Master Minds Recap: March 10, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds for Friday, March 10, 2023 with host Brooke Burns, a rerun of Episode 4 of Season 3. New episodes will resume on Monday, March 13, 2023.

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