Fun with GSN's "Master Minds"

[jeff6286]

Steven got a $10k win on Thursday's show despite writing an incorrect answer on the deciding question. He wrote Anna Geddes when the photographer's name is Anne Geddes. He said Anne when he spoke his answer out loud, curious if the show has actual rules on this, you'd sure think what you write should take precedence over what you say.

[MarkBarrett]

Stats through the 1/16/23 week:

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Appearances
Beast: 10
LaKedra: 6
Ryan: 5
Jonathan: 4
Muffy: 4
Arianna: 1

Bonus Round Outright Wins
Muffy: 3
Beast: 2
Jonathan: 2
Ryan: 1

Bonus Round Outright Losses
Beast: 1 (1/19 - Steven 2-1)

Bonus Round Ties
Ryan: 1 (1/11 - Matt correct on Tiebreaker)

Master Mind Bonus Round Percentage Correct
Jonathan: 1.000 (2 times) (Played 8 out of possible 8 questions)
Ryan: .875 (2 times) (Played 8 out of possible 8 questions)
Beast: .750 (3 times) (Played 12 out of possible 12 questions)
Muffy: .636 (3 times) (Played 11 out of possible 12 questions)

Bonus Round 4/4 by Master Mind
Jonathan: 2
Beast: 1
Ryan: 1

Bonus Round Wins By Contestant
1/11/23 - Matt (3-3 tiebreaker against Ryan)
1/19 - Steven (2-1 against Beast)

Master Mind Wins Against Other Master Minds
Beast: 3
Muffy: 3
Jonathan: 2
Ryan: 2
Arianna: 0
LaKedra: 0

Master Mind Eliminated After Second Round
Beast: 5
LaKedra: 2
Arianna: 1
Jonathan: 1
Ryan: 1

Master Mind Runner-Up Against Other Master Minds
LaKedra: 4
Beast: 2
Ryan: 2
Jonathan: 1
Muffy: 1

Average Score Per Appearance
Muffy: 5175
Jonathan: 4250
Ryan: 3280
Beast: 2840
LaKedra: 2450
Arianna: 1100

Highest Scores by Master Minds through 3 Rounds
Jonathan: 6400
Muffy: 5500
Beast: 5300
Ryan: 4500
LaKedra: 4200
Arianna: 1100

Master Mind Wins from Left Position
3

Master MInd Wins from Center Position
4

Master Mind Wins from Right Position
3

[LucarioSnooperVixey]

The game glitched when Muffy explained the Emperor’s New Clothes question.

At the time the scores were 100-300-300, but when the camera zoomed out from Muffy, the scores read 500-300-700.

[MarkBarrett]

The 2nd round was only who rings in first gets to write an answer, while last week it was everyone gets to write an answer and score.

ryan has already played more this season than all of last season.

[LucarioSnooperVixey]

The 2nd round was only who rings in first gets to write an answer, while last week it was everyone gets to write an answer and score.

Seems like this was an early taping in the season as they started with the Season 1 and 2 rules.

[mrbungle]

ryan has already played more this season than all of last season.

dreams really do come true, MarkBarrett!

[econgator]

ryan has already played more this season than all of last season.

dreams really do come true, MarkBarrett!

So, did they start the season off with the old rules and then switch to 'everyone gets to answer' later on?

[mrbungle]

ryan has already played more this season than all of last season.

dreams really do come true, MarkBarrett!

So, did they start the season off with the old rules and then switch to 'everyone gets to answer' later on?

yes, i believe it was just the first four episodes. i very much prefer getting a chance to answer all the round 2 questions, so i was very happy with the change.

[alietr]

ryan has already played more this season than all of last season.

dreams really do come true, MarkBarrett!

So, did they start the season off with the old rules and then switch to 'everyone gets to answer' later on?

yes, i believe it was just the first four episodes. i very much prefer getting a chance to answer all the round 2 questions, so i was very happy with the change.

And we prefer seeing you answer more questions as well.

But for God's sake, does she HAVE to repeat the rules every. single. round. for. every. single. show.?

[mrbungle]

And we prefer seeing you answer more questions as well.

awwww, shucks!

[jeff6286]

Tuesday was a rough episode, from the 3 players all stumped on "1847 Charlotte Bronte novel", all 6 players stumped on Palmyra, (granted that's a very hard question), a brutally ugly h2h contestant round, (The Kennedys meeting in Missouri!) and and then both Masterminds stumped on the Beanie Baby name.

[MarkBarrett]

Tuesday was a rough episode, from the 3 players all stumped on "1847 Charlotte Bronte novel", all 6 players stumped on Palmyra, (granted that's a very hard question), a brutally ugly h2h contestant round, (The Kennedys meeting in Missouri!) and and then both Masterminds stumped on the Beanie Baby name.

Yeah, the Bronte stumper had me wondering if any of them had Wuthering Heights for a sister mix-up or what else could have caused that to go 0/3 on the player side.

My favorite part of the ep. was the last question's answer being apt for the result with the M*A*S*H finale word.

[LucarioSnooperVixey]

Tuesday was a rough episode, from the 3 players all stumped on "1847 Charlotte Bronte novel", all 6 players stumped on Palmyra, (granted that's a very hard question), a brutally ugly h2h contestant round, (The Kennedys meeting in Missouri!) and and then both Masterminds stumped on the Beanie Baby name.

Yeah, the Bronte stumper had me wondering if any of them had Wuthering Heights for a sister mix-up or what else could have caused that to go 0/3 on the player side.

My favorite part of the ep. was the last question's answer being apt for the result with the M*A*S*H finale word.

Wuthering Heights was also 1847. More people than you think do not have their Brontes straight.

[jeff6286]

Tuesday was a rough episode, from the 3 players all stumped on "1847 Charlotte Bronte novel", all 6 players stumped on Palmyra, (granted that's a very hard question), a brutally ugly h2h contestant round, (The Kennedys meeting in Missouri!) and and then both Masterminds stumped on the Beanie Baby name.

Yeah, the Bronte stumper had me wondering if any of them had Wuthering Heights for a sister mix-up or what else could have caused that to go 0/3 on the player side.

My favorite part of the ep. was the last question's answer being apt for the result with the M*A*S*H finale word.

Wuthering Heights was also 1847. More people than you think do not have their Brontes straight.

I wouldn't expect every contestant to know Jane Eyre. I would expect at least 1 out of 3. And wasn't the subtitle "An Autobiography" given in the question? Points strongly to a person as the title character, not a house.

[LucarioSnooperVixey]

What do you think the odds are that a contestant overthought the question and put down Shirley or Villette?

[MarkBarrett]

Usually I don't care that contestant last names aren't given, but NYT crossword puzzle constructor Peter is tough detective work other than I can eliminate Wentz.

[LucarioSnooperVixey]

Today's episode was the promo episode on YouTube.

[MinnesotaMyron]

Usually I don't care that contestant last names aren't given, but NYT crossword puzzle constructor Peter is tough detective work other than I can eliminate Wentz.

I'd guess Peter Koetters.

https://health.usnews.com/doctors/peter-koetters-413732
https://www.xwordinfo.com/Thumbs?author=Peter+Koetters

[MarkBarrett]

Stats through the 1/23/23 week:

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Appearances
Beast: 15
Jonathan: 7
LaKedra: 7
Muffy: 7
Ryan: 7
Arianna: 2

Bonus Round Outright Wins
Muffy: 5
Jonathan: 4
Beast: 2
Ryan: 2

Bonus Round Outright Losses
Beast: 1 (1/19 - Steven 2-1)

Bonus Round Ties
Ryan: 1 (1/11 - Matt correct on Tiebreaker)

Master Mind Bonus Round Percentage Correct
Ryan: .909 (3 times) (Played 11 out of possible 12 questions)
Jonathan: .813 (4 times) (Played 16 out of possible 16 questions)
Beast: .750 (3 times) (Played 12 out of possible 12 questions)
Muffy: .684 (5 times) (Played 19 out of possible 20 questions)

Bonus Round 4/4 by Master Mind
Jonathan: 3
Beast: 1
Muffy: 1
Ryan: 1

Bonus Round Wins By Contestant
1/11/23 - Matt (3-3 tiebreaker against Ryan)
1/19 - Steven (2-1 against Beast)

Master Mind Wins Against Other Master Minds
Muffy: 5
Jonathan: 4
Beast: 3
Ryan: 3
Arianna: 0
LaKedra: 0

Master Mind Eliminated After Second Round
Beast: 8
Arianna: 2
Jonathan: 2
LaKedra: 2
Ryan: 1

Master Mind Runner-Up Against Other Master Minds
LaKedra: 5
Beast: 4
Ryan: 3
Muffy: 2
Jonathan: 1

Average Score Per Appearance
Muffy: 4986
Jonathan: 3800
Ryan: 3757
LaKedra: 2657
Beast: 2447
Arianna: 1100

Highest Scores by Master Minds through 3 Rounds
Jonathan: 6400
Ryan: 6200
Muffy: 5900
Beast: 5300
LaKedra: 4200
Arianna: 1100

Master Mind Wins from Left Position
3

Master MInd Wins from Center Position
6

Master Mind Wins from Right Position
6

[medevam]

Spoiler for the episode on Wednesday, 2/1/23...

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Kelly won her second episode, becoming the first "Contestant Master Mind." TBD what exactly that entails, but I'm delighted someone's finally done it.

https://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.ph ... r_id=13023