Master Minds Recap: October 4, 2023

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

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Kippers”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Ryan Chaffee
Today’s challengers: Dave, Jenny, Chris (returning champ)

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) CELEBRITIES: Director Kevin Smith takes credit for creating what nickname for Hollywood couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez?
(a) Bennifer (b) Afflope (c) B.Lo
(2) LITERATURE: Though published over 50 years later, “Go Set a Watchman” is considered the radically different first draft of what novel?
(a) The Catcher in the Rye (b) Fahrenheit 451 (c) To Kill a Mockingbird
(3) WHICH CAME FIRST: Happy, birthday or two ewes?
(a) “Happy” by Pharrell Williams (b) Elizabeth II’s 50th birthday (c) Dolly the cloned sheep
(4) MOVIES: The sound of what iconic movie weapon was made by combining the sounds of a film projector idling and a ’70s tube TV?
(a) noisy cricket, “Men in Black” (b) phaser, “Star Trek” (c) lightsaber, “Star Wars”
(5) FASHIONS: What pants were popularized when a polo team from India came to England to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee?
(a) culottes (b) breeches (c) jodhpurs
(6) TITLES: Who suggested official titles for the new President George Washington such as “His Elective Majesty” and “His Mightiness”?
(a) John Adams (b) Martha Washington (c) Alexander Hamilton
(7) FOOD: Typically prepared with salt and pepper, what is a kipper?
(a) beef (b) chicken (c) fish

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Dave 700 Jenny 700 Chris 700 / Beastie 600 Muffy 600 Ryan 700

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) CELEBRATIONS: Ten days after America’s Independence Day, France observes what national holiday?
(2) TV: “Less sex! But he’s our James Bond”, is how John Krasinski describes his title role on what Amazon series?
(3) HISTORY: The term for diagnosing someone as a delusional when they are telling the truth was named for what Watergate whistleblower?
(4) PRESERVATION: Archaeologists excavating King Tut’s tomb found a jar of what still-edible food?
(5) ANIMALS: In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the name of what striped African mammal immediately follows “aardvark”?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Dave 900 Jenny 900 Chris 1300 / Beastie 1600 Muffy 1600 Ryan 1700

CONTESTANT & MASTER MIND TIE-BREAKER: The partial or complete blocking of the sun by the moon is called a solar what?
ANSWER show

Dave and Muffy buzzed in first and wrote down the right response. Jenny and Beastie are eliminated.

Dave and Chris advance to the next round, as do Muffy 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.

Dave and Chris go first:

(500) Bikini Bottom is the hometown of what character who lives in a pineapple under the sea along with his pets Shelley and Gary?
(600) The final resting place of Mao Zedong is located in the center of which capital city?
(700) Avocados are not considered vegan by some because they are pollinated by imported colonies of what insects?
(800) A pointer called a yad is used to read what religious text when Jewish children reach bar or bat mitzvah?
(900) What Broadway musical describes its setting as “On a tiny Greek island, a wedding is about to take place…”?
(1000) Who was the first woman major party candidate for Vice President, on Walter Mondale’s ticket?
(1100) In the human body, the basal ganglia are a group of structures near the center of what organ?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Dave 3600 Chris 3500

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

(500) According to the Old Testament, Adam and Eve first resided in what idyllic garden?
(600)In meters, what is the shortest distance that is sprinted during the track & field events at the Olympics?
(700) Though not related, Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield were known as what music duo?
(800) If Christmas Day falls on a Friday, on what day of the week will the following New Year’s Day fall?
(900) It took three years for what 20th century artist to design the costumes for his only opera, “The Magic Flute”?
(1000) In 1975, the African country of Angola gained independence from what European country?
(1100) Anne Baxter plays the title character in what 1950 best picture winner?
(1200) A dorgy is a cross between a corgi and what German dog?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Muffy finished with 5100 to Ryan’s 3300 so Muffy will join Dave in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Dave 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) Annie Proulx wrote what short story about a forbidden romance between Wyoming ranch hands?
(2) An arctophile is a person who likes or collects what toy that was introduced over a century ago?
(3) Originally believed a coincidence, what fruit is considered a symbol of death and violence in the “Godfather” films?
(4) The four biggest cities in the U.S. in terms of area, not population, are all found in what state?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Muffy got 3 right to one for Dave. Dave is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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