Master Minds Recap: October 2, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Monday, October 2, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Sumo Wrestlers”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Josh, Allen, Nancy

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) FASHION: Which clothing item is claimed to have been created at Calvin Klein in the early 1990s by cutting a pair of long johns?
(a) Spanx (b) Boxer briefs (c) Jeans shorts
(2) AMERICAN HISTORY: What was the occupation of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, who established the Mason-Dixon line?
(a) surveyors (b) lawyers (c) senators
(3) THE OSCARS: Along with multiple Best Actress Oscars, who has also won an additional Academy Award for producing a Best Picture winner?
(a) Meryl Streep (b) Frances McDormand (c) Barbara Streisand
(4) WHICH CAME FIRST: Bryce, Dallas or Howard?
(a) Bryce Canyong Nat’l Park Opens (b) “Dallas” TV show debuts (c) Howard University founded
(5) GEOLOGY: Making up 38% of the Earth’s total volume, what most abundant mineral was finally named by scientists in 2014?
(a) Bridgmanite (b) Magnumite (c) Edenite
(6) BEST SELLERS: The only book written in Latin to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list was a translation of what popular kids’ book?
(a) The Little Prince (b) The Cat in the Hat (c) Winnie the Pooh
(7) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: During the middle of what inning do fans traditionally sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”?
(a) second (b) fifth (c) seventh

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Josh 400 Allen 500 Nancy 400 / Beastie 400 Muffy 600 Ryan 600

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) METAPHYSICAL CENTERS: For 130 years, Lily Dale has been a community of spiritualists located south of Buffalo in what state?
(2) BUSINESS: Once described as “Caller ID for the front door”, what video doorbell was invented by Jamie Siminoff?
(3) MEDICINE: A plight of some underwater divers, decompression sickness is commonly known by what name?
(4) SUPERHEROES: Makiing his debut in the story “The Curse of Capistrano”, what masked vigilante was an inspiration in the creation of Batman?
(5) SPORTS: In 2021, what tennis star became the first woman since Monica Seles to win her first four grand slam finals?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Josh 1600 Allen 1300 Nancy 1200 / Beastie 1600 Muffy 1600 Ryan 1800

On the challengers side, Nancy is eliminated.

MASTER MIND TIE-BREAKER: What kind of Italian ice cream has less fat but is more flavorful than American ice cream?
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Beastie buzzed in first so Muffy is eliminated.

Josh and Allen 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.

Josh and Allen go first:

(500) John Larroquette reprised his Emmy-winning role of attorney Dan Fielding in the 2023 reboot of what sitcom?
(600) “The Sea-Chest” and “I Strike the Jolly Roger” are chapters in what 1883 novel?
(700) What supermodel produced workout videos under a production company titled “Crawdaddy Inc”?
(800) Used as a flavoring, what plant’s extract was an original ingredient in Pepto-Bismol?
(900) The right to petition the government is guaranteed by what amendment to the Constitution?
(1000) Elsa Lanchester has a dual role as Mary Shelley and the title character in what 1935 horror sequel?
(1100) Downtown Las Vegas Street is home to the Golden Gate and Golden Nugget casinos?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Josh 4800 Allen 1300

Josh 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 Josh.

(500) In basketball, the “screen” play is better known as “a pick and” what?
(600) The name of what clear beef broth comes from the French for “to boil”?
(700) Drummer and co-frontman for The Roots, Amir Khalib Thompson is better known by what name?
(800) What South American capital city can be spelled using only the top row of letters on a QWERTY keyboard?
(900) Though born in New York, what author won a 1997 Pulitzer for his memoirs of growing up in Ireland?
(1000) What U.S. Government agency is in charge of protecting investors and regulating fair markets?
(1100) Also representing the number nine, what Greek letter resembles the English letter “O” with a bar in the middle?
(1200) What single-named leader was the president of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Ryan finished with 5500 to Beastie’s 4700 so Ryan will join Josh in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Josh 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) John Travolta’s Vincent Vega in “Pulp Fiction” is the brother of Vic Vega, aka Mr. Blonde, in what other Tarantino film?
(2) The easternmost point of the contiguous United States is found in what state?
(3) The currency symbols for Japan and China consist of what letter with two horizontal lines through it?
(4) What is the alliterative name of the World War II campaign officially known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive?

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

For $10,000: ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUESTION:
What Austrian crystal-maker co-patented a “machine for perfectly cutting jewelry stones” in 1892?
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Josh thought it was Limoges (a French city famous for its porcelain) so he is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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