Master Minds Recap: March 2, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Thursday, March 2, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Book Club”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Eric, Tracy, Aaron
This is Aaron’s second appearance after winning $10,000 yesterday

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) POP CULTURE: Bringing in over $200 million for charity, the ice bucket challenge involved doing what with ice water?
(a) drinking it (b) pouring it over your head (c) sitting in it
(2) GEOLOGY: Which of these continents shares its tectonic plate with another continent?
(a) Asia (b) Africa (c) Antarctica
(3) TELEVISION: After 28 years on three different shows on two different networks, who ended his run as a late night host in 2021?
(a) Conan O’Brien (b) Craig Ferguson (c) Jon Stewart
(4) SPORTS: The name of which NFL team was based on the color of its first jerseys?
(a) Steelers (b) Cardinals (c) Browns
(5) DESIGN: What TV science personality has a patent for ballet shoes?
(a) Neil Degrasse Tyson (b) Bill Nye (c) Mr. Wizard
(6) THE UNIVERSE: Which astronomer first proposed that the earth revolved around the sun?
(a) Aristotle (b) Archimedes (c) Aristarchus
(7) MUSIC: In one of the ceremony’s memorable moments, musical duo Twenty One Pilots famously accepted their first Grammy how?
(a) underwater (b) on a horse (c) in their underpants

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Eric 500 Tracy 400 Aaron 400 / The Beast 500 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) THE CALENDAR: Similar to Black Friday, what day of the week did American Express turn into a holiday to bolster small business?
(2) FOOD: Best eaten after being cooked, what variety of banana is fried, flattened and fried again for the Cuban dish “Tostones”?
(3) MOVIES: In a nearly 3-hour film in 2022, what superhero is frequently referred to by a less familiar name – Vengeance?
(4) SYMBOLS: On a standard QWERTY keyboard, what number shares a key with the dollar sign?
(5) LITERATURE: In Amy Tan’s debut novel, “The Joy Luck Club” refers to a weekly party to play what 4-person game?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Eric 900 Tracy 1400 Aaron 1400 / The Beast 1100 Muffy 1800 Ryan 1400

Eric and The Beast are eliminated.

Tracy and Aaron advance to the next round, as do Muffy 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.

Tracy and Aaron go first:

(500) So athletes could play in two hemispheres, Brazil intended to build its Zerao Stadium along what imaginary line?
(600) As a prank, moving into the frame of a photograph as it is being taken is known by what explosive term?
(700) Which two states are home to the headwaters and the mouth of the Mississippi River?
(800) A favorite in the business world, what 1998 self-help book features two mice named Sniff and Scurry?
(900) What term for a Congressional member organization on Capitol Hill is the word Iowa uses for its presidential primary?
(1000) Embassy Suites and Hampton Inn are both brands owned by what hotel company?
(1100) What was the first human internal organ to be transplanted successfully?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Tracy 3200 Aaron 4500

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

(500) The first humans to populate North America came via a land bridge across what body of water?
(600) Apiology is the scientific study of what insects?
(700) What 13-letter term for a bachelor’s degree is also a religious service held before commencement?
(800) Which underground cartoonist and creator of Zap Comix coined the hippie motto “keep on trucking”?
(900) The old Mr. Boston Bartender’s Guide calls for what liqueur to be used in a stinger cocktail?
(1000) Using South Carolina’s marshes to his advantage, Revolutionary War leader Francis Marion earned what nickname?
(1100) Dubbed a supercar, the Testarossa was a 12-cylinder model from what Italian automaker?
(1200) Known for his psychological thrillers, who is the prolific author of “Demon Seed” and the “Odd Thomas” series?

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Muffy finished with 4100 to Ryan’s 3800 so Muffy will join Aaron in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge again. If Aaron beats Muffy again, he will win another $10,000 and return on the next new show as a Master Mind.

Ultimate Trivia Challenge: The questions are presented to the players at the same time and they write their answers down.

(1) What razor-toothed sea monster threatened the journey of Odysseus in Homer’s “The Odyssey”?
(2) In her performance of “Cut Piece”, what artist invited audience members to snip away pieces of her clothing?
(3) Founded in 1088, the oldest university in Europe is named for what city?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Muffy got 3 right but this time, Aaron didn’t get anything right so Aaron is going home with $11,000 and we will see 3 new challengers on Monday because we’ve got another rerun coming up in this time slot tommorrow.

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