Master Minds Recap: February 1, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Wednesday, February 1, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Sailboats”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Michael, Snowden, returning champ Kelly

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) U.S. HISTORY: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the only future presidents to sign what document?
(a) Articles of Confederation (b) Dec. of Independence (c) The Constitution
(2) MOVIES: In the film “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, what object is used to see who is the fairest one of all?
(a) magic mirror (b) mystic mirror (c) mirror mirror
(3) WHICH CAME FIRST: animal, vegetable or mineral?
(a) Animal Farm (b) vegemite (c) Bareminerals makeup
(4) RELIGION: Which of the following is one of the Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church?
(a) Charity (b) Confirmation (c) Creation
(5) LITERATURE: The godfather of which author served as the president of Chile?
(a) Gabriel Garcia Marquez (b) Isabel Allende (c) Jorge Luis Borges
(6) TRANSPORTATION: What was the name of the first hybrid car?
(a) Edison Roadster (b) Kilowatt Coach (c) Elektromobil
(7) GEOGRAPHY: Which relaxing term was taken from a resort town in Belgium famous for its mineral springs?
(a) bath (b) massage (c) spa

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Michael 200 Snowden 400 Kelly 600 / The Beast 600 Muffy 300 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) MEDICINE: Allowing for the exchange of oxygen and nutrients, what are the tiniest blood vessels in the human body?
(2) AUTHORS: What periodic event occurred the year Mark Twain was born and not again until the year he died?
(3) COUPLES: In 2005, Joachim Sauer became the long-serving First Husband of what country?
(4) ROYALTY: What is the last name of the legendary British King Arthur?
(5) MEASUREMENTS: What unit of power is named for the innovator of the steam engine?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Michael 800 Snowden 1600 Kelly 1200 / The Beast 1800 Muffy 1300 Jonathan 1800

Michael and Muffy are eliminated.

Snowden and Kelly advance to the next round, as do The Beast 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.

(500) Camp David is a retreat reserved for what member of the Executive Branch and their families?
(600) What novel was originally titled “The Undead” and featured a main character named Count Wampyr?
(700) What soft drink made with orange juice was advertised as “moonshine that will tickle yer innards”?
(800) By definition, what type of map displays the height and steepness of land using contour lines?
(900) What Tony-winning musical comedy follows a group of puppets living on a make-believe New York City street?
(1000) In 1972, the Asian island nation then known as Ceylon adopted what new name?
(1100) Known for bright red bodies, the sockeye is a variety of what type of fish?
(1200) A form of bronchitis, what childhood viral malady is characterized by a loud, “barking” cough?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Snowden 4100 Kelly 4800

Kelly wins $1,000 and advances to the Ultimate Trivia Challenge for the second time. But first, The Beast and Jonathan will battle it out for a minute to see who joins Kelly.

(500) “And I Am Telling You” is a famous solo in what musical loosely based on the lives of the Supremes?
(600) Meaning “old mountain”, Machu Picchu is found in what South American country?
(700) Assisting with the formation of DNA and RNA, vitamin B9 is also known by which name?
(800) From the Italian for “horsehair linen”, what cage-like petticoat for skirts was replaced by the bustle?
(900) Founded in 1992, what legal advocacy group uses DNA evidence to exonerate the wrongly convicted?
(1000) Published in 1922, the wartime memoir “The Seven Pillars of Wisdom” was the basis for what epic Oscar-winning film?
(1100) What positive number is a square root of 225?
(1200) Which piano-like instrument makes sound when its strings are plucked?
(1300) While some bugs can tilt them slightly, what is the only insect that can fully turn its head from side to side?

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The Beast finished with 7700 to Jonathan’s 3200 so The Beast will join Kelly in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge for the second time. If Kelly beats The Beast, she will win another $10,000 and become a Master Mind.

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

(1) Which English king broke away from the Roman Catholic Church after a disagreement with the Pope?
(2) Still popular today, what ancient board gae features 24 narrow triangles called points?
(3) What is the last word in Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”?
(4)Chef George Crump is said to have invented what popular crunchy snack food for an extremely picky customer?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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The Beast got 2 right to Kelly’s 3. Kelly won a total of $20,000 and she is the first contestant to be dubbed a Master Mind, with no comparison to the S1 and S2 contestants. They had to get through 3 games to become a Master Mind. Brooke also said that defeating the Beast was a feat itself as “that is hard to do.” Ha! Up until the last two games, it really wasn’t. He was getting beat by the other Master Minds on the regular. Someone must have told him “get your bloody act together, mate!”

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