Master Minds Recap: June 10, 2020 (evening)

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Wednesday, June 10, 2020 with host Brooke Burns. This week they are showing 2 episodes per day, one in the afternoon and one in the evening.

This evening’s episode: “Trivia, Smarts & an X-Ray”
Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Challengers: Jillian, Scott, Scarlett

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) MUSIC: Steinway & Sons built an entire town for their employees within NYC to aid in the production of what?
(a) violins (b) pianos (c) guitars
(2) EVENTS: Starting in London in 1851, which of these events occurred first?
(a) the Wimbledon Championship (b) Fashion Week (c) the World’s Fair
(3) CUISINE: Rotini looks most like which spiral-shaped pasta?
(a) farfalle (b) pappardelle (c) fusilli
(4) A.K.A.: A ‘tarpaulin’ is an old word for which of these?
(a) moss (b) sailor (c) turtle
(5) NOVELS: In the book “The Great Gatsby”, what is the title character’s first name?
(a) Jay (b) Will (c) Theodore
(6) SPACE: Which of these planets takes approximately 29 earth years to complete a single orbit around the sun?
(a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn
(7) NAMESAKES: The only country in the world named specifically for a woman is located in which island chain?
(a) Lesser Antilles (b) Hawaiian Islands (c) Virgin Islands

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Jillian 500 Scott 500 Scarlett 400 / Ken 700 Muffy 500 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) MEDICINE: Barium is commonly used in x-ray tests to diagnose problems with what system of the human body?
(2) MATH: What is the proper term for the bottom number of a fraction?
(3) FOOTWEAR: In 1921, what former athlete began selling the canvas Converse shoe that is still marketed today under his name?
(4) PARKS: What South Dakota wilderness area became a national park in 1978?
(5) REFERENCES: Issuing its highly coveted stars, what guidebook was conceived to encourage more French motorists to hit the road?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Jillian 500 Scott 900 Scarlett 800 / Ken 1100 Muffy 900 Jonathan 400

Jillian 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.

Scott and Scarlett go first:

(500) If you are competing on the Banzai Pipeline, you are most likely doing what activity?
(600) In “Rumpelstiltskin”, the titular character has the ability to spin what material into gold?
(700) According to Nielsen, what is the best selling month for cranberries?
(800) In its solid form, what color is sulfur?
(900) Opening the same year, “Biloxi Blues” and a female version of “The Odd Couple” were written by what author?
(1000) What’s the last name of the father and son who both served as presidents of the Teamsters Union?
(1100) A terminal at O’Hare International Airport features a brachiosaurus skeleton replica on loan from what nearby museum?
Didn’t count:
(1200) In 2018, what car brand set the record for the world’s most expensive publicly-recorded car sale?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Scott 1700 Scarlett 3500

Scarlett 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 Scarlett.

(500) Italian for ‘beautiful woman’, what name is given to the poisonous ‘deadly nightshade’ plant?
(600) In grammar, ‘the’ is defined as which of the two categories of articles?
(700) Released in 1935, what Parker Bros. product was based on Elizabeth Magie’s “The Landlord’s Game”?
(800) An object’s weight is equal to its mass times the acceleration of what force?
(900) One of USA Today’s Most Influential Books, what guide describes itself as America’s pregnancy bible?
(1000) In 2005, what world leader became the first to hold the official title of Bundeskanzlerin?
(1100) The ingredients of haggis are typically boiled inside what animal organ?
(1200) What type of rock makes the White Cliffs of Dover white?
(1300) Named for Steve Jobs’ daughter, what was the first home computer that used clickable icons as an interface?

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Ken finished with 6000 to Muffy’s 3300 so Ken will join Scarlett in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Scarlett 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) What popular sports anthem was written by Albert Von Tilzer and Jack Norworth in 1908?
(2) The Panama Hat was originally named in which South American country?
(3) In terms of land area, which of New York City’s five boroughs in the largest?
(4) Invented in 1803, what drug is named for the Greek god of dreams?
(5) What Piper Kerman memoir begins “International baggage claim in the Brussels airport was large and airy”?

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

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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