GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (7-29-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Monday, July 29, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “So Trustworthy.”

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 and Raj Dhuwalia

Today’s contestants:
Phuong, Avis and Cassie

In Round 1, Phuong chose DOG BREEDS instead of Coffee and she chose expert Raj. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Raj gets it wrong.

1. The American Kennel Club places the Siberian Husky in which official group?
• Working
• Herding
• Non-sporting

2. In 2018, people of what state voted to outlaw the racing of greyhounds by 2021?
• California
• Florida
• Texas

3. In spite of its name, which dog breed was actually developed in the U.S.?
• German shepherd
• Austrialian shepherd
• English foxhound

4. Known as “The King of the Terriers,” which of these is the largest breed of the terrier group?
• Cairn
• Scottish
• Airedale

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Phuong 050 Avis 150 Cassie 050

In Round 2, as the leader, Avis picked COFFEE and not Ireland. 100 points for each correct answer. Muffy was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Thanks to science, we now know that coffee is high in what compounds that protect cells from damaging free radicals?
• Amides
• Sulfates
• Antioxidants

2. After Brazil, what is the world’s largest producer of coffee?
• Vietnam
• Tanzania
• China

3. People pay top dollar for Indonesian kopi luwak, which are coffee beans that have gone through what process?
• Eaten and passed by civets
• Naturally roasted in volcanos
• Soaked for 3 months in brine

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Phuong 450 Avis 250 Cassie 250

In Round 3, Phuong chose TRADITIONS and not Famous Lawyers. 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: What do Canadians traditionally do on Victoria Day, celebrated at the end of May?
• Take a mud bath
• Bury a time capsule
• Start the spring garden

2: Going back almost 200 years, the secret student society Skull and Bones was founded at which Ivy League university?
• Harvard
• Yale
• Columbia

3: What country gives all new moms a Kela maternity package in a box that doubles as a crib?
• Sweden
• Finland
• Denmark

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Phuong 850 Avis 450 Cassie 650

Phuong 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 Raj. 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 French design house is known for its trademarked, red-lacquered sole shoes?
• Louis Vuitton
• Christian Louboutin
• Christian Dior

2: The Parthenon in Greece was dedicated to which Greek deity?
• Athena
• Apollo
• Aphrodite

3: Which part of your body is made up of the highest percentage of water?
• Brain
• Lungs
• Bones

4: Who famously wrote “Neither a borrower nor a lender be”?
• Julius Caesar
• William Shakespeare
• Benjamin Franklin

5: Who was the first person to run the mile in under four minutes?
• Roger Bannister
• Carl Lewis
• Hicham El Guerrouj

ANSWERS: show

Oopsie on the last one. That cost Phuong her chance to take on the Ultimate Trivia Question for $10,000. She wins $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.)

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