Master Minds Recap: April 18, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Tuesday, April 18, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Think Tanks”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Matt, Sarah, Duncan

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) CELEBRITIES: What star of “Shrek” and “Charlie’s Angels” launched her own vegan-friendly, gluten-free wine company?
(a) Cameron Diaz (b) Elizabeth Banks (b) Lucy Liu
(2) ROYALTY: Each year since 1235, what city pays the Queen of England a knife, an axe, 6 oversized horseshoes and 61 nails for rent?
(a) Toronto (b) London (c) Delhi
(3) GEOGRAPHY: Despite being 2.4 miles apart, the two Diomede Islands have a 21-hour time difference because they are located where?
(a) Bering Strait (a) Tasman Sea (a) English Channel
(4) AUTHORS: “His flag is out” is just one phrase for inebriation in “The Drinker’s Dictionary” by what founding father?
(a) Benjamin Franklin (b) Thomas Jefferson (c) Samuel Adams?
(5) TECH: In 1994, which company launched a smartphone named Simon which came complete with a touch screen and the ability to send email?
(a) Apple Computer (b) AT&T (c) IBM
(6) ACHIEVEMENT: The first verified person to circumnavigate the Earth on foot completed the journey in about how long?
(a) 18 months (b) 2-1/2 years (c) 4 years
(7) POETS: Many of Emily Dickinson’s poems can be sung to what TV theme song that begins “Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale”?
(a) The Addams family (b) Gilligan’s island (c) The Brady Bunch

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Matt 600 Sarah 600 Duncan 400 / The Beast 400 Muffy 700 Ryan 600

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) FOOD: Due to an American craze for Italian food, sales of what herb increased 5200% between 1948 and 1956?
(2) GAME SHOWS: In 2019, who took over as host of “Wheel of Fortune” for 3 weeks, when Pat Sajak underwent emergency surgery?
(3) PERIODICALS: What magazine compiles an annual list of the Top 500 public companies ranked by sales, assets, and earnings?
(4) COUNTRIES: Which East Asian island nation was formerly known as the Republic of Formosa?
(5) THE WHITE HOUSE: Which First Lady famously served ice cream at her husband James’s second inaugural ball in 1813?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Matt 1200 Sarah 1000 Duncan 1400 / The Beast 1000 Muffy 1900 Ryan 1400

Sarah and The Beast are eliminated.

Matt and Duncan advance to the next round, as do Muffy 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.

Matt and Duncan go first:

(500) When direct pressure isn’t enough, the Red Cross recommends bleeding be controlled using what tightened bandage?
(600) Los Angeles Angels phenom Shohei Ohtani made history as the first player named an All-Star as both a hitter and a what?
(700) Featuring optical and radio telescopes, Kitt Peak is a national observatory located in what desert state?
(800) Presiding as judge, jury and star of his own courtroom reality show. What comedian is also the host of “Family Feud”?
(900) What fast casual Mexican food restaurant chain offers discounted burritos to costumed customers on Halloween?
(1000) Marble freizes with Moses, Charlemagne and Mohammad can be found in which Federal building in Washington, DC?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Matt 1700 Duncan 5400

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

(500) Held to boost spirit, what school-wide assemblies are often held before a big sporting event?
(600) Cones in the human eye are particularly sensitive to red, blue and what third color?
(700) Sweden’s government tweeted an admission that what classic Swedish food is based on a Turkish recipe?
(800) The excavation of a king’s ship burial at Sutton Hoo provided important context for what Old English poem?
(900) Archbishop Desmond Tutu won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work opposing policies of what country?
(1000) In the Fifth Amendment, what protects a person against being tried for the same crime twice?
(1100) A 19th century British architect and designer lent his name to what type of two wheeled horse-drawn carriage?
(1200) During the 89th Academy Awards, which star of Bonnie and Clyde announced the wrong winner for Best Picture?

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Muffy finished with 5100 to Ryan’s 5000 so Muffy will join Duncan in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Duncan beats Muffy, 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) Named for a mythical creature, what term is used for an animal with multiple sets of DNA?
(2) Besides Russia, what is the only other country to border the Barents Sea?
(3) Which Italian Renaissance painter signed or otherwise inscribed his works with the initials T.V.?
(4) What Roman historian covered the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius and Nero in the “Annals”?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Muffy got 1 right to Duncan’s 2. Duncan wins $10,000 and he will return tomorrow to take a shot at another $10,000 and a spot on the Master Minds panel.

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