Brian Ruppenkamp & Ana Valverde
Sherman Oaks, CA
Their first date took place at a trivia night. It went very well, so this is destiny.
$500: Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2017, George Balanchine's ballet triptych "Jewels" includes acts with all but which of these names?
A - emeralds
B - rubies
C - diamonds
D - tacos
Spoiler
Answer: D (tacos)
$1000: A Google Survey conducted by Mic.com found most 18-to-34-year-olds don't meet their significant other via a dating app, but instead meet them through what?
A - an arranged marriage
B - mutual friends
C - their prison work release program
D - "The Bachelor"
Spoiler
Answer: B (mutual friends)
$2000: FDR advisor Harry Hopkins is considered the chief architect of the landmark federal economic reforms commonly known as what?
A - The Big Deal
B - The New Deal
C - The Real Deal
D - The Combo Meal Deal
Spoiler
Answer: B (The New Deal)
$3000: In 2005, Nepalese couple Moni Mulepati and Pem Dorjee Sherpa became the first people ever to get married where?
A - in outer space
B - underwater
C - on top of Mount Everest
D - on television
Spoiler
Answer: C (on top of Mount Everest)
$5000: Coincidentally, what star who's battled LeBron James in the NBA Finals 3 years in a row was born in the very same Akron, OH, hospital, 3 years after LeBron was?
A - Kawhi Leonard
B - Russell Westbrook
C - Stephen Curry
D - James Harden
Ana only recognizes one of the names up there and asks Brian if any of the names say "basketball". He's not a watcher or a fan but one name is sticking out to him.
Spoiler
Answer: C (Stephen Curry)
commercial break
MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": Popular during Victorian times, a "tussie-mussie" is an ornamental vessel that holds what at a wedding?
A - flowers
B - rings
C - wine
D - gifts
Spoiler
Answer: A (flowers)
$7000: You'll be seeing red, literally, when you cook what tomato-and-chili pepper-based sauce whose name is Italian for "angry"?
A - arrabbiata
B - primavera
C - marinara
D - carbonara
Ana is happy with this question because she took Italian for a year and she also speaks Spanish.
Spoiler
"Primavera" means spring, but Ana doesn't know what "marinara" means but thinks it's a meat sauce. "Arrabbiata" sounds like the Spanish "rabia" or "angry"
Spoiler
Answer: A (arrabbiata)
END OF SHOW "NOISE"
Brian and Ana will come back on Monday to finish their run up to the million.