GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (8-22-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Thursday, August 22, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “Fearless.”

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 Ken Jennings

Today’s contestants:
Lorna, Dave and Sindhu

In Round 1, Lorna chose REPTILES instead of Clowning Around and she chose expert Muffy. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Muffy gets it wrong.

1. At over 25 feet long, the record for longest snake held in captivity is of which species?
• Python
• Anaconda
• Boa constrictor

2. Which of these animals is a reptile?
• Horny toad
• Fire salamander
• Goliath frog

3. A close relative of the alligator, on which river are you most likely to find a caiman?
• Nile
• Amazon
• Ganges

4. Which of these is true about Komodo dragons?
• They can regenerate their tails
• They can reproduce asexually
• Their bite can cause hallucinations

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Lorna 000 Dave 000 Sindhu 000

In Round 2, as the leader, Lorna picked CLOWNING AROUND and not Revolutions. 100 points for each correct answer. Ken was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Which of these operas is mentioned in the Smokey Robinson song “Tears of a Clown”?
• Rigoletto
• Falstaff
• Pagliacci

2. Which of the following personalities is a clown college graduate?
• Al Roker
• Jim Carrey
• Penn Jillette

3. In the 1860s, the joker first appeared in a standard deck of playing cards for the purpose of being dealt in what game?
• Euchre
• Whist
• Canasta

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Lorna 100 Dave 100 Sindhu 100

In Round 3, Dave chose ROCKET SCIENCE and not American Painters. 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. Jonathan is this round’s expert.

1: What is the name of the rocket flight program started by Jeff Bezos?
• SpaceX
• Arrow Horizon
• Blue Origin

2: Who successfully tested the first rocket that used liquid fuel?
• Robert Goddard
• Clarence Hickman
• J. Robert Oppenheim

3: What is the only rocket used to launch manned missions to the moon?
• Titan IV
• Saturn V
• Atlas H

Scores at end of Round 3: Lorna 900 Dave 900 Sindhu 100

TIEBREAKER: (Fastest correct answer wins)
What is the first name of the protagonist in “The Catcher in the Rye”?
• Holden
• Harryl
• Humbert

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Lorna locked in the correct tiebreaker answer first so she 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. 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: The U.S. Census Bureau is part of what cabinet department?
• Commerce
• Energy
• Labor

2: Which paper was founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1801?
• The New York Herald Tribune
• The New York Post
• The New York Times

3: Representing potassium on the periodic table, what does the letter “K” stand for?
• Kryptium
• Kaolin
• Kalium

4: Mark Twain was born in 1835 in what Missouri town?
• Carthage
• Lebanon
• Florida

ANSWERS: show

Lorna lost the round to Ken by the 4th question and just won the $1,000.

They beat the experts – List of contestants who won the Ultimate Trivia Challenge

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