Master Minds Recap: June 12, 2020 (afternoon)

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Friday, June 12, 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 & Apollo’s Twin”
Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Madison, Branden, Megan

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) ANATOMY: On average, what percentage of the total cells in the human body are actually human and not microorganisms?
(a) 22% (b) 43% (c) 62%
(2) BEACHES: You are most likely to find elephant seals off the coast of which state?
(a) California (b) Maine (c) Florida
(3) PUBLISHING: Of these newspaper size formats, which one is the largest?
(a) Berliner (b) broadsheet (c) tabloid
(4) HISTORY: April 9th marks the anniversary of the meeting of what two men at McLean House?
(a) Grant and Lee (b) Lewis and Clark (c) Lincoln and Douglas
(5) FASHION: An epaulet is a strip of fabric most often attached to what area of a garment?
(a) knee (b) hip (c) shoulder
(6) WORD ORIGINS: Meaning “a small amount”, the word ‘skosh’ is derived from what language?
(a) Japanese (b) Hebrew (c) Swedish

(7) INVENTIONS: Derived from coal, water and air, what was the world’s first fully man-made fiber?
(a) nylon (b) polyester (c) rayon

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Madison 300 Branden 300 Megan 600 / Ken 600 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) PEDIATRICS: What is the first primary color babies are able to perceive?
(2) DECOR: To an interior designer, throw, runner and scatter are types of what?
(3) SWINDLERS: 20th century con man Victor Lustig ‘sold’ which European landmark to two different scrap iron dealers?
(4) MATH: In trigonometry, what is the reciprocal ratio of the sine?
(5) MYTHOLOGY: Known as the goddess of the hunt, what Roman deity was Apollo’s twin sister?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Madison 100 Branden 700 Megan 400 / Ken 1000 Muffy 1200 Jonathan 700

Madison 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.

Branden and Megan go first:

(500) Meaning “divine wind”, what did the Japanese name the storms that sank Kublai Khan’s invading fleet?
(600) Other than Xolo, what recognized dog breed is native to Mexico?
(700) To indicate that a new Pope has been elected, the Vatican releases what color smoke from the Sistine Chapel?
(800) What novel’s title character is the writer of an unfinished musical work called “Don Juan Triumphant”?
(900) The two main tributaries of the Nile River are referred to by what two colors?
(1000) One of the world’s largest and stinkiest flowers, the titan arum is known by what nickname?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Branden 700 Megan 1700

Megan 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 Megan.

(500) From 1971 to 1997, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was known by what name?
(600) “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire” is the first line, and sometimes subtitle, of what iconic tune?
(700) In a book, what page sits opposite the frontispiece?
(800) Containing 72 kinds of precious and semi-precious stones, what state is known as the Gem State?
(900) Patron of Da Vinci and Michelangelo, Lorenzo the Magnificent was a member of which family?
(1000) In 1869, a money-prize contest started by the French government led to the invention of what food substitute?
(1100) In what city was the Black Panther Party founded?
(1200) Used for removing hot food from a liquid, what kitchen utensil shares its name with a small predatory creature?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Ken finished with 2300 to Muffy’s 4500 so Muffy will join Megan in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Megan beats Muffy, 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) After being set adrift, Captain William Bligh found passage back to England from what current country?
(2) Situated in both the eastern and western hemispheres, what is the easternmost and westernmost U.S. state?
(3) The Greek word for a greenish-yellow color gave which toxic element its name?
(4) Now a financial center, what road was named for the fortification built to protect New Amsterdam from pirates?
(5) What crystal company was founded over 200 years ago in the French village for which it’s named?

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