GSN: Best Ever Trivia Show (6-10-19)

The Best Ever Trivia Show debuted on the Game Show Network on Monday, June 10, 2019, with host Sherri Shepherd. 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.

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

Today’s 3 trivia experts: Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco and Ryan Chaffee

Today’s contestants: Sara Anne, Spencer and Brett.

In Round 1, Sara Anne chose Money instead of Elephant Life and she chose expert Muffy. 4 questions, 50 points for each correct answer and double if Muffy gets it wrong.

1. Which government agency was created to investigate counterfeiting?
• Secret Service
• FBI
• CIA

2. What financial institution was originally the Bank of Italy?
• Wells Fargo
• Bank of America
• Citibank

3. What’s a fancy name for a coin collector?
• Philatelist
• Numismatist
• Lepidopterologist

4. What iconic Leonardo da Vinci artwork appears on the Italian 1-Euro coin?
• Mona Lisa
• Last Supper
• Vitruvian Man

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1: Sara Anne 300 – Spencer 0 – Brett 150

In Round 2, as the leader, Sara Anne picked Mealtime and not Elephant Life. (Who would pick that?) Ken Jennings was this round’s trivia expert to beat (as if!). 100 points per correct answer.

1. Which style of service most closely describes how a traditional smorgasbord is presented?
• Family-style
• Buffet
• Prix fixe

2. If trifle was on the menu at Buckingham Palace it would be served during which course?
• Entrée
• Salad
• Dessert

3. Enjoyed in many parts of the world chevon is the meat of what animal?
• Yak
• Horse
• Goat

CORRECT ANSWERS: show

Scores at end of Round 2: Sara Anne 600 – Spencer 300 – Brett 250

In Round 3, Sara Anne chose Business and not Which Came First? The twist in this 2-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: 2013’s Women-In-Business Manifesto “Lean In” was written by Sheryl Sandburg, the COO of what company?
• Facebook
• Google
• Yahoo!

2: In 1898 Corn Flakes were invented after brothers John & Will Kellogg made a failed batch of what food?
• granola
• potato chips
• sugar cookies?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3: Sara Anne 1400 – Spencer 500 – Brett 250

Sara Anne 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 Ryan. 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 Trivia Show Ever’s expert team.

Ultimate Trivia Challenge:

1: In what famous novel was “42” the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe & everything?
• The Martian Chronicles
• Slaughterhouse-Five
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

2: Which territory did Germany keep in the Treaty of Versailles?
• Malmedy
• Rhineland
• North Schleswig

3: In poker which of these hands is ranked the highest?
• Straight
• Flush
• Full house

4: If you’re in a natatorium what are you most likely doing?
• Gardening
• Swimming
• Cooking

5: Which of these is responsible for drumlins & eskers?
• Glaciers
• Sinkholes
• Volcanoes

ANSWERS: show

Sara Anne lost that round to Ryan and just won the $1,000.

First impression:The trivia questions aren’t that difficult and are made easier by the multiple choice format so it seems nigh impossible to beat the trivia experts. It can’t be impossible, however, or there would be no point to the show.

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.)