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WELL, GET READY, HONEY, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED TO TAKE THE COUPLES QUIZ! AND AFTER THREE YEARS OF MARRIAGE, WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE -- JONATHAN WEISS: ALMOST FOUR.
-- HOW WELL DO WE REALLY KNOW EACH OTHER. HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, ALWAYS COOL AND CONFIDENT, I LOVE THAT ABOUT YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS. ALL RIGHT, YOU'VE GOT YOUR CARD.
OKAY. REBECCA: I'VE GOT MY CARD. OKAY. WHAT IS MY FULL NAME? REBECCA: JONATHAN PAUL EDWARD WEISS. JONATHAN: YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.
[ DING! ]
[ LAUGHING ]
JONATHAN: WHERE WAS I BORN?
SEE, OKAY, I DON'T KNOW.
PSH.
[ LAUGHING ]
YOU WERE GOING TO TRY AND GIVE SOME EXPLANATION FOR WHY YOU DON'T KNOW?
MY GUESS, I KNOW THAT --
JUST GUESS.
I KNOW THAT YOU WERE A PREMIE, I KNOW THAT YOUR MOM WAS ON A BOAT --
[ HONK ]
-- AND HER WATER BROKE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
NO, REBECCA.
SHE WAS ON A BOAT AND THEN WHEN SHE GOT HOME, HER WATER BROKE. BUT WAS IT NOVATO? WHERE YOU WERE BORN?
[ BUZZER ]
NO.
DANGIT. WHERE WAS IT? JONATHAN: IT WAS VALLEJO, A CITY OUTSIDE OF THE BAY. OR IT'S TECHNICALLY STILL THE BAY AREA. BUT I KNOW THAT YOU GREW UP IN NOVATO, SO LIKE A LITTLE HALF-POINT FOR ME.
NO, YOU DON'T GET A HALF-POINT.
OKAY. WOW, OKAY.
WHAT PLACES HAVE I LIVED?
OKAY. YOU HAVE LIVED IN NOVATO, SAN FRANCISCO, MALIBU, TEXAS, ISRAEL, ENGLAND, UH... IS THERE ANYWHERE ELSE... I THINK, OH, L.A.?
YOU SAID MALIBU, THAT COUNTS.
OKAY. THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT CITIES, THOUGH.
OKAY. DIDN'T LIVE IN TWO DIFFERENT CITIES WHILE I WAS THERE.
[ LAUGHING ] AND...AM I FORGETING ANYTHING, ENGLAND, ISRAEL. I THINK THAT'S -- OH, AND, OH, THE CONGO!
AHA.
[ DING! ]
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO FORGET IT.
YES!
AND YOU DID, YOU GOT IT.
YOU HAVE LIVED SO MANY PLACES. HAVE SUCH A COOL LIFE.
WHAT IS MY FAVORITE FOOD? REBECCA: MEDITERRANEAN/LEBANESE.
[ DING! ]
JONATHAN: IS THAT RIGHT?
YEAH, IT IS.
I ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT'S FUNNY, YOU KNOW ME BETTER THAN I KNOW MYSELF.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CUISINES, BUT I THINK THAT'S YOUR TOP FAVORITE.
THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS ONE RIGHT. REBECCA: ISRAELI FOOD, BASICALLY. WHEN DID I START PLAYING GOLF?
OKAY. YOU STARTED PLAYING IN HIGH SCHOOL. BECAUSE YOU WERE ON A TEAM OR WHATEVER, RIGHT?
NO, BEFORE. GRANDAD TOOK ME WHEN I WAS EVEN YOUNGER.
GAH. DOES THAT COUNT, THOUGH? JONATHAN: YEAH, IT COUNTS. I STARTED PLAYING GOLF -- HALF-POINT TO ME.
YOU CAN'T GET HALF-POINTS.
OKAY, WOW. NO MERCY.
WHAT DID I WANT TO BE AS A KID?
THIS? I DON'T KNOW. [ LAUGHING ] IF I HAD TO GUESS, DID YOU EVER WANT TO BE A, WHEN YOU WERE REALLY LITTLE, DID YOU EVER WANT TO BE A GARBAGE MAN? BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THE PEOPLE SAY THAT.
I LOVED THE GARBAGE MAN, BUT I DON'T THINK I EVER WANTED TO BE ONE, I JUST WANTED TO WATCH HIM EVERY MORNING ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER BECAUSE HE WAS SO COOL.
MY BROTHER WANTED TO BE ONE.
[ LAUGHING ]
YEAH.
THAT'S WHY I TOOK A SHOT IN THE DARK.
I MIGHT HAVE WANTED TO BE ONE, I LIKED THE GUY WHO GOT TO JUMP OFF THE TRUCK AND GRAB IT AND THEN THROW IT IN, LIKE THAT LOOKED REALLY COOL. AND HE DIDN'T HAVE TO WEAR A SEAT BELT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH, HE WAS JUST RIDING ON THE BACK. DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU EVER WANTED TO BE AS A KID?
THE FIRST THING I TOLD MY PARENTS WAS I WANTED TO BE A COWBOY COUNSELOR.
[ YEE-HAW! ]
OH, MY GOD.
YEAH. AND NOW LOOK AT ME, IN TEXAS.
YOU'RE BASICALLY THAT.
YEAH.
YOU'RE MY COWBOY COUNSELOR, THAT'S FOR SURE.
[ LAUGHING ]
IT'S TRUE. OKAY. WHO IS MY FAVORITE COMEDIAN?
I WOULD SAY LIKE AN OVERARCHING ONE WOULD BE JERRY SEINFELD. ♪♪♪
I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU THE POINT BECAUSE...
[ DING! ]
I COULDN'T ARGUE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S A FLOATING LIST. REBECCA: WHOISYOUR FAVORITE? WELL, THE THING IS, WITH COMEDY, YOU HAVE TO HEAR IT OUT.
♪ DOO-DOO
[ LAUGHING ]
IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVOLVES. AND SOMETIMES SOMEBODY'S BETTER THAN THE OTHER AND SO. BUT JERRY SEINFELD'S A GOOD FOUNDATIONAL WAY OR SO I THINK YOU GOT IT.
YES.
OKAY.
YOU SOUND LIKE A GOAT.
NAME ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS.
OKAY. MUSIC ARTIST CURRENTLY, TOBE. JONATHAN: YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
[ DING! ]
REBECCA: FAVORITE SONG, "ZEN MASTER".
I LOVE THAT SONG. REBECCA: CAN YOU RAP IT? JONATHAN: CAN WE PLAY THAT?
WE SHOULD PLAY IT RIGHT NOW, WE SHOULD PUT THE ALBUM. THERE'S A CERTAIN ALBUM YOU LIKE OUT OF ALL OF HIS CD'S.
YEAH, I LOVE THAT SOUNDTRACK.
SO WE'LL PUT HIS -- WE'LL PUT THAT ALBUM RIGHT THERE, IT'S THE PINK COVER.
MM-HM. WHAT IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE?
GOSH. THIS. IS. SO. DIFFICULT. JONATHAN WAS RAISED BEING SHOWN ALL OF THE CLASSICS, ALL OF THE GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME. I HAVE NOT SEEN HALF OF THEM SO HE'S BEEN SLOWLY EDUCATING ME OVER TIME. BUT THE THING IS THAT I KNOW DIFFERENT MOVIES YOU LOVE, BUT YOUR FAVORITE, I'VE GOT TO TAKE A SHOT IN THE DARK. THERE'S ONE COMING TO MY MIND, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FAVORITE. I KNOW YOU LIKE IT. [ GASPS ] JEREMIAH JOHNSON. JONATHAN: YEAH, THAT'S IT.
[ DING! ]
OF COURSE! ♪ JEREMIAH JOHNSON ♪ WENT DOWN TO THE MOUNTAINS AND HE ♪ JONATHAN: THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. OKAY. CAN WE PUT THAT SONG IN, TOO? JONATHAN: WHAT IS MY DREAM PET? OKAY. YOUR DREAM DOG IS A NOVA SCOTIA RETRIEVER NAMED SCOUT. I HAVE NO CLUE HOW THAT HAPPENED, BUT THAT WAS A DREAM. JONATHAN: WHAT WAS MY FIRST CAR? OKAY. IF IT'S NOT MAXI, I'M GOING TO BE REALLY SAD. BUT FROM THE CAR THAT I KNOW WAS MAXI. SHE WAS A NISSAN MAXIMUM, AND SHE WAS SILVER. JONATHAN: NISSAN MAXIMA.
[ DING! ]
AND MAXIMA. AH, DANGIT. MAXIMA. SHE WAS SILVER. AND YOU DROVE HER FOR... JONATHAN: MY WHOLE LIFE. YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
UNTIL I MOVED OUT HERE.
UNTIL YOU MOVED OUT HERE, THAT IS WHEN YOU AND MAXI DEPARTED WAYS.
FROM 16 UNTIL I MOVED TO TEXAS.
AM I RIGHT?
YES.
YES.
WHAT'S MY FAVORITE OUTDOOR ACTIVITY?
BACKPACKING. AND NOW GOLF.
[ DING! ]
MAN, I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOTTEN ALMOST ALL OF THESE. WHAT'S MY FAVORITE SPORT TO PLAY RIGHT NOW?
GOLF.
[ DING! ]
JONATHAN: MM-HM, THAT'S TRUE. SO EASY.
WHAT CHORE AROUND THE HOUSE DO I HATE DOING THE MOST? ♪♪♪
PICKING UP MY MESS THAT I LEAVE BEHIND.
OH, WOW, THAT'S EVEN BETTER THAN WHAT I WAS THINKING, THAT ISTHE ONE I HATE THE MOST.
[ LAUGHING ]
WOW. REBECCA: BECAUSE YOU'RE LIKE, WHY DON'T YOU JUST PICK THIS UP? BUT WE BOTH DO THAT, BY THE WAY. I'M NOT FEELING THIS, OKAY. WHATEVER.
OKAY, OKAY.
WHO'S MY FAVORITE BIBLE CHARACTER? REBECCA: GIVE ME A SECOND. ♪♪♪
SAMUEL, RIGHT? DIDN'T WE TALK ABOUT THAT?
[ BUZZER ]
BECAUSE ASHER'S MIDDLE NAME IS SAMUEL.
YEAH, I WOULD PUT HIM IN MY TOP THREE.
IS JONATHAN ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES, THOUGH?
NO, I WILL PUT JOSEPH AS THE NUMBER ONE.
OH.
THAT'S ANOTHER POINT FOR ME.
ALL RIGHT. SO HERE'S MY SCORE.
[ DING! ]
AND NOW LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN BEAT ME. ARE YOU READY?
PROBABLY, LET'S SEE IT.
OKAY. JONATHAN PAUL EDWARD WEISS.
YES. REBECCA: WHAT IS MY FULL NAME? JONATHAN: REBECCA LYNN LAMB WEISS.
[ DING! ]
OH, MY GOSH. WHERE WAS I BORN? ♪♪♪ JONATHAN: DALLAS, TEXAS.
[ BUZZER ]
JONATHAN: YES, YOU WERE. REBECCA: BEDFORD, TEXAS, BABY. JONATHAN: THAT'S DALLAS. NO, IT'S NOT EVEN, WOW. JONATHAN: THERE'S PEOPLE -- IF ANYONE'S WATCHING THIS FROM THIS AREA, THEY WILL TELL YOU THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CITIES.
OKAY.
THAT'S SUCH A CALIFORNIA THING TO SAY. IT'S DALLAS.
NEXT.
OKAY. WHAT WAS -- [ LAUGHING ] WHAT WAS THE SONG I HAD A SOLO ON AS A KID?
OH, OH. "LIFT MY HANDS"?
[ LAUGHING ]
[ BUZZER ]
I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD GIVE IT TO YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN VERY LENIENT WITH ME. IT IS "I WILL LIFT MY HANDS". SHOUT-OUT. I THINK IT'S ON ITUNES. LET'S INSERT A CLIP RIGHT HERE OF ME SINGING THAT. NOW I'M SO GLAD THEON AIR WITH REBECCAWORLD NOW KNOWS ABOUT THAT INCREDIBLE SONG. FAVORITE CURRENT WORSHIP ARTIST? IT'S TRICKY. JONATHAN: MAVERICK CITY. YEAH, DANG.
[ DING! ]
OKAY. FAVORITE HOBBY?
OH, TRAVELING WITH ME.
[ BUZZER ]
JONATHAN: NO, THAT IS IT. [ LAUGHING ] I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD GIVE YOU A POINT. I WAS THINKING COOKING. WHAT WAS OUR FIRST DATE AND WHAT DID WE DO? JONATHAN: FIRST DATE WAS...
IT'S A HARD QUESTION.
... NOT REALLY. I PICKED YOU UP AT THE AIRPORT AND WE -- I TOOK YOU TO YOUR HOTEL AND WE WENT OUT TO DINNER.
[ BUZZER ]
BUT THIS IS CONFUSING TO ME, BECAUSE MORGAN WAS WITH US. WAS THAT OUR FIRST DATE AND SHE WAS JUST THIRD-WHEELING?
YEAH. THAT WOULD BE OUR FIRST DATE.
AND WHERE DID WE GO GET DINNER?
THE HOUSE.
NO.
OH.
WE WENT TO THAT SKETCHY THAI PLACE AND THEY HAD THE SALTY BOBA, REMEMBER?
[ LAUGHING ]
YEAH. THEY PUT SALT IN THE BOBA.
YEAH. WHAT WAS MY FAVORITE DATE? JONATHAN: YOUR FAVORITE DATE? MM-HM. THIS IS GOING TO BE HARD.
THE, UM, DAY AFTER WE GOT MARRIED.
THAT WAS OUR HONEYMOON, THOUGH, THAT WASN'T A DATE. LIKE WHEN WE WERE DATING.
NO, YOU SAID THAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE DAY.
THAT WAS MY FAVE -- ONE OF MY FAVORITE DAYS OF MY LIFE, YES.
OH, YOUR FAVORITE DATE.
DATE. ♪♪♪
I DON'T LIKE THIS GAME.
[ LAUGHING ]
UM...
IT WAS HARD BUT WORTH IT. GOSH, I SHOULD NOT BE HELPING YOU.
OH, THE DAY I TOOK YOU HIKING AND...
OH, SHOOT, THAT MIGHT -- THATISMY FAVORITE DATE, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE. THE FIRST TIME WE DID OUR FIRST INTENSE HIKE TOGETHER. IT WAS LIKE 14 MILES, HALF OF IT WAS UPHILL.
THAT WAS -- WELL, THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. AN UPHILL BATTLE.
NO, BABE, IN TEXAS, IT'S JUST FLAT, FLAT, FLAT.
THAT'S TRUE.
IN SAN FRANCISCO, IT'S UP, UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN. IT WAS INTENSE AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
OKAY. NEXT?
OKAY. WAY TO THINK OF OUR FAVORITE DATE AND I COULDN'T EVEN THINK OF IT. WHAT DID WE EAT AFTER THAT HIKE? ♪♪♪ IT'S YOUR FAVORITE FOOD. ♪♪♪
SUSHI?
[ BUZZER ]
[ LAUGHING ] LEBANESE.
OH, THAT WAS FUN. REBECCA: WASN'T THAT FUN? YEAH.
WHAT CD DID WE LISTEN TO ON THE WAY HOME?
COLONY HOUSE.
YEP.
[ DING! ]
GOSH. THIS GAME'S AWFUL.
[ LAUGHING ]
I HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF ON MY MIND FOUR YEARS LATER TO REMEMBER ALL THESE THINGS.
I REMEMBER ALL OF IT. WHAT IS MY DREAM VACATION OR DESTINATION?
I DON'T KNOW, YOU HAVE SO MANY PLACES YOU WANT TO GO. DREAM... ITALY?
YEAH.
[ DING! ]
YES.
GOOD JOB. OKAY. WHAT DID I WANT TO BE AS A KID?
[ SUCKING LIPS ] COWGIRL?
[ BUZZER ]
UM. PREACHER.
YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THEM. I WANTED TO BE A DOLPHIN TRAINER. YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU COULD BE A COWBOY COUNSELOR? I HAD MORE THAN ONE THING. I WANTED TO DO DOLPHIN TRAINING AND I WANTED TO BE A PREACHER AND I WANTED TO GO TO SPACE. THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO.
NICE.
I HAVE NOT DONE ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
WELL, YOU'VE BEEN A PREACHER.
OH, THAT'S TRUE. HEY, ONE FOR THREE. ALL RIGHT. WHERE DID WE FIRST SAY I LOVE YOU?
OH, UM...
WHERE DIDYOU FIRST SAY I LOVE YOU, IS A BETTER WAY OF SAYING IT? ♪♪♪
THE OVERLOOK TO THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE --
[ BUZZER ]
-- BY A TREE.
THAT'S WHERE WEFIRST SAID WE LOVE YOU.
OH, I SAID IT ON THE PHONE.
[ LAUGHING ]
YEAH. I SAID IT ON THE PHONE WHILE WE WERE DATING LONG-DISTANCE.
YEP. IT WAS A SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT THING.
YEAH.
COMPLETELY CAUGHT ME OFF-GUARD. YOU WERE AT A CONFERENCE ALL DAY, YOU HAD JUST VISITED TEXAS, AND YOU WERE IN YOUR FEELINGS AND YOU JUST CAME OUT AND SAID, I LOVE YOU, AND I WASN'T ANTICIPATING IT, AND I REMEMBER THINKING TO MYSELF, AM I GOING TO SAY IT BACK ON THE PHONE? BECAUSE THIS ISN'T WHAT I WAS PLANNING. AND THEN YOU ACTED LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED MONTHS LATER. [ LAUGHING ] AND THEN WE WENT ON THAT OVERLOOK AND THEN I SAID I LOVE YOU, THEN YOU IMMEDIATELY SAID IT BACK, SO. GOOD STORY.
GOOD STORY.
[ LAUGHING ] OKAY. HOW DO YOU KNOW I'M MAD AT YOU? OH, LORD.
OH, I KNOW. YOUR EYES.
[ LAUGHING ] I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THAT.
[ DING! ]
JONATHAN: YEAH, THAT'S EASY. YEP, MY CRAZY EYES.
MM-HM.
IS WHAT YOU CALL THEM.
YEAH.
[ LAUGHING ] NAME ONE THING THAT MAKES ME LAUGH OUT LOUD.
MY JOKES.
[ DING! ]
YEP. WHAT BIBLE CHARACTER DO I RELATE TO THE MOST? THERE'S A FEW.
[ SIGHS ]
REBECCA: THERE'S LIKE FOUR.
DAVID?
YES.
[ DING! ]
ALL RIGHT. LET'S TALLY UP THOSE SCORES.
[ DRUM ROLL ]
AND THE WINNER IS...
[ FANFARE ]
ME! [ LAUGHING ] ARE YOU SURPRISED?
NOT REALLY. THOSE QUESTIONS WERE VERY OUTDATED.
OH. [ LAUGHING ] WHAT? OKAY, SALTY. ANYWAYS, WELL, HEY, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR VALENTINE'S DAY LOOKS LIKE, WE HOPE YOU'VE BEEN BLESSED AND ENCOURAGED BY THIS EPISODE. AND A HAPPY... JONATHAN: VALENTINE'S DAY. HEY. JONATHAN: CONGRATULATIONS TO REBECCA, THE BIG WINNER. THANKS FOR LISTENING AND WATCHING.
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