Master Minds Recap: November 20, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Mon, November 20, 2023 with guest host Muffy Marracco.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Bonzo”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Arianna Haut, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Andrew, Matty, Melinda

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) SCIENCE: A Cambridge “Glutton Club” alumnus, Charles Darwin dined on many species he discovered, including what Galapagos native?
(a) giant tortoise (b) capybara (c) armadillo
(2) FLAGS: How many stars were on the first American flag left on the moon?
(a) 48 (b) 49 (c) 50
(3) WORLD LEADERS: Before taking office, which Canadian prime minister did a partial striptease and a televised boxing match, both for charity?
(a) Stephen Harper (b) Justin Trudeau (c) Brian Mulroney
(4) WHICH CAME FIRST: Bed, Bath or Beyonce?
(a) Bedtime for Bonzo (b) Bath bomb products (c) Beyonce born
(5) ARCHITECTURE: What building in Washington, D.C. has its own indoor basketball court?
(a) the Capitol (b) Library of Congress (c) Supreme Court
(6) MUSIC: Who was the first black artist to win a Grammy for album of the year?
(a) Diana Ross (b) Stevie Wonder (c) Michael Jackson
(7) HISTORY: According to historians, Vikings originated in settlements located in Norway, Sweden and what other present-day country?
(a) Finland (b) Iceland (c) Denmark

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Andrew 300 Matty 300 Melinda 500 / Beastie 500 Arianna 700 Ryan 700

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) MOVIES: What director suggested the PG-13 film rating after his “Temple of Doom” sequel upset parents?
(2) CELEBRATIONS: A Chinese tradition, birthday noodles are meant to be eaten unbroken and unbitten to symbolize a long what?
(3) BUSINESS: The name of what document duplication company comes from the Greek for “dry writing”?
(4) MILITARY: Now called Libya, what former country mentioned in “The Martine Corps Hymn” was a home of the Barbara pirates?
(5) VICE PRESIDENTS: In the 20th century, only Franklin Roosevelt and what other president had more than one vice president?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Andrew 1100 Matty 500 Melinda 1100 / Beastie 1700 Arianna 1900 Ryan 1900

Matty and Beastie are eliminated.

Andrew and Melinda advance to the next round, as do Arianna 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.

Andrew and Melinda go first:

(500) In a classic commercial series, the syllables BUD, WISE and ER are croaked by what animatronic animals?
(600) Often seen on the button you press at the pump, regular unleaded gasoline has what two digit octane number?
(700) In the novel “The Grapes of Wrath”, the Dust Bowl drove the characters from their home in what U.S. state?
(800) In what teen comedy written by Tina Fey does the character Regina say, “stop trying to make fetch happen”?
(900) Who was the heiress whose trial and conviction in the 1970s was covered by newspapers once owned by her grandfather?
(1000) Prior to developing the iconic DMC Twelve, john DeLorean worked as an executive for which major car manufacturer?
(1100) After hosting “Dancing with the Stars” for 15 years, Tom Bergeron was replaced by what supermodel in 2020?
(1200) What former congresswoman is married to astronaut Mark Kelly?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Andrew 6400 Melinda 2600

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

(500) What are the only two human chromosomes identified by a letter?
(600) What toy advertised as real solid liquid was born out of an attempt to create synthetic rubber?
(700) Costing nearly $3 billion, the world’s longest suspension bridge spans the Dardanelles and connects what two continents?
(800) Famous for her rendition of “Stormy Weather”, what jazz singer also appeared in a film of the same name?
(900) What fast-growing grass is the main food in a panda’s diet?
(1000) Representing health and healing, the Eye of Horus is a symbol based on which country’s mythology?
(1100) What geographical feature’s name comes from a Latin phrase meaning “almost an island”?
(1200) William Shakespeare was an actor in “Every Man in His Humor”, written by which equally popular contemporary?
(1300) Helping control greenhouse gases, plants essentially breathe in what gas and exhale oxygen?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Ryan finished with 7600 to Arianna’s 4600 so Ryan will join Andrew in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Andrew 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) Containing a liquid ocean beneath its icy crust, what planetary body is the smallest of Jupiter’s Galilean moons?
(2) A source of food and medicine, what native plant is the national flower of Mexico?
(3) The line “I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy” is from what novel?
(4) Married in their teens, Julius Caesar’s first wife was named what?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Ryan and Andrew tied with 2 right responses so Andrew gets to play the Ultimate Trivia Question. He does not have to beat Ryan on this one. He just has to get it right.

For $10,000: ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUESTION: Recipient of the National Medal of Arts, what renowned choreographer developed the “Choreography by Chance” technique?

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Andrew thought it was Martha Graham so he is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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