GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show (6-24-19)

Here’s a recap of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Monday, June 24, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. This episode’s title is “My Knitting Circle.”

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 and Ken Jennings

Today’s contestants:
Corey, Alex and Cheryl

In Round 1, Corey chose SHOES instead of The Law and he chose expert Muffy. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Muffy gets it wrong.

1. What footwear got its name because its rubber soles do not make noise?
• Ballet flats
• Sneakers
• Hush puppies

2. For Radio City Music Hall’s annual Christmas spectacular, each Rockette has what installed in the heels of her shoes?
• Microphones
• Lights
• Tracking devices

3. In an early draft of MGM’s screenplay for “The Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy’s ruby slippers were originally what color?
• Gold
• Silver
• Emerald

4. Who was the last astronaut to leave his footprint on the moon?
• Buzz Aldrin
• Eugene Cernan
• Neil Armstrong

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Corey 50 – Alex 0 – Cheryl 100

In Round 2, as the leader, Cheryl picked RIVALRIES and not The Law. 100 points for each correct answer. Jonathan was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. The 1989 book “The Divine Feud” was re-released in 2017 after increased interest in what notorious rivalry?
• Princess Diana and Camilla Parker Bowles
• Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots
• Bette Davis and Joan Crawford

2. Where did the sparks first fly between lifelong enemies Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison?
• On the job
• At university
• During a wedding

3. Which sports rivals were privately friends before they faced off against each other professionally?
• Magic Johnson and Larry Bird
• Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier
• Monica Seles and Steffi Graf

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Corey 250 – Alex 300 – Cheryl 200

In Round 3, Alex chose MEAT and not NATIVE AMERICANS? 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. Ken is this round’s expert.

1: A Delmonico steak is a thick cut of meat named after a mid-19th century restaurant in what city?
• Chicago
• New York
• Philadelphia

2: Lady Gaga’s 2010 “meat dress” was made of a thin meat called “matambre” in Argentina, which is closest to what cut in the U.S.?
• Skirt steak
• Flank steak
• Sirloin stead

3: Mark Post, a Dutch pharmacologist, made history in 2013 when he ate what freshly invented food?
• A hamburger made in a lab
• A synthetic “chicken”
• A hybrid lamb/cow flank

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Corey 1050 – Alex 700 – Cheryl 800

Corey 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. 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: The main headquarters for LEGO is located in what country?
• Denmark
• Germany
• The Netherlands

2: Nadia Comaneci received the first ever perfect “10” in gymnastics for which event?
• Floor
• Beams
• Bars

3: Which word is the indefinite article in the sentence, “I picked an apple.”?
• I
• an
• apple

4: On which of these reptiles would you find a plastron?
• Turtle
• Crocodile
• Iguana

5: According to Guinness World Records, which country has the oldest daily newspaper still in operation?
• England
• Lithuania
• Austria

ANSWERS: show

So it was the $1,000 prize for Corey and 3 new contestants for us in tomorrow’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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