GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show (6-17-19)

Here’s a recap of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Monday, June 17, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. This episode’s title is “Misremembering.”

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:
Jonathan Corbblah, Muffy Marracco, David Schuchinski

Today’s contestants:
Stacy, Madeleine and Shane

In Round 1, Stacy chose HAIR instead of Hares and she chose expert Jonathan. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Jonathan gets it wrong.

1. Likes hooves, horns, and wool, hair is made primarily of what structural protein?
• Collagen
• Keratin
• Elastin

2. Which hair color results when hair only has small amounts of both eumelanin and pheomelanin?
• Blond
• Red
• Brown

3. When we wash our hair, we’re only touching what outer surface of the hair shaft?
• The cortex
• The cuticle
• The medulla

4. Which is an example of “terminal hair”?
• Beard hair
• “Peach fuzz” on your arm
• Nose hair

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Stacy 250 – Madeleine 150 – Shane 200

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

1. Which activity can some hares be seen doing during mating season, giving ris to the expression “mad as a march hare?”
• Rubbing each other’s bellies
• Howling at the moon
• Boxing

2. Which is the proper term for a hare under the age of one?
• Bunny
• Leveret
• Pup

3. Which is true of the snowshoe hare?
• They are noctural
• They are white all year round
• They hibernate

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Stacy 350 Madeleine 250 Shane 400

In Round 3, Shane chose THE WILD WEST and not Cold Things? 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. David is this round’s expert.

1: Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday took on a group of outlaws at the OK Corral in what town?
• Deadwood
• Tombstone
• Durango

2: What Wild West icon was born Phoebe Ann Moses?
• Calamity Jane
• Annie Oakley
• Belle Starr

3. What brothers joined forces with Frank and Jesse James to form a notorious outlaw gang?
• The Youngers
• The Daltons
• The Doolins

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Stacy 750 – Madeleine 1250 – Shane 800

Madeleine 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 Muffy. 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: Hoops, chandeliers and studs are all popular types of what?
• Shoes
• Earrings
• Belts

2: An estimated 3,000 euros are thrown daily into the famed Trevi Fountain in what city?
• Rome
• Naples
• Milan

3: What biblical queen drove a caravan of camels carryig spices and gold as gift for King Solomon?
• Queen of Sheba
• Queen of Egypt
• Queen of Babylonia

4: What is the name for the large indentation at the base of a bottle of wine?
• Punt
• Block
• Drop

5: Which of these things happened closest to the time of the Civil War?
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act
• The Louisiana Purchase
• The Missouri Compromise

ANSWERS: show

Madeleine and Muffy were tied at 5 right each so Madeleine got to play the Ultimate Trivia Question chosen by the experts before the show. She does not have to beat Muffy on this one. She just has to get it right.

For $10,000: In Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” what is the name of the ship Dracula travels on?
• Hestia
• Kratos
• Demeter

ANSWER: show

Madeleine’s incorrect response meant she was going home with $1,000 and there will be 3 new contestants in Tuesday’s game.

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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