Master Minds Recap: February 3, 2021

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Wednesday, February 3, 2021 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Wedding Invitations”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, LaKedra Pam, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Jon, Jeff, Carol

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) BUSINESS: Who hires Goodwill ambassadors called “Peanutters” to drive the country in a custom “Nutmobile”?
(a) Planters (b) Jif (c) Snickers
(2) ETIQUETTE: Emily Post advises invitations to include the phrase “The honour of your presence” if a wedding is held where?
(a) house of worship (b) outdoors (c) travel destination
(3) BOTANY: A part of the sapodilla tree, chicle was once imported primarily to produce what product?
(a) chewing gum (b) perfume (c) roofing tar
(4) WHICH CAME FIRST – com, Kool or collective?
(a) “.com” domain name (b) Kool-Aid (c) “collective unconscious”
(5) ORGANIZATIONS: Which of these groups has the most members?
(a) U.S. Senate (b) Tabernacle Choir (c) College of Cardinals
(6) AWARDS: Which “Presidential” medal is the highest civilian honor handed out by the U.S. government?
(a) Citizens Medal (b) Medal of Valor (c) Medal of Freedom?
(7) MEDICINE: The virus strain H1N1 is known by which animal nickname?
(a) chicken pox (b) swine flu (c) mad cow disease

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Scores at end of Round 1:
c1 500 c2 500 c3 500 / Ken 700 LaKedra 400 Ryan 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) NOVEL CHARACTERS: In “Don Quixote”, the title character mistakes what objects for giants in the distance?
(2) PARENTING: When an otherwise-healthy baby cries more than expected, it is known as what condition?
(3) FOOD: An iconic recipe on boxes of Ritz helped popularize the “mock” version of what dessert?
(4) FASHION: What traditionally crinkly, striped fabric was used for the summer service uniforms of the first female U.S. Marines?
(5) SCIENCE: In taxonomic classification, what grouping is listed between class and family?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
c1 500 c2 500 c3 900 / Ken 1300 LaKedra 1000 Ryan 600

CONTESTANT TIE-BREAKER: The highest waterfall in the world at 3,212 feet, Angel Falls is found in what country?
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Scores at end of Round 3:
Jeff 1700 Carol 4300

Carol wins $1,000 and advances to the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. But first, Ken and LaKedra will battle it out for a minute to see who joins Carol.

(500) The “Socceroos” is the nickname of what country’s national soccer team?
(600) Responsible for respiration and heartbeat, the lowest portion of the brain is known by what two-word term?
(700) Introduced as a board game in the 1990s, what franchise’s tagline is “Trade Build Settle”
(800) “Art for art’s sake is a philosophy of the well-fed” is a famous quotation from what “prairie-style” designer?
(900) Made with eggplant and ground lamb, what classic Greek casserole is traditionally topped with bechamel sauce?
(1000) What literary villain was introduced in “The Adventure of the Final Problem”?
(1100) In 1889, Charles Dow co-founded what newspaper to cover financial news?
(1200) Twice as much as 12 is half as much as what other number?

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Ken finished with 4700 to LaKedra’s 3800 so Ken will join Carol in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Carol 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) Referenced in “The Taming of the Shrew”, Xanthippe was the wife of what philosopher?
(2) The song “La Donna E Mobile” was from what Verdi opera?
(3) The first box of Crayola crayons contained all of the colors of the rainbow except which one?
(4) After a 1960s consumer poll, “Veritably” became the official first name of what household product mascot?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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By the fourth question, Carol had one right. Ken had three so the game was over. Carol is going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new players tomorrow.

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