GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (8-2-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Friday, August 2, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “Flattery Will Get You Everywhere.”

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:
Arianna Haut, David Schuchinski and Jonathan Corbblah

Today’s contestants:
John, Patricia and Barry
John is a 2x champ. He has won $20,000 and could be the first player to win a total of $30,000 and make the expert team if he is victorious today.

In Round 1, John chose HORSES instead of The 1980s and he chose expert Jonathan. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Jonathan gets it wrong.

1. Which brand is known for its commercials featuring a team of horses and a Dalmatian?
• Sprint
• Budweiser
• Oreo

2. Before American Pharoah won the Triple Crown in 2015, who was the last horse to have achieved the honor back in 1978?
• Assault
• Alydar
• Affirmed

3. Where can the sport of dressage, or dancing horses, trace its roots to?
• Ancient Greece
• 18th century Brazil
• 1920s India

4. What are the upper and lower parts of a horse’s tail called?
• Root and fringe
• Sprout and fly
• Dock and skirt

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: John 200 Patricia 150 Barry 150

In Round 2, as the leader, John picked FAMOUS WOMEN and not The 1980s. 100 points for each correct answer. David was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the first female member of Congress, was elected in the same decade as which historical event?
• Truman Doctrine
• Passage of the 19th Amendment
• The New Deal

2. What legendary singer was a mother of two by the age of 14?
• Joni Mitchell
• Patsy Cline
• Aretha Franklin

3. Which writer was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize?
• Toni Morrison
• Alice Walker
• Gwendolyn Brooks

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: John 200 Patricia 550 Barry 350

In Round 3, Patricia chose SPIES and not Physics. 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. Arianna is this round’s expert.

1: The host of what TV game show claimed he worked for the CIA as an assassin?
• The Gong Show
• The Dating Game
• The Price is Right

2: According to his daughter, who agreed to use his private jet to smuggle documents for the CIA if the government ignored his alleged Mafia ties?
• Wayne Newton
• Liberace
• Frank Sinatra

3: During WWII, which children’s author was an undercover agent attached to the British Embassy in Washington?
• Dr. Seuss
• C.S. Lewis
• Roald Dahl

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: John 1000 Patricia 1350 Barry 1550

Barry 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 Arianna. 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 cheese is traditionally made from whey?
• Ricotta
• Roquefort
• Fontina

2: What city is the hometown of filmmakers Barry Levinson and John Waters?
• Austin
• Baltimore
• Chicago

3: Prior to establishing the Rhodes Scholarships, what company was founded by Cecil Rhodes in 1888?
• De Beers
• Prudential
• Twinings

4: Antlers grown on both males and females of which deer species?
• Elk
• Moose
• Reindeer

5: What is the Secret Service code name for the Presidential state car?
• Stagecoach
• Cadillac One
• Beast

ANSWERS: show

Barry pulled off a tie with Arianna on that last question and he gets to play the Ultimate Trivia Question chosen by the experts before the show. He does not have to beat Arianna on this one. He just has to get it right.

For $10,000: Who served as the second President of the National Geographic Society?
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Mark Twain
• Theodore Roosevelt

ANSWER: show

Barry missed out on the $10,000 by getting that wrong. Sorry about that, Barry. You were a lot of fun and we were rooting for ya! Monday’s game will feature three new players.

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