Master Minds Recap: January 30, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Monday, January 30, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Bruno”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, LaKedra Pam, Ryan Chaffee,
Today’s challengers: Cathy, Jon, 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) WORLD HISTORY: The legendary Cleopatra was not actually Egyptian, but rather a descendant of which ethnic group?
(a) Persian (b) Roman (c) Greek
(2) QUOTATIONS: An inventor who famously dismissed sleep as “a heritage from our cave days” is known for which of these?
(a) telephone (b) light bulb (c) television
(3) TELEVISION: What series was originally going to be set in California but moved to New Mexico because of the tax breaks for filming?
(a) Scandal (b) Succession (c) Breaking Bad
(4) TABLE GAMES: Which of these is played on a nearly-frictionless surface?
(a) billiards (b) air hockey (c) foosball
(5) MONEY: Minted in 1943 to save copper, “silver pennies” were actually comprised of what two metals?
(a) nickel and steel (b) zinc and steel (c) aluminum and steel
(6) GEOGRAPHY: How many U.S. states have coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean?
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 13
(7) ANIMATION: In “Encanto”, almost the entire cast is brought together for the catchy song “We Don’t Talk about” whom?
(a) Camilo (b) Isabel (c) Bruno

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Cathy 600 Jon 500 Alex 400 / The Beast 500 LaKedra 400 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) DINING: Rarely seen on menus today, squab is what type of domesticated bird?
(2) FASHION: Nancy Sinatra helped popularize what style of boots worn by dancers in 60s clubs?
(3) LITERATURE: Long before “The Harry Potter” series, who wrote about a chosen boy attending a magic academy in “A Wizard of Earthsea”?
(4) SCIENCE: The first 2-dimensional material ever discovered, graphene is a one-atom-thick sheet of what element?
(5) HISTORY: The British fought 2 wars against what settlers of South Africa, also known as Afrikaners?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Cathy 1200 Jon 1500 Alex 600 / The Beast 1300 LaKedra 1600 Ryan 1500

Alex and The Beast are eliminated.

Cathy and Jon 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 eating utensils do the Japanese call “hashi”?
(600) A Motown band called the Mynah Birds featured Neil Young and what “Super Freak” singer?
(700) In 1988, Stephen Hawking published the book “A Brief History of” what?
(800) Oil in eucalyptus leaves inhibits the growth of parasites that cause what insect-borne disease?
(900) News coverage of an entire trial is referred to by what redundant phrase that mentions a courtroom tool?
(1000) Threatened with demolition, what former elevated railway in New York was converted into a public park?
(1100) In the Islamic ritual of “Salat”, how many times a day are Muslims called to prayer?
(1200) What black volcanic glass is so sharp that it has been fashioned into surgical scalpels?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Cathy 2400 Jon 6200

Jon 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 Jon.

(500) Established over 130 years ago, what brand of a playing card was named for a popular vehicle?
(600) Released in 2022, the third chapter in a “Jurassic World” trilogy was subtitled what?
(700) Sold for amusement, seed pods containing small moth larva that move when heated are commonly called what?
(800) In its original meaning, what word for a fancy, formal dress referred to leather and fur clothing?
(900) “Sea Fever” by John Masefield reads “And all I ask is a tall ship and a” what “to steer her by”?
(1000) Monaco and Liechtenstein identify as what type of small country, named for the title shared by their heads of state?
(1100) Typically sliced diagonally, shat “British-sounding” beef dish is a cooking technique and not a specific cut of meat?

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LaKedra finished with 4600 to Ryan’s 2400 so LaKedra will join Jon in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Jon beats LaKedra, 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) When ripe most varieties of okra are what color
(2) Referring to his own unique jazz playing, Felonious Monk said what instrument “ain’t got not wrong notes”?
(3) In which book by Munro Leaf does the title character prefer smelling flowers to fighting?
(4) In the multi-state lottery game Powerball, what is the greatest number that can be drawn as a Powerball?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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LaKedra and Jon each got 2 right, so Jon got to play the Ultimate Trivia Question. He does not have to beat LaKedra on this one. He just has to get it right.

For $10,000: ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUESTION: With approximately 85% of all consumer milk coming from cows, what animal is the next largest source at 12%?

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Jon answered incorrectly so he is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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