Boston, Mass.
It’s Phu’s birthday.
$500
According to a recent Match.com survey, you’re 170% more likely to get a second date if you take your date out to eat what exotic cuisine?
A: Burgers B: Hot dogs
C: Donuts D: Sushi
Spoiler
D: Sushi
$1,000
Which of these statements about Major League Baseball teams’ current uniforms is the only one that’s true?
A: Colorado Rockies wear mountain climbing gear B: St. Louis Cardinals wear big plastic beaks
C: Texas Rangers wear spurs and leather chaps D: Boston Red Sox wear red socks
Spoiler
D: Boston Red Sox wear red socks
$2,000
Which of these was a dazzling symbol of the Persian monarchy, and is NOT a current or former attraction at NYC’s Rockefeller Center?
A: Rainbow Room B: Peacock Throne
C: Top of the Rock Observation Deck D: The Shop at NBC Studios
Spoiler
B: Peacock Throne
Commercial break
QotD
Coincidentally, what Marvel Comics character debuted in a 1966 issue just months before the political party of the same name?
A: Vegetarian B: Puerto Rican Socialist
C: Black Panther D: Modern Whig
Spoiler
C: Black Panther
$3,000
If Bart Simpson had aged normally from the time “The Simpsons” premiered in 1989 until today, how old would he be?
A: 18 B: 28
C: 38 D: 48
Phu knows Bart was 10 in 1989. He subtracts 1989 from 2017 and gets 27. Confused, he wonders if he should use a lifeline, then he picks the answer that makes the most sense.
Spoiler
C: 38
The horn
Phu will be back on Wednesday.