Mastermind Australia - Season 8

Season 8
Episodes

Episode 1
The Coutinho family kick off Family Week with the West Coast Eagles, Good Luck Charlie, Thirsty Merc, and 1970s Chrysler Valiants.

Episode 2
This family has mastered their individual niches: Australian politics, World War Two operation Shetland Bus, the Melbourne Football Club and St George Illawarra.

Episode 3
What do Manchester United, JDM cars, the human muscular system and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead have in common? Tonight's family somehow fits them all under one roof.

Episode 4
Tonight's family tree has four distinct branches: bestselling author Matthew Reilly, murder mystery game Blood on the Clocktower, the band Twenty-One Pilots and the history of Wi-Fi.

Episode 5
Our weekly family winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. Tonight's slow burn topics are an annual event, a sportsperson, a band and a country.

Episode 6
The animated series Steven Universe, composer Cliff Martinez, Breaking Bad, and The Da Vinci Code. I can just hear Professor Robert Langdon thinking, what does it all mean?

Episode 7
Tonight's subjects are the TV series Housos, the ARIA Top 10 Songs from 2000 - 2009, Narendra Modi and Jean Greenhowe's Knitting Patterns.

Episode 8
Tonight, Air Crash Investigation, Florence Nightingale, Percy Jackson, and the Scream films.

Episode 9
Contenders go deep diving for knowledge on the Barbie animated movies, Terry Pratchett's City Watch novels, the making of Adolf Hitler, and the Human Eye.

Episode 10
Our weekly winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. Tonight's slow burn topics are a TV Show, a Food, a Landmark and a Song.

Episode 11
The subjects are the Rush Hour trilogy, Essendon Football Club, Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games and professional wrestler The Undertaker. Quite the mix.

Episode 12
The line-up of subjects spans galaxies, genres and ancient curses: the planets of the Solar System, singer-songwriter Chappell Roan, One Piece manga, and The Mummy trilogy.

Episode 13
Tonight's topics are revved up, wrapped up, written up, and powered up. Michael Schumacher at Ferrari, Prince's Purple Rain, the novels of David Nicholls, and Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards.

Episode 14
Tonight, Futurama, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Gone with the Wind and the history of tarot. Sounds like a fun half hour is on the cards.

Episode 15
Our weekly winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. Tonight's slow burn topics are a Pop star, a Toy, a Year and a Historical Event.

Episode 16
The speciality subjects are Queens of the Stone Age, classic Bollywood, the razor-sharp Oxbridge satirists and TV's Law and Order SVU.

Episode 17

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Episode 20
Our weekly winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. The slow burn topics are a film, a city, an animal and a constellation.

Episode 21
The topics are The Red Rising trilogy, Labrador retrievers, the works of John Lennon and the art of Jackson Pollock. In a battle of generations, Labs are guaranteed to stay neutral and adorable.

Episode 22
Topics include Australian red wine, Swedish band Roxette, The Elder Scrolls and Critical Role: Exandria Unlimited.

Episode 23
Topics include Aunty Donna's web and TV series, Douglas MacArthur, Freaks and Geeks and the life of ballet dancer Nijinsky. They should keep you on your toes.

Episode 24

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Episode 26
A night of celebrating Eurovision: Eurovision 2020-2025, Sweden in Eurovision, early Eurovision winners and Eurovision 2010-2019.

Episode 27

Episode 28
The Troubles in Northern Ireland, smallpox, lucid dreaming, and the films of Tim Burton. So yes, a perfectly normal mix for another perfectly normal show.

Episode 29
Tonight, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the Brisbane Broncos, the video game Jet Lag, and the surprisingly smoky history of Cuban Cigars - that's a lot to inhale in the one episode.

Episode 30
Our weekly winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. Tonight's slow burn topics are a Musician, a Sport, a Character and a Country.

Episode 31
Alex Garland's films, Little Women, Joan Didion, and classic Doctor Who. If you're still mixing up Daleks and Cybermen, well, this is an intervention.

Episode 32
Romeo and Juliet, ancient Stoic philosophy, asbestos, and The Clone Wars. A journey from star-crossed lovers to a galaxy far, far away.

Episode 33
Tonight, we delve into the novels of Thomas Pynchon, Japanese Mascots, the history of Blackpool FC, and The Mighty Boosh. With subjects like this, it can only be one show.

Episode 34
Tonight, K-POPS Stray Kids, Audrey Hepburn films, the mayhem of Monkey, and Henry VIII, a man whose love life needed its own risk assessment.

Episode 35
Our weekly winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. Tonight's slow burn topics are an Annual Event, a Word, a TV Show and a Book.

Episode 36
New week, new fascinating facts. The Melbourne Vixens, the History and Geography of South Dakota, the 90s films of Brendan Fraser, and the YouTube chaos of Smosh.

Episode 37

Episode 38
The topics are cricketer Rahul Dravid, AC/DC's Angus and Malcolm Young, the Battle of Long Tan, and Australian 20th-century art.

Episode 39
Tonight: two TV classics - Stargate and Band of Brothers, two iconic women - Marilyn Monroe and Indira Gandhi, and one Mastermind legend - the black chair of course!

Episode 40
Our weekly winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. Tonight's slow burn topics are a film, a landmark, an invention and a band.

Episode 41
Tonight is all achievement with Cathy Freeman, Be More Chill, The Hives, and the Harry Potter films, because apparently magic is now part of your Monday.

Episode 42
The Men's Spring Classics cycling, TV's Parks and Recreation, Beyoncé's solo albums, and the history of Monopoly, a set of subjects so strong you should be slightly intimidated.

Episode 43
Tonight, Death Cab for Cutie, TV's Weeds, US punk music, and Cold War submarines. Sounds like there'll be a lot going on above and below sea level.

Episode 44
Tonight: the career of Luc Longley, Winx the racehorse, Bob Marley & the Wailers and True Detective - four topics that have absolutely nothing in common, which is exactly how we like it.

Episode 45
Our weekly winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. Tonight's slow burn topics are an annual event, a pop star, a book and a food.

Episode 46

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Episode 49

Episode 50
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