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

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Thursday, August 8, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “Trivia Captain.”

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, David Schuchinski and Raj Dhuwalia

Today’s contestants:
Talitha, Tim and Dan

In Round 1, Talitha chose AMERICAN QUOTES instead of Underground and she chose expert Raj. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Raj gets it wrong.

1. What American’s famous quotes include: “It’s like deja vu all over again” and “The future ain’t what it used to be”?
• Casey Stengel
• Groucho Marx
• Yogi Berra

2. Where did Patrick Henry deliver his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech?
• Virginia
• New Hampshire
• Rhode Island

3. Who said: “My folks came to the U.S. as immigrants, aliens, and became citizens. I was born in Boston, a citizen, went to Hollywood and became an alien”?
• Robin Williams
• Zoe Saldana
• Leonard Nimoy

4. Which president said, “A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both?”
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• John F. Kennedy
• George W. Bush

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Talitha 050 Tim 150 Dan 150

In Round 2, Tim picked PIRATES and not Underground. 100 points for each correct answer. Muffy was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Which hero of Ireland was captured by pirates as a teen?
• Michael Collins
• St. Patrick
• Robert Boyle

2. If you were a Barbary pirate in the 17th century, what coast were you operating out of?
• The Caribbean
• Ivory
• North African

3. Edward Teach is better known as which notorious pirate?
• Redbeard
• Blackbeard
• Bluebeard

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Talitha 350 Tim 350 Dan 250

In Round 3, Talitha chose THE BIBLE and not Museums. 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. David is this round’s expert.

1: According to Exodus, which of these plagues did God inflict upon Egypt?
• Hail
• Flood
• Earthquake

2: Which New Testament author was also one of the twelve chief disciples of Jesus?
• Matthew
• Mark
• Luke

3: In “The Parable of the Good Samaritan,” the man who is helped by the Samaritan is attempting to travel to which city?
• Damascus
• Jerusalem
• Jericho

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Talitha 1150 Tim 750 Dan 650

Talitha 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 Muffy. 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: What brand of spirits has “Old No. 7” on its label?
• Johnnie Walker
• Jack Daniel’s
• Cutty Sark

2: Martin Luther King, Jr. attended what college at age 15?
• Temple
• Occidental
• Morehouse

3: Which of these elephants makes the loudest sound?
• Asian elephant
• Sperm whale
• African lion

4: In the famous children’s book series “Eloise,” what New York City hotel does Eloise live in?
• The Roosevelt
• The Carlyle
• The Plaza

ANSWERS: show

The game was over on Question 4 and Talitha 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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