Master Minds Recap: September 6, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 4) for Wednesday, September 6, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Vegas, Baby, Vegas”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Kelly Gerhold, Jonathan Corbblah,
Today’s challengers: John, Lorena, Brad

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) NATURE: Slow-motion video found woodpeckers do what at the moment they impact wood, to protect them from splinters?
(a) close their eyes (b) wag their tails (c) stretch their toes
(2) MOVIES: Which of these villains is still alive at the end of their animated film?
(a) Syndrome in “The Incredibles” (b) Scar in “The Lion King” (c) Cruella in “101 Dalmatians”
(3) BEAUTY: Which of these was a fashion trend in Tudor-era England?
(a) blackened teeth (b) long toenails (c) purple hair
(4) MEDICINE: Swedish and German researchers have used which of these to quicken healing, making wounds heal three times faster in a lab?
(a) hydrated lizard skin (b) low-voltage electricity (c) redwood-based sutures
(5) EUROPE: In Turin, Italy, you will be fined up to 500 euros if you don’t do what at least three times a day?
(a) eat (b) sweep your sidewalk (c) walk your dog
(6) HISTORY: What Russian leader was such a fan of Western films that he ordered a Russian remake of John Ford’s “The Lost Patrol”?
(a) Joseph Stalin (b) Nikita Khrushchev (c) Vladimir Lenin
(7) SPORTS: What word meaning “contention for mastery” is the term used for a boat or yacht race?
(a) rallycross (b) regatta (c) orienteering

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Scores at end of Round 1:
John 400 Lorena 300 Brad 400 / Beastie 600 Kelly 700 Jonathan 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) BUSINESS: What company began in 1945 when no one would rent a trailer to a couple moving their belongings from L.A. to Portland?
(2) WORDS: Despite not speaking the language, a man won the French-language championship of what game after memorizing its dictionary?
(3) ACTORS: Which of “The Golden Girls” cast was a Marine Corps truck driver during WWII?
(4) MUSIC: Billy Joel was inspired to write what song after hearing a 21-year-old say nothing newsworthy happened in the ’50s?
(5) COMICS: Which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle is named for the painter of “The Transfiguration” and “La Fornarina”?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
John 1200 Lorena 1300 Brad 1000 / Beastie 1600 Kelly 1500 Jonathan 1400

Brad and Jonathan are eliminated.

John and Lorena advance to the next round, as do Beastie and Kelly.

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.

John and Lorena go first:

(500) The ruins of a 7000-year-old village nicknamed “The Palace” was discovered in 2010 in what Iowa capital?
(600) What organization created an internet frenzy when it offered Raspberry Rally, its first online-only cookie variety?
(700) “Mother” is a solo album by Natalie Maines who took a long hiatus from being lead singer of what “Long Time Gone” trio?
(800) Who was the first Vice President to cast a tie-breaking vote in the U.S. Senate on July 18, 1789?
(900) Musician Yo-Yo Ma is a virtuoso on what instrument?
(1000) One of the world’s oldest, Sweden’s Old Tjikko is what kind of evergreen tree that’s frequently associated with Christmas?
(1100) At 24, Kristen Bell starred in what TV series about a high school student moonlighting as a private investigator?

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Scores at end of Round 3:
John 4700 Lorena 1300

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

(500) Crushing cloves of what aromatic vegetable releases a potential cholesterol-fighting compound called allicin?
(600) What country is the only theocratic monarchy on the European continent?
(700) Who won Best Actor for his roles in “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Rain Man”?
(800) Along with his brother Charles, what evangelist was credited with founding the Methodist movement?
(900) In biology, what is the term for an undifferentiated cell that produces some offspring cells that are specialized?
(1000) Putting two minor “Hamlet” characters front & center, who wrote the play “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”?
(1100) What name is given to the type of tundra found at high elevations above the timberline?
(1200) Located in Copenhagen, what “hippie” enclave created in 1971 is known for liberal views and alternative lifestyles?

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Beastie finished with 4100 to Kelly’s 3500 so Beastie will join John in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If John beats Beastie, 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) Now designated a UNESCO World Heritage site, Cuzco is the former capital of what extensive empire?
(2) What type of cable transmits data using light pulses sent through thin glass threads?
(3) The space shuttle Enterprise is on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in what city?
(4) What was the first Stephen King novel turned into a movie?

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

For $10,000: ULTIMATE TRIVIA QUESTION: If you just traveled through three adjacent U.S. states that all start with the same letter, which three states were they?

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John answered without hesitation. “You were so fast on that one,” Brooke said, then asked “Are you sure?” John responded with “I like geography” and he was correct so he wins $10,000. John will return tomorrow for another shot at $10,000 and a place on the Master Minds panel.

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