Master Minds Recap: February 9, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Thursday, February 9, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Blondes”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Arianna Haut, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Richmond, Gretchen, Mackenzie

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) AUTHORS: Roald Dahl wrote which of the following books?
(a) The Idiot (b) Ship of Fools (c) The Twits
(2) ANIMALS: A shaggy, white-haired species of crab living near deep sea termal vents is nicknamed for what mythical creature?
(a) siren (b) ghost (c) yeti
(3) STATISTICS: Standing shoulder-to-shoulder, the entire global population of 7.6 billion people can fit inside which city?
(a) New York City (b) Chicago (c) Denver
(4) HISTORY: Queen Elizabeth I once impressed dinner guests with their likenesses made in what form?
(a) gingerbread people (b) ice sculptures (c) xx
(5) TRANSPORTATION: When a global climate crisis caused a horse shortage, Karl von Drais invented the “dandy horse” an early form of what?
(a) car (b) bicycle (c) sled
(6) MONEY MARKETS: Which crypto currency has a name and logo inspired by a shiba inu meme?
(a) ethereum (b) bitcoin (c) dogecoin
(7) CINEMA: Which movie franchise has an installment called “Rise of the Machines”?
(a) Transformers (b) Terminator (c) Star Trek

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Richmond 600 Gretchen 400 Mackenzie 500 / The Beast 500 Arianna 500 Jonathan 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) FOOD: What dessert consists of ice cream on a cake base that is placed briefly in an oven to brown its topping of meringue?
(2) TOYS: Introduced in 1964, what doll was the first “little sister” to Barbie?
(3) WORLD HISTORY: While her grandfather pioneered her country’s independence movement, who was the first female prime minister of India?
(4) BUSINESS: What American car company discontinued the Pinto model about 10 years after its 1970 debut?
(5) BOOKS: Giving advice across all mediums for decades, who is the German-born author of “Sex for Dummies”?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Richmond 1800 Gretchen 600 Mackenzie 1500 / The Beast 1500 Arianna 1700 Jonathan 1700

Gretchen and The Beast are eliminated.

Richmond and Mackenzie advance to the next round, as do Arianna 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.

Richmond and Mackenzie go first:

(500) Introduced 15 years after the original candies, what was the second variety of M&M’s?
(600) In an autobiography, who claims that his book “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” was the first novel written with a typewriter?
(700) William Harvey discovered what “system”of blood flow in the human body?
(800) What British Prime Minister declared “peace for our time” after making a pact with Hitler?
(900) What actor known for playing an ad executive appeared in commercials romancing Flo the insurance lady?
(1000) For protection, what orange species of fish build nests for their eggs near sea anemones?
(1100) The State of Florida borders what other two states?
(1200) What actress and rapper born Dana Elaine Owens stars in the CBS drama “The Equalizer”?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Richmond 4300 Mackenzie 5100

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

(500) With winglike rigid fins, what ocean dweller can glide more than 100 feet across the surface of the water?
(600) In 2021, Tom Brady logged a Super Bowl win in his first year with what team?
(700) Apoorva Mehta founded what app-based company for delivering groceries?
(800) Of the planets in our solar system, which is the only one not named for a Roman god or goddess?
(900) The book “13 Days in October” chronicles the events of what 1962 international standoff?
(1000) A 19th century “breeching” party celebrated the day a boy started wearing what?
(1100) The domain extension .tv is licensed from which Pacific island nation?
(1200) Fittingly occurring the day after Tax Day, National Stress Awareness Day fall in what month?
(1300) What legendary funnyman won Tony Awards for writing the book and score for the musical “The Producers”?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Arianna finished with 3000 to Jonathan’s 7200 so Jonathan will join Mackenzie in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Mackenzie beats Jonathan, 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) In the State of Vermont, what product is graded on four characteristics: color, clarity, density and flavor?
(2) The title of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “Tender is the Night” comes from the poem “Ode to a Nightingale” by whom?
(3) An imaging test used to look for disease in the body, what does the “P” in “PET” scan stand for?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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After only 3 questions, Mackenzie was shut out with 0 right to Jonathan’s 2. Mackenzie is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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