GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (7-16-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Tuesday, July 16, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “It’s Always a Party.”

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:
Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Ryan Chaffee

Today’s contestants:
Victor, Sister Rose and Chris

In Round 1, Victor chose LET’S PARTY instead of American Women and he chose expert Ken. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Ken gets it wrong.

1. According to historians, the medieval drink “posset” was the inspiration for what Christmas party favorite?
• Eggnog
• Hot spiced cider
• Holiday fruit punch

2. What new twist on an old tradition is taking off for people like the rapper Drake, who did it for his 31st birthday?
• Un-birthday party
• A second bar mitzvah
• Debutante balls for men

3. The raucous Boston Tea Party was a very public act organized by what very secret organization?
• The Fathers of Independence
• The Brothers of Freedom
• The Sons of Liberty

4. Watched by millions each New Year’s Eve, the dropping ball in Times Square was inspired by what?
• A naval practice for time syncing
• A tradition from the Feast of Janus
• A marketing ploy for Thomas Edison

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Victor 100 Sister Rose 100 Chris 100

In Round 2, Sister Rose picked AMERICAN WOMEN and not Careers. 100 points for each correct answer. Muffy was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. In 1901, Annie Taylor told onlookers that no one should ever try it again, after becoming the first person to do what?
• Go over Niagara Falls in a barrel
• Run to the top of the Empire State Building
• Swim the English Channel

2. Which of his co-stars was Harry Belafonte talking about when he said “She was the right person in the right place at the wrong time?
• Josephine Baker
• Betty Grable
• Dorothy Dandridge

3. Which renowned writer received the French Legion of Honor for her humanitarian work during the First World War?
• Louisa May Alcott
• Edith Wharton
• Willa Cather

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Victor 300 Sister Rose 100 Chris 300

In Round 3, Chris chose EGYPTOLOGY and not Dairy. 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: What archaeologist earned worldwide fame when he discovered the tomb of King Tut in 1922?
• Charles Warren
• Howard Carter
• Leslie Alcock

2: Researcher in Vienna found a 1,600-year-old Egyptian papyrus containing a formula for what?
• Toothpaste
• Sunscreen
• Baby food

3: Octavian took control of Egypt after defeating Mark Antony and Cleopatra in what epic naval battle?
• Battle of Actium
• Battle of Cannae
• Battle of Thermopylae

Scores at end of Round 3: Victor 500 Sister Rose 500 Chris 500

TIEBREAKER: (Fastest correct answer wins)
What magical phrase does Ali Baba use to open a cave full of hidden treasures?
• Abracadabra
• Hocus pocus
• Open sesame

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Chris locked in the right answer the fastest so he won the $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 Ryan. 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: From 15th century Italy the Trionfi or “Triumph cards” are most closely related to which of these things today?
• Election ballots
• Tarot cards
• Name tags

2: In the traditional Japanese drama of kabuki, who are the only artists allowed to perform?
• Men
• Women
• Children

3: Who built the stratolaunch, the plane with the longest wingspan in the world?
• A retired NFL star
• The co-founder of Microsoft
• A Saudi prince

4: Of the estimated 10 quintillion individual insects on earth, about 10 quadrillion of them are what kind of bugs?
• Mosquitoes
• Ants
• Grubs

5: How many innings was the longest major league baseball game in history?
• 18 innings
• 26 innings
• 38 innings

ANSWERS: show

Chris won the round on the baseball clue. He also won $10,000 and the right to return tomorrow to give it another go. Congrats, Chris. It’s a rare feat!

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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