Master Minds Recap: December 18, 2020

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Friday, December 18, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Beefsteak Tomatoes”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Adriano, Ky, Heidi

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) LEADERS: Eva Peron, better known as “Evita”, was the First Lady of what country?
(a) Colombia (b) Argentina (c) Bolivia
(2) FITNESS: Also called a cross-trainer, which low-impact exercise machine has gliding foot platforms and moving arm handles?
(a) elliptical (b) stair stepper (c) treadmill
(3) DOGS: The name of which breed was also a winning word at the Scripps National Spelling Bee?
(a) Chihuahua (b) Dachshund (c) Saluki
(4) THE LAW: The Supreme Court decision in Nix v. Hedden determined that tomatoes are legally considered to be what?
(a) fruits (b) meats (c) vegetables
(5) METALS: What metal serves as the protective coating on an item that is galvanized?
(a) chromium (b) platinum (c) zinc
(6) BIRTHPLACES: You are not automatically granted citizenship if you are born in which U.S. territory?
(a) American Samoa (b) Northern Mariana Islands (c) U.S. Virgin Islands
(7) MYTHOLOGY: The Greek ocean deities included Poseidon, Triton, Oceanus & who?
(a) Athena (b) Hera (c) Doris

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Adriano 300 Ky 200 Heidi 400 / Ken 500 Muffy 400 Jonathan 300

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) MUSIC: According to the 1950s song Davy Crockett was the “King of the” what?
(2) LANDMARKS: Built in the 7th century, the site of what Jerusalem shrine and Islamic monument is also sacred to Christians and Jews?
(3) QUOTES: What company’s slogan “We’ll leave the light on for you” was originally an ad-lib by its spokesman Tom Bodett?
(4) ORGANIZATIONS: JFK & Clint Eastwood have all been members of what fraternal order that meets in “lodges”?
(5) ROOTS: Poi, the sacred staple of Hawaiian cuisine, is a paste made from the underground stems of what plant?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Adriano 500 Ky 600 Heidi 200 / Ken 900 Muffy 800 Jonathan 300

Heidi 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.

Adriano and Ky go first:

(500) According to Emily Post, which member of a wedding party should hand the clergyman his fee?
(600) In 1928, Idaho chose what object as the first graphic design to appear on a state issued license plate?
(700) “Kendal” and “Hunter” are shades of what color?
(800) The world’s longest bridge over a continuous body of water is the causeway over what southern Louisiana lake?
(900) What nocturnal bird has comb-like feather edges that muffle sound and allow them to fly silently?
(1000) President Truman asked Justice Robert Jackson to be the lead U.S. prosecutor at which international tribunal?
(1100) A painting of a dog named Nipper looking at a gramophone has been the symbol of what American company since 1929?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Adriano 1800 Ky 2900

Ky 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 Ky.

(500) In the human body, what chromosomal letter pair represents a female?
(600) Distilled from sugar, what type of alcohol was used as one of Australia’s first currencies?
(700) What term is given to the word, phrase, or sound that is repeated while meditating or practicing yoga?
(800) Although generally associated with Egypt, mummification was invented 2,000 years earlier by people on what continent?
(900) In what city was Microsoft founded??
(1000) Destined to swallow Odin during Ragnarok, the monstrous Fenrir is what type of animal?
(1100) Operating at 71% grade, what type of cable railway is the “Johnstown Pennsylvania inclined plane”?
(1200) Emma is the first name of what Gustave Flaubert title character?

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Muffy finished with 4900 to Ken’s 2700 so Muffy will join Ky in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Ky 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) From 1935 to 1954 a standard stop sign had black letters on what color background?
(2) Adobo, Lumpia & Pancit are dishes primarily associated with which nation’s cuisine?
(3) What is the only day of the week whose letters can be rearranged into another word?
(4) Which state is home to the largest ferry system in the U.S.?
(5) With five gold and one bronze medal which speed skater is the most decorated American female Winter Olympian?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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