GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (8-15-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Thursday, August 15, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “On Porpoise.”

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, Raj Dhuwalia, Ken Jennings

Today’s contestants:
Denise, Amy and Phil

In Round 1, Denise chose SWEETS instead of Under the Sea and she chose expert Muffy. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Muffy gets it wrong.

1. Which of these is used to make marzipan, an often-fluffy, malleable confection?
• Hazelnut
• Almond
• Vanilla bean

2. Which of these nutrients can you obtain by eating dark chocolate?
• Folate
• Iron
• Vitamin D

3. Using in matching amounts, which of these artificial sweeteners is the sweetest?
• Equal
• Splenda
• Stevia

4. Names for the founder of the Girl Scouts, what Girl Scout cookie was only available for a limited time in the ’80s & ’90s?
• Olivias
• Carolines
• Juliettes

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Denise 100 Amy 150 Phil 100

In Round 2, as the leader, Amy picked UNDER THE SEA and not Getting in Shape. 100 points for each correct answer. Raj was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. What critically acclaimed BBC series narrated by David Attenborough explores ocean life?
• What Do You Sea?
• The Blue Planet
• The Life Aquatic

2. In the song “Under the Sea” from Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” the newt play the flute and the carp play the harp, but what fish “play the bass”?
• The clownfish
• The plaice
• The bass

3. What is the name of the tiny, sausage-like creature also known as a water bear or moss piglet that can be found in the deepest part of the ocean?
• Tardigrade
• Gastrotrich
• Loricifera

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Denise 200 Amy 350 Phil 400

In Round 3, Phil chose SHAKESPEARE and not Road Trip. 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: Who is the mischievous fairy Robin Goodfellow from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” better known as?
• Queen Mab
• Puck
• Oberon

2: Complete this line from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more…” What?
• Fair
• Temperate
• True

3: In the world of Shakespearean conspiracy theories, who do “Oxfordians” believe was the real Shakespeare?
• Queen Elizabeth I
• A group of English professors
• Edward de Vere

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Denise 1000 Amy 1150 Phil 1400

Phil 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. 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: Which of these is a perennial vegetable?
• Asparagus
• Celery
• Turnip

2: What was the last original Beatles album released in the U.S.?
• Let It Be
• Abbey Road
• Hey Jude

3: What is the name of the ship where the Japanese signed their surrender in WWII?
• U.S.S. Iowa
• U.S.S. Missouri
• U.S.S. Lexington

4: Known as “The River of No Return,” the Salmon River is located in what state?
• Idaho
• Montana
• Oregon

ANSWERS: show

Phil lost the round to Raj on the 4th question 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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