Master Minds Recap: May 12, 2020

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Tuesday, May 12, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Ballroom Dance”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Andi, Bethany, Mayank

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) TECH: The word ‘moon’ can be spelled on a telephone keypad using only what numbered button?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
(2) BEAUTY: The FDA says which of these is a permanent method of hair removal?
(a) epilation (b) electrolysis (c) waxing
(3) MEASUREMENTS: Which unit of area is equal to 10,000 square meters?
(a) acre (b) league (c) hectare
(4) ART: In “The Last Supper” by Marcos Zapata, the disciples are believed to be eating what Peruvian delicacy?
(a) alpaca (b) boa constrictor (c) guinea pig
(5) MINING: Since 2007, what nation has been the largest producer of gold?
(a) China (b) Russia (c) South Africa
(6) SENSES: Triggered by gentle stimuli like whispers, the tingling feeling that runs from the scalp to the spine is known as what?
(a) ASMR (b) FIPS (c) SWOT
(7) RHYTHM: Related to the Cuban ‘son’, what ballroom dance uses a basic pattern of two quick side steps and one slow forward step?
(a) rumba (b) salsa (c) cha-cha

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Andi 400 Bethany 400 Mayank 700 / Ken 500 Muffy 700 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) FOOD: From the French meaning ‘to puff up’, what egg-based dish is often baked and served in a ramekin?
(2) ANIMALS: Native to Australia, what is the second-tallest bird on earth?
(3) THEATER: ‘Paint drums” and the PVC pipe ‘drumbone’ are just two of the instruments played by what colorfully-named performers?
(4) MEDICINE: In 1974, two doctors invented a ‘blunt tunneling method’, making them innovators of what body sculpting procedure?
(5) SPEECH: Belize is the only country in Central America to have what official language?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Andi 1400 Bethany 600 Mayank 700 / Ken 1300 Muffy 700 Jonathan 900

Bethany 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.

Andi and Mayank go first:

(500) Popular since the 1950s, what shoe is named for its resemblance to a dagger?
(600) Due to its climate and geography, what European country is the world’s leading olive oil producer?
(700) Who designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A.?
(800) Containing over 3 million cubic yards of concrete, the Hoover Dam holds back what river?
(900) “Remembrance of Things Past” is one translation of the title for the seven-volume novel by which French author?
(1000) In 1979, Daniel Ortega’s Sandinista military group overthrew the ruling dictator of which Central American country?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Did anyone notice that Mayank answered Jeopardy! style on the 600 clue?

Scores at end of Round 3:
Andi 3200 Mayank 1900

Andi 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 Andi.

(500) Since 1962, what major U.S. city famously dyes its local river green every year for St. Patrick’s Day?
(600) The saying “If anything can go wrong, it will” is most often credited to a military engineer with what last name?
(700) Flannel fabric is traditionally made from what material?
(800) Known as the ‘Greatest Show on Earth’, which competitor purchased the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1907?
(900) The poem “I Sing the Boy Electric” was untitled in the first edition of which Walt Whitman collection?
(1000) A hygrometer is used to measure what aspect of the weather?
(1100) What index used for the Tokyo Stock Exchange shares its name with a Japanese financial newspaper?
(1200) Played by Gloria Swanson, what character concludes the film “Sunset Boulevard” by saying she is ready for her close-up?
didn’t count:
(1300) If your traditional work attire includes a wimple, your profession is most likely what?

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Ken finished with 7400 to Jonathan’s 1600 so Ken will join Andi in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Andi 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 individually and they say their answers out loud.

(1) Of the three largest credit reporting agencies, which one comes first alphabetically?
(2) A brogue would most likely be worn on what part of your body?
(3) The name of what French dish comes from two verbs meaning ‘to boil’ and ‘to lower heat’?
(4) Author Virginia Woolf was a member of what artistic circle named for the London district in which she lived?
(5) Often found covering the body of newborns, what is the name of the downy hair that is first to grow from hair follicles?

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

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