a) Argentina (b) China (c) Spain
(5) THE FUNNIES: Which cartoonist was famously fond of cows, drawing many comics that used them in surreal and absurd ways?
(a) Charles Schulz (b) Gary Larson (c) Bill Watterson
(6) LITERATURE: Kidnapped as a baby and raised by her captors, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” heroine Esmeralda was born with what name?
(a) Agnes (b) Charlotte (c) Edith
(7) MUSIC: Which of these patriotic songs was written by Irving Berlin?
(a) America the Beautiful (b) God Bless the U.S.A. (c) God Bless America

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Elizabeth 400 Yungsheng 600 Dana 500 / Ken 600 Muffy 500 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) HISTORIC LANDMARKS: What federally-owned piece of land opened as an immigration inspection station in 1892?
(2) GENETICS: One in 200 men alive today are direct descendants of which fearsome Mongolian conqueror?
(3) SPORTS: Which Grand Slam tennis tournament is the first of the calendar year?
(4) LEGISLATION: Which 1966 law gives Americans the right to access records from any Federal agency?
(5) GATHERINGS: In the 1960s, Phyllis and Ron Patterson held their first festivals celebrating what historical era?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Elizabeth 1000 Yungsheng 1000 Dana 700 / Ken 1000 Muffy 900 Jonathan 1000

Dana 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.

Elizabeth and Yungsheng go first:

(500) Tied to an idiom about gaining sympathy, what reptile actually cries when eating due to sinus issues?
(600) Meaning “for us by us”, clothing company FUBU was started in the home of which “Shark Tank” star?
(700) What formerly-trademarked piece of recreation equipment used to be generically known as a “rebound tumbler”?
(800) What author of “Something Wicked This Way Comes” is descended from a survivor of the Salem witch trials?
(900) What sticky, sweet Mediterranean dessert consists of layered phyllo dough, spices and nuts?
(1000) What number was the last manned mission to land on the moon?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Elizabeth 3900 Yungsheng 1000

Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth.

(500) Whose future California sawmill was overrun by speculators when gold was discovered there in 1848?
(600) from an old term meaning “with woman”, what person is trained to assist women in childbirth?
(700) A tradition dating back to medieval times, Italians celebrate New Year’s Eve by wearing what color underpants?
(800) What maker of exercise bikes is named for the main group of riders in a cycling race?
(900) But French novelist wrote the incendiary letter “J’accuse” to help exonerate a soldier convicted of treason?
(1000) Valued for its seeds, what stalky vegetable in the carrot family has a licorice taste?
(1100) What Hollywood dress and costume designer has won numerous awards including a Tony for “The Cher Show”?

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Ken finished with 3900 to Jonathan’s 1600 so Ken will join Elizabeth in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Elizabeth 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) In the Fach System of Operatic Voices, what range falls between tenor and bass?
(2) What lobe in the brain processes information directly from the eyes?
(3) Thwarting an attempt to restore Catholicism to England, the 1690 Battle of the Boyne was fought in what country?
(4) The phrase “Don’t mess with Texas” was created to address what issue in 1985?
(5) Diogenes said the name of what student of Socrates was really a wrestling nickname meaning “broad shouldered”?

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

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