Master Minds Recap: August 18, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Friday, August 18, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Disappearing Acts”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Chris, Ruey, Katie

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) TV: What sitcom about a Taiwanese family making their way in America was based on a memoir from celebrity chef Eddie Huang?
(a) American Housewife (b) Fresh Off the Boat (c) Better Things
(2) TOYS: Selling millions of units its first year, what toy brand was introduced as the “world’s first official indoor ball”?
(a) Koosh (b) Nerf (c) Wiffle
(3) BEVERAGES: Typically which type of glassware holds the least liquid?
(a) cordial (b) martini (c) low ball
(4) WHICH CAME FIRST: Bond, James or Bond?
(a) First U.S. Savings Bonds (b) actor James Dean (c) Gold Bond Powder
(5) MUSIC: According to Priscilla Presley, what song did Elvis sing to her on the courthouse steps after they got divorced?
(a) Always on My Mind (b) Return to Sender (c) I Will Always Love You
(6) TRADITIONS: Who was the first sitting U.S. President to throw out the ceremonial first pitch on baseball’s Opening Day?
(a) Calvin Coolidge (b) William Howard Taft (c) Theodore Roosevelt
(7) WORD ORIGINS: What term for a member of London’s metropolitan police came from the name of the man who helped create the force in 1829?
(a) Bobby (b) Jimmy (c) Danny

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Chris 400 Ruey 700 Katie 300 / Beastie 300 Muffy 500 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) MOVIES: In 1992, who won the Best Actor Oscar despite only appearing onscreen for a terrifying 24 minutes and 52 seconds?
(2) ANIMALS: Because of the spiral tusk that juts from its head, what porpoise is called the “unicorn of the sea”?
(3) BOOKS: Inspired by his grandmother’s cooking, co-author Jack Canfield gave his collection of feel-good stories what name?
(4) PHYSICS: What two-word term refers to the speed needed for a rocket to overcome Earth’s gravitational pull and enter orbit?
(5) GEOGRAPHY: The famous Chincoteague ponies live on an island located between what two East Coast states?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Chris 1200 Ruey 1300 Katie 1300 / Beastie 900 Muffy 1100 Ryan 1300

Chris and Beastie are eliminated.

Ruey and Katie advance to the next round, as do Muffy 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.

Ruey and Katie go first:

(500) A zonkey is a hybrid of a donkey and what other animal?
(600) What Minnesota establishment has an amusement park, a 1.3 million gallon aquarium and its own zip code?
(700) After six seasons on TV, what Christine Baranski legal drama aired its final episode in 2022?
(800) Found northeast of Yellowstone National Park, what “City Beneath the Rimrocks” is the most populated in Montana?
(900) Sharing its name with a Greek letter, what heart-helping fatty acid is found in salmon?
(1000) Meaning “I’ll leave it up to you”, what word at Japanese restaurants allows the chef to decide your menu?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Ruey 4400 Katie 1800

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

(500) In 2023, who passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time regular-season top scorer?
(600) Centennial & Dolgo are varieties of what small tart fruit with a “crustacean” sounding name?
(700) Signed by King John in the 13th century, what was the first document to declare the king was not above the law?
(800) The edible red fruit of the prickly pear cactus has what fishy-sounding name?
(900) The Fire TV stick is a media streaming device manufactured by what company?
(1000) Worn especially in Bavaria, lederhosen are traditionally made of what material?
(1100) Responsible for balance, the vestibular system is found in what organ?
(1200) Commonly used for navigation in the southern hemisphere, what is the smallest constellation in the night sky?
(1300) In what city can you visit the historic Sun Studio and a Rock ‘N’ Soul museum?

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Ryan finished with 4500 to Muffy’s 3900 so Ryan will join Ruey in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Ruey 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) What American scientist won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1954 and a Nobel Peace Prize in 1962?
(2) Dr. Martin Dysart was the child psychologist in what Peter Shaffer play?
(3) What Asian country on the Indochinese Peninsula has a population of 7.5 million people and just four movie theaters?

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

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