Master Minds Recap: October 17, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Tuesday, October 17, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Balloon Animals”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Monica Thieu, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Caiti, Fred, Sairey

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) CLOTHING: What are the paired leather leggings that cowboys wear over their trousers while on horseback?
(a) fellows (b) gents (c) chaps
(2) WHICH CAME FIRST: The chicken or the egg?
(a) McChicken sandwich (b) Chicken McNuggets (c) Egg McMuffin
(3) PAINTINGS: A watercolor of a grizzly bear owned by legendary frontiersman Grizzly Adams is thought to have been used as a model for what?
(a) California’s state flag (b) Smokey Bear (c) Teddy Ruxpin
(4) BALLET: The first black female principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland toured as a featured dancer with what music legend?
(a) Madonna (b) Beyonce (c) Prince
(5) TITLES: What was the original subtitle of George Orwell’s satirical novel “Animal Farm”?
(a) a Folk Tale (b) a Fairy Story (c) a Memoir
(6) AWARDS: What is the only TV show to win an Emmmy for Best Western Series?
(a) Bonanza (b) Maverick (c) Gunsmoke
(7) ANATOMY: Where in the body will you find the hippocampus?
(a) brain (b) ear (c) lungs

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Caiti 300 Fred 500 Sairey 500 / Beastie 300 Monica 400 Jonathan 300

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) GEOLOGY: Because they were deformed by a massive ice sheet, parts of what North American Country experience less gravity?
(2) ZOOLOGY: What kind of tail is defined by its ability to grasp things, especially by wrapping around them?
(3) U.S. HISTORY: Though he was once praised, what political pamphleteer’s provocative book “The Age of Reason” led to a ruined reputation?
(4) JEWELRY: Known as nacre, what iridescent substance is the byproduct of a natural gem-making process?
(5) INNOVATORS: Named for its creator, the “Berkoff Blastoff” is a technique still used in events for which Olympic sport?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Caiti 500 Fred 1300 Sairey 1100 / Beastie 1500 Monica 1600 Jonathan 1100

Caiti and Jonathan are eliminated.

Fred and Sairey advance to the next round, as do Beastie and Monica.

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.

Fred and Sairey go first:

(500) Mark Mothersbaugh, the lead singer of Devo, wrote the theme song to what Paul Reubens children’s show?
(600) What pesky lawn weed got its name because it resembles a crustacean that moves sideways?
(700) Sent to Mars to determine its ability to fly on amother planet, what kind of vehicle is NASA’s “Ingenuity”?
(800) What designer worked as a salesman before launching a line of men’s ties under the brand name Polo?
(900) The line, “Keep the change, ya filthy animal” was spoken in what classic Macaulay Culkin film?
(1000) In Kenneth Grahame’s book “The Wind in the Willows”, the main antagonist is what type of animal?
(1100) With a total of seven championships, what NFL quarterback has the most Super Bowl wins of all time?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Fred 2200 Sairey 4100

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

(500) Featuring vintage American automobiles painted gray, Carhenge in Nebraska is an imitaton of what British landmark?
(600) The Union of Concerned Scientists formed in 1969 at what New England University known by its initials?
(700) Virtually unrecognizable in heavy makeup, Jessica Chastain played what larger-than-life TV personality in a 2021 biopic?
(800) Located in Midtown Manhattan, the Chrysler Building is an example of what architectural style?
(900) After leaving “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”, what comic actor went on to star in his own sitcom, “Faulty Towers”?
(1000) Flying its first mission in 1992, what space shuttle was named for a ship commanded by James Cook?
(1100) Enzo, a golden retriever, is the narrator of Garth Stein’s best seller “The Art of” what?
(1200) What British scientist invented a temperature scale almost two years after Daniel Fahrenheit?

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Monica finished with 4600 to Beastie’s 4200 so Monica will join Sairey in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Sairey beats Beastie, 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) What outspoken French female author famously said, “one is not born, but rather becomes a woman?
(2) On January 1, 2023, what nation became the twentieth country to adopt the euro as its official currency?
(3) Famous for his romantic relationship with Princess Diana of Wales, Dodi Fayed also produced what 1988 Oscar-winning film?
(4) What fourth century BC Greek philosopher was one of the founders of cynicism and is said to have lived in a barrel?

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

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