Master Minds Recap: April 10, 2020

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Friday, April 10, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia Smarts & One-Term Presidents”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco and Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Marshall, Bridgett, Ezra

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) LITERATURE: Which Charles Dickens novel features the Artful Dodger?
(a) Oliver Twist (b) Great Expectations (c) David Copperfield
(2) JEWELRY: Housed in the Smithsonian, what color is the Hope Diamond?
(a) blue (b) purple (c) red
(3) SHIPS: Typically, which of these sailboats has more than one mast?
(a) sloop (b) cutter (c) schooner
(4) TIMELINE: Which came first?
(a) basketball (b) ballpoint pen (c) Penn State
(5) TEXTILES: Rayon is manufactured from what basic component?
(a) sand (b) petroleum (c) cellulose
(6) LEADERS: Which of these U.S. Presidents served only one term?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant (b) George H.W. Bush (c) Grover Cleveland
(7) RELIGION: In the Bible, the Pentateuch includes which of these books?
(a) Deuteronomy (b) Lamentations (c) Revelation

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Marshall 500 Bridgett 300 Ezra 500 / Ken 700 Muffy 600 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) BOOKS: How many Harry Potter novels were written by J.K. Rowling?
(2) SENSES: Someone suffering from anosmia has no sense of what?
(3) HAUNTING: The name of what spirit comes from the German for ‘noisy ghost’?
(4) THE OLYMPICS: In 1996, what gymnast vaulted on a severely injured ankle to seal the first ever Gold Medal for the U.S. Women’s Team?
(5) ANIMALS: The Great Dane is the national dog of which European country?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Marshall 900 Bridgett 900 Ezra 700 / Ken 900 Muffy 600 Jonathan 800

Ezra and Muffy are eliminated.

Round 3: Each team faces off in a 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.

Marshall and Bridgett go first:

(500) What synthetic ground cover was originally called “ChemGrass”?
(600) Lewis Carroll’s 1871 book “Through the Looking-Glass” is a sequel to what other acclaimed novel?
(700) Meaning ‘shepherdess’ in French, which 18th century upholstered armchair has an enclosed back?
(800) In the expression ‘4X plus 7’, what is the coefficient?
(900) In terms of population, which U.S. state has the greatest percentage of Native Americans?
(1000) Nebuchadnezzar II was king of which important Mesopotamian center?
(1100) The ‘real’ is the real currency of what South American country?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Marshall 2800 Bridgett 3000

Bridgett 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 Bridgett.

(500) Built in 312 B.C., the Appian Way is located in which European country?
(600) What flower arrangement worn on a jacket lapel is French for ‘buttonhole’?
(700) “Fancy Free” was the first ballet choreographed by which Leonard Bernstein collaborator?
(800) René-Maurice Gattefossé literally wrote the book on what practice that uses essential oils?
(900) Created by Jim Henson, what was the first American television broadcast in the Soviet Union?
(1000) Fabric and wood pieces from the Wright brothers plane were carried by astronauts on what space mission?
(1100) The word for what tactic of obstruction comes from a Spanish term for a pirate?
(1200) A 37-foot statue of what historical figure stands atop City Hall in Philadelphia, PA?

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Ken finished with 4500 to Jonathan’s 3100 so Ken will join Bridgett in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Bridgett 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 now presented to the players individually and they say their answers out loud. (In the old format, they sat side-by-side and wrote down their answers.)

(1) From 2010 until 2017, what image was the default for Twitter users who did not have a profile picture?
(2) According to legend, what fermented tea drink is named for a Korean doctor who prized it for its alleged healing properties?
(3) What entrepreneur’s electric car was launched into space in 2018?
(4) Which 17-year-old girl became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize?
(5) Nestled between the landlocked countries of Switzerland and Austria, what tiny principality is double landlocked?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Bridgett lost to Ken on the last question! She is going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new players next Monday.

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