GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (9-5-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Thursday, September 5, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “Up in Orbit.”

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 Muffy Marracco

Today’s contestants:
Bill, Jaymie and Robyn

In Round 1, Bill chose THE 1950s instead of Beaches and he chose expert Ken. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Ken gets it wrong.

1. In 1953, what medical researcher announced he had successfully tested a vaccine against the crippling disease of polio?
• Francis Crick
• Jonas Salk
• Edward Jenner

2. Opened in 1955, Disneyland’s Main Street, U.S.A. was inspired by Walt Disney’s hometown in what state?
• Michigan
• Missouri
• Maryland

3. Established in 1957, the Eisenhower Doctrine was an effort to help which part of the world resist Communist aggression?
• Scandinavia
• Middle East
• South Pacific

4. In 1954, what parade became the first event nationally televised in color?
• The Tournament of Roses Parade
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Hollywood Christmas Parade

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Bill 050 Jaymie 050 Robyn 100

In Round 2, as the leader, Robyn picked COMPOSERS and not Beaches. 100 points for each correct answer. Arianna was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Which American composer wrote “Rhapsody in Blue”?
• Irving Berlin
• George Gershwin
• Leonard Bernstein

2. Which of these is a work written by Mozart?
• The Marriage of Figaro
• Hansel and Gretel
• The Flying Dutchman

3. Which film composer wrote the score to the animated feature “The Lion King”?
• James Horner
• Hans Zimmer
• John Williams

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Bill 250 Jaymie 450 Robyn 500

In Round 3, Robyn chose FLOWERS and not The Internet. 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. Muffy is this round’s expert.

1: The inflated buying frenzy known as “Tulip Mania” reached its height in 1633 in which country?
• Denmark
• Holland
• Italy

2: “I wandered lonely as a cloud” by William Wordsworth is a poem in appreciation of what flower?
• Lilacs
• Bleeding hearts
• Daffodils

3: Missing since 2010, which Van Gogh painting has been stolen twice?
• Irises
• Sunflowers
• Poppy Flowers

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Bill 1450 Jaymie 1050 Robyn 1300

Bill 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. 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 of these months has an equinox?
• June
• April
• September

2: Which former Los Angeles Laker has scored the most points in NBA History?
• Magic Johnson
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• Kobe Bryant

3: The U.S. Constitution is kept in a protective glass case filled with what gas to preserve it?
• Nitrogen
• Argon
• Xenon

4: If you operate a pneumatic planishing hammer for a living, you most likely work where?
• Wood shop
• Metal shop
• Shoe shop

ANSWERS: show

Bill lost that round to Muffy on the 4th question 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.)

See the pool of trivia experts participating in The Best Ever Trivia Show