Master Minds Recap: November 7, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Tuesday, November 7, 2023 with guest host Muffy Marracco.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Lipstick”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Arianna Haut, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Matt, John, Jayanthi

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) FOOD: To get kids to eat healthier, what fastfood chain once considered bubble gum-flavored broccoli for their Happy Meals?
(a) Burger King (b) Jack in the Box (c) McDonalds
(2) PUBLICATIONS: Long before he became a politician, who once posed nude for Cosmopolitan magazine?
(a) Justin Trudeau (b) Arnold Schwarzenegger (c) Anthony Weiner
(3) GEOGRAPHY: Of the U.S. national parks in the lower 48, which of these is true of Michigan’s Isle Royale?
(a) It’s the least visited (b) It has the most wolverines (c) It doesn’t allow hiking
(4) HISTORY: During World War II, FDR and the FBI allowed the nephew of what Axis leader to join the U.S. Navy to fight his uncle?
(a) Benito Mussolini (b) Adolf Hitler (c) Hirohito
(5) MOVIES: Director Jon M. Chu turned down a huge offer from Netflix so what movie could be seen in theaters?
(a) Crazy Rich Asians (b) Parasite (c) Minari
(6) DINOSAURS: In 2023, scientists were abuzz thanks to a new study that said Tyrannosaurus rex may have had what?
(a) wings (b) webbed toes (c) lips
(7) RELIGION: According to the King James Bible, the first baby born two years after the deluge was Arphaxad, grandson of whom?
(a) Ham (b) Shem (c) Noah

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Matt 600 John 300 Jayanthi 400 / Beastie 400 Arianna 500 Ryan 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) FLOWERS: A 2018 study found that evening primroses quickly make their nectar sweeter in response to the sound of what insect?
(2) SPACE: Less dense than water, what large planet in our solar system could float in a bathtub if anybody had one big enough?
(3) SPORTS: Taking up the sport at 41, what Oscar winner is in a league of her own when it comes to archery?
(4) EXPLORERS: Hernando de Soto discovered what river, sparking Jerry Seinfield to quip “like they wouldn’t have found that anyway”?
(5) GAMBLING: One of the most thrilling moves in standard blackjack, doubling down typically gives you a hand of exactly how many cards?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Matt 1200 John 700 Jayanthi 1000 / Beastie 1000 Arianna 1300 Ryan 1500

John and Beastie are eliminated.

Matt and Jayanthi 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.

Matt and Jayanthi go first:

(500) A social service campaign that delivered kittens for 15 minutes snuggles was run by what ride-hailing app?
(600) The oxpecker bird has a mutually beneficial relationship, primarily with what African equine?
(700) Featuring coaches named for the cities of Rajasthan, the Palace on Wheels is a luxury train in what country?
(800) Beginning her career as a model and an actress, who has served as both host and executive producer for Bravo’s “Top Chef”?
(900) What square ice cream bar covered in chocolate is named for a river in Canada’s Yukon territory?
(1000) Happy Rockefeller was the second lady during the administration of what U.S. president?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Matt 3900 Jayanthi 1800

Matt 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 Matt.

(500) Be sure to make an appointment if you want tech support at what retail store’s Genius Bar?
(600) Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys was once briefly replaced in the band by what “Rhinestone Cowboy”?
(700) Also the name of ancient Hebrew coin, what is the monetary unit of Israel?
(800) “Jurassic Park” star Chris Pratt is the son-in-law of what Kennedy family journalist?
(900) What U.S. city built a public park named in honor of the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympics?
(1000) A bounty hunter in a post-apocalyptic world tracks down human-like robots in what Philip K. Dick novel?
(1100) King Leopold II of what country claimed the entire Congo Free State as his personal property?

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Ryan finished with 3900 to Arianna’s 2900 so Ryan will join Matt in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Matt 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) Historically used in fountain pen tips, what chemical element derives its name from the Greek goddess of the rainbow
(2) In the National Statuary Hall collection, what state is represented by statues of Amelia Earhart and Dwight D. Eisenhower
(3) In 1999, who was named TIME Magazine’s Person of the Century?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Ryan got 3 right to one for Matt by the third question so it was game over. Matt is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

Just because: After his stint with the Beach Boys, the Rhinestone Cowboy achieved solo fame and even had his own TV show at one point, and here he is with Merle Haggard (Arianna’s guess in Round 3, 600 points).

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