GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (8-13-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Tuesday, August 13, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “On the Move.”

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:
Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah and Susannah Brooks

Today’s contestants:
Sarah, Beau and Kathleen. Sarah is a returning champ. She won $10,000 yesterday.

In Round 1, Sarah chose THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION instead of Woodwind Instruments and she chose expert Susannah. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Susannah gets it wrong.

1. Who successfully defended the British soldiers for their part in the Boston Massacre?
• John Hancock
• John Adams
• Aaron Burr

2. The painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware” depicts Washington and his men en route to what city?
• Middletown
• Newburgh
• Trenton

3. In 1776, the Continental Congress voted that “United States” of America would replace what other name that was popular at the time?
• United Colonies
• Confederated Colines
• Independent Colonies

4. Breed’s Hill was the site of which of these events?
• The surrender of Cornwallis
• The Battle of Bunker Hill
• Nathan Hale’s capture

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Sarah 050 Beau 050 Kathleen 250

In Round 2, as the leader, Kathleen picked FRUIT and not Woodwind Instruments. 100 points for each correct answer. Jonathan was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Wake up! Which of these fruits has the most caffeine?
• Apples
• Pears
• Neither fruit contains caffeine

2. A cup of which of these fruits contains the most Vitamin C?
• Kiwi
• Orange
• Papaya

3. Because it has multiple seeds, a banana is technically categorized as what?
• A vegetable
• A berry
• A legume

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Sarah 350 Beau 150 Kathleen 550

In Round 3, Kathleen chose NEWSPAPERS and not Prehistoric Times. 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. Muffy is this round’s expert.

1: In 1913, the New York World became the first newspaper to print what?
• A crossword puzzle
• A sports section
• A political cartoon

2: The name of which newspaper contains a synonym for a 5-cent piece?
• The Times-Picayune
• Sacramento Bee
• Argus

3: What U.S. daily newspaper used the phrase “Older than the Nation” on their 250th anniversary?
• The New Hampshire Union Leader
• The Roanoke Times
• The Hartford Courant

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Sarah 1150 Beau 150 Kathleen 1350

Kathleen 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 Jonathan. 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: A sausage common to many Spanish and Latin American dishes, chorizo is typically made of which meat?
• Pork
• Beef
• Lamb

2: The medical term “syndactyly” refers to a condition where a person is born with which body parts fused together?
• Ankles
• Knees
• Fingers or toes

3: If you look very closely, which country features a diminutive dragon on its flag?
• Croatia
• Malta
• Slovenia

4: The 25 ft. tall New York City statue known as “Civic Fame” was erected in 1913 to commemorate what event?
• The end of Prohibition
• The uniting of the five boroughs
• The opening of Central Park

5: According to an MSN study, which of these historical figures was the richest, when adjusted for inflation?
• King William the Conqueror
• African Emperor Mansa Musa
• Tsar Nicholas II of Russia

ANSWERS: show

Kathleen lost that round to Jonathan and just won the $1,000.

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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