Master Minds Recap: June 26, 2020
Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Friday, June 26, 2020 with host Brooke Burns.
Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & a Jingle”
Today’s Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Antoinette, Tim, Vanessa
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) ADVERTISING: In the iconic jingle for the McDonald’s Big Mac, what vegetable ingredient is mentioned first?
(a) pickles (b) onion (c) lettuce
(2) SCIENCE: On which of these temperature scales is 0 degrees the coldest?
(a) Celsius (b) Fahrenheit (c) Kelvin
(3) AVIATION: Which airline was the first U.S. airline to fly permanent international air routes?
(a) TWA (b) Braniff Airways (c) Pan Am
(4) SPORTS: In 1995, what Baltimore Orioles baseball player broke Lou Gehrig’s all-time record for most consecutive games played?
(a) Cal Ripken, Jr. (b) Joe DiMaggio (c) Reggie Jackson
(5) MAN-KIND: Which ‘man’ came first?
(a) Pacman (b) Walkman (c) Burning Man
(6) STATES: The names of eight U.S. states begin with the letter ‘M’, and another eight begin with what other letter?
(a) C (b) A (c) N
(7) THE BODY: Which bone in the human arm is the shortest?
(a) humerus (b) radius (c) ulna
CORRECT ANSWERS show
Scores at end of Round 1:
Antoinette 500 Tim 500 Vanessa 400 / Ken 400 Muffy 400 Jonathan 400
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) ARCHITECTURE: Completed in 1922, what iconic Washington, DC monument was designed by Henry Bacon?
(2) FOOD: In French cooking, bechamel and hollandaise are two of what maternally-named sauces?
(3) FICTION: Which author’s Three Laws of Robotics first appeared in the 1942 sci-fi short story “Runaround”?
(4) BEAUTY: In 1938, Helena Rubinstein created the first waterproof type of what makeup product for the U.S. synchronized swim team?
(5) AGRICULTURE: Designed as a post-apocalyptic garden supplier, the Global Seed Vault is located in which Scandinavian country?
CORRECT ANSWERS show
Scores at end of Round 2:
Antoinette 700 Tim 1100 Vanessa 00 / Ken 800 Muffy 800 Jonathan 800
With a 3-way Master Mind tie, 2 additional questions were needed:
1. ‘The Thundering Herd’ is the nickname for the brokers of what NYC Investment Company?
ANSWER: show
Muffy buzzed in first with the correct answer. She’s in and now it’s down to Ken and Jonathan.
2. What two words complete the official New Hampshire motto that begins “Live Free…”?
ANSWER: show
Vanessa 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.
Antoinette and Tim go first:
(500) In England, the term for a shopping cart shares what name with a type of electric streetcar?
(600) In what ballet would you find the characters Drosselmeyer and the Mouse King?
(700) A typical cello has how many strings?
(800) In English, gerunds and present participles always end with what three letters?
(900) What is the first book of the Old Testament named for a woman?
(1000) Cherries Jubilee is typically completed tableside using what dramatic French cooking procedure?
(1100) In 2018, who became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, at 29 years old?
CORRECT ANSWERS show
Scores at end of Round 3:
Antoinette 3100 Tim 3500
Tim 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 Tim.
(500) What landmark is engraved on the reverse side of the current U.S. nickel?
(600) Wakame, kombu and nori are all types of what?
(700) The first ad on commercial television featured what type of product?
(800) Meaning ‘the coming on of sleep’, what psychological practice can be used in place of anesthesia?
(900) Named for an island in the Bay of Naples, what style of pants typically tapers below the knee but above the ankle?
(1000) In the Poe short story, what animal was responsible for “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”?
(1100) In 1861, what former President joined the Confederacy and became a sworn enemy of the United States?
(1200) Born in 1900, who was known as “the Dean of American Composers”?
CORRECT ANSWERS show
Ken finished with 2400 to Muffy’s 5500 so Muffy will join Tim in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Tim beats Ken, he will return on the next show, next season. 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) Associated with the Greek god Bacchus, what gemstone is sometimes said to keep its wearer from getting drunk?
(2) In the 17th century, Sir Isaac Newton was one of two men who created what branch of mathematics?
(3) In 2015, Queen Elizabeth II became Britain’s longest reigning monarch, surpassing what previous ruler?
(4) The iconic cover of what best-selling 1969 novel depicts a hand manipulating puppet strings?
(5) In Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake”, what is the name of the Swan Princess?
ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
show
Tim and Muffy were tied at 3 right apiece so Tim got to play the Ultimate Trivia Question. He does not have to beat Muffy on this one. He just has to get it right.
For $10,000: ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUESTION: Known by three letters, what Japanese company makes about half the zippers in the world
ANSWER: show
Tim got it right! He wins $10,000 and he will return in Master Minds, Season 2.
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Even though Ken wasn’t the winning Master Mind yesterday, he still beat the brakes off everyone else who competed on the show throughout the season. He truly is the GOAT of trivia and will probably be the next Jeopardy host.
There were 65 episodes and they only allowed Ken to compete in 49 of them, I have no idea why. He won 34 of them and lost 15. Muffy won 17 times, but she was on every single episode. This annoying lady lost 48 freaking times and I hope to God they replace her.
Thanks for watching!
Also, I’m not much of a lady. I prefer “woman.”
Remember a few weeks ago when we were singing the praises of Brooke Burns and saying she’d be a great replacement for alex when he retires. Well, as good as she is at hosting trivia games, (and she is awesome at it! ), her dream job might be to become the next host of the “The Price Is Right”! The way she celebrates with the contestants when they win, she’d be incredible!
JJ, I think Brook would be an incredible asset to just about any game show really. I’d rather see her on Jeopardy! though.
Oh… I would also rather see her on J! because (1) I like J! way better than The Price Is Right and (2) you don’t have to have an ounce of intelligence to host the latter. On J!, she’d be showcasing her intellect, wit & charm all in one fell swoop!
I wonder how are they are going to handle The Price is Right from now on, in terms of the new reality?
I betcha The Price Is Right doesn’t come back anytime soon! J!, Master Minds, Wheel of Fortune, etc. could make comebacks w/out studio audiences. ABC was airing “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” w/ Jimmy Kimmel earlier this year w/out an audience, and it was still pretty entertaining. (Except for Dr. Phil’s appearance. OMG – it took him 20 minutes to answer one single question!) TPIR is simply too dependent on its overly excitable audience/contestants to try to proceed w/out them.
I concur with your Price is Right thesis, Professor Grape.
I can’t stand Dr. Phil for one minute, let alone 20, yuck.
It was truly painful watching him play that game on TV – Jimmy Kimmel kept poking fun at him trying to make him speed it up, but it was to no avail. Man, was he horrible!
As painful as a geography quiz lol?
I got 2, 3, and 5 right today. No idea on the $10,000 question. Never heard of it.
I got 4 out of 5 — the math one was my downfall, not surprisingly. However, I was surprised they both missed the book cover. The image appeared in my mind immediately.
Never heard of the answer to the $10K question either.
Funny, I had no idea for the book cover – while I love the movie adaptation, I haven’t read the book.
The calculus question was the only one I knew right away with 100% certainty. I thought for the final round a more appropriate question would have been asking for the German who discovered calculus at the same time as Newton. I recall my calculus teacher in high school telling the story very briefly, and hearing it again later a few times. Liebnitz as a person is far less known today, but his notation for calculus is used today while Newton’s has almost disappeared.
Thanks for the info, JP. I will read up on it to help me remember and hopefully, if it ever comes up on J!, I will get it đ
As for the book and movie, the hand holding the puppet strings is actually part of the title, as you can see here, on wikipedia’s article. It’s over the last part of the compound word wherever (book, DVD, posters, etc)
Interesting, I had never noticed that before.
Ck the zippers on your slacks, purse, etc… I’m willing to bet that “pull tab” has the letters YKK on most if not all of them.
JJ, I checked two of my hoodies and bingo. No YKK or anything else on the 3 zippers for my purse though.
Yup – for whatever reason, most apparel items use the YKKs but other fringe items will often use another version. I actually first learned about that company watching “The Chase” a couple of years ago. If I recall the Q was “On what everyday item will you most likely see the initials YKK? (A) Coffee Maker (B) Keys (C) Zippers. The Beast knew it… I guessed “keys”.
In trivia, and life in general, it’s important to be very observant and pay close attention to details. Recently, we have seen questions not only about zippers on quiz shows but flags, colors in Google logo (which letter is what specific color), ad infinitum. In other words, the little things in life are just important as the big things in life. This is a lesson to be learned from trivia. Little things in life may not be just trivial. It can make a difference between big money or no money.