GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (7-25-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Thursday, July 25, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “Playing Like the Bosses.”

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:
David Schuchinski, Arianna Haut, Jonathan Corbblah

Today’s contestants:
Alex, Shannon, Chelsea

In Round 1, Alex chose FAMOUS COUPLES instead of Country Names and she chose expert Jonathan. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Jonathan gets it wrong.

1. Frida Kahlo was married to what other notable painter?
• Pablo Picasso
• Francisco Goya
• Diego Rivera

2. F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald were part of a group of American writers living in France known as what?
• The Silent Generation
• The Lost Generation
• La Belle Époque

3. “Frankenstein” author Mary Shelley’s husband wrote which of the following poems?
• Ozymandias
• Annabel Lee
• The Tyger

4. In 2007, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner succeeded her husband as President of what country?
• Chile
• Panama
• Argentina

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Alex 000 Shannon 000 Chelsea 000

In Round 2, as the leader, Shannon picked BEARS and not Country Names. 100 points for each correct answer. Arianna was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Which of these fictional bears appeared first?
• Paddington
• Winnie-the-Pooh
• Corduroy

2. Compared to other bear species, sun bears have the longest what?
• Fur
• Claws
• Snouts

3. Portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant,” who was the real-life fur trapper that survived a bear attack?
• John Ashley
• Aldis Lebeau
• Hugh Glass

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Alex 300 Shannon 250 Chelsea 300

In Round 3, Chelsea chose GETTING IN SHAPE and not Economics. 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. David is this round’s expert.

1: If you’re feeling down, exercise can help because it boosts the activity of what chemical in the brain?
• Vasopressin
• Serotonin
• Cortisol

2: Dancer Beto Pérez created what program that became a fitness craze?
• Zumba
• Pilates
• Capoeira

3: Done primarily for relaxation purposes “tai chi chuan” translates into what in English?
• Not for fighting
• Very slow moving
• Supreme ultimate fist

Scores at end of Round 3: Alex 1300 Shannon 1050 Chelsea 1300

TIEBREAKER: (Fastest correct answer wins)
Which of these bands had a #1 hit in 1969 with “Honky Tonk Women”?
• The Doors
• The Beatles
• The Rolling Stones

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Chelsea locked in the correct answer first. She 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. 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 U.S. President had the Secret Service code name “Rawhide”?
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Ronald Reagan
• James Buchanan

2: What chemical element is also known as quicksilver?
• Nickel
• Lithium
• Mercury

3: What book series takes place in the dystopian nation of Panem?
• The Hunger Games
• The Lord of the Rings
• Twilight

4: One of the most important documents in Western Civilization, the Magna Carta was written in what language?
• French
• Old English
• Latin

ANSWERS: [spoiler]
1. Chelsea 0 Arianna 1
Ronald Reagan (Chelsea: Eisenhower)
2. Chelsea 0 Arianna 2
Mercury (Chelsea: Lithium)
3. Chelsea 1 Arianna 3
The Hunger Games
4. Chelsea 2 Arianna 4
Latin

At that point, Chelsea had no chance to beat Arianna, so there was no 5th question and Chelsea won the $1,000.

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