Master Minds Recap: August 11, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Friday, August 11, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Rainbows”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Monica Thieu, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Ian, Dan, Jara

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) MYTHOLOGY: In the world of legend & folklore, what word comes from the Old Irish for “little body”?
(a) banshee (b) leprechaun (c) gnome
(2) NATIONAL PARKS: A study of Yellowstone’s “plumbing” used a gadget called SkyTEM, a huge version of what object hanging from a helicopter?
(a) laser (b) infrared camera (c) electromagnet
(3) LYRICS: According to the lyrics of the song “The Fox”, what does the Fox say?
(a) “Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!” (b) “Lulu-lulu-lulu-whoa!” (c) “Yoho-yolo-howdy-do!”
(4) WHICH CAME FIRST: Egg, Foo or Young?
(a) Eggo waffles (b) Foo Fighters (c) Young and the Restless
(5) CITIES: With over 4000 sunlight hours per year, what is the sunniest city on Earth?
(a) Cairo, Egypt (b) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (c) Yuma, Arizona
(6) MOVIES: Though Rosebud got all the glory, there was actually a second sled in “Citizen Kane” named what?
(a) The Skater (b) The Flyer (c) The Crusader
(7) GEOGRAPHY: The island nation of Madagascar can be found closest to which of these countries?
(a) Nigeria (b) Mozambique (c) Sudan

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Ian 300 Dan 500 Jara 400 / Beastie 400 Monica 400 Ryan 400

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) COMICS: Appearing for the first time on October 4, 1950, what comic strip dog was originally going to be named Sniffy?
(2) HOLIDAYS: When he dedicated the Roman Pantheon to all martyrs, Pope Boniface IV formally began the Holy Day now known as what?
(3) MUSIC: Originally all 4 members of what band were to have nicknames, but Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen opted out?
(4) HOLISTIC MEDICINE: A study of older stroke patients showed improved rehabilitation using a seated version of what Chinese martial art?
(5) ANIMALS: Working for a South Africa railway for 9 years without error, Jack the Signalman was what type of large monkey?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Ian 1500 Dan 900 Jara 1000 / Beastie 1400 Monica 1600 Ryan 1200

Dan and Ryan are eliminated.

Ian and Jara advance to the next round, as do Beastie and Monica.

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.

Ian and Jara go first:

(500) The name of what shredded side dish came from the Dutch words for “cabbage salad”?
(600) What type of party for new mothers can be traced as far back as ancient Egypt?
(700) What lead singer of Nine Inch Nails went on to win an Oscar in 2021 for his score to the Pixar movie “Soul”?
(800) The first perfume from Coco Chanel had what numerical name?
(900) The second in a series, the follow-up novel to “Fifty Shades of Grey” is titled what?
(1000) The original bridge over the River Kwai was located in what country?
(1100) On Charles Lindbergh’s historic solo transatlantic flight, what was the name of the plane?
(1200) What actor had small parts in “NYPD Blue” & “CSI” before going on to write and create the hit TV show “Yellowstone”?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Ian 3200 Jara 3000

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

(500) What term for a miraculous football play was coined by two members of the Notre Dame Four Horsemen in 1922?
(600) What Hawaiian feast is usually held outdoors and accompanied by entertainment?
(700) What Best Picture Oscar winner was filmed at a functioning state mental hospital in Salem, Oregon?
(800) Cowboys following the Chisholm Trail drove cattle from San Antonio, Texas to the railheads in what U.S. state?
(900) Mark Wahlberg and Kate Moss appeared in a series of iconic underwear ads for which designer?
(1000) For more than 250 years, the Spanish conducted transpacific trade with multi-mast ships known as the Manila what?
(1100) Humans are the only animals on Earth that possess what facial bone protrusion?
(1200) Considered the father of modern political theory, who wrote that “it is much safer to be feared than loved”?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Beastie finished with 4200 to Monica’s 3500 so Beastie will join Ian in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Ian beats Beastie, 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) At the time of its release in 1927, what Fritz Lang sci-fi film was the most expensive movie ever made?
A) “Metropolis”
(2) With giant spinning storms that could swallow Earth, what planet’s 1600 mph winds are the fastest in the solar system?
(3) In 1884, Auguste Rodin was commissioned to create a monument for what French town commemorating the sacrifice of its burghers?
(4) Jane Austen’s last completed novel, what book follows the story of Anne Elliot & Captain Wentworth?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Beastie got 3 right to one for Ian. Ian is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers on Monday.

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