GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (8-1-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Thursday, August 1, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “Pitch Perfect.

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, Susannah Brooks and Jonathan Corbblah

Today’s contestants:
John, Kevin and Thandi
John is a returning champion and winner of $10K on yesterday’s show.

In Round 1, John chose VICE PRESIDENTS instead of Musical Notes and he chose expert Susannah. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Susannah gets it wrong.

1. Famously referenced by Vice Presidential candidate Richard Nixon in a 1952 speech, what was “Checkers”?
• A dog
• His favorite diner
• A town in Iowa

2. When did Aaron Burr go into hiding to avoid being arrested for dueling with Alexander Hamilton?
• Before he was Vice President
• While he was Vice President
• After he was Vice President

3. What was distinctive about Hannibal Hamlin’s Vice Presidential career?
• He became VP under two presidents
• He was really a Canadian citizen
• He was the first Republican VP

4. Who was the first Vice President to live in the official Vice President’s residence on the ground of the Naval Observatory?
• Walter Mondale
• Calvin Coolidge
• Harry S. Truman

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: John 150 Kevin 150 Thandi 050

In Round 2, Kevin picked MUSICAL NOTES and not The Number Thirteen. 100 points for each correct answer. Jonathan was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Which rock guitarist holds a PhD in astrophysics?
• Brian May from Queen
• Nancy Wilson from Heart
• Pete Townshend from The Who

2. Who was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
• Diana Ross
• Janis Joplin
• Aretha Franklin

3. In the Leonard Cohen song “Hallelujah,” who is he referring to when he sings about “the Baffled King”?
• King Herod
• King David
• King Solomon

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: John 250 Kevin 250 Thandi 350

In Round 3, Thandi chose THE LOUVRE and not Nature. 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: Before her permanent move to the Louvre, the Mona Lisa spent several years hanging in what location?
• The Pope’s salon
• Napoleon’s bedroom
• William VI’s library

2: Dan Brown’s bestseller “The Da Vinci Code” begins in the Louvre, where what painting featuring the Virgin Mary presents a key clue?
• Madonna of the Rocks
• Virgin of the Lilies
• The Last Supper

3: Standing at the top of a massive museum staircase, the famous sculpture of Winged Victory at Samothrace is missing what?
• Her head
• Her left leg
• Her right wing

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: John 1050 Kevin 650 Thandi 550

John wins $1,000 and gets a second chance to win $10,000 by taking on a set of 5 more questions and getting more of them right than Susannah. 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: The name Malibu comes from a Native American word that means what in English?
• Where the surf sounds loudly
• Where the sun burns brightly
• Where the wind blows warmly

2: Which Catholic saint is the patron saint of librarians?
• St. Bibiana
• St. Jerome
• St. Bernardette

3: Which Ivy League university is home to an a cappella singing group called The Whiffenpoofs?
• Harvard
• Princeton
• Yale

4: Which of these products was invented by a doctor from Germany?
• Dr. Martens
• Dr. Pepper
• Dr. Scholl’s

ANSWERS: show

With that, John became the first $20,000 winner on The Best Ever Trivia Show and the first contestant to have a real shot at joining the show’s team of experts. Way to go, John, and best of luck tomorrow!

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.)

See the pool of trivia experts participating in The Best Ever Trivia Show