Master Minds Recap: August 14, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Monday, August 14, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & A Heart”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Monica Thieu, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Steve, Nick, Kaitlin

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: What Toys ‘R Us mascot was originally named Dr. G. Raffe?
(a) Godfrey (b) Geoffrey (c) Georgie
(2) MEDICINE: India is by far the world’s leading producer of what “root” shown to be effective in treating motion sickness?
(a) celery (b) ginger (c) radish
(3) MUSIC: What singer has said she wrote Rihanna’s “Diamonds” in just 14 minutes?
(a) Sia (b) Lana Del Rey (c) Demi Lovato
(4) HOLIDAYS: not shown
(5) CELEBRITIES: Judy Garland’s daughter Liza Minnelli married the son of the actor who played which “Wizard of Oz” role?
(a) Scarecrow (b) Tin Man (c) Cowardly Lion
(6) MYTHOLOGY: The Egyptian goddess representing motherhood & fertility, Hathor was often depicted as a woman with the head of what animal?
(a) cow (b) cat (c) crocodile
(7) ANATOMY: At any given time, roughly 10-15% of your body’s blood is found in what vessels that carry blood away from your heart?
(a) arteries (b) capillaries (c) veins

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Steve 400 Nick 400 Kaitlin 400 / Beastie 500 Monica 600 Jonathan 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) CHOREOGRAPHY: Also called “the backslide”, what dance move makes someone appear to be moving forward while walking backward?
(2) GEOGRAPHY: What island at the boot tip of Italy has its own distinct language with words from Arabic, Hebrew & Greek?
(3) RELIGION: not shown
(4) TYCOONS: Once the richest man in the country, whose “American Fur Company” was considered the first U.S. business monopoly?
(5) ACTORS: Born Mark Sinclair, what action star’s last name came from friends who said he was so energized it was like he ran on fuel?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Steve 800 Nick 800 Kaitlin 800 / Beastie 1300 Monica 1200 Jonathan 1600

CONTESTANT TIE-BREAKER: A person hired to carry a golfer’s clubs is called a what?
ANSWER show

Steve and Kaitlin got it first.

Nick and Monica are eliminated.

Steve and Kaitlin advance to the next round, as do Beastie and Jonathan.

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.

Steve and Kaitlin go first:

(500) Like toads and newts, what class of vertebrate is characterized by its ability to live both entirely on land and in water?
(600) What blended treat from Dairy Queen shares its name with a kind of snowstorm?
(700) After looking for the right woman on the show in 2004, Jesse Palmer became the host of what reality program in 2022?
(800) Named for a French cardinal, what Canadian river rises from Lake Champlain?
(900) In a black hat, mask and coat, “Boris the Burglar” is the logo of what community crime prevention organization?
(1000) Billy, Dolly, Jeffy and P.J. are the children in what long-running comic strip?
(1100) In 2021, the eighth installment of what Nintendo video game franchise became the bestselling racing game in U.S. history?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Steve 2900 Kaitlin 1900

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

(500) According to the book of Mark, Jesus’ primary occupation was what?
(600) Meaning “join together”, what process that turns hydrogen into helium powers the Sun?
(700) What number is both the title of a U2 song and the name of a poverty-fighting nonprofit co-founded by Bono?
(800) What modern country was once the British colony of southern Rhodesia?
(900) A provocative icon of the 1930s, who wrote and starred in hit films “She Done Him Wrong” and “Klondike Annie”?
(1000) The part of as stamen that produces pollen in flowers is called what?
(1100) Wild West bandit Pearl Hart became a celebrity as 1 of the few women to rob what form of 19th C. transportation?
(1200) Mother of Baldur and Hodr, which Norse goddess was known as the “Queen of the Aesir”?
(1300) In literature, Hepzibah Pyncheon was the primary occupant of what famous residence?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Jonathan finished with 6700 to Beastie’s 3000 so Jonathan will join Steve in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Steve beats mx, 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) The 3 United Nations member states that start with “J” are Japan, Jordan and what?
(2) Farmed for their culinary medicinal and economic purposes, the ancient Mayans kept meliponines, which is a type of what?
(3) Heard in the movie “Fantasia”, the music for “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” was inspired by a poem by whom?
(4) What was the only odd-numbered year in which a Presidential election was held?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Steve got one right to Jonathan’s zero. Steve wins $10,000 and he will be back to take on 2 new challengers tomorrow. If Steve wins again, he will win another $10,000 and become a Master Mind.

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