Master Minds Recap: March 13, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Monday, March 13, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Justice”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, LaKedra Pam, Arianna Haut
Today’s challengers: Ira, David, Adam

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) CAREERS: According to U.S. News and World Report which of these jobs has the highest average salary?
(a) architect (b) anesthesiologist (c) psychologist
(2) GEOGRAPHY: The security lights along the border of what 2 countries are bright enough to be seen from space?
(a) France and Belgium (b) Egypt and Libya (c) India and Pakistan
(3) MUSICIANS: “There’s no other band stupid enough to do this,” said Dave Grohl on what group’s 2022 horror comedy film “Studio 666”?
(a) OneRepublic (b) Foo Fighters (c) Nickelback
(4) TECH: What brand name means “6” in Japanese because it’s the founder’s 6th company?
(a) Roku (b) Vudu (c) Bose
(5) HOLIDAYS: On Epiphany Eve, Italian kids leave out broccoli, sausage and a glass of wine for Befana, a what that brings gifts?
(a) witch (b) nun (c) cow
(6) ETIQUETTE: In Indonesia, it’s considered rude to do what with your index finger?
(a) rub your eye (b) press a button (c) point at someone
(7) FLORA: Which of these grow underground?
(a) brussels sprouts (b) peanuts (c) lima beans

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Ira 600 David 600 Adam 500 / The Beast 600 LaKedra 600 Arianna 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) FOOD: What small, tender, often expensive steak with a French name comes from the short loin of a cow?
(2) LANGUAGE: From Middle Dutch meaning “to irritate”, what word refers to someone who interrupts a comedian?
(3) ANIMALS: The sacrocaudalis muscles allow dogs to move what part of their body?
(4) SPACE: Scientists calculate that it rains diamonds on Jupiter because lightning turns the methane in the air into what element?
(5) LITERATURE: Falling on different dates each year, what type of religious festival was the inspiration for a Hemingway title?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Ira 1200 David 1200 Adam 1300 / The Beast 1200 LaKedra 1400 Arianna 1500

CONTESTANT TIE-BREAKER: Which seafaring animal’s wingspan can be up to 11 feet. the longest of any bird?
ANSWER show

David thought it was the pelican so he was eliminated. The Beast was eliminated on the Master Mind side.

Ira and Adam advance to the next round, as do LaKedra and Arianna.

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.

Ira and Adam go first:

(500) Since the days of George Washington, which holiday has traditionally only been observed on a Thursday?
(600) What Latin American capital was built on top of the ruins of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan?
(700) By inserting human DNA into E.Coli bacteria, Genentech scientists famously synthesized what pancreatic hormone?
(800) “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” is credited to both Malcolm X and what co-writer who it was “told to”?
(900) There’s an ecosystem in the name of what air-conditioning alternative, formally called an “evaporative cooler”?
(1000) In 2022, what 19-year-old became one of the youngest performers to win the Best New Artist Grammy?
(1100) Named for an ocean, what agreement laid the foundations for a post WW2 world?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Ira 2800 Adam 2400

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

(500) On a standard six- sided die, opposite faces are arranged to always add up to what number?
(600) Extending northeast from Lake Ontario. What river separates upstate New York from Canada?
(700) What word coined in 1992 refers to a virtual reality space where users interact With computer- generated environments?
(800) Rudyard Kipling wrote what poem about a water carrier for British soldiers?
(900) The monarch butterfly generation that migrates to Mexico is named for what long-lived biblical character?
(1000) Known for her role on a Netflix series, who was is the first openly transgender person nominated for a Primetime Emmy?
(1100) In soccer, what type of backwards, over-the-head kick has a mode of transportation in its name?
(1200) Psychologist B.F. Skinner called his approach to thought on human motivation “radical” what?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

LaKedra finished with 2700 to Arianna’s 4500 so Arianna will join Ira in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Ira beats Arianna, 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) Hawaiian pizza is served with what tropical fruit on top?
(2) 1982’s “Elk Cloner” was considered the first what to affect consumer computers?
(3) In the Old Testament, the book “Song of Songs” is also known as the “Song of…” whom?
(4) James Cook discovered the strait that now bears his name between the main islands of what country?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Arianna got 4 right to Ira’s 3. Ira is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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