Master Minds Recap: August 15, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Tuesday, August 15, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Burning Man”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Monica Thieu, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Pat, Valerie, Steve (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 6 categories and questions. 100 points for each correct answer.

(1) INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: Also known as “Charging Bear”, which warrior acted as Crazy Horse’s lieutenant?
(a) Tonto (b) Hiawatha (c) Little Big Man
(2) DAIRY: Stamped on an egg carton, the Julian Date indicates when the eggs what?
(a) were packed (b) should be sold by (c) were laid
(3) FLAGS: The flag of what island nation features a broken trident as a symbol of its independence from Great Britain?
(a) Barbados (b) Madagascar (c) Philippines
(4) MOVIES: To create the bats that flew out of the cave in “The Goonies”,the special effects team used what?
(a) flock of birds (b) bow ties (c) rubber butterflies
(5) ART: The world’s largest equestrian statue is made of stainless steel, stands 130 feet high, weighs 250 tons and depicts whom on a horse?
(a) John Wayne (b) Genghis Khan (c) Willie Shoemaker
(6) PETS: What “Real Housewife” star runs her own dog rescue foundation that’s the subject of its own reality show?
(a) Kim Richards (b) Adrienne Maloof (c) Lisa Vanderpump

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Pat 400 Valerie 300 Steve 400 / Beastie 200 Monica 400 Ryan 500

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) CELEBRATIONS: No longer welcome in San Francisco, the Burning Man Festival found a new home in what state’s Black Rock Desert?
(2) FOOD: Named for their decoration, what type of buns are traditionally served during the Easter season?
(3) AWARDS: In 2023, what actress became the first person to earn an Oscar nomination for acting in a Marvel movie?
(4) ENTERTAINMENT: In the current version of the board game “Clue”, how many total rooms can you visit while looking for the murderer?
(5) JOURNALISM: Before winning a Murrow Award, what British-Iranian female reporter was an equestrian who competed as a child jockey?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Pat 600 Valerie 700 Steve 1200 / Beastie 800 Monica 1400 Ryan 1100

Pat and Beastie are eliminated.

Valerie and Steve advance to the next round, as do Monica 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.

Valerie and Steve go first:

(500) What term refers to molten rock that reaches the Earth’s surface via volcanic vents?
(600) The Hormel Girls were a drum and bugle corps that promoted what canned meat product previously used as troop rations?
(700) Din Djarin is the title character in what Disney+ “Star Wars” series?
(800) In India, the pagri is a type of what head covering consisting of a long piece of fabric wound around the head?
(900) Who authored such books as “The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom” and “Women and Money”?
(1000) In the film “Gremlins” the 3 rules of owning a Mogwai are “no sunlight, no water, and never, ever feed them” what?
(1100) After Brazil what South American country has the longest coastline?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Valerie 1500 Steve 4000

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

(500) Built for a World’s Fair, what does Encyclopedia Britannica call “Seattle’s best-known landmark”?
(600) Integrating restaurant reservations and wait lists, Guest Manager is a service offered by what local search and review app?
(700) The first credit card that could be used at several different merchants instead of just one was what?
(800) Rosalind Russell starred opposite what leading man in the 1940 screwball comedy “His Girl Friday”?
(900) Spain aided the American Revolution by attacking the British in Louisiana, Alabama and what current state?
(1000) What was the last name of John and Elizabeth who were depicted in “The Crucible”?
(1100) At the Nagano Olympics, Tara Lipinski’s Gold medal win forced what American teammate to settle for the Silver?

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Ryan finished with 3500 to Monica’s 2500 so Ryan will join Steve in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Steve beats Ryan, his total winnings will rise to $20,000 and we’ll see him on the Master Minds side.

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

(1) In the animal kingdom, the chinchilla is native to what continent?
(2) An early victory for Ulysses S. Grant, what Civil War battle was also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing?
(3) A hit for Celine Dion, Eric Carmen’s “All By Myself” had a melody borrowed from what Russian composer’s “Piano Concerto No. 2”?
(4) To get to her destination, what 1947 stage character was told to transfer to Cemeteries and get off at Elysian Fields?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Ryan got 3 right to Steve’s one. Steve is going home with $11,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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