GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (8-23-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Friday, August 23, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “All Great Qualities.”

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:
Jonathan Corbblah, Ryan Chaffee and Muffy Marracco

Today’s contestants:
Jenna, Jackson, Adam

In Round 1, Jenna chose LIBRARIES instead of The Alps and she chose expert Muffy. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Muffy gets it wrong.

1. The Vatican Secret Archives were recently opened to journalists to dispel myths created by whom?
• The Illuminati
• Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
• Author Dan Brown

2. What are the names of the marble mascot lions outside the New York Public Library?
• Patience and Fortitude
• Liberty and Justice
• Truth and Wisdom

3. According to the ancient historian Plutarch, who is responsible for the fire that burned the great Library of Alexandria in 48 BC?
• Julius Caesar
• Emperor Nero
• Attila the Hun

4. The world’s oldest operational library founded by a woman first opened in the year 859 in what city?
• London, England
• Fez, Morocco
• Reykjavik, Iceland

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Jenna 050 Jackson 100 Adam 150

In Round 2, as the leader, Adam picked THE ALPS and not Cake. 100 points for each correct answer. Jonathan was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. What Swiss rescue dogs were also known as “Barry dogs”?
• Greater Swiss mountain dogs
• St. Bernards
• Bernese mountain dogs

2. What mountain straddles the Swiss-Italian border?
• Mont Blanc
• Weisshorn
• Matterhorn

3. What French alpine town was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924?
• Annecy
• Chamonix
• Chambery

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Jenna 350 Jackson 400 Adam 450

In Round 3, Adam chose ART and not The Marines. 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. Ryan is this round’s expert.

1: In Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous painting of the “Mona Lisa,” what jewelry is she wearing?
• A wedding ring
• A silver necklace
• No jewelry

2: The phrase “full-on Monet” from the 1995 movie “Clueless” refers to someone who is what?
• Only attractive from afar and not up close
• Highly impressionable
• Lives a sedentary lifestyle

3: Famed artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is associated with what movement?
• Neoclassicism
• Neo-Expressionism
• Neo-Conceptualism

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Jenna 1150 Jackson 800 Adam 1250

Adam 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 Jonathan. 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: What state contains Nassau, Santa Rosa and Broward counties?
• New York
• Florida
• California

2: Who was Prime Minister of the U.K. when the Brexit vote took place?
• Gordon Brown
• Theresa May
• David Cameron

3: After O Positive, what is the most common blood type found in humans?
• O Negative
• A Positive
• B Negative

4: What sport features moves called Rudolph, Randolph and Barani?
• Paintball
• Trampoline
• Motocross

ANSWERS: show

Adam won the round on the 4th question. That means his prize “rises” to $10,000 and he will return on Monday to try to double that. Congrats, Adam, and give our best regards to your yeast!

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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