Master Minds Recap: April 27, 2020

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Monday, April 27, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Space Travel”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Michael, Amy, Durant

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) CLASSICS: Which of these novels is set in a world where books are outlawed and burned?
(a) Bonfire of the Vanities (b) Fahrenheit 451 (c) The Satanic Verses
(2) GOVERNMENT: During peacetime, the Coast Guard was under whose control before being moved to the Department of Homeland Security?
(a) Department of Transportation (b) Department of Defense (c) Department of the Interior
(3) BILLIARDS: How many striped balls are used in a game of “8-Ball”?
(a) Seven (b) Eight (c) Nine
(4) CUISINE: Which of these entrees is made from an ectothermic animal?
(a) Prime rib (b) Salmon (c) Chicken Cordon Bleu
(5) THE OFFICE: If a ream of paper has 500 sheets, how many sheets does a ‘quire’ have?
(a) 25 (b) 100 (c) 250
(6) TECH: In 1992, what two-word greeting was the first text message received by a mobile phone?
(a) Merry Christmas (b) Happy Birthday (c) You up?
(7) PRODUCTS: Which brand’s slogan is a boast on how it can withstand humidity?
(a) Brylcreem (b) Morton Salt (c) Dixie

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Michael 400 Amy 200 Durant 500 / 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) ECOLOGY: Sixty percent of the Amazon rainforest can be found within which South American country?
(2) FELINES: Also the name of a cotton fabric, orange, black and white fur is seen on what type of cat, of which over 99% are female?
(3) ASTRONOMY: Who was the first person to travel to outer space?
(4) ORGANIZATIONS: The American Legion was founded by a group of 20 military officers following their service in what war?
(5) DRINKS: What cocktail is H.L. Mencken credited with calling “the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Michael 800 Amy 0 Durant 700 / Ken 1100 Muffy 600 Jonathan 700

Amy 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.

Michael and Durant go first:

(500) The world’s smallest country, Vatican City, is situated entirely within what national capital city?
(600) What Wendy’s founder was originally mentored by Colonel Sanders?
(700) What art instrument in the U.S. gets its name from the French word for ‘pencil’?
(800) Known for his song “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” what singer rebounded in 1994 after appearing on “MTV Unplugged”?
(900) A metamorphic rock used as a gemstone, lapis lazuli is known for producing what color jewelry?
(1000) Jacob and Wilhelm were the first names of what brothers known for their storytelling?
(1100) After losing its velvet, what body part do male deer shed every winter?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Michael 3300 Durant 3100

Michael 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 Michael.

(500) Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore and Lisa Leslie are all known for their participation in what professional sport?
(600) One of Spain’s best known dishes, what saffron-flavored mixture is named for the flat round pan in which it is cooked?
(700) After a dangerous encounter with a car while training, Johnny Goldberg started what lasting indoor fitness fad in 1989?
(800) Characterized by sharp movements, what highly stylized two-step Latin dance is inspired by bullfighting?
(900) What high-waisted gown is named for dresses worn during the reign of Napoleon?
(1000) What Chilean poet and Nobel laureate wrote “Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair”?
(1100) How many appellate courts are in the Federal U.S. judicial system?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Ken finished with 4100 to Jonathan’s 700 so Ken will join Michael in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Michael 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 individually and they say their answers out loud.

(1) Which holiday plant is named for a former U.S. ambassador to Mexico?
(2) A pile of firewood that measures approximately 4 feet wide by 4 feet high by 8 feet long is called what?
(3) In the Book of Colossians, which biblical figure is referred to as “the beloved physician”?
(4) Which king of corinth was forced to repeatedly push a rock up a hill only to have it roll down when he got to the top?
(5) Which late 20th century president’s middle name is also an early 20th century’s last name?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Michael got 3 right to Ken’s 5. Michael is going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new players tomorrow.

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