Master Minds Recap: June 16, 2020

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Tuesday, June 16, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & the Loch Ness Monster”
Today’s Master Minds: Ryan Chaffee, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Nick, Katrina, Andy

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) CELEBRATIONS: Started in America by French explorers in 1699, Mardi Gras always falls on what day of the week?
(a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Thursday
(2) RULES: In which of these games does each player start with exactly 12 pieces?
(a) checkers (b) chess (c) backgammon
(3) ISLANDS: After divorcing his first wife, Ernest Hemingway made his home on which of the Florida Keys?
(a) Key Largo (b) Big Pine Key (c) Key West
(4) SWEETS: Which of these brands has a piece of its candy hidden in its logo?
(a) M&Ms (b) Hershey’s Kisses (c) Starburst
(5) LABOR: In industrial Britain, what job did a ‘knocker upper’ perform?
(a) human alarm clock (b) bodyguard (c) chimney sweep
(6) RUINS: Researchers suggest that Greece’s Parthenon was mislabeled centuries ago and should instead be known by what name?
(a) Bouleuterion (b) Hekatompedon (c) Hypotrakhelion
(7) GROUPS: Which of these orchestras is typically composed of the fewest musicians?
(a) symphony (b) chamber (c) philharmonic

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Nick 500 Katrina 300 Andy 500 / Ryan 400 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) QUOTES: In Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”, who is the last person Caesar addresses with his dying breath?
(2) LEGENDS: Similar to the Loch Ness Monster, an American creature named “Chessie” is said to live in what bay?
(3) TREATIES: What document was signed in a meadow called Runnymede in 1215?
(4) BUSINESS: Once the #1 mobile phone brand in the world, which Finnish company began in 1865 as a paper mill?
(5) AUTHORS: Who wrote the crime fiction novels “52 Pickup” and “Get Shorty”?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Nick 900 Katrina 300 Andy 500 / Ryan 600 Muffy 1200 Jonathan 900

Katrina and Ryan 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.

Nick and Andy go first:

(500) On what type of instrument are you most likely to find a whammy bar?
(600) Though ‘seize’ sounds more dramatic, what phrase from Roman poet Horace literally translates to “pluck the day?
(700) What job did Clint Eastwood take on in Carmel, California from 1986 until 1988?
(800) Ball, bell, bone and boot are the four distinct shapes of what fast food staple?
(900) Ornithology is the scientific study of what type of animal?
(1000) Statins are a class of drugs formulated to block the production of cholesterol in what organ?
(1100) A vision of the Virgin Mary led to the building of the Basilica of Guadalupe in what national capital?
(1200) Originally published in 1956, what is the final book of “The Chronicles of Narnia”?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Nick 900 Andy 4300

Andy wins $1,000 and advances to the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. But first, Muffy and Jonathan will battle it out for a minute to see who joins Andy.

(500) Often designed with a skull and crossbones, what flag was flown by pirate ships?
(600) What 3-word-named women’s publication was the first American magazine to reach 1 million subscribers?
(700) Once called Westport chairs, what wide-armed, angled seats share their name with a New York mountain range?
(800) What system in the human body can be divided into the categories of striated, smooth or cardiac?
(900) In the world of Winnie-the-Pooh, what prickly flower is the favorite food of Eeyore?
(1000) What African-influenced dialect spoken by coastal South Carolinians is also known as Sea Island Creole?
(1100) The London skyscraper at 30 St. Mary Axe has what nickname due to its shape?
(1200) Selling more than 40 million albums during her career, which ‘First Lady of Song’ recorded “A-Tisket, A Tasket” in 1938?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Muffy finished with 6900 to Jonathan’s 1400 so Muffy will join Andy in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Andy beats Muffy, 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) Known for “going and going and going”, the Energizer Bunny is known to play what instrument in TV ads?
(2) In 60s London, Mary Quant popularized what revealing garment that she named for her favorite compact car?
(3) In Norse mythology, what helmeted maidens were responsible for choosing which fallen warriors would go to Valhalla?
(4) When it comes to eggs, what is the technical term for the ‘white’ area ?
(5) Since 1949, Canada has had how many provinces?

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

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