Master Minds Recap: May 6, 2020

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Wednesday, May 6, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Feathered Hair”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Emma, Gilli, Joe

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) CARDS: The 78-card Rider-Waite deck is among the most common used by fans of what?
(a) baseball cards (b) Uno (c) tarot
(2) TEXTILES: If you are creating decorative fabrics by tying knots in yarn or string, which of these crafts are you doing?
(a) crochet (b) macramé (c) weaving
(3) RELIGION: What was scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s first name?
(a) Lafayette (b) Leighton (c) Longfellow
(4) BEASTS: Which came first– lions, tigers or bears?
(a) the MGM lion (b) Tony the Tiger (c) Paddington Bear
(5) GOVERNMENT: George W. Bush, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ruth Bader Ginsburg were all what?
(a) Senators (b) valedictorians (c) cheerleaders
(6) MINING: An ounce of which of these metals is the least expensive at their current market rates?
(a) gold (b) silver (c) uranium
(7) LEADERS: Which of these Native Americans was a chief of this tribe?
(a) Geronimo (b) Squanto (c) Cochise

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Emma 400 Gilli 300 Joe 600 / Ken 600 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) ICONS: Seen on the best-selling poster of all time, whose feathered hairstyle would epitomize the ’70s?
(2) ARCHITECTURE: Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, what NYC museum has been described as looking like a washing machine?
(3) WHODUNNIT: What author wrote her “Alphabet Series” of books featuring Detective Kinsey Millhone?
(4) BAR BETS: Conceived by a brewery manager, what book of superlatives was created to solve pub arguments?
(5) ARTS & CRAFTS: Literally “chewed paper” in French, what art material is made from a mixture of wastepaper and glue?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Emma 600 Gilli 900 Joe 1000 / Ken 800 Muffy 1400 Jonathan 800

Master Mind Tie Breaker: Sharing a name with an Oscar nominated actor, what is the proper term for a baby goose?

ANSWER: show

Ken buzzed in with the correct response so Emma 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.

Gilli and Joe go first:

(500) In “Casablanca,” Ilsa asks Sam to play what song?
(600) When dealing with digital information storage, what is the next largest unit of measurement after terabyte?
(700) A ballet dancer standing on one leg with the other one extended out behind them is demonstrating what position?
(800) A main subject of his life’s work, Jasper Johns’ first major completed piece has what one-word title?
(900) The world’s largest spider and frog species both share what biblical name?
(1000) What is the world’s smallest ocean?
(1100) Historically used at castle entrances, what grill-like gate was raised and lowered to let visitors pass?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Gilli 1600 Joe 2100

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

(500) Promoted by a computer, “Major Major Major Major” is a character in what satirical novel?
(600) Max Factor was the first person to use what hyphenated term to market his products?
(700) The first facility outside Washington, DC to print paper money was established in what Southwest city?
(800) Which jazz trumpeter dropped out of Juilliard and went on to give birth to “The Cool”?
(900) According to the FDA, what is the only fish whose eggs can be labeled as simply ‘caviar’?
(1000) Reaching a weight of 343 pounds, what breed of dog holds the world record for heaviest ever recorded?
(1100) The secretive government agency behind the creation of the internet, GPS and stealth fighter is known by what acronym?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Muffy finished with 3700 to Ken’s 2300 so Muffy will join Joe in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Joe beats Muffy, 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) A single full term for a United Nations Secretary-General lasts how many years?
(2) Before appearing on the U.S. dollar coin, Susan B. Anthony was arrested for participating in what activity?
(3) The term ‘nomophobia’ is defined as the fear of being without what everyday item?
(4) The book “Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies” was the first item sold by what company?
(5) A signal of incoming thunderstorms, what type of towering cloud is often characterized by a flat, anvil-like top?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Joe did it! He got 3 right to Muffy’s 2. That’s the third $10K winner and each one beat Muffy. Joe will be back tomorrow to take on 2 new challengers and the Master Minds.

Master Minds airs daily on Game Show Network. Check your local listings for times. (Here in the Central Time Zone it comes on at 3:00 p.m.)

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