Master Minds Recap: March 23, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Thursday, March 23, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Hula Hoops”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, LaKedra Pam, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Wayne, Monique, 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) MONEY: Which of these coins is worth more than what it costs to produce?
(a) penny (b) nickel (c) dime
(2) MOVIES: What star of “Crazy Rich Asians” has a name that sounds like a bottled water brand?
(a) Awkwafina (b) Krystal Geyser (c) Evvy Yon
(3) AGREEMENTS: In 2021, the U.S. officially rejoined what city’s famed Climate Accord?
(a) Oslo (b) Paris (c) Manila
(4) SPORTS: Sweden’s Oscar Swahn became the oldest Olympics medalist when he took silver at age 72 in which sport?
(a) shooting (b) sailing (c) equestrian dressage
(5) RULERS: Who was the last British monarch to have the title Emperor or Empress of India?
(a) Queen Victoria (b) Edward VII (c) George VI
(6) TECH: In computing, a program that appears harmless but is actually malicious was named for what?
(a) juggernaut (b) doppelganger (c) Trojan horse
(7) THE HUMAN BODY: According to National Institutes of Health estimates, what percentage of people on Earth have brown or black hair?
(a) 50% (b) 70% (c) 90%

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Wayne 400 Monique 400 Adam 500 / The Beast 400 LaKedra 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: Popular with Portuguese immigrants, the 4-stringed “machete” was the precursor to what Hawaiian instrument?
(2) LITERATURE: In the classic fairy tale, what animal finally did catch, and eat, the Gingerbread Man?
(3) FOOD: Constantin Fahlberg discovered what sweetener when he ate dinner with benzoic sulfimide stuck to his hands?
(4) CONTINENTS: Gambia is the smallest country on what continent’s mainland?
(5) MYTHOLOGY: One of the original Seven Wonders of the World, the Colossus of Rhodes depicted what sun god?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Wayne 800 Monique 1200 Adam 900 / The Beast 1200 LaKedra 1200 Ryan 1400

MASTER MINDS TIE-BREAKER: Conceived by Bell Labs, what 3-digit phone number was based on population?
ANSWER show

Lakedra buzzed in first with 911 but that was wrong.

Wayne and LaKedra are eliminated.

Monique and Adam advance to the next round, as do The Beast 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.

Monique and Adam go first:

(500) 58 years after they met, who did Superman marry in DC Comics’ “Superman: The Wedding Album”?
(600) Scotty Bowman coached teams to nine Stanley Cups in what sport?
(700) French Polynesia once used special mailboxes for the daily delivery of what long, narrow loaves of bread?
(800) In 1538, what world leader was excommunicated from the Catholic Church by Pope Paul III?
(900) What Florida sea mammal is more closely related to the elephant than to the dolphin?
(1000) The subject of a Longfellow poem, which British officer was hired by the Pilgrims as their military leader?
(1100) What synonym for a graduation ceremony implies that it is a new beginning?
(1200) Barnum Brown is credited with discovering the first T.Rex fossils in what northern U.S. border state?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Monique 4400 Adam 2700

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

(500) What organ hangs below a cow’s body and produces milk?
(600) Bordering Virginia and Maryland, the Chesapeake Bay opens into what ocean?
(700) In 2022, Rihanna was named the youngest self-made what in the U.S.?
(800) Celebrated in the U.K., Bonfire Night is also commonly named in reference to what historical figure?
(900) Matching the color of its insulation, which cat with pastel-colored fur has been the Owens Corning mascot since 1980?
(1000) Annie Proulx won a Pulitzer Prize for what novel set in Newfoundland?
(1100) According to the International Playing Card Society, the king of hearts was modeled on what French ruler?
(1200) What flower whose name falls at the end of the alphabet did the Farmers Almanac call “one of the easiest” to grow?
(1300) Unison brand products are all designed to help people do what?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

The Beast finished with 3200 to Ryan’s 7500 so Ryan will join Monique in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Monique beats Ryan, she 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) A trusted confidante of Bruce Wayne, what is the name of Batman’s butler?
(2) What famous 150-year-old English clipper ship that held speed records is depicted on labels of an imported spirit?
(3) Based on a real place, what opera’s cigarette factory still stands today and belongs to the University of Seville?
(4) By definition, pepperoni is typically made with what two types of meat?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Ryan and Monique tied with 3 right responses so Monique gets to play the Ultimate Trivia Question. She does not have to beat Ryan on this one. She just has to get it right.

For $10,000: ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUESTION: Born In 1892, what British fantasy author inspired songs by Black Sabbath, Rush, Joni Mitchell and Led Zeppelin

ANSWER: show

Monique thought it was Lewis Carroll so she is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers on Monday. (Tomorrow’s episode is a rerun.)

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