Master Minds Recap: October 10, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Tuesday, October 10, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Quicksand”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Patrick, Kyle, Jeannin

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) CHILD DEVELOPMENT: The condition in which a child is a late talker but is gifted in other areas was named for what great thinker?
(a) Albert Einstein (b) Ralph Waldo Emerson (c) Stephen Hawking
(2) TV: What Natasha Lyonne series was primarily set in Litchfield Penitentiary?
(a) Poker Face (b) Russian Doll (c) Orange is the New Black
(3) CELEBRATIONS: On the last Sunday of November, in Lopburi, Thailand, a lavish banquet is laid out for whom?
(a) mothers of twins (b) tourism workers (c) macaque monkeys
(4) SURVIVAL: Which of these does Britannica say is the best course of action if you find yourself stuck in quicksand?
(a) assume a sitting position (b) lean backward (c) exhale rapidly
(5) LAW: Up until the late 1990s, it was illegal to change a light bulb without being a licensed electrician in what country?
(a) Australia (b) China (c) Germany
(6) SPACE: A team of scientists has given the name Chrysalis to a moon which may have broken apart and created what?
(a) Halley’s Comet (b) asteroid belt (c) rings of Saturn
(7) MOVIES: Though the motion picture production code prohibited it at the time, what movie was the first to show a flushing toilet?
(a) M*A*S*H (b) Psycho (c) The Odd Couple

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Patrick 400 Kyle 300 Jeannin 500 / Beastie 500 Muffy 600 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) BUSINESS: The founders of what Vermont company turned to ice cream-making when they found bagel-making equipment too pricey?
(2) With a shorter snout than a dolphin, what sea mammal has a name that translates to “pig fish”?
(3) ANIMATION: What cartoon character played Leopold in a 1940 send-up of renowned conductor Stokowski?
(4) MEDICINE: Elementary school kids proved the lifesaving medication in what device becomes poisonous when exposed to cosmic radiation?
(5) GEOGRAPHY: The world’s most complete record of the carboniferous period, the Joggins Fossil Cliffs overlook what Canadian bay?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Patrick 1000 Kyle 1100 Jeannin 1100 / Beastie 1100 Muffy 1000 Ryan 1500

Patrick and Muffy are eliminated.

Kyle and Jeannin advance to the next round, as do Beastie 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.

Kyle and Jeannin go first:

(500) In 2001, what agency was created to screen air travelers and their luggage?
(600) After ruling for 49 years, what world leader was succeeded by his brother Raul in 2008?
(700) In a popular children’s song, what word is missing from the name of the title character “John Jacob Schmidt”?
(800) New York Knick Bill Bradley went on to become a 3-term senator for what neighboring state?
(900) In 1993, what pizza chain dropped its guarantee to deliver pizzas in 30 minutes or less?
(1000) Set in La Paz, Mexico, “The Pearl” was a short story by what American author?
(1100) For over 500 years, Colombia has been the preeminent source for what May birthstone?
(1200) The capital city of Kampala lies near the northern border of what lake?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Kyle 3500 Jeannin 3300

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

(500) Etiquette says to avoid wearing all white to someone’s wedding so that you don’t upstage whom?
(600) What Cuban-born performer gained fame as the lead singer of Miami Sound Machine?
(700) What shipbuilder, electronics manufacturer and military uniform explorer is also South Korea’s largest automaker?
(800) What contemporary of Freud developed the concept of the “collective unconscious”?
(900) Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised gloved fists during the medal ceremony for what distance race at the 1968 Olympics?
(1000) When he was captured in 1880, what armor-wearing outlaw was considered the last of the Australian bushrangers?
(1100) Dating back to the 14th century, what is the national currency of Poland?
(1200) Whom did Audrey Hepburn portray in 1961’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”?

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Beastie finished with 6100 to Ryan’s 2600 so Beastie will join Kyle in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Kyle beats Beastie, 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) What Shakespeare comedy about shipwrecked twins does not feature the Christmas celebration for which it is named?
(2) Named for a French physicist, what is the standard unit of measure for electrical currents?
(3) Associated with Nazi Germany during WWII, the name of what military tactic means “lightning war”
(4) In terms of average elevation, what continent is the highest on Earth?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Beastie got 4 right to Kyle’s 2. Kyle is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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