Master Minds Recap: June 11, 2020 (afternoon)

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Thursday, June 11, 2020 with host Brooke Burns. This week they are showing 2 episodes per day, one in the afternoon and one in the evening.

This afternoon’s episode: “Trivia, Smarts & Tabula Rasa”
Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Challengers: Jason, Jules, Jim

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) RECIPES: In a 2016 interview with the Chicago Tribune, Joe Ledington may have revealed what famous secret recipe?
(a) Bush’s Baked Beans (b) Coca-Cola (c) KFC herbs & spices
(2) COUNTRIES: The state of Israel is named for which biblical figure?
(a) Moses (b) Isaac (c) Jacob
(3) THE UNIVERSE: In 2019, what became the smallest object to be orbited by a spacecraft?
(a) the asteroid Bennu (b) the moon Proteus (c) the dwarf planet Ceres
(4) CHAMPIONS: Which of these athletes has won more Olympic medals?
(a) Usain Bolt (b) Carl Lewis (c) Mark Spitz
(5) LATIN: Which Latin phrase refers to the theory that the mind has no pre-existing ideas and all knowledge comes from experience?
(a) caveat emptor (b) tabula rasa (c) modus vivendi
(6) SURVIVAL: Of these animals, which has the longest lifespan in the wild?
(a) orangutan (b) great white shark (c) hippopotamus
(7) COMMERCE: ‘BID’ is the three-letter stock symbol used by what auction company?
(a) DealDash (b) eBay (c) Sotheby’s

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Jason 200 Jules 200 Jim 300 / Ken 700 Muffy 400 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) RIVALRIES: Located across the street from one another, “Pat’s” and “Geno’s” are famous competitors in what local American food?
(2) ORGANS: In human anatomy, the term ‘pulmonary’ refers to what part of the body?
(3) GAMING: The term ‘Easter egg’ was coined in 1980 for a hidden message in a video game from what company?
(4) ART: The person in the foreground of which Edvard Munch painting is reacting to the title sound, not creating it?
(5) AIR TRAVEL: If your flight departs from Love Field, what city are you leaving?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Jason 400 Jules 0 Jim 700 / Ken 1100 Muffy 1000 Jonathan 700

Jules 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.

Jason and Jim go first:

(500) Relieving wrinkles and migraines, what therapeutic product is made from the most potent poison known to mankind?
(600) Though often called ‘killer whales’, orcas are the largest species of what family of marine mammals?
(700) The English translation of the cookware brand ‘Le Creuset’ is also the title of what Arthur Miller play?
(800) Established at William & Mary in 1776, what is America’s oldest college fraternity?
(900) In his “An Essay on Criticism,” Alexander Pope wrote that “to err is human” and to do what is “divine”?
(1000) What specific medical condition do you have if you’re suffering from pyrexia?
(1100) After marrying Prince Rainier III of Monaco, what American actress officially became a princess?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Jason 1600 Jim 3200

Jim 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 Jim.

(500) Following his victory at the Battle of Zela, what celebratory message did Julius Caesar send back to Rome?
(600) In 2019, what famed cathedral caught fire nearly destroying the entire structure?
(700) Steve McCurry’s famed “Afghan Girl” photograph appeared on the cover of what monthly magazine in 1985?
(800) What unofficial golf rule allows players to redo a bad shot without receiving a penalty?
(900) On the Fedex logo, an arrow can be seen pointing to which letter?
(1000) The RH factor is named for the Rhesus species of what animal?
(1100) Hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer is a fictional character created by what author?
(1200) Located entirely within the Atlantic, what is the only sea without a land boundary?
Didn’t count:
(1300) Established in 1945, which Dutch city is home to the United National International Court of Justice?

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Ken finished with 5300 to Muffy’s 3600 so Ken will join Jim in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Jim beats Ken, 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) Occuring 11 times, what is the most common first name for British kings?
(2) Known for its cookies and bread, what baked goods company did Margaret Rudkin name for her family’s country property?
(3) Satoshi Nakamoto is credited with founding what?
(4) Fans of Count Dracula might enjoy visiting Transylvania located in what European country?
(5) Due to its appearance, the ‘@’ symbol is ‘chiocciola’ in Italy, their word for what animal?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Jim and Ken were tied at 3 right apiece so Jim got to play the Ultimate Trivia Question. He does not have to beat Ken on this one. He just has to get it right.

For $10,000: ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUESTION: In Norse mythology, what is the name of the rainbow bridge that connects Asgard to Midgard

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Jim didn’t get it right so he is going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new players in the next show.

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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