GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (8-12-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Monday, August 12, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “Music To My Ears.”

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:
Ryan Chaffee, Susannah Brooks and Jonathan Corbblah

Today’s contestants:
Sarah, Amber and David

In Round 1, Sarah chose RADIO instead of Currency and she chose expert Jonathan. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Jonathan gets it wrong.

1. Which radio personality co-created the weekly countdown show “American Top 40”?
• Dick Clark
• Casey Kasem
• Wolfman Jack

2. Which Christmas song was the very first song ever played on the radio?
• Silent Night
• O Holy Night
• Joy to the World

3. Which community was the epicenter of a Martian invasion in the radio broadcast “War of the Worlds”?
• Grover Mills, NJ
• Sutters Farm, NE
• Mumfords Wood, NC

4. The sitcom “I Love Lucy” was partially based on Lucille Ball’s radio series known by what title?
• My Favorite Husband
• My Screwball Wife
• The Trouble with Redheads

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Sarah 250 Amber 050 David 200

In Round 2, as the leader, Sarah picked THE MUSE and not Currency. 100 points for each correct answer. Ryan was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Actress Rosanna Arquette inspired the title, but not the lyrics, for a song recorded by which American rock band?
• Aerosmith
• Toto
• REO Speedwagon

2. Which character in Dante’s “Divine Comedy” is believed to be named after his real-life muse?
• Francesca
• Beatrice
• Matilda

3. “Weeping Woman” and “Woman Dressing her Hair” were paintings inspired by the muse of which influential artist?
• Pablo Picasso
• Frida Kahlo (misspelled as Khalo)
• Salvador Dali

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Sarah 650 Amber 150 David 600

In Round 3, Sarah chose THE 2000s and not The Supreme Court. 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. Susannah is this round’s expert.

1: In 2003, which country successfully launched a manned space mission?
• South Korea
• China
• Japan

2: In May of 2000, which artist sold a record-breaking 1.76 million albums in one week?
• Britney Spears
• Eminem
• Mariah Carey

3: What super influential website debuted in 2005?
• eBay
• Twitter
• YouTube

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Sarah 1450 Amber 950 David 1400

Sarah 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. 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: What was Laszlo Biro’s profession when he invented the ballpoint pen?
• Physician
• Journalist
• Attorney

2: What meat is the center of the original Reuben sandwich?
• Corned beef
• Pastrami
• Brisket

3: What is the last name of the title sisters in the novel “Little Women”?
• March
• Reed
• Hawthorne

4: Each year around August, earthlings get a show of which spectacular meteor shower?
• The Perseids
• THe Geminids
• The Eta Aquarids

5: What does it mean if a pearl is described as baroque?
• It has a yellow tint
• It is antique
• It is irregularly shaped

ANSWERS: show

How lucky for Sarah that Ryan is a vegetarian! She beat him by one point and won $10,000. Sarah will return tomorrow to try to double that.

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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