GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (8-21-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Wednesday, August 21, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “Ever-Keen.”

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:
Ken Jennings, Arianna Haut and Raj Dhuwalia

Today’s contestants:
Vanessa, Neeb and Bryant

In Round 1, Vanessa chose NICKNAMES instead of Amusement Parks and she chose expert Arianna. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Arianna gets it wrong.

1. Which blues singer named all of his guitars “Lucille”?
• B.B. King
• Muddy Waters
• Ray Charles

2. Which American First Lady was nicknamed “The Enforcer”?
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Barbara Bush
• Mary Todd Lincoln

3. On December 18, 1990, the legislature of what state decided that its citizens would be designated “Bay Staters”?
• Louisiana
• Delaware
• Massachusetts

4. What is Prince Philip’s pet name for Queen Elizabeth?
• Lentil
• Cabbage
• Walnut

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Vanessa 200 Neeb 050 Bryant 100

In Round 2, as the leader, Vanessa picked EVERGREENS and not Amusement Parks. 100 points for each correct answer. Raj was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Though it sounds like the toxin taken by Socrates, the ASPCA confirms what evergreen is non-toxic for animals?
• Juniper
• Hemlock
• Spruce

2. Which evergreen tree’s resin was used for treating wounds during the Civil War?
• The Scotch pine
• The noble fir
• The balsam fir

3. The tallest living tree belongs to what species?
• Coast redwood
• Stone pine
• Red cedar

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Vanessa 600 Neeb 450 Bryant 300

In Round 3, Vanessa chose LITERATURE and not Government. 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: Stephen King’s 2013 novel “Doctor Sleep” is a sequel to what 1977 classic?
• The Shining
• It
• Carrie

2: Which book begins with the line: “This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it”?
• The Princess Bride
• The Neverending Story
• The Gruffalo

3: Which author of “Their Eyes Were Watching God” collected folklore from the American South?
• Zora Neale Hurston
• Octavia Butler
• Maya Angelou

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Vanessa 1400 Neeb 1450 Bryant 900

Neeb 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 Ken. 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 national flag of which country looks exactly the same when turned upside down?
• China
• Greece
• Austria

2: Due to the angle of its axis, which planet in the solar system appears to be tilted on its side?
• Neptune
• Jupiter
• Uranus

3: Magnesium, as well as which other mineral, can aid in the body’s absorption of calcium?
• Boron
• Potassium
• Zinc

4: Before she became his wife, what was Catherine of Aragon’s relation to King Henry VIII?
• Stepsibling
• First cousin
• Sister-in-law

5: The mangrove killifish, which can live for months outside the water, is native to what region?
• Southeast Asia
• The Americas
• Oceania

ANSWERS: show

Neeb and Ken ended the round in a tie so Neeb got to play the Ultimate Trivia Question chosen by the experts before the show. He does not have to beat Ken on this one. He just has to get it right.

For $10,000: Which branch of the military is in charge of the mess hall located on the ground floor of the West Wing?
• The Navy
• The Air Force
• The Army

ANSWER: show

Unfortunately, Neeb picked the wrong mess hall crew. He won $1,000, but it would have been $1,200 if they were giving away $200 per correct answer for the last round. 😲

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