Master Minds Recap: February 24, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Tuesday, February 24, 2023 with host Brooke Burns, a rerun of the Episode 2 of Season 3. New episodes will resume on Monday, February 27, 2023.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Peanut Butter”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, LaKedra Pam, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Alan, Lillian, Paul-Dean

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) ARTS: Tap dancing evolved from a fusion of West African step dances and what Irish type of dance?
(a) Ceilidh (b) two hand (c) jig
(2) STUDIOS: The “SKG” in the Dreamworks SKG studio name stands for co-founders Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and who?
(a) David Geffen (b) Whoopi Goldberg (c) Matt Groening
(3) INSTRUMENTS
: What company has been making its famous cymbals since 1623?
(a) Zildjian (b) Yamaha (c) Ludwig
(4) MEDICINE: Still used by dentists as a sedative during oral surgery, “laughing gas” was invented by what British chemist?
(a) Joseph Priestley (b) Michael Faraday (c) Henry Cavendish
(5) HOUSES: The hogan is a traditional residence of which Native American people?
(a) Seminole (b) Crow (c) Navajo
(6) PALEONTOLOGY: Due to the lack of evolution from its ancestors and a unique taxonomy, which animal is considered a “living fossil”?
(a) dung beetle (b) aardvark (c) great white shark
(7) FOOD: Author Michael Pollan states that more than 25% of all supermarket items are produced with what vegetable?
(a) lettuce (b) potato (c) corn