Master Minds Recap: June 9, 2020 (evening)

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Tuesday, June 9, 2020 with host Brooke Burns. This week they are showing 2 episodes per day, one in the afternoon and one in the evening.

This evening’s episode: “Trivia, Smarts & A Ghost Ship”
Master Minds: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Challengers: Heina, Darren, Katie

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) RUNNING: If after watching “Master Minds” you completed a 5K race, how many miles did you run?
(a) 2.6 miles (b) 3.1 miles (c) 4.3 miles
(2) NASA: NASA refers to its iconic insignia by what nickname?
(a) the bug (b) the marble (c) the meatball
(3) DECOR: Gothic is a type of what furniture style made famous in the mid-18th century?
(a) Sheraton (b) Queen Anne (c) Chippendale
(4) DOGS: What team of detector dogs is trained by the USDA to sniff out airport contraband?
(a) Beagle Brigade (b) Collie Company (c) Dalmation Division
(5) SCIENCE: Which gas is used to give ‘pop rocks’ candy their effervescent bursts?
(a) sodium nitrate (b) sulphur dioxide (c) carbon dioxide
(6) BUSINESS: Which business tycooon’s real first name is Keith?
(a) Rupert Murdoch (b) Warren Buffett (c) Daymond John
(7) POLITICS: By definition, who rules in an oligarchy?
(a) the rich (b) the elderly (c) the few

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Heina 300 Darren 600 Katie 400 / Ken 700 Muffy 500 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) ICONS: Born Araminta Ross, what runaway slave and abolitionist became a ‘conductor’ for the underground railroad?
(2) TOYS: The gray powder that covers the inside of the screen of the original Etch A Sketch is made of what metal?
(3) CONTINENTS: What country spans across both Asia and Africa?
(4) WEALTH: What surname shows up 3 times on Forbes’ 2019 list of the 15 richest Americans?
(5) LEGENDS: Immortalized in an opera by Richard Wagner, what famous ghost ship is doomed to sail the seas forever?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Heina -100 Darren 800 Katie 600 / Ken 1500 Muffy 700 Jonathan 700

Master Mind Tie-Breaker: Cashmere is a fiber that comes from what type of animal?

ANSWER: show

Muffy buzzed in first with the correct response. Heina 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.

Darren and Katie go first:

(500) What common fungus is often used to make bread?
(600) According to the National Institutes of Health, what is the human body’s largest organ?
(700) All polygons that have four sides, four corners and interior angles that add up to 360 degrees are called what?
(800) Although they can no longer be found in the state, what animal appears on the California state flag?
(900) Comprised of fictitious stories told by English pilgrims, who wrote “The Canterbury Tales”?
(1000) With more than 100 million inhabitants, what African nation is the most populous landlocked country in the world?
(1100) The Jamestown colony settled on lands controlled by which native American chief?
didn’t count:
(1200) Often found at a wedding ceremony, blusher, ballet and cathedral are all sizes of what?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Darren 6400 Katie 600

Darren 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 Darren.

(500) The letter ‘A’ appears over what number on a standard rotary phone dial?
(600) Charles Goodyear developed the process of vulcanization to harden and strengthen what material?
(700) On a standard six-string guitar, the first and last strings are typically tuned to what note?
(800) John Harvey Kellogg was a member of what worldwide Christian church that recognizes Saturday as the Sabbath?
(900) Author Vladimir Nabokov was also an expert on what creatures?
(1000) Though spelled differently, what currency of Angola sounds like a holiday celebration?
(1100) Featured in lumberjack games, the sport of logrolling in water is also known as what?
(1200) What flower is the first ingredient listed on a box of Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Tea?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Ken finished with 4600 to Muffy’s 3300 so Ken will join Darren in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Darren beats Ken, 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) Designed for “nature’s way of relaxing”, what chair did cousins Edward Knabusch & Edwin Shoemaker debut in 1928?
(2) Often made with meat, veggies and noodes, what type of baked dish comes from the French word for “sauce pan”?
(3) From the Arabic for “east wind”, what oppressive weather phenomenon occurs in southern Europe?
(4) Four U.S. states, Alaska, Hawaii, Maine and Vermont, have all banned what style of advertising?
(5) What was the name of William Shakespeare’s only son?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
show

Darren and Ken were tied at 3 right apiece so Darren got to play the Ultimate Trivia Question. He does not have to beat Ken on this one. He just has to get it right.

For $10,000: ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUESTION: The only foreign country he ever visited, what Caribbean island did George Washington become enamored with in his youth?

ANSWER: show

Darren got it wrong. He is going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new players tomorrow.

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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