Master Minds Recap: February 7 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for xxxday, February 7, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Poppies”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Jared, Carlos, Rebekah

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) TECH: According to the group that introduced it over 20 years ago,the term wi-fi stands for what?
(a) wide fidelity (b) wired freedom (c) nothing
(2) BUSINESS: In 1759, which Irish company secured a 9,000 lease for its Dublin location?
(a) Guinness (b) Baileys (c) Jameson
(3) ANIMALS: Looking to scare predators away, what North American desert dweller can shoot blood out of its eyes?
(a) sidewinder (b) horned lizard (c) pack rat
(4) ANCESTORS: The first reconstructed Neanderthal skeleton was a specimen that had what unfortunate condition?
(a) arthritis (b) scoliosis (c) osteoporosis
(5) FOOD: Because it contains the protein-melting enzyme bromelain, what food dissolves your tongue as you eat it?
(a) pineapple (b) habanero pepper (c) garlic
(6) GEOGRAPHY: About how many times could America’s smallest state, Rhode Island, fit inside the largest state, Alaska?
(a) 65 times (b) 430 times (c) 2,100 times
(7) TELEVISION: What Oscar winner often ends “The View” with the signature sign-off “Take a little time to enjoy the view”?
(a) Joy Behar (b) Whoopi Goldberg (c) Meredith Vieira

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Jared 500 Carlos 600 Rebekah 500 / The Beast 400 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) SPORTS: At the age of 2, what prodigy and future PGA winner putted against Bob Hope on an episode of “The Mike Douglas Show”?
(2) HOLLYWOOD: Studio executives wanted to change what George Lucas movie title, fearing audiences would think it was an Italian film?
(3) The poem “In Flanders Fields” helped popularize the red variety of what flower as a symbol of remembrance?
(4) HISTORY: What explorer and U.S. admiral established the “Little America” research station in Antarctica?
(5) FASHION: Named for its popularity with university students, which men’s shoe style is also known as a “balmoral”?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Jared 1500 Carlos 1400 Rebekah 1100 / The Beast 1000 Muffy 1100 Ryan 1700

Rebekah and The Beast are eliminated.

Jared and Carlos 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.

Jared and Carlos go first:

(500) One of the largest publicly-traded petroleum companies was formed when what company merged with Exxon in 1999?
(600) The tallest mountain in the US is found in what state?
(700) What national pizza. chain debuted stuffed crust pizza in 1995?
(800) Inspired by a dream about a vampire in love with a human girl, what author wrote the novel “Twilight”?
(900) Henry Hudson, JFK, Dolly Parton and Elizabeth Taylor all have a variety of what flower named in their honor?
(1000) What 7th century B.C. statesman created Athens’ first written code of laws, famous for being shockingly severe?
(1100) What organization used “Be all you can be” as a recruiting slogan?
(1200) What is the only letter of the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any U.S. state?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Jared 2100 Carlos 6600

Carlos 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 Carlos.

(500) Although based on a Japanese bobtail cat, what said Sanrio character was born in London?
(600) What conflict effectively came to an end at a private home in the village of Appomattox Court House?
(700) Starring Elizabeth Olsen, What Disney+ series has a title that combines the name of the two Marvel characters?
(800) Home to the dwarf planet Pluto, what icy region of the solar system lies just beyond Neptune’s orbit?
(900) The first of its kind able to transport passengers, the Ehang AAV is a type of what pilotless aircraft?
(1000) Once host Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, who holds the Guinness world record for the most hours on television?
(1100) To help her study live octopi in 1932, Jeannette Power invented what glass container?
(1200) Who is the hard-boiled crime fiction writer of “L.A. Confidential” and “White Jazz”?
(1300) The three main types of stemware for serving champagne are coupe, tulip, and what “musical” selection?

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Muffy finished with 6100 to Ryan’s 4800 so Muffy will join Carlos in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Carlos beats Muffy, 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) Of Florida cities, which is the most populous?
(2) What German author offered advice to new writers in his 1903 book, “Letters to a Young Poet”?
(3) Prior to 1918, what was the deadline to file income tax returns?
(4) “The Yellow Christ” and “The Green Christ” are two of the most famous works of what French painter?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Muffy got 2 right to Carlos’s 0. Carlos is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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