Master Minds Recap: March 2, 2021

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Tuesday, March 2, 2021 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Lip Syncing”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Marcos, Amber, Tom

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) POETRY: Minnehaha is a fictional Native American woman in which epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
(a) The Saga of Sitting Bull (b) The Ballad of Sacagawea (c) The Song of Hiawatha
(2) ADVERTISING: Since 1928, Coca-Cola has been the longest continuous sponsor of what sporting event?
(a) Super Bowl (b) Olympics (c) Wimbledon
(3) MEASUREMENT: If you travel 20,000 leagues under the sea, about how many nautical miles would you have gone?
(a) 10,000 (b) 60,000 (c) 120,000
(4) Which came first: Earth, Mars or Venus?
(a) Earth, Wind & Fire (b) Mars Bar (c) Venus de Milo
(5) MEDICINE: In first aid, rolling an unconscious victim into which of these is known as the recovery position?
(a) their side (b) their back (c) their stomach
(6) HISTORY: When Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigated the globe, what was the name of his flagship?
(a) Anguilla (b) Trinidad (c) Saint Lucia
(7) PERFORMANCES: What singer admitted to li-syncing the National Anthem at Barack Obama’s inauguration?
(a) Mariah Carey (b) Kelly Clarkson (c) Beyonce

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Marcos 400 Amber 200 Tom 500 / Ken 300 Muffy 500 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) GEOGRAPHY: What state borders the western end of Florida’s panhandle?
(2) COOKING: Chicken Florentine is traditionally served with what main vegetable?
(3) THE CALENDAR: What two months of the year are named for ancient Roman leaders?
(4) FASHION: Thermotropic liquid crystals created the effect found in what jewelry fad of the 1970s?
(5) ANATOMY: The superior, medial and inferior rectus muscles help move what part of your head?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Marcos 400 Amber -200 Tom 900 / Ken 900 Muffy 500 Jonathan 300

Amber 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.

Marcos and Tom go first:

(500) in Beverly Hills, Gucci and Prada have locations on what ritzy shopping street?
(600) The chemical acetone is a common ingredient in solvents used to remove what type of cosmetic?
(700) In 1919, Sir Barton became the first winner of what horse racing title before the phrase was even coined?
(800) A famous painting by Edgar Degas depicts a woman with a glass of what green liquor?
(900) What abdominal feature usually forms about two weeks after you are born?
(1000) Fearing that the title “The Strike” gave too much plot away, Ayn Rand gave her novel what new name?
(1100) Now able to simulate sweat, Robutt is a robot used by Ford to test what car part?
didn’t count:
(1200) According to the International Playing Card Society, the king of hearts was modeled on what French ruler?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Marcos 400 Tom 5500

Tom 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 Tom.

(500) According to its Japanese name, Japan is the land of what celestial object?
(600) Reserved mostly for royal ceremonies or diplomatic occasions, what is the most formal dress code in the Western world?
(700) What pediatrician begins his famous book with the line, “Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do”?
(800) What company achieved early success with Facebook games like Farmville and Mafia Wars?
(900) Kyler Murray’s 2018 Heisman Trophy winner was the seventh for what school, tying a record with Ohio State and Notre Dame?
(1000) Playwright Jean- Baptiste Poquelin is better known by what name?
(1100) What chain of smoothie stores got its start as a Cal Poly Student’s senior project?

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Ken finished with 3800 to Muffy’s 1500 so Ken will join Tom in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Tom 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) In 1992, New York’s Guggenheim Museum was gifted nearly 200 pieces by what controversial photographer?
(2) Subtitled “The Parish Boy’s Progress”, what was Charles Dickens’ second novel?
(3) What farm animal creates its own natural earplug when making its signature sound averaging 100 decibels?
(4) The phrase “turn a blind eye” originally referred to what one-eyed British admiral who ignored a signal to retreat?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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By the fourth question, Tom had 2 right and Ken had 4 right, so that was the end of the road. Tom is going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new players tomorrow.

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