Master Minds Recap: November 8 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Wednesday, November 8, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Da Noise”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Dan, Felicity, Tyler

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) MUSIC: What pop star was famously upstaged by a shark-costumed backup dancer while singing “Teenage Dream” at the Super Bowl?
(a) Britney Spears (b) Lady Gaga (c) Katy Perry
(2) GEOGRAPHY: In South Africa, the flat-topped Table Mountain has its own cloud cover fittingly called what?
(a) tablecloth (b) place mat (c) chandelier
(3) COMIC BOOKS: Alan Scott, and later Hal Jordan, were the first humans to become what DC superhero?
(a) Flash (b) Green Lantern (c) Silver Surfer
(4) LANDMARKS: During WWII, what iconic structure was disguised as a bamboo stockpile to protect it from German and Japanese bombers?
(a) Notre-Dame (b) Stonehenge (c) Taj Mahal
(5) COMPETITIONS: The traditional Celtic contest called “Put ’em Down” involves seeing who can go the longest with what live anmal in their pants?
(a) snake (b) ferret (c) hedgehog
(6) HISTORY: Samuel Clemens’ older brother Orion was the first and only secretary of what U.S. territory?
(a) Oklahoma (b) Nevada (c) Yukon
(7) DRINKS: named for the distillery’s original cooper pot still, Ketel One is a 300-year-old brand know for what type of liquor?
(a) vodka (b) rum (c) sake

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Dan 400 Felicity 200 Tyler 400 / Beastie 700 Muffy 500 Ryan 400

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) OCCUPATIONS: Meaning “under-chief” in French, who is the second-in-command in restaurant kitchens?
(2) MEDICINE: What device can produce brain scans that are 64 million times sharper than when it was introduced 50 years ago?
(3) TV: What morning show co-host and former pro athlete is the tallest person to fly into space?
(4) PAINTERS: Artist Edvard Munch wrote the barely visible words “could only have been painted by a madman” on what artwork?
(5) RELIGION: An act of suddenly becoming aware, the 19th-century Protestant revival in the U.S. is referred to as the “Second Great” what?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Dan 1000 Felicity 1400 Tyler 1400 / Beastie 1300 Muffy 1500 Ryan 1400

Dan and Beastie are eliminated.

Felicity and Tyler 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.

Felicity and Tyler go first:

(500) A center of Russian life for centuries, what open area adjoining the Kremlin is known for its military parades?
(600) Founded in 1998, what company operating an online payment system was originally called Confinity?
(700) The TV series “Luther” stars what actor in the title role?
(800) The board game mascot once known as “Rich Uncle Penny Bags” is now called Mr. what?
(900) What large three-paneled window that bows outward shares its name with a body of water?
(1000) Whose name is attached to the supposedly haunted California mystery house with 160 rooms and 2000 doors?
(1100) In 2022, what former star of “Glee” was named Beanie Feldstein’s replacement in the Broadway musical “Funny Girl”?
(1200) Also a name for a cutting tool, What medical journal was founded in the 19th century by surgeon Thomas Wakley?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Felicity 5500 Tyler 2000

Felicity 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 Felicity.

(500) Known as the Pedway, almost 5 miles of pedestrian tunnels are beneath what Windy City?
(600) What company sued the band Aqua for their song “Barbie Girl” and then later licensed it to promote Barbie?
(700) “We can rebuild him. We have the technology” is part of the opening narration of what TV series?
(800) In what Winter Olympic ice sport can teams be penalized for burning a stone or letting thinking time expire?
(900) In what Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman are Nazis portrayed by menacing cats?
(1000) Shortly before the movie “1984” was released in 1984, which of its stars died?
(1100) Leopard-man and Dog-man are captives on what mad scientist’s island created by H. G. Wells?
(1200) In genetics, DNA is an abbreviation whose last letter stands for what?
(1300) Now commonplace, what computer device was first created to remotely monitor a coffee pot?

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Muffy finished with 5900 to Ryan’s 2800 so Muffy will join Felicity in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Felicity beats Muffy, she 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) Danish architect John Utzon is best known for designing what Australian landmark completed in 1973?
(2) Also known as “straight bankruptcy”, what chapter of the Bankruptcy Code involves liquidation of assets to pay off debts
(3) The Koh-i-Noor diamond adorned the throne of Shah Jahan before becoming a special possession of what monarch?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Muffy got 3 right to one for Felicity. Felicity is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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