Master Minds Recap: September 4, 2023

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

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Tiger Selfies”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Monica Thieu
Today’s challengers: Kevin, Emily, Evan
Kevin Emily Evan
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 6 categories and questions. (The Business category was not shown.) 100 points for each correct answer.

(1) AWARDS: What British actor earned his first Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Alan Turing in “The Imitation Game”?
(a) Andrew Garfield (b) Benedict Cumberbatch (c) Colin Firth?(2) ANIMALS: Possibly living more than 500 years, what is the longest-lived vertebrate on the planet?
(a) Galapagos tortoise (b) Greenland shark (c) koi fish?
(3) MUSIC: Bernie Taupin’s lyrics to “Rocket Man” were inspired by a short story by what science-fiction writer?
(a) Richard Matheson (b) Isaac Asimov (c) Ray Bradbury?
(4) TRADTIONS: In a symbolic act of breaking free from the past, many Hindus have what broken on their head during the Aadi Perukku festival?
(a) eggs (b) coconuts (c) plates?
(5) LAWS: Popular on dating sites, what potentially dangerous practice was banned in New York in 2014?
(a) tiger selfies (b) ziplining selfies (c) gym selfies?
(6) GAMES: What gaming company was founded by three men named George, Charles and Edward?
(a) Hasbro (b) Milton Bradley (c) Parker Brothers

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Scores at end of Round 1:
Kevin 200 Emily 400 Evan 100 / Beastie 300 Muffy 300 Monica 400

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: with four times as much as the runner-up, which U.S. state has the longest shoreline?
(2) SCIENCE: Found in many plants, the three principal dietary monosaccharides are glucose, galactose and what other simple sugar?
(3) MOVIES: What is the only non-English language film to win a Best Picture Oscar?
(4) SPACE: What planet in our solar system is home to a highland area called Aphrodite Terra?
(5) COMICS: What DC Comics character had the name Captain Marvel until it was officially changed in 2012?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Kevin 1300 Emily 1000 Evan 1100 / Beastie 1300 Muffy 900 Monica 1200

Emily and Muffy are eliminated.

Kevin and Evan advance to the next round, as do Beastie and Monica.

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.

Kevin and Evan go first:

(500) Actor Bela Lugosi was buried in the cape he wore while playing what iconic screen character?
(600) What state capital city is 50 miles east of Laramie on Interstate 80?
(700) Founded in 1859, what organization “accepts” toothpastes and brushes that meet its medical standards?
(800) Since the accession of King Charles III, the title of the British national anthem changed to what for the first time in 70 years?
(900) Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre founded a billion-dollar headphones business called what “by Dr. Dre”?
(1000) The longest passenger train ride in North America connects Vancouver with what Canadian city on Lake Ontario?
(1100) Frst played by “Captain Kangaroo” star Bob Keeshan, Clarabell the Clown was a staple on what ’50s children’s TV show?
(1200) What footwear company uses “RBK” as a stock symbol?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
Kevin 6400 Evan 2100

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

(500) For his invasion of Italy, Hannibal famously brought 37 of what massive animals for use in combat?
(600) What Danish author called life “the most wonderful fairy tale” in his story “What the Whole Family Said”?
(700) How many Circles of Hell did Dante describe in the Inferno?
(800) What method of crimping the edges of a pie crust sounds like the name of a woodwind instrument?
(900) In what film did Joe Pesci’s character ask “I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown”?
(1000) Known for establishing the mechanical equivalent of heat, what physicist’s name is the standard unit of measure for energy?
(1100) “Heaven on Their Minds” was the opening number of what Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?
(1200) Which of the “5 W’s” of journalism has 5 letters?
(1300) Apple computers use a “trash can” to delete unwanted files while Microsoft uses what similar icon?

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Monica finished with 6700 to Beastie’s 3900 so Monica will join Kevin in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Kevin beats Monica, 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) The 2 U.S. state capitals that are nearest to each other in terms of distance are Boston and what?
(2) In 2019, what iconic Yankees pitcher became the first person unanimously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame?
(3) According to the title of a celebrated 1920 British novel, who were Gudrun and Ursula Brangwen?
(4) Running down the length of the upper thigh, what is the longest muscle in the human body?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Monica got 2 right to one for Kevin. Kevin is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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