GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show (6-19-19)

Here’s a recap of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Wednesday, June 19, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. This episode’s title is “Ready for the Runway.”

The format of this show pits 3 contestants against 3 trivia experts. There are 3 rounds and the player with the highest score wins $1,000 and moves on to the Ultimate Trivia Challenge for a chance to win $10,000. They give one player a choice of categories and a choice of experts to play against. It’s a multiple choice format.

Today’s 3 trivia experts:
Ken Jennings, Arianna Haut and Jonathan Corbblah

Today’s contestants:
Jake, Saif, Meg
Jake is a returning champ. He won $10,000 yesterday

In Round 1, Jake chose RIVERS instead of Fashion and he chose expert Ken Jennings, whom he called his “good luck charm”. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Ken gets it wrong. Ken called himself “a big geography nerd” so we expect no misses!

1. What river flows through the Grand Canyon?
• The Missouri River
• The Colorado River
• The Rio Grande

2. Which ’70s rock band shares its name with a river from the Underworld in Greek mythology?
• Jethro Tull
• Black Sabbath
• Styx

3. What major U.S. river begins as a trickle flowing out of Lake Itasca in Minnesota?
• The Ohio River
• The Mississippi River
• The Hudson River

4. Which river finally took Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Ocean in 1805?
• The Yukon
• The Fraser
• The Columbia

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Jake 200 – Saif 200 Meg – 150

In Round 2, Saif picked FASHION and not Composers. 100 points for each correct answer. Jonathan was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. What is the English Translation of the French fashion term pret-a-porter?
• High fashion
• Ready to wear
• Dry clean only

2. In 1990, what supermodel famously said, “We don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day”?
• Naomi Campbell
• Linda Evangelista
• Cindy Crawford

3. The iconic “Little Black Dress” worn by Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” was created by what designer?
• Dior
• Mary Quant
• Givenchy

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Jake 500 – Saif 300 – Meg 250

In Round 3, Jake chose GENETICS and not Africa. The twist in this 3-question round is the expert reveals how confident s/he is about the answer and the players have a chance to go with that for 200 points or to pick their own answer for 400 points, if right. Arianna is this round’s expert.

1. On which continent can you find the most people with the genetic tendency to be lactose intolerant?
• Asia
• Europe
• North America

2. What feature did the genetic ancestry site 23andme add for its users in January of 2019?
• Match relatives down to a county level
• Identify maternal haplogroups
• Estimate bone density

3. According to Discovery Magazine, what would be the length of the DNA from every cell in your body if it were stretched out end to end?
• 20 football fields
• From Earth to Pluto and back
• Almost twice around the Earth

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Jake 900 – Saif 300 – Meg 250

Jake wins $1,000. For the second time, he gets a chance to win $10,000 by taking on a set of 5 more questions and getting more of them right than Ken. If Ken is his lucky charm again, he will return on the next show to go for $30,000 and admittance to the Best Ever Trivia Show’s expert team.

Ultimate Trivia Challenge:

1. At 5’4″ tall and about 100 pounds, who was the smallest U.S. President?
• Benjamin Harrison
• James Madison
• Martin Van Buren

2. Which of the following symbols is usually found on a telephone keypad?
• Ampersand
• Pilcrow
• Octothorpe

3. Which of Shakespeare’s play is often subtitled “or, What You Will?
• “As You Like It”
• “Much Ado About Nothing”
• “Twelfth Night”

4. What mathematician won a Nobel Prize for Economics for his work on game theory?
• John Nash
• Bertrand Russell
• Pierre Curie

5. In the U.S., National Arbor Day occurs in which month?
• April
• June
• October

ANSWERS: show

Ken wasn’t going down a second time. Jake lost the round and wound up with $1,000 to add to the $10,000 he won yesterday.

The Best Ever Trivia Show airs daily on Game Show Network. Check your local listings for times. (Here in the Central Time Zone it comes on a 3:00 p.m. and then at 1:00 a.m.)

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