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

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Monday, August 19, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “In Raj We Trust.”

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, Ken Jennings and Raj Dhuwalia

Today’s contestants:
Sandy, Jennifer and Kimberly

In Round 1, Sandy chose SCIENCE instead of Royalty and he chose expert Ken. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Ken gets it wrong.

1. When viewed from the Earth, what is the brightest planet in the night sky?
• Mars
• Venus
• Mercury

2. Ichthyology is the scientific study of the almost 28,000 species of what?
• Reptiles
• Insects
• Fish

3. At what temperatures do the degrees on Fahrenheit and Celsius thermometers match?
• 32 degrees
• 0 degrees
• -40 degrees

4. What element is represented on the periodic table by “SN”?
• Silicon
• Tungsten
• Tin

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Sandy 200 Jennifer 100 Kimberly 050

In Round 2, as the leader, Sandy picked BIRDS OF PREY and not Royalty. 100 points for each correct answer. Muffy was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Which of these birds reaches speeds of 200 mph when dive-bombing prey?
• The peregrine falcon
• The merlin
• The American kestrel

2. Weighing up to 33 pounds, which of these has the longest wingspan of any bird of prey?
• The Andean condor
• Steller’s sea eagle
• The Himalayan vulture

3. Which of the following can be indicated by the color of an owl’s eyes?
• Whether it’s mating season or not
• Its gender
• What time of day it hunts

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Sandy 400 Jennifer 200 Kimberly 150

In Round 3, Sandy chose THE U.S. SENATE and not Fashion. 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. Raj is this round’s expert.

1: According to the U.S. Constitution, a senator must be which of these?
• Twenty-five years of age
• Free of a criminal past
• A U.S. citizen for nine years

2: Who is the first President to have previously served in the Senate?
• John Quincy Adams
• James Monroe
• Thomas Jefferson

3: Which of these positions requires approval of the Senate?
• National Security Advisor
• NASA Administrator
• White House Press Secretary

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Sandy 1000 Jennifer 600 Kimberly 550

Sandy 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: The Aztec ruler Montezuma used to drink cup after cup of what beverage from a golden goblet?
• Coffee
• Chocolate
• Tequila

2: Which woman most recently joined the ranks of Supreme Court Justices?
• Elena Kagan
• Sonia Sotomayor
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

3: What Ivy League school’s mascot is a bulldog named Handsome Dan?
• Dartmouth
• Princeton
• Yale

4: Which cut of beef originates closest to the cow’s rear end?
• Ribeye
• Sirloin
• Chuck

ANSWERS: show

Sandy reached the end of the road on Question No. 4 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.)

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