Master Minds Recap: January 25, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Wednesday, January 25, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Mosh Pits”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, LaKedra Pam, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: John, Julie, Alex

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) COCKTAILS: Vodka, cranberry juice and grapefruit juice combine to form what “oceanic” sounding drink?
(a) aquarius (b) sea breeze (c) tidal wave
(2) BIOPICS: Miles Teller and Harry Styles were among the finalists to play the lead in what 2022 Baz Luhrmann film?
(a) “Elvis” (b) “Bohemian Rhapsody” (c) “Rocket Man”
(3) BEAUTY: The name of which of these hair care brands is a play on the French phrase for “much-loved”?
(a) Garnier (b) Revlon (c) Tresemme
(4) ANIMALS: To get food faster from their humans, domestic cats make purring noises that imitate what sound?
(a) roaring lion (b) crying baby (c) fire alarm
(5) GEOGRAPHY: Found at the southern end of the Mariana Trench, what is the deepest place on earth?
(a) Cerro Negro (b) Chapultepec (c) Challenger Deep
(6) NASA: Spoken by Buzz Aldrin inside the module after it touched down, the first actual words on the moon were what tech talk?
(a) command override (b) contact light (c) engine arm, off
(7) ORGANIZATIONS: The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest one in the U.S. dedicated to doing what activity during the winter?
(a) swimming (b) fishing (c) camping

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
John 500 Julie 600 Alex 600 / The Beast 600 LaKedra 600 Ryan 700

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) FASHION: In menswear, “half windsor” and “four-in-hand” are types of what?
(2) BODYGUARDS: You have to be a single, Swiss, Catholic male over 5’7″ to join which dignitary’s personal guard?
(3) ANCIENT TIMES: The Hittites and the Babylonians flourished during a historical period named for what metal?
(4) ARTISTS: Known for depicting marginalized people in society, Diane Arbus worked in what artistic medium?
(5) ON THE MAP: The Equator intersects what longitudinal line at Null Island in the Gulf of Guinea?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
John 1500 Julie 1000 Alex 1200 / The Beast 1600 LaKedra 1600 Ryan 1700

The tie between The Beast and LaKedra had to be broken to see who would play against Ryan in Round 3.

MASTER MIND TIE-BREAKER: In 1935, what scale was developed to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
ANSWER show

LaKedra buzzed in with the correct response first so Julie and The Beast are eliminated.

John and Alex advance to the next round, as do LaKedra 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) What plant comes in varieties such as Southwestern Barrel and Texas Prickly Pear
(600) John Le Carre wrote a masterpiece of espionage fiction titled “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier,” what?
(700) With a distance of 66 yards, Baltimore Raven Justin Tucker broke the NFL record for longest what in 2021?
(800) What continent comes first alphabetically?
(900) What popular online aggregator of movie and TV show reviews is named for decomposing fruit?
(1000) Joshua Cowen used what middle name in the manufacture of his toy trains?
(1100) Whose 1997 “Blood on the Fields” was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize?
(1200) In what narrow path on the coast of Greece did 300 Spartans try to hold off the invading Persian army in 480 BC?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
John 3000 Alex 4400

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

(500) Gingivitis causes irritation, redness and swelling of what part of the body?
(600) At an average of around 25 million miles, what planet’s orbit travels closer to the Earth than any other?
(700) What 1969 film became the first and only X-rated movie to win the Best Picture Oscar
(800) Who wrote the semiautobiographical novel “Of Human Bondage”?
(900) What natural outdoor amphitheater in Denver is named for the crimson sandstone that forms its walls?
(1000) Married to Jezebel, what King of Israel shares his name with a Herman Melville character?
(1100) Originally sold by Mattel in 1960, the name of what groundbreaking talking doll became a popular idiom still used today?
(1200) Serving under Harry Truman, who became the oldest person to be sworn in as vice president?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

LaKedra finished with 3900 to Ryan’s 6200 so Ryan will join Alex in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Alex beats Ryan, 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) What brand of casual shoe was named to emphasize the way it soothed and quieted tired feet or barking dogs?
(2) What type of small, often one-story house with a pitched roof is named for the huts of Bengal, India?
(3) In total area, what is the biggest country in the world not found in Asia or North America?

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

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