Master Minds Recap: March 1, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Wednesday, March 1, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & History Galore”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Anthony, Serena, Aaron

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) ENTERTAINMENT: Costume designer Ruth E. Carter incorporated Afropunk and Afrofuturist styles in her work on what film?
(a) Black Panther (b) The Wiz (c) Shaft
(2) PLANTS: It would be impossible to pick a bouquet of flowers from which of these plants?
(a) oak tree (b) fern (c) cucumber
(3) MUSIC: Because the Latin pop sound just wasn’t right for herself, British songstress Charli XCX sent what song to Camila Cabello?
(a) Mademoiselle (b) Fraulein (c) Senorita
(4) MYTHOLOGY: In a Maori legend,what staple food of Polynesia came into being when the wife of the god Rongo-Maui gave birth to it?
(a) rice (b) yam (c) pomegranate
(5) ART: Henri Rousseau’s “The Sleeping Gypsy” depicts what animal lurking behind the painting’s subject?
(a) lion (b) tiger (c) bear
(6) EXPLORERS: Sacagawea joined Lewis & Clark’s expedition when they passed through territory in what present-day state?
(a) Missouri (b) Utah (c) North Dakota
(7) BUSINESSES: Later merging to form a famous brand, Yola and Coplait were once big names in France in what field?
(a) fashion (b) transportation (c) dairy

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Anthony 600 Serena 600 Aaron 600 / The Beast 600 Muffy 600 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) MUSIC: What military branch’s band is known as “The President’s Own” because it performs at all White House state functions?
(2) ANIMALS: Great white sharks will flee their hunting grounds and not return for up to a year when what apex predators pass by?
(3) MOVIES: The film “Magic Mike” is inspired by what actor’s real-life stint as a male stripper?
(4) HISTORY: Brothers Martin and Vicente Pinzon comanded what two ships for Christopher Columbus in 1492?
(5) SCIENTISTS: After escaping Vienna with her father, what founder of child psychoanalysis opened the Hampstead War Nursery in London?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Anthony 1000 Serena 1200 Aaron 1600 / The Beast 1800 Muffy 1800 Ryan 1600

Anthony and Ryan are eliminated.

Serena and Aaron advance to the next round, as do The Beast and Muffy.

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.

Serena and Aaron go first:

(500) An Arkansas-based food company known for chicken, and the youngest-ever heavyweight boxing champ share what name?
(600) After eight seasons, what Anthony Anderson sitcom aired its final episode in 2022?
(700) Available for exchange at most banks, what is the face value of a roll of dimes?
(800) Based on the idea of “like cures like”, what alternative medicine practice treats people with highly-diluted substances?
(900) As seen in its logo, the salespeople at Footlocker wear a striped shirt like what type of NFL official?
(1000) With a name meaning “little boot”, what Roman emperor was rumored to be grooming his horse for a position in government?
(1100) Named for the caves in which it was found, Cro-Magnon Man was first discovered in what country?
(1200) What actor won his second Academy Award for his role in “The Father”?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Serena 2900 Aaron 4800

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

(500) After ruling jointly, what King of the Huns killed his older brother Bleda and became an autocrat?
(600) What branch of zoology is the study of reptiles and amphibian?
(700) Usually a young foreign visitor, a person hired to take care of kids in exchange for room and board, is called what?
(800) “Fiesta” was a working title for which Ernest Hemingway novel?
(900) What Russian tennis player has had several children with longtime partner Enrique Iglesias?
(1000) The Herme’s handbag originally called Sac a Depeches was renamed for what glamorous star of “To Catch a Thief”?
(1100) Charm City is the nickname of what large East Coast city?
(1200) Released in the 60s, what Mattel toy played animal sounds after a spinning arrow landed on them?
(1300) What redheaded Brit plays a glammed-up vampire in his 2021 music video “Bad Habit”?

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The Beast finished with 4700 to Muffy’s 5800 so Muffy will join Aaron in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Aaron beats Muffy, 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) Born in 1632, what influential British philosopher argued that people have the right to life, liberty and property?
(2) Nigeria and Cameroon border what gulf that shares its name with another African country?
(3) Commissioned by John Jacob Astor IV, who painted the mural in the King Cole Bar at New York’s St. Regis Hotel?
(4) Along with Dr. Thomas Francis, Jr., who is credited with developing the first flu shot using fertilized chicken eggs?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Muffy got 1 right to Aaron’s 2. Aaron won $10,000 and he will return tomorrow to try to duplicate that feat.

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