Master Minds Recap: October 11, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Wednesday, October 11, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Gladiator Sweat”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Daniel, Chad, Janet

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: Because of a rift, what rock band’s final album “Synchronicity” was recorded with all three members in different rooms?
(a) Cream (b) The Police (c) Crosby, Stills & Nash
(2) BUSINESS: According to the company’s founders, which of these put the “air” in the name Airbnb?
(a) air travel (b) air conditioning (c) air mattress
(3) FOOD: Created by Forrest Mars, what candy was first made exclusively for the U.S. military during World War II?
(a) M&M’s (b) Milky Way (c) Mike & Ike
(4) SPACE: According to Neil Armstrong, what was the approximate temperature on the lunar surface during the moonwalk?
(a) -200′ Fahrenheit (b) 20′ Fahrenheit (c) 200′ Fahrenheit
(5) ANIMALS: With speeds up to about 90 mph, what is the world’s fastest insect?
(a) housefly (b) hissing cockroach (c) horsefly
(6) GEOGRAPHY: With nearly every family having twins or other multiple births, Igbo-Ora calls itself the twin capital of what country?
(a) Nigeria (b) Japan (c) Iceland
(7) HISTORY: After a match, it was customary for ancent Greek wrestlers to sell their what to the public?
(a) blood (b) sweat (c) tears

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Daniel 300 Chad 300 Janet 400 / Beastie 600 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) TV: Helping him get “The Late Show”, what TV host timed his contracts to coincide with David Letterman’s in case Dave retired?
(2) SPORTS: Playing in Lambeau Field in Wisconsin, what is the only publicly-owned NFL team?
(3) MARRIAGES: Breaking centuries of royal tradition, Princess Diana intentionally left what word out of her wedding vows to Charles?
(4) FANTASY: As seen in events like Drachenfest, what’s the acronym for immersing oneself in a fictional world and interacting with other players in character?
(5) FASHION: What small pocket just below the waistline in pants shares its name with a chain for a pocket watch?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Daniel 700 Chad 1500 Janet 1000 / Beastie 1000 Muffy 1600 Jonathan 1300

Daniel and Beastie are eliminated.

Chad and Janet 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.

Chad and Janet go first:

(500) Made from bread soaked in milk and eggs, what breakfast item is actually eaten as a dessert in France?
(600) In the signature number from “The Music Man”, how many trombones “led the big parade”?
(700) What actor says “I coulda been a contender” in the film “On the Waterfront”?
(800) Top travel destinations year round, Lake Como and Lake Garda are in what southern European country?
(900) What British entrepreneur has written two autobiographies, “Losing My Virginity” and “Finding My Virginity”?
(1000) President Theodore Roosevelt’s policies of trust-busting and conservation were referred to as what kind of deal?
(1100) The middle name of what women’s rights pioneer was Brownell?
(1200) Nicknamed the “Tree of Life”, what tree grows so wide that its trunk has been used as a pub and a prison?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Chad 4100 Janet 3000

Chad 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 Chad.

(500) Usually sold as canned food, what fish in the herring family may get its name from a Mediterranean island?
(600) In 1928, John Logie Baird demonstrated the first color transmission of what invention?
(700) Snowboarder Shaun White has won a record 3 Olympic Gold Medals in what event named for the structure in which it takes place?
(800) What type of soil is a balanced mix of clay, sand and silt?
(900) A JFK speech included the quote “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do” what?
(1000) Before teaming with Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers composed the music to “Pal Joey” with what partner?
(1100) What 1953 dystopian novel begins with the line “It was a pleasure to burn”?
(1200) What co-creator of Cubism was the first living artist to have a solo exhibit at the Louver?
(1300) Also called an Irish walking stick, a shillelagh is traditionally made from blackthorn wood or what other type?

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Muffy finished with 5900 to Jonathan’s 3800 so Muffy will join Chad in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Chad beats Muffy, 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) In the early 1600s, the exclusive right to make mustard belonged to craftsmen in what French city
(2) Taken by Alberto Korda in 1960, “Guerrillero Heroico” is the iconic photograph of what revolutionary
(3) What is the only element of the periodic table able to escape Earth all by itself and go into outer space
(4) Although it literally means “nourishing mother”, what two-word Latin phrase refers to the college you attended?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Chad and Muffy tied with 4 correct reponses so Chad gets to play the Ultimate Trivia Question. He does not have to beat Muffy on this one. He just has to get it right.

For $10,000: ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUESTION: Which word of the NATO phonetic alphabet is also the name of a Canadian province?
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Chad got it right, so he wins $10,000. He will return tomorrow for a shot at another $10,000 and the opportunity to join the Master Minds team.

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