GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show (6-21-19)

Here’s a recap of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Friday, June 21, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. This episode’s title is “All Sunshine & Light.”

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:
Muffy Marracco, Ken Jennings, Jonathan Corbblah

Today’s contestants:
Annette, Mike and Jonae

In Round 1, Annette chose U.S. PRESIDENTS instead of The Cosmos and she chose expert Ken. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Ken gets it wrong.

1. Who is the only U.S. President to serve non-consecutive terms?
• Chester A. Arthur
• Grover Cleveland
• Franklin Roosevelt

2. Before becoming President, George W. Bush was a managing general partner of what professional sports team?
• Dallas Cowboys
• Texas Rangers
• Houston Rockets

3. John F. Kennedy was the first U.S. President to do which of the following?
• Visit the Soviet Union
• Receive the Purple Heart
• Appear on color television

4. In which state have the most U.S. Presidents been born?
• Ohio
• Virginia
• Massachusetts

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Annette 100 – Mike 150 – Jonae 50

In Round 2, as the leader, Mike picked PSYCHOLOGY and not The Cosmos. 100 points for each correct answer. Muffy was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. In 1925, film producer Samuel Goldwyn offered Sigmund Freud $100,000 to consult on what type of movie?
• A film noir
• A love story
• An action thriller

2. According to noted psychologist Barry Schwartz, what contributes to the success of Trader Joe’s grocery stores?
• Fewer choices
• The use of the color red
• Subliminal messages

3. What did psychiatrist Carl Jung name the “dark part” of the human personality?
• Id
• Shadow
• Vita

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Annette 100 – Mike 350 – Jonae 150

In Round 3, Mike chose WHICH CAME FIRST and not BODIES OF WATER. 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. Jonathan is this round’s expert.

1: Which came first?
• Tony Bennett
• Lucky Charms
• The modern bikini

2: Which came first?
• Dunkin’ Donuts
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Dr. Strangelove

3: Which came first?
• The game Twister
• Band-Aid bandages
• Angela Lansbury

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Annette 1100 – Mike 350 – Jonae 550

Annette wins $1,000 and gets a chance to win $10,000 by taking on a set of 5 more questions and getting as many right as Ken (or more). She would also return on the next show. Any player who makes it through 3 shows and wins $30,000, gets to join the Best Ever Trivia Show’s expert team.

Ultimate Trivia Challenge:

1: Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar are better known as what?
• The Three Musketeers
• The Three Wise Men
• The Three Caballeros

2: Which U.S. city is home to McCarran International Airport?
• Boston
• Cincinnati
• Las Vegas

3: Who wrote “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”?
• Kenneth Grahame
• Beatrix Potter
• Lucy Maud Montgomery

4: In terms of when they occur, heart murmurs may be divided into two categories?
• Diastolic and systolic
• Aortic and mitral
• Inferior and superior

5: What French impressionist painter was famous for his paintings of ballet dancers?
• Paul Cézanne
• Edgar Degas
• Claude Monet

ANSWERS: show

Annette lost that round to Ken Jennings so that was the end of line for her. She won the $1,000, and so ends the second week of this show. We’ve seen two $10,000 winners so far but no one has made it to $20,000. Maybe next week…

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 at 3:00 p.m. and then at 1:00 a.m.)

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