GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show (7-9-19)

Here’s a recap of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Tuesday, July 9, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. This episode’s title is “Muffy Level.”

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 and Jonathan Corbblah

Today’s contestants:
Ambria, Josiah and Chris

In Round 1, Ambria chose CHILDREN’S LITERATURE instead of Texas and she chose expert Muffy. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Muffy gets it wrong.

1. Which animal is the main character in “Goodnight Moon”?
• Mouse
• Rabbit
• Dog

2. Which award for children’s literature was given for the first time in 1922?
• Newbery
• Booker
• Schneider

3. Which of these is a Dr. Seuss title character?
• Thidwick
• Milbert
• Zizzer Ziffer

4. Before Christopher Robin renamed him Winnie-the-Pooh, his beloved bear appeared in an A.A. Milne poem under what original name?
• Edward Bear
• William Bear
• Pookie Bear

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Ambria 150 Josiah 050 Chris 250

In Round 2, Chris was in the lead so he picked the next category. He chose TEXAS and not Explorers. 100 points for each correct answer. Ken was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Based in Austin, Texas, South by Southwest was started in 1987 as a festival for what entertainment medium?
• Film
• Music
• Video games

2. Prior to being elected Governor of Texas, Sam Houston served as Governor of what other state?
• Tennessee
• Kentucky
• Georgia

3. Before allowing the sale of alcohol for “off premises” consumption in 2009, which of these was known as the biggest “dry” city in America?
• Abilene
• Lubbock
• Waco

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Ambria 450 Josiah 350 Chris 450

In Round 3, Ambria chose PRIMATES and not Luxury Cars. 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: Koko, the beloved sign language-speaking ape, kept what type of animal as a pet?
• A pig
• A turtle
• A cat

2: What is another name for the bonobo ape?
• Snub-nosed ape
• Black Colobus
• Pygmy chimpanzee

3: Macaque monkeys were observed using tree needles and feathers to do what hygienic behavior?
• Clean toenails
• Floss teeth
• Trim eyebrows

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Ambria 850 Josiah 1150 Chris 1450

Chris 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 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: What part of your body is an otologist most qualified to inspect?
• Your veins
• Your ears
• Your lungs

2: Which song is from the Broadway musical “A Chorus Line”?
• Willkommen
• What I Did For Love
• I Could Have Danced All Night

3: In his “I Have a Dream Speech,” Martin Luther King talks about freedom ringing from which of these places?
• Green pastures of Pennsylvania
• Hilltops of New Hampshire
• Many lakes of Minnesota

4: What architect designed the Louvre’s 71-foot-tall glass and metal pyramid?
• I.M. Pei
• Maya Lin
• Tom Wright

ANSWERS: show

Chris had no chance after the 4th question so that was the end of the line. He just 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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