GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (7-26-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Friday, July 26, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is So ‘Appy.

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:
Raj Dhuwalia, Arianna Haut and Ryan Chaffee

Today’s contestants:
Thembi, Allison and Shadan

In Round 1, Thembi chose APPS instead of Grains and she chose expert Ryan. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Ryan gets it wrong.

1. In the early days of the ride-sharing app Lyft, drivers used what to mark their cars?
• Pink mustaches
• Pink antlers
• Pink polka dots

2. Which of these is the name of one of the most popular programming languages for apps?
• Anaconda
• Python
• Rattler

3. The original 2006 version of what social media app’s mascot was nicknamed “Larry”?
• Snapchat
• Twitter
• Vine

4. Which digital assitant began her life as a research project backed by the U.S. Department of Defense?
• Alexa
• Siri
• Cortana

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Thembi 200 Allison 100 Shadan 150

In Round 2, as the leader, Thembi picked THE NUMBER THIRTEEN and not Grains. 100 points for each correct answer. Arianna was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Which of these was said during the Apollo 13 moon mission?
• “That’s one small step for man…”
• “The Eagle has landed.”
• “Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”

2. Which element on the periodic table has an atomic number of 13?
• Gallium
• Aluminum
• Lithium

3. Which ancient calendar was comprised of 20 period of 13 days?
• Sumerian
• Tzolk’in
• Athenian

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Thembi 400 Allison 200 Shadan 450

In Round 3, Shadan chose JOURNALISTS and not Kingdoms. 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. Raj is this round’s expert.

1: Who became the first woman to anchor a major network nightly newscast in 1976?
• Connie Chung
• Andrea Mitchell
• Barbara Walters

2: What newspaper editor played a key role in both the release of the Pentagon Papers and exposing the Watergate Scandal?
• Bob Woodward
• Ben Bradlee
• Phil Graham

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Thembi 800 Allison 800 Shadan 1250

The round ended with 2 questions because the ladies could not defeat Shadan. He 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 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: Who said at his first inauguration that “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”?
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Barack Obama
• Abraham Lincoln

2: Built in Salem over 350 years ago, the House of the Gables inspired the literary classic by what author?
• Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Washington Irving
• Herman Melville

3: Commonly used as a response to a sneeze, what does the German word “gesundheit” actually mean?
• Cheers
• Peace
• Health

4: What country’s flag has been continually used the longest without any changes?
• Nepal
• Denmark
• Turkey

5: A group of wild rabbits is often called what?
• Huffle
• Puffle
• Fluffle

ANSWERS: show

Things were looking good halfway through there but those last 2 tripped Shadan up and he lost the round to Ryan. Shadan just won the $1,000 and we’ll see 3 new players on Monday.

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.)

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