GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show (7-11-19)

Here’s a recap of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Thursday, July 11, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. This episode’s title is “Sporting Good Time.”

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:
Arianna Haut, Ryan Chaffee and Raj Dhuwalia

Today’s contestants:
Eric, Alastair and Aalilyah

In Round 1, Eric chose ROADS instead of Prohibition and he chose expert Arianna. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Arianna gets it wrong.

1. If you take the historic Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica, which of these sites will you arrive at last?
• Petrified Forest
• Grand Canyon Caverns
• Gateway Arch

2. The biblical story of Paul’s conversion takes place on the road between Damascus and which city?
• Bethlehem
• Jerusalem
• Jericho

3. I-90,, the longest route in the U.S. interstate system, runs between which two cities?
• Los Angeles and Jacksonville
• San Diego and New York
• Seattle and Boston

4. The Silk Road was a trade route opened up during which Chinese dynasty?
• Han Dynasty
• Ming Dynasty
• Song Dynasty

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Eric 250 Alastair 100 Aalilyah 100

In Round 2, as the leader, Eric picked SPORTS and not Prohibition. 100 points for each correct answer. Raj was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Which nation has won the FIFA World Cup more than any other?
• United States
• Spain
• Brazil

2. At the 1980 Winter Olympics, what sportscaster announced “Do you believe in miracles?” during the U.S. hockey teams win over the U.S.S.R.?
• Al Michaels
• Howard Cosell
• Marv Albert

3. Which sport was invented in the United States?
• Golf
• Volleyball
• Table tennis

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Eric 550 Alastair 300 Aalilyah 300

In Round 3, Eric chose COLD THINGS and not Love Stories. 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. Ryan is this round’s expert.

1: Who is credited with inventing the quick freezing method, which produces the type of frozen foods that we eat today?
• Clarence Birdseye
• Arthur Perdue
• Carl A. Swanson

2: Besides Neptune, what is known as the other “ice giant” in our solar system?
• Uranus
• Pluto
• Saturn

3: What was the name given to the 5000-year-old frozen mummy discovered in 1991, in the Alpine mountains between Austria and Italy?
• Ötzi the Iceman
• Man of Bronze
• Lucy

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Eric 1750 Alastair 900 Aalilyah 900

Eric 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 Arianna. 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 is the birth name of Prince Harry’s wife?
• Meghan Rachel Markle
• Rachel Meghan Markle
• Meghan Mary Markle

2: Which of these is mentioned in both the Toto and Weezer versions of the song “Africa”?
• Serengeti
• Madagascar
• Casablanca

3: What country features a bible on its national flag?
• Dominican Republic
• Cuba
• Panama

4: The Tonka brand of toys is named after what body of water?
• A lake
• A lagoon
• A sea

5: What is the only U.S. State to form by seceding from a Confederate state during the Civil War?
• North Carolina
• West Virginia
• South Dakota

ANSWERS: show

Eric beat Arianna (badly, we might add) and he won $10,000. He will be back tomorrow when, hopefully, he will be our first $20K champ. Eric knows stuff!!

They beat the experts – List of contestants who won the last round

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