GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (8-30-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Friday, August 30th, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “Acing the Test.”

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:
Raj Dhuwalia, Ken Jennings, Susannah Brooks

Today’s contestants:
Jennie, Daniel and Andy

In Round 1, Jennie chose BACK TO SCHOOL instead of Native Americans and she chose expert Susannah. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Susannah gets it wrong.

1. Which of these is an Ivy League school?
• Stanford
• Columbia
• MIT

2. Which of these institutions is most likely to offer a graduate degree?
• College
• University
• Academy

3. The oldest public school in the U.S. that is still in operation is located in what city?
• Boston
• Albany
• Washington, D.C.

4. Which college has both a male and female version of their mascot named Albert and Alberta?
• University of Wisconsin
• University of Florida
• UC Berkeley

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Jennie 200 Daniel 200 Andy 200

In Round 2, Daniel picked THEATRE and not Native Americans. 100 points for each correct answer. Ken was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Which of these playwrights has won the most Tony Awards?
• Neil Simon
• Harold Pinter
• Tennessee Williams

2. The songs “All I Ask of You” and “The Music of the Night” are from which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?
• Cats
• Jesus Christ Superstar
• The Phantom of the Opera

3. Which Shakespeare play contains the famous line, “To thine own self be true”?
• Hamlet
• Macbeth
• Romeo & Juliet

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Jennie 500 Daniel 500 Andy 500

In Round 3, Andy chose COMPUTERS and not Fish. 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: “Error Code 500” while surfing the internet indicates a problem with which of the following?
• Your internet service provider
• Your internet browser
• The website you are visiting

2: Which of these is a computer programming language?
• Linux
• Java
• Open source

3: Which country has the highest percentage of internet users?
• Japan
• Canada
• Norway

Scores at end of Round 3: Jennie 1300 Daniel 1300 Andy 900

TIEBREAKER: (Fastest correct answer wins)
Pompeii was buried by an eruption from which volcano
• Fuji
• Krakatoa
• Vesuvius

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Daniel locked in the right answer the fastest. He 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: Which newspaper is nicknamed “The Gray Lady?
• The Times of London
• The New York Times
• The Washington Post

2: The island of Elba belongs to what country?
• Italy
• France
• Spain

3: Due to a metal shortage during WWII, Academy Award statuettes were made of what material?
• Plaster
• Wood
• Papier-mâché

4: What was the name of Barbie’s first pet horse?
• Dancer
• Blondie
• Princess

ANSWERS: show

Daniel lost the round to Raj 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.)

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