Master Minds Recap: June 25, 2020

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Thursday, June 25, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & a Sequel”
Today’s Master Minds: Ryan Chaffee, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Leszek (returning champ), Carla, Erika

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) FOOD: In 1994, the first GMO to hit produce shelves was ‘The Favr Savr’, which was a variety of what?
(a) pear (b) tomato (c) corn
(2) TRANSPORTATION: The TARDIS is a method of travel for the main character in which series?
(a) Doctor Doolittle (b) Doctor Who (c) Doctor No
(3) SEQUELS: Published in 1954, John Steinbeck’s “Sweet Thursday” is a sequel to what novel?
(a) Cannery Row (b) East of Eden (c) The Pearl
(4) ANATOMY: How many taste buds do babies have in comparison to adults?
(a) more (b) less (c) about the same
(5) RETAIL: When referring to the general merchandise and pharmacy chain CVS, what do the letters ‘CVS’ stand for?
(a) Central Variety Stores (b) Consumer Value Stores (c) Convenience Value Stores
(6) LEADERS: James K. Polk was the only U.S. President to have also served in what position?
(a) Speaker of the House (b) Supreme Court Justice (c) Secretary of State
(7) RENOVATION: In order for your porch to be a true lanai, it must have what?
(a) steps (b) a roof (c) an enclosed railing

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Leszek 600 Carla 100 Erika 400 / 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) GEOGRAPHY: Almost 90% of the world’s population lives in which hemisphere?
(2) ATHLETES: With more than 8800 career wins, Willie Shoemaker is known for his accomplishments in what professional sport?
(3) THE BIBLE: Also the name of one of the Apostles, what has been the most popular name among Popes?
(4) BANKS: On a standard check, how many digits are in the routing number?
(5) RESEARCH: What company introduced the ‘audimeter’ used to chart media consumption in homes?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Leszek 1600 Carla -100 Erika 400 / Ryan 900 Muffy 1100 Jonathan 500

Carla 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.

Leszek and Erika go first:

(500) What popular carnival ride was originally developed as a training tool for knights to practice jousting?
(600) Dr. S. Boyd Eaton helped popularize what lifestyle diet that supposedly mimics habits of early humans?
(700) In 1998, the city of Topeka renamed itself ‘Topikachu’ to mark the U.S. launch of what popular video game franchise?
(800) Trinidad’s Pitch Lake is a 100-acre-wide natural deposit of what road surfacing material?
(900) What nursery rhyme do some historians believe was about a cannon that fell?
(1000) What two continents have produced the winning teams for every FIFA Men’s World Cup?
(1100) Richard Pryor and Lily Tomlin are past recipients of what prize for humor presented annually at the Kennedy Center?
(1200) After a write-in campaign from science fiction fans, America’s first space shuttle was given what name?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Leszek 6900 Carla 1000

Leszek 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 Leszek.

(500) In “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”, Captain Nemo piloted what submarine?
(600) In general, what Americans call a wrench goes by what name in the U.K.?
(700) Sometimes referred to as the ‘King of Grapes’, which red wine grape is a hybrid of red and white varieties?
(800) Located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, what theme park named for a country music singer was once called Silver Dollar City?
(900) What is the portmanteau word used for any synthetic animal hide made from plastic?
(1000) Wiring the White House with tunes in 1953, what elevator music company was founded by an army general?
(1100) What artist was once derisively referred to by Time Magazine as “Jack the Dripper”?
(1200) Possibly reaching heights of up to 6 1/2 feet, what bird native to New Zealand went extinct around the 16th century?

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Ryan finished with 2000 to Muffy’s 6200 so Muffy will join Leszek in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Leszek beats Muffy, he will win another $10,000 and 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 artist is known for his posters and paintings of Parisian nightlife such as “At the Moulin Rouge”?
(2) “Be Good or Be Gone” is the slogan of the amateur night that started in 1934 at what Harlem Theater?
(3) Chicken cooked and served in a cream sauce with mushrooms, pimento or green peppers is given what name?
(4) Philadelphia is literally the city of ‘brotherly love’ in which language?
(5) On a QWERTY keyboard, which vowel is located furthest to the right?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Leszek got 3 right to Muffy’s 4. Leszek is going home with $11,000 and there will be 3 new players tomorrow.

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