Master Minds Recap: January 10, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Tuesday, January 10, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

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

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Alan 400 Lillian 400 Paul-Dean 200 / The Beast 500 LaKedra 500 Ryan 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) THE CALENDAR: You only have a 1 in 1,461 chance of being born on what date?
(2) TECH: With over two billion global users, what is the most widely-used messaging app?
(3) BESTSELLERS: A woman made a life bargain and was cursed to be forgotten by everyone she met in “The Invisible Life” of whom?
(4) SOUTH AMERICA: The only landlocked nations in South America are Bolivia and what other country?
(5) BRANDS: What kid-friendly company was founded by the Hassenfeld Brothers?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Alan 1400 Lillian 800 Paul-Dean 400 / The Beast 1500 LaKedra 1300 Ryan 1600

Paul-Dean and LaKedra are eliminated.

Alan and Lillian advance to the next round to compete against The Beast 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.

(500) In the late 40s, the Topps Company began selling their bubble gum with what collectible items?
(600) Basque country straddles the border of Spain and which other country?
(700) By wearing wigs on their shaved heads, ancient Egyptians avoided the incidence of what parasites?
(800) Season 2 of “The Mandalorian” revealed the actual name of the so-called baby Yoda was what?
(900) The “root” in root beer was traditionally provided by the sarsparilla vine and the bark of what tree
(1000) Who wrote the whimsical poems heard in the musical “Cats”?
(1100) Who was the first African American chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as well as Secretary of State?
(1200) Of the 8 most common blood types recognized by the Red Cross, which is the rarest in the U.S.?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Alan 6700 Lillian 1500

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

(500) Greenland uses what Danish currency?
(600) A minor hit in 1985. the Kate Bush song “Running Up that Hill” had a resurgence in 2022 upon being featured on what series?
(700) In Matthew 27, who presided at the trial of Jesus?
(800) Created in the 19th century, what now-sleeveless women’s undergarment shirt was used to hide corsets?
(900) Louis Pasteur expanded the use of what century-old term beyond its original association with the cowpox virus?
(1000) Carla Bruni was the First Lady of France as wife to what president?
(1100) In the Shakespeare play to whom does The Merchant of Venice owe a “pound of flesh”?
(1200) Including the one that we are currently in, there have been at least how many major ice ages in Earth’s history?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

The Beast finished with 4000 to Ryan’s 3900 so The Beast will join Alan in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Alan beats The Beast, he will return on the next show. Any player who makes it through 3 shows and wins $30,000, 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 2022 Tom’s Guide named what “rhyme-y” app the best food delivery service overall?
(2) An advocate for women’s rights, Benazir Bhutto served two terms as Prime Minister of what country?
(3) In 2021, Olivia Colman and Gillian Anderson took home Emmy “jewels” for their roles on what drama?
(4) What is the only major city in the American west to have been founded in the 20th century?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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The Beast got 4 right to Alan’s 3. Alan is going home with $1,000 and we will see three new challengers tomorrow.

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