Master Minds Recap: April 3, 2023

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

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Movie Buffs”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, LaKedra Pam, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Daniel, Cliff, Cara

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: What “Copacabana” songwriter also wrote the “Stuck on Band-Aid” and State Farm’s “Like a Good Neighbor” jingles?
(a) Barry Manilow (b) Neil Diamond (c) Bob Dylan
(2) EDUCATION: Once referring to a samurai with no master, what Japanese word now refers to students who fail college entrance exams?
(a) daimyo (b) ronin (c) shogun
(3) AWARDS: Whose likeness is featured on a Pulitzer Prize?
(a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Venus (c) Ben Franklin
(4) THE SEA: One of the most massive waterfalls on Earth is actually underwater in a strait between Iceland and which location?
(a) Denmark (b) Greenland (c) Ireland
(5) U.S. HISTORY: As estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau, how many people were living in the United States in 1776?
(a) about 2.5 million (b) about 5 million (c) about 10 million
(6) SCIENCE: What space mission’s Philae probe became the first and only one to rendezvous with a comet?
(a) Luna (b) Cassandra (c) Rosetta
(7) STREAMING: After featuring a deadly round of “Red Light, Green Light”, what Korean Netflix series got the green light for Season 2?
(a) Squid Game (b) Tiger King (c) Bird Box

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Daniel 300 Cliff 500 Cara 300 / The Beast 600 LaKedra 600 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) ANIMALS: Not as smart as their wolf cousins, what household pet has the same level of intelligence as a two-year-old human?
(2) ATHLETICS: “Varsity Spirit” organizes the annual national collegiate championships for what sport in Daytona Beach?
(3) TECH: UCLA scientists invented a device that generates electricity from what slowly-falling precipitation?
(4) HISTORY: What island nation once sent guerilla fighters to Venezuela to incite a Communist revolution?
(5) GEOGRAPHY: The “K” in “K2” stems from the fact it lies in what mountain range?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Daniel 700 Cliff 1700 Cara 1100 / The Beast 1200 LaKedra 1200 Ryan 1800

CONTESTANT TIE-BREAKER: A fertilizer’s “NPK” ratio indicates the content of nitrogen, phosphorous and what third mineral?
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The Beast buzzed in first with the correct response so Daniel and LaKedra are eliminated.

Cliff and Cara 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.

Cliff and Cara go first:

(500) The name of what slender vegetable is derivatively known as “sparrow grass”?
(600) With a big online presence, “Goop” is a wellness and lifestyle company founded by what actress?
(700) Using the slogan “the carry-on that carries you”, Motobag is a motorized piece of what?
(800) The Prague Spring and the Mexico City Olympics occurred during what decade?
(900) Microsoft got its name by combining the word “software” and what?
(1000) “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is the first book of what author’s “Millennium” series?
(1100) An iconic shoe recognizable for its crystal buckle, the Hangisi was created by what Spanish footwear designer?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Cliff 3800 Cara 2600

Cliff 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 Cliff.

(500) The beluga species of what creature is the largest freshwater fish in the world?
(600) In the early 1900s, James Dole built a pineapple plantation and cannery in what U.S. state?
(700) What word for an underground network of burrows for rabbits is also a common proper name?
(800) As suggested by its original unabbreviated name, FTD florists transmitted orders to one another via what method?
(900) “And the mome rath outgrabe” are the final words of what nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll?
(1000) Trans-Northern and Wascana are examples of what long distance fuel conduits of North America?
(1100) Meant to resemble velvet, what napped fabric is used both in clothing and in upholstery?
(1200) Often planted along highways, the ornamental but highly poisonous plant “nerium” is commonly known as what?

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The Beast finished with 2400 to Ryan’s 4300 so Ryan will join Cliff in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Cliff 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) Ben Hammersley is credited with coining what term for web-based audio shows?
(2) Human ribs join together at what chest bone?
(3) What Mexican revolutionary figure formed and commanded the Liberation Army of the South?
(4) What is the greatest number of Super Bowl victories in a row by any NFL team?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Ryan and Cliff tied with 3 right reponses so Cliff 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: What painter has been played on film by Tim Roth, Martin Scorsese, Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirk Douglas?

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Cliff got it right. He wins $10,000 and will return tomorrow for a chance to double that prize and become a Master Mind.

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