Master Minds Recap: May 27, 2020

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

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Elephant Society”
Today’s Master Minds: LaKedra Pam, Muffy Marracco, Arianna Haut
Today’s challengers: Jill, Tim, Lisa

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) NAVIGATION: Who was the first European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic?
(a) Ferdinand Magellan (b) John Cabot (c) Vasco da Gama
(2) FOOD: Which of these is a pasta dish?
(a) risotto (b) polenta (c) couscous
(3) JEWELRY: The longest pearl necklaces are traditionally classified as what length?
(a) rope (b) queen (c) grande
(4) ANIMALS: In elephant society, what is the term for the leader of a herd?
(a) mare (b) tusker (c) matriarch
(5) FILM: Alfred Hitchcock appeared in signs forbidding moviegoers to be late to what movie due to the shock in the first reel?
(a) The Birds (b) Strangers on a Train (c) Psycho
(6) PSYCHOLOGY: The phenomenon in which a mass of people recall the same event incorrectly is referred to as what?
(a) Hawthorne effect (b) Mandela effect (c) Thatcher effect
(7) SPACE: Which dwarf planet is closest to the sun?
(a) Pluto (b) Ceres (c) Eris

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Jill 200 Tim 400 Lisa 500 / LaKedra 600 Muffy 700 Arianna 400

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) CLOTHING: In the U.S., men’s pants sizes are traditionally measured by waist and what other length?
(2) GEOGRAPHY: Running from Maine to Georgia, what trail is the longest hiking-only footpath in the United States?
(3) CELEBRATIONS: In the 4th century, the Ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia was adapted by Chistians into what modern holiday?
(4) DANCE: Created for her in 1905 by choreographer Michel Fokine, “The Dying Swan” was what ballerina’s signature solo?
(5) WEALTH: A Baltimore university and hospital share the name of what financier and philanthropist?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Jill 600 Tim 600 Lisa 1100 / LaKedra 400 Muffy 1100 Arianna 600

Contestant Tie-Breaker: Nat Fein won a Pulitzer Prize for the photograph “Babe Ruth Bows Out”, taken in which ballpark?
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Jill buzzed in and answered correctly. Tim and LaKedra 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.

Jill and Lisa go first:

(500) In 2011, protestors gathered at Zuccotti Park in New York for an economic demonstration known by what three-word name?
(600) The medical procedure known as an A1C test measures the amount of what substance in your blood?
(700) What electronic switch was first used in hearing aids before being used in the namesake hand-held radios?
(800) What best-selling book by journalist Malcolm Gladwell examines the virtues of snap judgment?
(900) Which of the 50 states holds the most seats in the U.S. House of Representatives?
(1000) Known as slide-groat in 15th century England, what game is now popular on cruise ships?
Didn’t count:
(1100) After his final defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to what island to live out his days?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Jill 1500 Lisa 3400

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

(500) Russia invaded and annexed what region of Ukraine, resulting in their suspension from the G8?
(600) What mathematician’s famous number sequence begins with 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and 13?
(700) Who serves as the narrator of the novel “The Great Gatsby”?
(800) What Flemish cartographer coined the term ‘atlas’ to pertain to a collection of maps?
(900) Chocolate the Moose and Legs the Frog are among the ‘original nine’ characters of what toy line?
(1000) Developed in 18th century France, which economic policy opposes government intervention in business affairs?
(1100) Who did Mitch McConnell replace as Senate Republican leader in 2006?
(1200) Who became the first fictional character to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
(1300) Carleton Watkins’ 1861 images of Cathedral Rocks were among the first photos taken of what U.S. valley?

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Muffy finished with 5200 to Arianna’s 2700 so Muffy will join Lisa in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Lisa beats Muffy, 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) What former capital of Japan is an anagram of the current capital?
(2) Sharing a name with an Egyptian pharaoh, what spacecraft was launched to study planets outside our solar system?
(3) What fruit is thought to be a hybrid of blackberries, loganberries and raspberries?
(4) Given by King Eurystheus, the final labor of Hercules involved the capture of what fearsome beast of the underworld?
(5) In 1861, what secessionist state removed its governor from office for refusing to pledge his loyalty to the Confederacy?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Lisa got 2 right to Muffy’s 4. Lisa is going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new players tomorrow.

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