Master Minds Recap: March 29, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Wednesday, March 29, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Passports”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Daniel, Sarah, Michael

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) DOCTORS: What CNN chief medical correspondent was once a candidate for Surgeon General of the United States?
(a) Polo Sandoval (b) Elizabeth Cohen (c) Sanjay Gupta
(2) SPORTS: What San Jose NHL team got its name from a public contest that included suggestions like Calamari & Rubber Puckies?
(a) Sharks (b) Jets (c) Rumble
(3) BACKSTORIES: What book was partially inspired by its author’s real-life plane crash that left him stranded in the Sahara Desert?
(a) The Little Prince (b) The English Patient (c) Lord of the Flies
(4) OCCUPATIONS: U.S. Air Force Major Robert Lawrence was the first African American chosen to hold what job title?
(a) fighter pilot (b) astronaut (c) Nat’l Security Advisor
(5) DOGS: Based on its original name, the Rhodesian Ridgeback is a dog bred to hunt what African animal?
(a) elephant (b) lion (c) zebra
(6) PHYSICS: In quantum computing, what light particles “teleport” information amongst themselves across long distances?
(a) photons (b) protons (c) quarks
(7) MUSIC: “On the Road Again” is a signature song of what country singer known as “The Red Headed Stranger”?
(a) Merle Haggard (b) Reba McEntire (c) Willie Nelson

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Daniel 600 Sarah 600 Michael 700 / The Beast 500 Muffy 700 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) MEDICINE: Containing as many as 50 reactants, a scratch test is used to check people for what?
(2) MATH: In the numerical titles of movies starring Brad Pitt, what is the total sum of “Monkeys” & “Years in Tibet”?
(3) SYMBOLS: Gilbert Baker designed what symbol of gay pride that was inspired by a “natural flag in the sky”?
(4) WEBSITES: In order to monetize content on YouTube, a channel needs – among other requirements – a minimum of how many subscribers?
(5) ART: The earliest version of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” is housed by the national museum in what Scandinavian city?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Daniel 1600 Sarah 800 Michael 1000 / The Beast 1400 Muffy 1500 Ryan 1900

Sarah and The Beast are eliminated.

Daniel and Michael 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.

Daniel and Michael go first:

(500) Fittingly, December 26 is the national day to celebrate what red and white striped confection?
(600) By definition, glaucoma is a condition that affects what organ?
(700) Which historic bay is situated central to three Canadian provinces?
(800) Jason Reitman directed the 2021 installment of what film franchise that his father was known for?
(900) Unswerving in turbulence. What devices made of spinning discs on axles are used in airplane compasses?
(1000) What dystopian Netflix series gets its name from the way computer screens appear when they’re turned off?
(1100) Which king of England was dubbed “the Lion Heart” due to his reputation as a military leader during the Crusades?
(1200) Ceracus is a group of trees and shrubs that produce what fruit?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Daniel 3100 Michael 5100

Michael 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 Michael.

(500) What Italian scientist discovered that objects fall at the same speed regardless of their weight?
(600) Named for a southern state, what kind of grass does the USDA recommend for ball fields and fairways?
(700) Julius is the mustachioed mascot for what brand of potato chips?
(800) Played by Tom Cruise in movies, what ex-military detective shows some muscle on an Amazon Prime thriller series?
(900) After offering service at the speed of sound, the Top Hat restaurant changed its name to what?
(1000) Sir Percy Blakeney is the real identity of what literary title hero?
(1100) The failed first version of what jacob Schick invention had a huge motor and had to be held with two hands?
(1200) What Nordic country became the first in Europe to grant women the right to vote?

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Muffy finished with 4000 to Ryan’s 4400 so Ryan will join Michael in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Michael beats Ryan, 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) Later proved wrong, Stephen Hawking once bet that physicists would never discover what subatomic “God particle”?
(2) In Kipling’s “The Elephant’s Child”, what “great grey-green, greasy” African river was “all set about with fever-trees?
(3) Each year, the person in what position appoints the U.S. poet laureate?
(4) Originally an office building, the name of what famous museum literally means “offices”?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Ryan got 2 right to Michael’s one. Michael is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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