Master Minds Recap: September 20, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Wednesday, September 20, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Brewskis”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Gerardo, Aaron, Mike (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) DINING OUT: U.K. Subway partnered with Cadbury to create an Easter sub made with what melted confection on white bread?
(a) creme eggs (b) jellybeans (c) Peeps
(2) INDIGENOUS HISTORY: Despite U.S. government forced-relocation on the Trail of Tears, Choctaws sent $170 of their scant resources to what country during an 1840s crisis?
(a) Mexico (b) Ireland (c) Liberia
(3) OLYMPICS: Only one event was held at the first Olympic Games in ancient Greece, making what contest the oldest event in Olympic history?
(a) discus throw (b) wrestling match (c) footrace
(4) WHICH CAME FIRST: Mary, Tyler or Moore?
(a) Mary Kay cosmetics (b) Steven Tyler born (c) Roger Moore played Bond
(5) MEDICINE: Which medical condition is caused by severe pressure on the median nerve?
(a) carpal tunnel syndrome (b) detached retina (c) sciatica
(6) MUSIC: Actor Christopher Lee released a symphonic heavy metal album about which king subtitled “By the Sword and the Cross”?
(a) Henry VIII (b) Peter the Great (c) Charlemagne
(7) U.S. STATES: What is the only state where crocodiles and alligators exist in the same ecosystem?
(a) Louisiana (b) Florida (c) Hawaii

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Gerardo 300 Aaron 400 Mike 600 / Beastie 400 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) WALL STREET: What Dutch brewing company trades under the stock symbol HEINY?
(2) STAGE NAMES: What 22-time Grammy-nominated rapper is known by the nickname “Misdemeanor”?
(3) AIRPLANES: In 1973, what multinational courier service made its first 186 deliveries in one night?
(4) LANGUAGE: In writing, what color refers to prose that is too elaborate?
(5) INVENTORS: What was the first name of Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant Mr. Watson?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 2:
Gerardo 900 Aaron 1400 Mike 1200 / Beastie 1200 Muffy 1400 Jonathan 1300

Gerardo and Beastie are eliminated.

Aaron and Mike 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.

Aaron and Mike go first:

(500) Samsung partnered with what TV series in an ad that said “If Peter Griffin can have a smart home, then everyone can”?
(600) Used by truckers and embraced by hobbyists in the 1970s, what does the CB stand for in the 2-way CB radio?
(700) What branch of physics deals with the production and application of low-temperature phenomena from -150°C to absolute 0?
(800) What children’s book author was known for creating characters Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby?
(900) Tammy Wynette sang “Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman” in what classic country hit?
(1000) Home of Drake University, what state capital was first named “Fort Raccoon” after the river that runs through it?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Aaron 1400 Mike 2600

Mike 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 Mike.

(500) What movie featuring Tom Hanks as a grownup kid was originally supposed to star Robert De Niro?
(600) A former general, what President warned the country about the military-industrial complex?
(700) A famous 16th century painting by Raphael shows St. George fighting what mythical creature?
(800) In 2022, Kentucky-born rapper Jack Harlow teamed up with what fast food restaurant to create his namesake meal?
(900) Speakers of what Asian language string together “5s” as text slang for laughter since it’s phonetically pronounced “ha”?
(1000) Written by Lionel Richie, the Diana Ross song “Missing You” was a tribute to what late singer of “Sexual Healing”?
(1100) What was the first planet discovered with a telescope?
(1200) Mad cow disease is caused by a pathogen known as a “prion” which is a “misfolded” type of what essential nutrient?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Muffy and Jonathan both finished with 4300 so a tie-breaker was necessary.

MASTER MIND TIE-BREAKER: What fifth-longest river in North America forms the border between Texas & Mexico?
ANSWER show

Jonathan got in there first with the correct answer to that softball so he will join Mike in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Mike beats Jonathan, he will win another $10,000 and graduate to the Master Minds team.

Ultimate Trivia Challenge: The questions are presented to the players at the same time and they write their answers down.

(1) What gloomy character originally created by A.A. Milne proclaimed “It’s not much of a tail but I’m sort of attached to it”?
(2) Despite its name, the Colorado Desert is actually in what U.S. state?
(3) Before it made its iconic dump trucks, what toy company originally sold gardening tools under the name Mound Metalcraft?
(4) The Hart Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the MVP in what sports league?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Jonathan got 3 right to Mike’s 2. Mike is going home with $11,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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