GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show (7-15-19)

Here’s a recap of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Monday, July 15, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. This episode’s title is “Running on Steam.”

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:
Susannah Brooks, Ken Jennings and Jonathan Corbblah

Today’s contestants:
Mary Ann, David and Joshua

In Round 1, Mary Ann chose FIRST LADIES instead of Pirates and she chose expert Susannah. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Susannah gets it wrong.

1. Who is the only First Lady to have held a U.S. cabinet position?
• Lady Bird Johnson
• Barbara Bush
• Hillary Clinton

2. Which First Lady launched the “Just Say No” drug abuse awareness campaign?
• Betty Ford
• Rosalynn Carter
• Nancy Reagan

3. Who have historians dubbed “The First Female President” after she secretly took over executive duties when her husband was ill?
• Edith Wilson
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Anna Harrison

4. Who was the youngest First Lady of the United States?
• Frances Cleveland
• Grace Coolidge
• Michelle Obama

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Mary Ann 150 David 150 Joshua 150

In Round 2, David picked IT’S ELECTRIC and not Pirates. 100 points for each correct answer. Jonathan was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Technically, the left slot on a standard polarized electric outlet is described as “neutral” while the right slot is described as what?
• Hot
• Juiced
• Negative

2. According to the Energy Information Agency, what state generates the most hydroelectricity in the U.S.?
• Washington
• Utah
• Florida

3. Whose many scientific contributions included inventing the battery?
• Andre-Marie Ampere
• Allesandro Volta
• Michael Faraday

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Mary Ann 350 David 350 Joshua 350

In Round 3, Joshua chose BIRDS and not Luxury Cars. 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: Which of these fine feathered friends has the largest eyes?
• Owl
• Ostrich
• Eagle

2: A 2017 Harvard study of an African grey parrot named Griffin found he fared better on certain intelligence tests than what other creature?
• A border collie
• A bottle-nosed dolphin
• A 4-year-old child

3: Brontornis and physornis were two types of what extinct group of birds who grew up to ten feet tall?
• The dodo
• The terror bird
• The mysterious starling

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Mary Ann 750 David 1350 Joshua 1150

David 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 Ken. 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: In 1919, the city of Boston suffered an industrial disaster when a tank holding what liquid broke, causing a massive flood?
• Milk
• Gin
• Molasses

2: In physics, the height of a wave is expressed by which property?
• Period
• Amplitude
• Wavelength

3: Which U.S. Supreme Court Justice also served as a governor?
• Salmon P. Chase
• Warren Burger
• John Marshall

4: A Malagasy is someone from what country?
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Madagascar

5: Who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize?
• Willa Cather
• Flannery O’Connor
• Edith Wharton

ANSWERS: show

And there goes another contestant who lost by one question. They really should give these players $200 for every question they get right in this round. It just feels so empty that most of the players end up playing this round for bupkis!

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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