Master Minds Recap: May 29, 2020

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Friday, May 29, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Roman Gods”
Today’s Master Minds: Ryan Chaffee, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Davee, Daniel, Megan

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) COMPUTING: An alternative to Microsoft Windows, which free operating system is often associated with a penguin named “Tux”?
(a) Linux (b) Unix (c) Android
(2) BEVERAGES: Bottled at an aquifer that was once a volcano, which drinking water is exported from a Pacific island?
(a) Acqua Panna (b) Fiji (c) Evian
(3) PRESENTS: Which gift from the biblical Magi gets its name from the old French word for ‘noble’?
(a) gold (b) frankincense (c) myrrh
(4) HEALTH: What disorder is defined by a distorted sense of perception when someone feels larger than they are?
(a) Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (b) Gulliver’s Disease (c) Beanstalk Delusion
(5) WILDLIFE: The slow loris is the only primate known to be which of these?
(a) nocturnal (b) hairless (c) venomous
(6) ARTS: What ancient decorative technique involves filling the center of metal outlines with enamel or glass?
(a) cloisonné (b) filigree (c) appliqué
(7) METEOROLOGY: According to the National Weather Service, which of these forecast terms is equivalent to “partly sunny”?
(a) mostly clear (b) partly cloudy (c) cloudy

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Davee 300 Daniel 700 Megan 500 / Ryan 500 Muffy 500 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) PRODUCTS: Introduced in 1924 to remove cold cream, what brand changed course to advertise itself as a disposable handkerchief?
(2) LITERATURE: Mollie and Boxer are two horses in which George Orwell novel?
(3) MYTH: What Roman god of beginnings and endings is depicted with two faces?
(4) BIOLOGY: A scientist who specializes in the study of fungi is referred to as what?
(5) DINING: Two brothers, Leroy and Forrest Raffel, started which beefy fast food restaurant in 1964?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Davee 700 Daniel 900 Megan 1100 / Ryan 1100 Muffy 900 Jonathan 800

Davee 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.

Daniel and Megan go first:

(500) What is the only kind of bear that is classified as a marine mammal?
(600) The Golden Gloves Tournament is held for amateurs in what sport?
(700) A building at what current New Jersey university served as the U.S. capitol in 1783?
(800) Controlling access to medieval castles, a bascule is what type of bridge?
(900) First recorded by Big Mama Thornton, what song sung by Elvis on TV caused a pelvis shaking controversy?
(1000) In Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet”, what is Romeo’s last name?
(1100) Which U.S state was acquired with the signing of the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819?
(1200) Commonly found in a sidecar cocktail, cognac and armagnac are two kinds of what spirit?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Daniel 2400 Megan 5300

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

(500) Tofu and tempeh both come from what plant source?
(600) Eternity and Obsession are fragrances released by which clothing designer?
(700) In home decor, what term is used for a wall-mounted light source, such as a candle?
(800) Which internal organ has the highest regenerative capacity?
(900) Known as the CCC, what New Deal program planted more than three billion trees?
(1000) In the 1800s, Dr. Jean-Francois Coindet showed that iodine was instrumental in treating what thyroid condition?
(1100) Born William Sydney Porter in 1862, what author changed his name after being jailed for embezzlement?
(1200) God promises to send Elijah “before the great and dreadful day of the Lord” in what final book of the Old Testament?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Ryan finished with 4600 to Muffy’s 3000 so Ryan will join Megan in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Megan beats Ryan, 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) Catherine the Great commissioned the creation of what renowned Moscow ballet and drama company?
(2) An early architect of the U.N., Cordell Hull is also known for serving the longest in which U.S. cabinet position?
(3) Born in 1791, what English mathematician is credited with conceiving the first automatic digital computer?
(4) What was the first state to ratify the Constitution?
(5) After meeting Picabo Street as a child, Lindsey Vonn followed her idol into which Olympic sport?

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

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