Master Minds Recap: April 19, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Wednesday, April 19, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Singapore Slings”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Flynn, Daniel, Duncan (returning champ)

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) SPORTS: In 2021, Sarah Thomas became the first female what at the Super Bowl?
(a) referee (b) place kicker (c) assistant coach
(2) With a mission to safeguard Earth from possible life forms from space, NASA has a division called the “Office of” what?
(a) Cosmic Containment (b) Orbital Defenses (c) Planetary Protection
(3) UNIVERSITIES: In 2013 Carnegie Mellon awarded the country’s first known Master of Music degree for performance on what instrument?
(a) cowbell (b) theremin (c) bagpipes
(4) PUZZLES: At the time he created it, how long did it take the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube to actually solve it?
(a) one day (b) one month (c) one year
(5) GEOGRAPHY: What is the only U.S. state that lies completely within the Appalachian mountain region?
(a) Tennessee (b) West Virginia (c) Pennsylvania
(6) CELEBRITIES: with over 1 million dollars, the guy who played Kevin on “The Office” is a top earner on what celebrity video greeting site?
(a) Cameo (b) Fandom (c) OnlyFans
(7) DRINKS: Which of these is found in a classic Singapore Sling cocktail?
(a) gin (b) rum (c) vodka

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Flynn 400 Daniel 300 Duncan 400 / The Beast 700 Muffy 600 Ryan 300

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) EDUCATION: What name is given to a traditional graduation cap with a flat, square top?
(2) PARENTING: A child of working moms & dads who spends part of the day alone and unsupervised is referred to as a “what” child?
(3) HORROR: In 2018 and 2021, Jamie Lee Curtis returned in more sequels to what original 1978 film?
(4) ANIMALS: The army variety of what insect can be used to suture a wound in the wild?
(5) HISTORY: What country was known as East Pakistan before it gained independence in 1971?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Flynn 800 Daniel 900 Duncan 1600 / The Beast 1900 Muffy 1800 Ryan 1500

Flynn and Ryan are eliminated.

Daniel and Duncan advance to the next round, as do The Beast and Muffy.

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.

Daniel and Duncan go first:

(500) Congress designated the first Sunday after Labor Day as a celebration of what senior family members?
(600) What former star of “Home improvement” hosts a show exploring the history and evolution of tools called “More Power”?
(700) Two New York police detectives turned what game with two jump ropes into an organized national sport?
(800) The process of rolling twisted cotton strands across your eyebrows to rip out unwanted hair is known as what?
(900) In the Revolutionary War, General Cornwallis surrendered at what Virginia city.
(1000) The Schick test was developed to determine if a person is immune to which bacterial disease
(1100) Elders Price and Cunningham are the lead characters of what stage musical?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Daniel 3100 Duncan 3200

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

(500) Spring break as a college ritual most likely began with a swim forum hosted by Fort Lauderdale in what state?
(600) In e-commerce, Groupon is short for what two words?
(700) Which Egyptian star of “Dr. Zhivago” was a world-ranked bridge player?
(800) The science of determining a tree’s age by counting its rings is known by what term?
(900) Norwegian explorer Erik the Red founded a settlement he called “Steep Slope” on an island he named what?
(1000) The fief was the central component of what medieval socioeconomic system?
(1100) Adding crunch to salads, what white fleshy tuber is known as the Mexican turnip?
(1200) What agency’s “cooling off rule” allows customers three days to change their mind about certain major purchases?

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The Beast finished with 4400 to Muffy’s 4000 so The Beast will join Duncan in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Duncan beats The Beast, he will win another $10,000 and return on the next show as a Master Mind.

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

(1) In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”, who was lured with wine and walled up inside a crypt?
(2) Who was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean?
(3) Owned by Denmark, what North Atlantic group of islands derived its name from the Norse word for “sheep”?
(4) Printed without musical notation because the tunes are passed down, what is the name of the traditional Amish hymnal?

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

For $10,000: ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUESTION: What famous woman photographer crossed the Rhine with Patton’s men during WWII?

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Duncan thought it was Annie Leibovitz so he is going home with $11,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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