GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show (6-13-19)

Here’s a recap of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Thursday, June 13, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. This episode’s title is “Need for Speed.”

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: Ryan Chaffee, Raj Dhuwalia, Muffy Marracco

Today’s contestants:
Josh, Laura and Curtis
Josh has the distinction of being the first player to win $10,000 and get to come back as returning champ

In Round 1, Josh chose LEGENDS & LORE instead of Geology and he chose expert Muffy. (That was lucky for him yesterday!) 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Muffy gets it wrong.

1. In 1908, an article in the Chicago Tribune first popularized what American mythological character?
• The Easter Bunny
• The Tooth Fairy
• The Headless Horseman

2. What mythical creature’s name translates as “goat sucker”?
• Chupacabra
• Nosferatu
• Sasquatch

3. Medusa, the hideous monster from Greek mythology with snakes for hair, appears on the flag of which Mediterranean island?
• Sicily
• Capri
• Mykonos

4. At the Met Cloisters museum in New York City, a tapestry series from the Middle Ages depicts the hunt for which horse-like creature?
• Pegasus
• Unicorn
• Centaur

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Josh 150 Laura 150 Curtis 150

In Round 2, Laura chose HIGH SPEED for the next category and not Geology (they’re avoiding that like the plague!) 100 points for each correct answer. Ryan was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. What is the fastest animal on four legs?
• Lion
• Brown hare
• Cheetah

2. Who holds the World Record for the Women’s 100 Meter Dash?
• Florence Griffith Joyner
• Jackie Joyner-Kersee
• Mary Decker

3. Where was the official land speed record of 763 mph set on October 15, 1997?
• Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
• Daytona Beach, Florida
• Black Rock Desert, Nevada

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

1. Josh 100 Laura 100 Curtis 100
Cheetah (Ryan: right)
2. Josh 000 Laura 100 Curtis 100
Florence Griffith-Joyner (Ryan: right; Josh: Joyner-Kersee)
3. Josh 000 Laura 000 Curtis 000
Black Rock Desert, NV (Everyone: Utah, incl. Ryan)

Scores at end of Round 2: Josh 250 – Laura 350 – Curtis 350

In Round 3 Curtis chose THE HUMAN FACE and not Photography. 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. (He claims he got everything right so far!)

1: What part of your eye is used to see color?
• Rods
• Cones
• Lens

2: In 2001, facial recognition technology successfully detected petty criminals at the championship for what sport?
• NBS Basketball
• NFL Football
• MLB Baseball

3: The only free floating bone in the human body, where can you find your hyoid bone?
• Inside your ear
• Underneath your tongue
• Behind your nose

CORRECT ANSWERS show

1. Josh 400 Laura 200 Curtis 400
Cones – (Raj/Laura: right)
2. Josh 400 Laura 000 Curtis 000
NFL Football (Raj/Curtis: Baseball; Laura: Basketball)
3. Josh 200 Laura 000 Curtis 000
Underneath tongue (Raj/Josh: right)

Scores at end of Round 3: Josh 1250 Laura 550 Curtis 750

Josh wins $1,000, his second win, and gets a chance to win $10,000 by taking on a set of 5 more questions and getting more of them right than Raj. If he does, he will return once more 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: Which of these U.S. business leaders became a billionaire first?
• John D. Rockefeller
• Estee Lauder
• J. Paul Getty

2: What tourist attraction in Rome was known in Latin as Amphitheatrum Flavium?
• Roman Forum
• Colosseum
• St. Peter’s Square

3: Using lightning as a source, what did Luigi Galvani famously make twitch in the mid-1780s?
• Frog legs
• Mouse tails
• Turkey wings

4: What is still measured today by the medieval unit of measurement called the “butt”?
• Wine
• Fat
• Corn

ANSWERS: show

1. John D. Rockefeller (both right)
2. Colosseum (Raj right; Josh: Forum)
3. Frog legs (Raj right; Josh: Mouse tails)
4. Wine (Raj right; Josh: Corn)

ANSWERS: show

1. Josh 1 Raj 1
John D. Rockefeller
2. Josh 1 Raj 2
Colosseum (Josh: Forum)
3. Josh 1 Raj 3
Frog legs (Josh: Mouse tails)
4. Josh 1 Raj 4
Wine (Josh: Corn)

The round ended there because it was impossible for Josh to beat Raj. Sherri said he earned another $1,000, bringing his total winnings to $11,000. So if a player does win that $10,000, it includes the $1,000 for the first 3 rounds. My goodness!

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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