Master Minds Recap: May 8, 2020

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Friday, May 8, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & a Manicure”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Morgan, Vincent, Adrianne

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) FEATS: Peggy Whitson broke a record by spending a total of 665 days where?
(a) Antarctica (b) space (c) the FBI Most Wanted list
(2) PHILOSOPHY: What Chinese philosophy is based on the writings of Lao-Tzu?
(a) Mohism (b) Yangism (c) Taoism
(3) HOTELS: On November 10, 1908 at Montana’s Superior Hotel, what was left for guests for the very first time?
(a) mints on the pillow (b) a Gideon Bible (c) towels
(4) BEAUTY: What type of manicure features a secondary color forming a crescent moon at the base of the nail?
(a) mirror (b) American (c) reverse French
(5) OUTDOORS: Doing which of these recreational activities would most likely involve wearing salopettes?
(a) skiing (b) golfing (c) horseback riding
(6) ANCIENT LIT: As told in the Aeneid, which Greek hero was hiding inside the Trojan Horse?
(a) Achilles (b) Agamemnon (c) Ulysses
(7) AIRPORTS: More than twice the size of Manhattan, what city has the largest airport in the U.S. in terms of land area?
(a) Denver (b) Dallas (c) Detroit

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Morgan 300 Vincent 400 Adrianne 600 / Ken 400 Muffy 600 Jonathan 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) CURRENCY: What former currency of Italy was replaced when the euro was adopted in 1999?
(2) FOOD: In 1762, John Montagu popularized what food item, named for the English town where he held the rank of Earl?
(3) PACTS: A treaty with the U.S. Government gives the Makah Indian tribe the right to hunt a very limited number of what animal?
(4) ART: “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” by George Seurat typifies what painting technique?
(5) ECOLOGY: What national park boasts the largest continuous stand of sawgrass prairie in the U.S.?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Morgan 500 Vincent 0 Adrianne 400 / Ken 400 Muffy 1400 Jonathan 400

MASTER MIND TIE-BREAKER: An aubade is a song, poem or type of music that would be heard during which time of the day?

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Ken answered correctly first. Vincent 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.

Morgan and Adrianne go first:

(500) Before his life in politics, what family business did Jimmy Carter operate?
(600) Alphabetically, which state’s postal abbreviation comes first?
(700) What colorful cake owes its popularity to a food dye salesman trying to boost business during the Depression?
(800) During her career, who served as the editor-in-chief of ‘Vanity Fair’, ‘The New Yorker’ and ‘The Daily Beast’?
(900) What is the name of the central canine character in “The Call of the Wild”?
(1000) One of the March birthstones, what red-flecked green quartz is also known as heliotrope?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Morgan 2500 Adrianne 1100

Morgan 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 Morgan.

(500) The first recorded use of the phrase “wild goose chase” was by Mercutio in a play by what writer?
(600) The Wharton School is part of what Ivy League University
(700) Loops, arches and whorls are unique patterns used by forensic scientists to compare samples of what in an investigation?
(800) The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 was passed after what tanker spilled 11 million gallons of oil into Alaskan waters
(900) The French verb meaning ‘to melt’ gives us the name of what communal dish?
(1000) What company introduced the classic Chatter Telephone and the toy line “Little People”?
(1100) Located in the North Atlantic Ocean, which treacherous bay borders both France and Spain?
(1200) Despite its name, fireflies are a family within what order of insects?
didn’t count:
(1300) What does the ‘WD’ stand for in the household product, WD-40?

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Ken finished with 6100 to Muffy’s 2500 so Ken will join Morgan in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Morgan 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) Because he considered them worthless, what everyday items of clothing were never worn by Albert Einstein?
(2) What 1962 bestseller was written by Rachel Carson, a former aquatic biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?
(3) What glands secrete the hormone cortisol?
(4) What British Prime Minister who oversaw the abolition of slavery has a beverage named in his honor?
(5) During his landmark journey, which of Columbus’ ships ran aground and had to be abandoned?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Morgan got 2 right to Ken’s 5. Morgan is going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new players on Monday.

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