GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show (7-3-19)

Here’s a recap of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Wednesday, July 3, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. This episode’s title is “All Tricks, No Treats.”

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, Jonathan Corbblah, Arianna Haut

Today’s contestants:
Miguel, Dan and Rebecca
Miguel is a returning champ. He won $10,000 in yesterday’s game.

In Round 1, Miguel chose FIRST LADIES instead of Halloween and he chose expert Arianna. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Arianna gets it wrong.

1. Pat Nixon was America’s first First Lady to wear what in public?
• Pleats
• Pumps
• Pants

2. While living in Asia with her husband Herbert, future First Lady Lou Hoover learned how to speak and write which language?
• Chinese
• Korean
• Japanese

3. Who was the first American First Lady not born in America?
• Louisa Adams
• Melania Trump
• Mamie Eisenhower

4. Harriet Lane, the official First Lady to James Buchanan, was what relation to the bachelor President?
• Sister
• Cousin
• Niece

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Miguel 50 Dan 100 Rebecca 50

In Round 2, as the leader, Dan picked HALLOWEEN and not Magazines. 100 points for each correct answer. Ken was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Jack-O’-Lanterns were originally carved out of beets or turnips in which country?
• Italy
• Norway
• Ireland

2. Sometimes called “the Halloween equivalent of fruitcake,” candy corn was at one time sold under what name?
• Chicken Feed
• A-Maizing Grain
• Corn-fection

3. Some Halloween traditions can be traced back to Samhain, a festival from which ancient people?
• Vikings
• Celts
• Saxons

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Miguel 350 Dan 300 Rebecca 150

In Round 3, Miguel chose SOLID GOLD and not Biology. 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: What state is home to the United States Bullion Depository?
• Maryland
• Kentucky
• Texas

2: Who triggered the California Gold Rush by finding gold on the American River?
• John Sutter
• James Marshall
• Samuel Brannan

3: A mint in what country cast the world’s largest and most valuable gold coin, weighing one metric ton?
• Australia
• The United Kingdom
• Venezuela

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Miguel 750 Dan 500 Rebecca 150

Miguel wins again. That’s another $1,000 and another chance to win $10,000 by taking on a set of 5 more questions and getting more of them right than Ken. He 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: A combination of the words chuckle and snort, “chortle” is an example of what literary device?
• Hyperbole
• Enjambment
• Portmanteau

2: Of the six categories of Nobel prizes, which one was added most recently?
• Peace
• Physiology
• Economic sciences

3: The sacs that hold shark embryos are also known by what imaginative name?
• Pirate’s chests
• Mermaid’s purses
• Sailor’s hearts

4: What noted children’s book is based on a work by African-American artist Faith Ringgold?
• Concrete Dream
• Harlem at Night
• Tar Beach

ANSWERS: show

Miguel had no shot at winning after losing those last 2 questions to Ken so they did not play the 5th question. His total winnings are $11,000 and there will be 3 new contestants tomorrow.

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.)

See the pool of trivia experts participating in The Best Ever Trivia Show