Master Minds Recap: December 8, 2020

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Tuesday, December 8, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & A Girl’s Best Friend”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Simone, Esmarelda, Dan

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) KIDS FASHION: Founded in 1895, what Wisconsin clothing maker broke into the children’s market with pint-sized overalls?
(a) Baraboot’You (b) Oshkosh’B’Gosh (c) Kenosha’Whydontcha
(2) LANDMARKS: Costing 75 million pounds to build, the London Eye is a type of what?
(a) security camera network (b) ferris wheel (c) satellite
(3) WHICH CAME FIRST? Blood, sweat, or tears?
(a) Bloody Mary cocktail (b) Sweatpants (c) Teardrop-cut diamond
(4) COMMUNICATIONS: What is the only character in Morse Code to use five dashes?
(a) The number 0 (b) The letter O (c) Exclamation mark
(5) CUTLERY: Which of these kitchen knives is typically the longest?
(a) boning knife (b) carving knife (c) paring knife
(6) EXPLORERS: In 2011, Barbara Hillary became the first black woman to achieve what feat?
(a) cross the Sahara alone (b) sail around the world (c) reach North & South Poles
(7) ANIMALS: A fully-grown male swan is referred to as what?
(a) cygnet (b) cob (c) pen

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Simone 400 Esmarelda 400 Dan 400 / Ken 400 Muffy 500 Jonathan 400

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) DEVICES: Although it can be quite painful, what does an epilator most commonly remove?
(2) DRAMATIC PLAYS: Who is the protagonist in Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”?
(3) BIG CITIES: the most populous city in Morocco has what Spanish name?
(4) FAMILY TREE: Your brother’s mother’s brother’s mother is your what?
(5) ORGANIZATIONS: Formed in 1971 after providing relief in war-torn Biafra, what group of health providers won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Simone 600 Esmarelda 00 Dan 600 / Ken 800 Muffy 700 Jonathan 800

Esmarelda 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.

Simone and Dan go first:

(500) Abbreviated BMI, what measurement divides your weight by your height squared to evaluate health risks?
(600) The island nation of Seychelles is located off the coast of Africa in what body of water?
(700) The “Mainz Psalter” was the second major book made using whose movable type printing press?
(800) “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately” is a line originally from what book?
(900) What “Mad Monk” did Tsarina Alexandra turn to for help in treating her son’s hemophilia?
(1000) What plant is the source of linseed oil?
(1100) what type of sailboat features two parallel hulls held together by a deck above them?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Simone 1700 Dan 2200

Dan 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 Dan.

(500) Since 1973, what German automobile has been known as “the ultimate driving machine”?
(600) Climbing plants cling to structures for support by means of what thin, coiled appendages?
(700) Featuring an eagle, a beaver and a shield, what is the only U.S. state whose flag has different designs on each side?
(800) One of the most famous artists of his day, Lysippus of Sicyon was the only sculptor allowed to portray what Greek king?
(900) Played by picking up to 20 numbers between 1 and 80, what is widely considered to have the worst odds of any casino game?
(1000) What couple discovered the first “Southern Ape” skull in the Olduvai Gorge in 1959?
Didn’t count:
(1100) What computer programming language was named for the fact that it uses “common business- oriented language”?

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Ken finished with 3800 to Jonathan’s 1000 so Ken will join Dan in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Dan beats Ken, 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) Picasso’s “The Old Guitarist” was painted during what color period from 1901 to 1904?
(2) Meaning “restructuring”, what 1980s-era policy aimed to reform the political and economic systems in the USSR?
(3) Working for Cecil B. Demille inspired Ayn Rand to write what novel about an architect?
(4) In 1972, a gold-aluminum plaque carrying a message for possible extraterrestrials was launched on what space probe?
(5) Named for the siblings who inherited the father’s shop, what clothing brand’s logo features the Golden Fleece emblem?

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

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