Master Minds Recap: April 10, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Monday, April 10, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Grubs”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, LaKedra Pam, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Chuck, Kendra, Ben

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) BUSINESS: In 1960, which of these countries became one of the five founding members of OPEC?
(a) Yemen (b) Kuwait (c) United Arab Emirates
(2) MUSIC: Which of these names was given to the unusual symbol used by Prince on his recording?
(a) The Purplenagon (b) The Payz-lee Blotch (c) Love Symbol #2
(3) UNIVERSE: The “habitable zone” around a star describes an area where conditions on a planet allow what to exist?
(a) liquid water (b) oxygen gas (c) magnetic fields
(4) ANIMALS: A print made from what part of a dog is as unique as a human fingerprint?
(a) paw (b) tongue (c) nose
(5) VOCABULARY: What term refers to a word with two meanings that are opposite from one another?
(a) contronym (b) antonym (c) xeno
(6) FASHION: The tiaras worn by the principal actresses on the series “Bridgerton” are provided by what jeweler’s archive?
(a) Bulgari (b) Van Clef and Arpels (c) Swarovski
(7) INVENTIONS: In 2008, over 500 years after it was drawn, Da Vinci’s design for what was completely tested and proven to work?
(a) helicopter (b) parachute (c) armored car

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Chuck 400 Kendra 100 Ben 500 / The Beast 500 LaKedra 500 Ryan 500

Round 2: There are 5 subjects and questions. No multiple choice. Correct answers are worth 200 points for the first 4. The last question is worth 400 points. At the end of the round, the person with the lowest score on each team is eliminated.

(1) TRANSPORTATION: What nation’s military tanks contain a device called a “vessel boiling electric” that’s used to make tea in the vehicle?
(2) RECREATION: Harold Searles Thornton was the first to patent what pseudo-sport table game featuring little men on poles?
(3) BOTANY: Quite difficult to pull apart, what tall, woody grass has a greater tensile strength than steel?
(4) TELEVISION: What subscription streaming service had humble beginnings in 1997 as a DVD-by-mail rental company?
(5) GEOGRAPHY: The Danube River empties into what sea?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Chuck 1600 Kendra 1100 Ben 1700 / The Beast 1700 LaKedra 1700 Ryan 1700

CONTESTANT TIE-BREAKER: In science, the center part of an atom is called what?
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The Beast and Ryan buzzed in first and were correct.

Kendra and LaKedra are eliminated.

Chuck and Ben advance to the next round, as do The Beast and Ryan.

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.

Chuck and Ben go first:

(500) “Home of the Whopper and “Have it your way” are slogans of what fast food chain?
(600) Snuzzle and Bluebell are among the original versions of what equine toy?
(700) Divers must time the tides when diving from the cliffs of La Quebrada outside of what Mexican resort city?
(800) What author of “The Notebook” and “Dear John” sets many of his novels in north carolina??
(900) “Yo no soy marinero” are lyrics from what Ritchie Valens song?
(1000) For being the fairest, what Greek goddess does Paris of Troy reward with a golden apple?
(1100) Whose early patents include improvements in molds for casting steel plows in 1864?
(1200) The full title of our first Constitution begins “The Articles of Confederation and…” what two words that follow?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Chuck 1600 Ben 6200

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

(500) How many pairs of parallel sides does a trapezoid have?
(600) A structure off the coast of Cornwall, England was the inspiration for what Virginia Woolf novel?
(700) In Homer’s epic poem, what hero is tied to the mast of his ship to avoid being lured to his death by sirens?
(800) You can compare the heat of various chili peppers by consulting what scale?
(900) In George Clooney’s “Ocean’s” trilogy, what is the total of all the numbers in the titles?
(1000) Tech mogul Larry Ellison purchased more than 90% of which Hawaiian pineapple island in 2012?
(1100) August Pinochet was the former ruler of what South American country?
(1200) What brand of foam balls debuted in the tagline “You can’t hurt babies or old people”?
(1300) Hinged at the bottom, What V-shaped barbecue tool is used for picking up food?

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The Beast finished with 4100 to Ryan’s 7400 so Ryan will join Ben in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Ben beats Ryan, he will win $10,000 and return on the next show. Any player who makes it through 2 shows and wins $20,000, gets to join the Master Minds expert team.

Ultimate Trivia Challenge: The questions are presented to the players at the same time and they write their answers down.

(1) Referring to a complex problem, what metaphor was literally sliced in half by Alexander the Great in 333 B.C.?
(2) What river runs through the heart of Seoul?
(3) Though it’s known as the “Seven Sisters”, what astronomical cluster is made up of more than 800 stars?
(4) In the “Miracle on the Hudson”, Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger’s flight departed New York for what East Coast city?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Ryan and Ben tied with 2 right reponses so Ben gets to play the Ultimate Trivia Question. He does not have to beat Ryan on this one. He just has to get it right.

For $10,000: ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUESTION: In terms of enrollment, what is the largest Catholic university in the U.S.?

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Ben thought it was Notre Dame so he is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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