Master Minds Recap: January 12, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Thursday, January 12, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & The Melodica”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, LaKedra Pam, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Alex, Tracy, Matt

Matt won yesterday’s game and returns today to go for a second win. I obviously missed the change in the rules where a contestant only has to win two games and $20,000 to become a Mastermind. They clearly decided to give the players a better chance at that job! Matt may be the first contestant ever to benefit from the change, as well as the first to become a Master Mind.

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) TELEVISION: “Miami”, “New York” and “Cyber” were all spinoffs of what procedural series?
(a) “CSI” (b) “NCIS” (c) “Law & Order”
(2) TECHNOLOGY: A stereolithography machine is better known by which name?
(a) 3D printer (b) MP3 player (c) plasma TV
(3) BASEBALL: In 2022, former Houston Astro Carlos Beltran spoke publicly for the first time about his role in what scandal?
(a) stealing players (b) stealing signs (c) stealing money
(4) TOYS: First sold in the ’90s, which of these was invented by a former NASA and Air Force engineer?
(a) Furby (b) Nintendo Game Boy (c) Super Soaker
(5) VILLAINS: Besides “criminal”, what profession is listed for Batman‘s foe, the Penguin, on his DC Comics character page?
(a) fish monger (b) stock trader (c) umbrella salesman
(6) TRAVEL: In which U.S. city can tourists explore the Freedom Trail, including sites like the Bunker Hill Monument and Paul Revere’s house?
(a) Boston (b) Philadelphia (c) New York
(7) DIETS: As prescribed in Stanley Burroughs’ book, his “master cleanse” involves drinking lemon juice with what spicy flavoring?
(a) cayenne pepper (b) sriracha (c) Tabasco sauce

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Alex 500 Tracy 500 Matt 600 / 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) FAST FOOD: Shaquille O’Neal partners with what “fatherly-sounding” pizza chain to create the Shaq-a-Roni Pizza?
(2) ETIQUETTE: The Emily Post Institute says men can leave what accessory on at sporting events but not when the National Anthem plays?
(3) PRODUCTS: “Dr. Bunting’s Sunburn Remedy” became “Noxzema” after a customer said it knocked out his what?
(4) ARMED FORCES: Originally used by the military, what large cylindrical canvas bag for personal items was named for a town in Belgium?
(5) OPERA: In “The Magic Flute”, what character sings the aria “The Vengeance of Hell Boils in My Heart”?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Alex 1300 Tracy 1100 Matt 1400 / The Beast 1100 LaKedra 1300 Ryan 1000

Tracy and Ryan are eliminated.

Alex and Matt advance to the next round to compete against The Beast and LaKedra.

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) Mazola’s first cooking oil was made from what type of plant?
(600) The “International Lawn Tennis Challenge” was the original name of which tournament?
(700) 26-year-old Jonathan Dayton was the youngest person to sign what 1787 document?
(800) A person who does not eat any meat except for fish and seafood is referred to as a what?
(900) Known for their extremely loud vocalizations, what is the largest of the New World monkeys”?
(1000) In women’s fashion, a choker is what type of accessory?
(1100) What company that created Japan’s first wristwatch also invented the world’s first quartz watch?
(1200) Described as “mad, bad and dangerous”, what romantic poet had the first name of George?
(1300) In Chicago, the Magnificent Mile is an upscale section of what street that shares its name with a Great Lake?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Alex 3,200 Matt 7,000

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

(500) What classical ballet term for “spin” describes a dancer turning around on one leg?
(600) To bring good luck at some Greek weddings, you can yell “Opa” and break what?
(700) Who directed Robert De Niro in nine films, including the musical drama “New York, New York”?
(800) What geographic feature is the point at which water either flows toward the Pacific Ocean or toward the Atlantic?
(900) Wanting to take better photos while surfing, Nick Woodman had the idea to form what camera company?
(1000) In 2013, which NSA contractor leaked top secret documents to the press that detailed U.S. surveillance tactics?
(1100) What god of fires is the Roman equivalent of Hephaestus?
(1200) In 1536, what “younger” German painter entered into the service of Henry VIII?
(1300) Bestseller and Man Booker Prize winner, “The White Tiger” is about corruption in which Asian country?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

The Beast finished with 5,000 to LaKedra’s 4,200 so The Beast will join Matt in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Matt beats The Beast, he will 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) Which noble gas comes first alphabetically?
(2) When Reginald Dwight legally became Elton John in 1972, he gave himself what mythological middle name?
(3) Meaning “a beautiful one has arrived”, the name of what ancient queen is of Egyptian origin?
(4) What is the highest-pitched woodwind instrument in a standard orchestra?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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The Beast got 3 right to Matt’s 2. Matt is going home with $11,000 and we will see three new challengers tomorrow.

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