Master Minds Recap: September 27, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Wednesday, September 27, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.
Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Carolina Reapers”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Arianna Haut, Cliff Galiher
Today’s challengers: Jamie, Josh, Susan

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) U.S. STATES: Which of these places is currently the name of a small town in America?
(a) Joe, Montana (b) George, Washington (c) Jones, Indiana
(2) ANIMALS: Which of these mammals has more neck vertebrae than a giraffe?
(a) sloth (b) anteater (c) bactrian camel
(3) OCCUPATIONS: “America’s Got Talent” host Terry Cruz once worked in a courtroom in what capacity?
(a) bailiff (b) sketch artist (c) court reporter
(4) MUSIC: Arranged in chronological order to show the object’s evolution, a Wisconsin museum is devoted to what musical instrument?
(a) saxophone (b) harmonica (c) accordion
(5) AWARDS: Not only the first EGOT, Richard Rogers was the first PEGOT, earning what “P” honor for composing “South Pacific”?
(a) Pritzker (b) Pulitzer (c) Peabody
(6) NAMES: Introduced to the world in 2013 by Ed Curry, what is the Carolina Reaper?
(a) a hot chili pepper (b) a venomous snake (c) WWE wrestler
(7) CELEBRATIONS: Scuba divers gather at the annual Underwater Music Festival to hear sub aquatic songs played in a coral reef off what U.S. State?
(a) Florida (b) Hawaii (c) California

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Jamie 300 Josh 400 Susan 100 / Beastie 100 Arianna 500 Cliff 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) TRAVEL: For $1,300 per night, you can stay in the infamous room 214 of what notorious Washington, D.C. hotel?
(2) MOVIES: Revealing his name to be “Ted”, the man in the yellow hat was voiced by what SNL comedian in the film “Curious George”?
(3) LAW: A title often applied to lawyers, what men’s magazine won a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding its mailing rate privileges?
(4) RELIGION: Among the religion’s core beliefs and practices, Shahada, Zakat and Sawm are three of Islam’s five what?
(5) HISTORY: China erected its protective Great Wall after repeated invasion by fierce Xiongnu tribes centered in what present-day country?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Jamie 700 Josh 1400 Susan 900 / Beastie 900 Arianna 1500 Cliff 1600

Jamie and Beastie are eliminated.

Josh and Susan advance to the next round, as do Arianna and Cliff.

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 Susan go first:

(500) The award-winning campaign “What happens here, stays here” was created for what U.S. city?
(600) Each year, the people of San Juan Capistrano celebrate the October departure and March return of what birds?
(700) The name of what iconic slip-on shoe came from teenagers using them to store change for payphones?
(800) What androgynous ‘80s pop star was born George Alan O’Dowd?
(900) Based on the real chief minister of France, Cardinal Richelieu is the scheming antagonist of what Alexandre Dumas novel?
(1000) In the Paralympic Games, what is the term for the springy, carbon-fiber lower limbs used by world class amputee runners?
(1100) What Disney Pixar computer animated prequel stars James P. “Sulley” Sullivan and Mike Wazowski in their college years?
(1200) In what country did Abdullah II succeed his father, King Hussein?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Josh 4400 Susan 3500

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

(500) Located at the back of your head, what part of the brain controls coordination and balance?
(600) What creator of “Family Guy” recorded the Christmas album “Holiday for Swing”?
(700) Seating an estimated 250,000 spectators, what ancient Roman hippodrome was one of the largest sports arenas ever built?
(800) What warm weather turf grass shares its name with a North Atlantic island territory?
(900) The world’s largest invertebrates are the “giant” and “colossal” species of what animal?
(1000) What influential economist described remedies to recession in his book “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”?
(1000) A pilgrimage site for Buddhists, Borobudur is considered one of the most beautiful temples of what large island nation?

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Cliff finished with 3600 to Arianna’s 1500 so Cliff will join Josh in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Josh beats Cliff, 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) What snack-cake bakery company trades under the stock symbol TWNK?
(2) An Arthurian legend from the Middle Ages, Sir Gawain is pitted against a knight of what color?
(3) In 1992, the government-owned Australian Airlines was purchased by what other airline?
(4) An artist in his own right, who is Billie Eilish’s collaborator and brother?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Cliff got 4 right to Josh’s 3. Josh is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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