Master Minds Recap: June 19, 2020

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Friday, June 19, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Baked Goods”
Today’s Master Minds: Ryan Chaffee, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Ariel, Mike, Chinwe

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) FLOWERS: The best selling day for blooms, one-fourth of all holiday flower and plant purchases are made for which occasion?
(a) Valentine’s Day (b) Mother’s Day (c) Christmas
(2) INVENTIONS: The first synthetic dye was created while chemist William Perkin was trying to produce what drug?
(a) aspirin (b) iodine (c) quinine
(3) QUOTATIONS: Who said, “As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot”?
(a) Calamity Jane (b) John Lennon (c) Teddy Roosevelt
(4) TRAVEL: If you spend time at an ‘onsen’ while in Japan, where are you?
(a) meditation hall (b) pachinko parlor (c) communal bath
(5) FOODS: Which baked good was invented by a Frenchman?
(a) German chocolate cake (b) Danish pastry (c) English muffin
(6) RITUALS: In Hinduism, the mundan is a ceremony in which small children are given what?
(a) first haircut (b) their name (c) solid food
(7) BANDS: At Ohio State, a student playing what instrument ‘dots the I’ when the marching band does the “Script Ohio” routine?
(a) saxophone (b) sousaphone (c) xylophone

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Ariel 400 Mike 200 Chinwe 00 / Ryan 500 Muffy 500 Jonathan 300

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) GEOMETRY: The longest side of a right triangle is called what?
(2) ACHIEVEMENTS: Debuting in 1978, what annual performing arts award ceremony is traditionally attended by the U.S. President?
(3) MUSIC: What Latin word meaning ‘love of God’ was the adopted middle name of an Austrian composer?
(4) STATES: Reflecting its entry into the Union in 1876, Colorado is often known by what nickname?
(5) ANIMALS: The fingerprints of what Australian marsupial are sometimes mistaken for human ones?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Ariel 400 Mike 400 Chinwe 600 / Ryan 1100 Muffy 900 Jonathan 500

Contestant Tie-Breaker: Numerically speaking, what is the most dangerous category of hurricane classification in the U.S.

ANSWER: show

Mike buzzed in first with the correct response so Ariel 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.

Mike and Chinwe go first:

(500) What is the main ingredient in a hush puppy?
(600) Which French fashion designer introduced his iconic ‘new look’ in 1947?
(700) The IBM selectric was what type of office machine?
(800) What transportation innovation made its San Francisco debut in 1873?
(900) What celebratory custom gets its name from placing a piece of stale, spiced bread into a bottle of wine?
(1000) Among the most valuable in the world, ‘pigeon’s blood’ rubies are most often associated with what country?
(1100) Who is the only woman in the Bible to be called a prophet and a judge?
Didn’t count:
(1200) The carapace is part of what outer protective structure covering the body of a grasshopper?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Mike 2600 Chinwe 1300

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

(500) What garment is tied with a sash called an obi?
(600) Adding an egg yolk to oil and water to prevent them from separating is an example of what process?
(700) How many U.S. states observe Daylight Saving Time?
(800) Which baroque composer is known for his ‘Passions’, or musical interpretations of the Bible?
(900) The UNHCR is what two-time Nobel Peace Prize-winning agency of the United Nations?
(1000) What famous buccaneer became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica?
(1100) The trunk of a car is typically called what in the U.K.?
(1200) In the game of cribbage, a perfect hand contains four 5’s along with what other card?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Muffy finished with 3500 to Ryan’s 3200 so Muffy will join Mike in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Mike 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) To prove the safety of the Brooklyn Bridge, P.T. Barnum marched across it with 17 camels and 21 what?
(2) In the designation ‘U.S.S.’, used in the name of watercraft, the second ‘S’ stands for what?
(3) What main protein in milk gets its name from the Latin word for ‘cheese’?
(4) “House of Stairs” is a famous work by what Dutch artist who often used optical illusions in his prints?
(5) Composer John Adams’s 1987 opera chronicled what title character’s trip to China?

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

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