GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show Recap (9-6-19)

Here’s a summary of the clues on The Best Ever Trivia Show for Friday, September 6, 2019 with host Sherri Shepherd. Today’s episode title is “Potpourri”.

THIS IS THE LAST EPISODE OF SEASON 1

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:
Danielle, Angie and Diego

In Round 1, Danielle chose CHILD PRODIGIES instead of Prehistoric Times and she chose expert Jonathan. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Jonathan gets it wrong.

1. Which singer had a number one hit single at the age of 13 with a song called “Fingertips – Pt. 2”?
• Chuck Berry
• Stevie Wonder
• Fats Domino

2. Which composer also had an older sister named Maria Anna who was also a child musical genius?
• Beethoven
• Mozart
• Bach

3. Which artist had a painting in a public exhibit at the age of 15, titled “First Communion”?
• Vincent Van Gogh
• Pablo Picasso
• Rembrandt Van Rijn

4. Which 19th century poet who inspired both Jack Kerouac and Bob Dylan, stopped writing at age 20?
• Walt Whitman
• André Breton
• Arthur Rimbaud

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Danielle 250 Angie 000 Diego 000

In Round 2, as the leader, Danielle picked TRANSPORTATION and not Prehistoric Times. 100 points for each correct answer. Ryan was this round’s trivia expert to beat for double points.

1. Which country developed the first “bullet train”?
• Japan
• Germany
• United States

2. If you are driving a “cabriolet,” what is most likely true about your car?
• It is a compact
• It is a convertible
• It is a sports model

3. Which is the world’s oldest airline still flying today?
• El Al
• KLM
• Delta

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Danielle 250 Angie 300 Diego 200

In Round 3, Angie chose CRIME FIGHTERS and not Voices. 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: From February to May of 1964, the FBI investigated the lyrics of what song after a public outcry?
• Louie Louie
• Tutti Frutti
• Do Wah Diddy Diddy

2: What is the nationality of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot?
• Belgian
• Swiss
• French

3: What does the “S” stand for in the law enforcement unit “SWAT”?
• Special
• Strategic
• Strike

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Danielle 450 Angie 1100 Diego 1200

Diego 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 did the Berlin Wall surround?
• East Berlin
• West Berlin
• East Germany

2: Who was the first African-American United States Supreme Court Justice?
• Clarence Thomas
• Thurgood Marshall
• Earl Warren

3: A 1932 beautification project in Los Angeles is credited with lining its streets with what iconic sight?
• Palm trees
• Hollywood stars
• Bougainvillea flowers

4: What is the second part of the Confucius quote that begins “Demand much from yourself…”?
• Little from others
• Nothing from anyone
• Everything from love

5: If someone is described as “scansorial,” what are they able to do?
• Speed read
• Feel deep empathy
• Climb

ANSWERS: show

Diego won the round and his winnings rose to $10,000. Here’s what Sherri said: “Join us next season when Diego returns for a chance at another $10,000 and the opportunity to become one of our trivia experts right here on “Best Ever Trivia Show.” Goodbye!”

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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