GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show (6-25-19)

Here’s a recap of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Tuesday, June 25, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. This episode’s title is “Sea to Shining Sea.”

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:
Arianna Haut, Raj Dhuwalia, Ryan Chaffee

Today’s contestants:
Tommy, Tito and Jenna

In Round 1, Tommy chose AMERICA instead of Chemistry and he chose expert Ryan. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Ryan gets it wrong.

1. In 2016, what became the official National Mammal of the United States?
• Armadillo
• Bison
• Bighorn sheep

2. The Mall of America is actually owned by a corporation from which country?
• Canada
• Japan
• Saudi Arabia

3. iN 1893, What did a U.S. Congressman propose as a new name for the nation?
• The United States of the World
• The United States of the Earth
• The United States of the Universe

4. What word engraved on the Liberty Bell is misspelled?
• Liberty
• Pennsylvania
• Inhabitants

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Tommy 200 Tito 50 Jenna 250

In Round 2, as the leader, Jenna picked TOYS and not Chemistry. 100 points for each correct answer. Arianna was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. What was the name of the handheld digital pet that was a major toy fad in the 1990s?
• Taketombo
• Kakiemon
• Tamagotchi

2. What was the first movie franchise to have its own McDonald’s Happy Meal toys?
• Star Wars
• Star Trek
• The Muppets

3. In the original version of the board game Risk, which of these continents is divided up into the most amount of territories?
• Europe
• North America
• Africa

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Tommy 300 Tito 50 Jenna 350

In Round 3, Jenna chose WHAT ARE THE ODDS? and not Ancient Rome. 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. Raj is this round’s expert.

1: Which of these things is the most likely to happen?
• Winning a billion dollar lottery
• Finding a pearl in an oyster
• Having an extra finger or toe

2: What increases a woman’s odds of conceiving fraternal twins naturally?
• Being over 35
• Being under 25
• Having blue eyes

3: Owning what color property gives you the best odds of winning Monopoly?
• Blue
• Orange
• Purple

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Tommy 900 Tito 250 Jenna 950

Jenna wins $1,000 and gets a chance to win $10,000 by taking on a set of 5 more questions and getting more of them right than Arianna. 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: According to theater lore, actors must spin around 3 times & spit over their shoulder if they say the name of what Shakespeare play?
• Hamlet
• King Lear
• Macbeth

2: What Mars Rover was only supposed to work for three months but operated for 14 years, officially ending its mission in 2019?
• Spirit
• Opportunity
• Curiosity

3: What was the nickname of the WWII Commander that defeated “Desert Fox” Erwin Rommel at the 2nd Battle of El Alamein?
• Ike
• Monty
• Black Jack

4: What is the world’s largest rodent?
• Capybara
• Giant sloth
• Sumatran bamboo rat

5: In 1901, what became the first billion-dollar company in U.S. history?
• Standard Oil
• General Motors
• U.S. Steel

ANSWERS: show

So Jenna lost that round to Arianna on the very last question. She won the $1,000.

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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