Master Minds Recap: March 8, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Thursday, March 8, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Camping”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Mike, Lalana, Austin

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) TECHNOLOGY: On your iPhone, holding down on a text message and dragging left reveals its what?
(a) letter count (b) sender name (c) timestamp
(2) SPORTS: About how much was a ticket to the first Super Bowl in 1967?
(a) $12 (b) $100 (c) $500
(3) ANIMALS: What creature was given a name by the Greeks that meant camel-sparrow?
(a) ostrich (b) llama (c) weasel
(4) STAGE NAMES: Before he was known as “The Rock”, Dwayne Johnson wrestled under what name?
(a) Full-Nelson Rockefeller (b) Rex Tyrannus (c) Flex Cavana
(5) LAWS: In what Asian country is it illegal for Tibetan Buddhist monks to be reincarnated without goverment permission?
(a) China (b) North Korea (c) Mongolia
(6) CARS: The 1973 Oldsmobile Toronado was the first commercial vehicle with what feature?
(a) airbags (b) AM/FM radio (c) anti-lock brakes
(7) ENTERTAINMENT: In the first 50 years of the MPAA rating system, what rating did the majority of films receive?
(a) G (b) PG (c) R

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Mike 400 Lalana 300 Austin 400 / The Beast 400 Muffy 600 Jonathan 500

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) RELIGION: A quote from Job 1:21 said “The Lord gave, and the Lord hath…” what?
(2) ANATOMY: A sudden twisting motion is the usual cause of injury to what central ligament of the knee?
(3) SEAFOOD: A seafood substitute for its pricey relative, what crustacean’s name means “little lobster” in Spanish?
(4) HOBBIES: In London a 1/30th size replica of the HMS Victory is believed to be the largest example of what hobby craft?
(5) THEATER: The play “A Raisin in the Sun” took its title from a line in what writer’s poem “Harlem”?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Mike 1200 Lalana 300 Austin 600 / The Beast 600 Muffy 1800 Jonathan 1500

Lalana and The Beast are eliminated.

Mike and Austin advance to the next round, as do Muffy and Jonathan.

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.

Mike and Austin go first:

(500) Named for their shells, leatherbacks are the largest ocean species of what?
(600) What AMC horror franchise puts prospective extras through an audition process called Walker University?
(700) The name of what Florida capital city is an Appalachee term for “old town”?
(800) What brand of rum is named for — and features the image of — a real life 17th century ship commander?
(900) Born Abel Tesfaye, what singer had to drop the last ‘e’ in his name due to copyright issues with a Canadian band?
(1000) The bayous, marshes and prairies of southern Louisiana settled by French Canadians are known as what country?
(1100) Dedicated to cultural funding, what independent Federal agency is abbreviated NEA?
(1200) After being promoted by Oprah Winfrey, what James Frey book was exposed as a fraudulent memoir?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Mike 3800 Austin 2700

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

(500) Cornelius the Rooster is the mascot for what brand of Kellogg’s cereal?
(600) In Egyptian mythology, Hapi personified the annual flooding of what river?
(700) When spelling out the numbers one through ten, which comes last alphabetically?
(800) What trade union was once led by Lech Walesa, who overthrew communism in Poland?
(900) The U.K.’s union Jack flag is made up of heraldic crosses of three saints: St. Patrick, St. George and whom?
(1000) After depicting him crossing the Alps on a horse, who became Napoleon’s official court painter?
(1100) What musician became the first American songwriter to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
(1200) On what part of the body is someone most likely to wear a chukka?
(1300) Lake Baikal is located in what large country?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Muffy finished with 2900 to Jonathan’s 6800 so Jonathan will join Mike in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Mike beats Jonathan, 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) The ruins of a Viking settlement in North America, L’Anse aux Meadows, can be found where in Canada?
(2) What was the first U.S. satellite sent into space?
(3) What American suffragist founded the National Woman’s Party in 1917?
(4) The official languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian and what other language?

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

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