Master Minds Recap: March 30, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Thursday, March 30, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Cruise Ships”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Ollie, Rene, Evan

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: What metal makes up the majority of U.S. nickel, dime, quarter and half-dollar coins?
(a) zinc (b) copper (c) nickel
(2) TELEVISION: Created by Darren Star, what Lily Collins Netflix series is filmed in France?
(a) Marseilles (b) Lupin (c) Emily in Paris
(3) PLANTS: After it has been injured, what tree of the African savanna emits ethylene gas to warn other trees of danger?
(a) acacia (b) eucalyptus (c) sandalwood
(4) SPORTS: As Nick Kyrgios discovered, a player will be fined if an official catches them swearing at which event?
(a) Wimbledon (b) Masters Golf Tournament (c) World Series
(5) NASA: In 1965, astronaut John Young smuggled what onto his spacecraft then admitted to his co-pilot it was a bad idea?
(a) jigsaw puzzle (b) ant farm (c) corned beef sandwich
(6) AUTHORS: In the first book of mystery writer Sue Grafton’s “Alphabet series”, what did A stand for?
(a) Accessory (b) Alibi (c) Arson
(7) CELEBRATIONS: The dates of Passover often overlap with what holiday?
(a) Christmas (b) Ash Wednesday (c) Easter

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Ollie 500 Rene 400 Evan 500 / 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) FASHION: J.F. Voigtländer helped popularize what single-lensed eyewear in the early 19th century?
(2) HOUSING: Described by The Washington Post as “the house people love to hate”, oversized ugly homes have what “fast food” nickname?
(3) MANUFACTURING: To make paper, raw wood must be processed into what watery substance?
(4) TRANSPORTATION: Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire all precede what cruise line in the names of its ships?
(5) ALBUMS: On the front cover of the Beatles album “Let It Be”, which member of the group is shown without a mustache or beard?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Ollie 1300 Rene 1400 Evan 1300 / The Beast 1100 Muffy 1800 Ryan 1800

CONTESTANT TIE-BREAKER: In Greek mythology, what mountain was regarded as home of the gods and the site of the throne of Zeus?
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Ollie and The Beast are eliminated.

Rene and Evan 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.

Rene and Evan go first:

(500) For nearly a century, Nivea has sold its signature skin creme in tins of what distinctive color?
(600) On what Paramount series is Kevin Costner the patriarch of a family of ranchers?
(700) To make instant coffee, what process first turns it into ice and extracts moisture through sublimation?
(800) What Louise Fitzhugh novel follows an 11-year-old girl who records her life in a notebook and plans to go into espionage?
(900) To create elevation, what land or sea vehicles use air blown through vents on the bottom?
(1000) Philanthropist Margaret Tobin is posthumously known as what “Unsinkable” survivor of the Titanic?
(1100) What company invented the first basketball, the first volleyball, and the first official baseball glove?
(1200) The title of what fashion magazine includes a reference to a Middle Eastern marketplace?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Rene 3200 Evan 4200

Evan 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 Evan.

(500) With a man secretly hidden inside, the Mechanical Turk was an automaton that beat Napoleon in what classic board game?
(600) In the 1960s, Andy Warhol produced plywood replica boxes of what brand of soap pad?
(700) Winner of six Oscars, what film stars Timothy Chalamet, Zendaya and a lot of sand?
(800) What famed composer of Hungarian dances often drew inspiration from the folk music of the Roma people?
(900) In 2003, the Federal Trade Commission established a consumer protection registry known as DNC, short for what?
(1000) Said to number in the trillions, what are the points in the brain where signals pass from one nerve cell to another?
(1100) Ella Baker served as the first female president of the New York City branch of what civil rights organization?
(1200) The second largest ethnic group in New Zealand are what Polynesian natives?
(1300) What word follows St. John’s in the name of a plant used to treat depression?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Muffy finished with 6400 to Ryan’s 4500 so Muffy will join Evan in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Evan beats Muffy, 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) At her passing in 1967, what writer left her estate to Martin Luther King, Jr.?
(2) During the War of 1812, what modern-day city was the site of the Battle of York?
(3) In the King James Bible, what is the last word of the Old Testament?
(4) Which country claims to be the world’s oldest republic?

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

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