GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show (6-20-19)

Here’s a recap of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Thursday, June 20, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. This episode’s title is “The Cookie Lady.”

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, Muffy Marracco and Raj Dhuwalia

Today’s contestants:
Lisa, Reba and Doris

In Round 1, Lisa chose AMERICAN FOLKLORE instead of Queens and she chose expert Muffy. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Muffy gets it wrong.

1. The legendary folklore hero John Henry famously squared off against a steam-powered device built to do what job?
• Drill into rock
• Cut down trees
• Shovel coal

2. A statue of a mythical rabbit with antlers stands in downtown Douglas, the self-proclaimed “Jackalope Capital of the World,” in what state?
• Montana
• Wyoming
• Oregon

3. The folk character Johnny Appleseed is based on what real-life wanderer who planted cider apples trees from Pennsylvania to Ohio?
• John Chapman
• John Bradford
• Johnny Smith

4. Which of the following cowboy legends is a fictional character?
• Buffalo Bill
• Pecos Bill
• Wild Bill Hickok

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Lisa 100 – Reba 150 – Doris 150

In Round 2, Reba picked BODILY NOISES and not Queens. 100 points for each correct answer. Ryan was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Which of these best explains why you don’t hear your stomach growl after you’ve eaten?
• Food dampens the sound
• The stomach stops growling when full
• Selective hearing

2. When bubbles of nitrogen and other gases burst in your synovial fluid you are most likely to hear the sound of what?
• Ear popping
• Wheezing
• Knuckle cracking

3. What bodily noise is known medically as “eructation”?
• Tooth grinding
• Burping
• Ear ringing

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Lisa 500 – Reba 450 – Doris 350

In Round 3, Lisa chose MACHINES and not Journalists. 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: According to Guinness World Records, in 1971 Ray Tomlinson sent the first ever what?
• Fax
• Email
• Text

2: The first “vending machine” was a coin-operated device that dispensed what inside churches?
• Relics
• Holy water
• Prayer books

3: “The Ghost in the Machine” is a term coined by philosopher Gilbert Ryle in a criticism of which other famous philosopher?
• René Descartes
• Michel Foucault
• Friedrich Nietzsche

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Lisa 500 – Reba 1050 – Doris 1150

Doris 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: Which author created private eye Philip Marlowe?
• Dashiell Hammett
• Raymond Chandler
• James M. Cain

2: Who was the first U.S. President to have a mustache during his time in office?
• Rutherford B. Hayes
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Grover Cleveland

3: What country’s major seaport is Alexandria?
• Greece
• Jordan
• Egypt

4: The word “eureka” is originally attributed to what scientist?
• Archimedes
• Galileo
• Aristotle

5: Which poem traditionally has the most lines?
• Sonnet
• Haiku
• Sestina

ANSWERS: show

Doris and Muffy ended up tied so Doris went on to 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: The Canary Islands were named after what animal?
• Fish
• Dog
• Bird

ANSWER: show

Doris’ incorrect response meant she was taking home $1,000 and there will be 3 new contestants in Friday’s game. By the way, during the “meet the contestants” part of the show, it came out that Doris was known more by “The Cookie Lady” than her own name so that’s where the show title came from. It felt like they were giving away the winner there.

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