Master Minds Recap: October 31, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Tuesday, October 31, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & The Body that Chips Built”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Justin, Amanda, Adam

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) TV: Despite its “USA” title, what TV series once had a panel of judges born in Canada, West Germany, Colombia and England?
(a) American Idol (b) American Ninja Warrior (c) America’s Got Talent
(2) SELF HELP: Which of these is an actual title in the “For Dummies” book series ?
(a) Crash Test Dummies for Dummies (b) Raising Smart Kids for Dummies (c) Instagram Etiquette for Dummies
(3) ARTISTS: What French post-impressionist painter invented the earthquake cocktail, half-absinthe and half-cognac?
(a) Renoir (b) Monet (c) Toulouse-Lautrec
(4) WHICH CAME FIRST? Rubber, Downy or Junior?
(a) Firestone Tires (b) Downy Fabric Softener (c) Donkey Kong Jr.
(5) TENNIS: What tennis champion also recorded an album and sang two songs on national television?
(a) Serena Williams (b) Evonne Goolagong (c) Althea Gibson
(6) FASHION: n the late 1930s, designer Elsa Schiaparelli created a sensation with a new color in fashion she called what?
(a) shocking pink (b) electric lime (c) outrageous orange
(7) BODIES OF WATER: The heavily-trafficked George Washington Bridge spans what river?
(a) Delaware (b) Mississippi (c) Hudson

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Justin 300 Amanda 700 Adam 400 / Beastie 500 Muffy 600 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) GEOGRAPHY: What Atlantic seaboard state stretches as far west as Chicago?
(2) MEDICINE: The microscopic robots that deliver drugs to exact locations in the body called neutrobots, are made from what color blood cells?
(3) SNACKS: Debuting in the 1950s, the first flavored potato chips in the U.S. were what flavor?
(4) TECHNOLOGY: Created by Donald Hings in 1937, what is the rhyming name for the communications device first used by Canadian pilots?
(5) LITERATURE: Published in 1929, what war novel by Erich Maria Remarque has been adopted into two Oscar-winning films?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Justin 1500 Amanda 1500 Adam 1200 / Beastie 1700 Muffy 1400 Jonathan 1100

Adam and Jonathan are eliminated.

Justin and Amanda advance to the next round, as do Beastie and Muffy.

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.

Justin and Amanda go first:

(500) In the book of Genesis, whose wife is turned into a pillar of salt?
(600) What singer’s memoir says, “When I was making “Private Dancer”, life showered me with good karma.”
(700) Whether it’s flat, pointed or puffed, what is the handkerchief like cloth that sticks out of a man’s suit coat?
(800) On what Netflix series would you find a dimension running parallel to our own called the Upside Down?
(900) Meaning blank paper, what French phrase refers to the freedom to do whatever you please?
(1000) With a Master’s degree in political science, who was the first black woman to serve as US. Secretary of state?
(1100) Nearly 50 years after marketing its debut beauty fluid, what skincare brand dropped the first two words of its name?
(1200) The celebration known as the Administrative Professionals Day began in the ’50s honoring what job title?
(1300) What major metropolitan city’s Daily Times merged with the Sun in 1948?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Justin 2800 Amanda set a record with 8300

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

(500) What is the only planet that is completely inhabited by robots?
(600) Capsule endoscopy involves a patient swallowing a pill with what device inside?
(700) After being fired as president of Ford in 1978, Lee Iacocca went on to revive which failing auto manufacturer?
(800) Brendan Fraser wore prosthetics that weighed up to 300 pounds for his Oscar-winning role in what film?
(900) The American pitbull is classified as part of what group of dogs?
(1000) What African territory bordering the Atlantics is the subject of a dispute between the Polisario Front and Morocco?
(1100) On songs like “Walk On By” for Dionne Warwick, lyricist Hal David collaborated with what composer?
(1200) Wild rice grown in the upper Midwest is a vital part of the culture of what indigenous tribe also called the Chippewa?
(1300) What dome structures sometimes feature pieces of clear ice as windows and even fireplaces?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Muffy set a new record with 8700. Beastie had 2500 so Muffy will join Amanda in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Amanda 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) Which “Iron” boxer defeated Trevor Berbrick to become the youngest heavyweight champion in history?
(2) In the original version of Trivial Pursuit, which category was represented by a blue wedge?
(3) “Nunez” is the last name of two of the main characters in what Broadway musical?
(4) According to Leviticus 11:22, which creature among the ten plagues of Egypt is kosher to eat

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Muffy and Amanda tied with 3 right responses so Amanda gets to play the Ultimate Trivia Question. She does not have to beat Muffy on this one. She just has to get it right.

For $10,000: ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUESTION: Eid Al-Fitr is a festival that marks the end of what Muslim holy period?

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Amanda got it right. She wins $10,000 and will return tomorrow to go for second victory.

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