Master Minds Recap: June 1, 2020

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Monday, June 1, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Space Rocks”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Charles, Christine, JT

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) ASTRONOMY: According to NASA, what is the technical term for a rock from space that strikes the earth?
(a) comet (b) meteor (c) meteorite
(2) THE KITCHEN: In cooking, stock differs from broth because of what ingredient that is always used?
(a) meat (b) bones (c) vegetables
(3) LEADERS: Which Israeli prime minister shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat?
(a) Yitzhak Rabin (b) Shimon Peres (c) Menachem Begin
(4) FUEL: Which of these countries has larger oil reserves than the U.S.?
(a) China (b) Brazil (c) Canada
(5) CRIME: What instrument did Al Capone play in his prison band?
(a) the banjo (b) the trumpet (c) the drums
(6) GEOGRAPHY: Oregon’s Crater Lake is located within the caldera of what collapsed volcano?
(a) Mount McLoughlin (b) Mount Tabor (c) Mount Mazama
(7) APPS: In the Safari internet browser logo, which direction is the compass needle pointing?
(a) north (b) northeast (c) northwest

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Charles 400 Christine 500 JT 300 / Ken 700 Muffy 600 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) TRENDS: What dance style was rooted in Harlem drag ballroom competitions before Madonna sang about it in 1990?
(2) FOOD: Translated as ‘herdsman’s meat’, what stew is the national dish of Hungary?
(3) GOVERNMENT: An architect of ‘trickle-down economics’, David Stockman was budget director for which ‘Teflon’ president?
(4) FASHION: On what brand of footwear would you most likely find ‘jibbitz’?
(5) SHAPES: What is the only country in the world with a non-rectangular flag?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Charles 800 Christine 1100 JT 500 / Ken 1700 Muffy 600 Jonathan 700

JT 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.

Charles and Christine go first:

(500) WIth plenty to read at the Library of Congress, what U.S. city has been ranked ‘the most literate’ the most times?
(600) Played by Anthony Hopkins, what 1991 character was named by the American Film Institute as the greatest movie villain?
(700) In 2015, 71 women were elected to municipal offices when what country lifted its ban on women voting and serving?
(800) Founded in 1882, what Catholic fraternal organization’s emblem includes an anchor, a nod to its explorer patron?
(900) If your recipe lists pancetta as an ingredient, what type of meat should you use?
(1000) What zigzag twill weave gets its name from its resemblance to a skeletal fish?
didn’t count:
(1100) Caused by repetitive arm motions, lateral epicondylitis is a condition better known by what athletic name?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Charles 5300 Christine 1100

Charles 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 Charles.

(500) What Vermont capital is spelled with one less ‘L’ than a similarly named French city?
(600) If a slice of pizza has 500 calories, how many will you need to eat to gain the equivalent of one pound?
(700) Charlie Chaplin starred in several films, including “City Lights” and “The Kid”, as what silent protagonist?
(800) Created in 1993 by Bill Clinton, what network of national volunteer programs is called a domestic peace corps?
(900) Unlike the heterotrophs who eat them, phototrophs are organisms that get their energy from what source?
(1000) What painter tagged New York City walls and buildings under the pseudonym Samo with art partner Al Diaz?

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Ken finished with 2200 to Jonathan’s 3300 so Jonathan will join Charles in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Charles beats Jonathan, 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) What anthem routinely played at the White House was originally from a stage production of “The Lady of the Lake”?
(2) A member of the cashew family, what “nut” sold in its shell is actually a seed?
(3) Owned by Snapchat’s parent company, what app lets users send comical avatars of themselves?
(4) What 21st century president signed legislation to build the National Museum of African-American History and Culture?
(5) Written by saxophonist Paul Desmond and released in 1959, what was the first jazz single to sell one million copies?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Charles got 4 right to Jonathan’s 3. Charles wins $10,000. He will be back tomorrow to compete with 2 new players.

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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