Luiz Pratines, originally from Recife and currently residing in France, faced the millionaire question in the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” segment on Domingão com Huck. Although Luiz got the R$1 million question wrong, he was entitled to two aids.
When asked about the sport of origin of the exercises Tsu Chu It is HarpastumLuiz was undecided about the options: Swimming, soccer, judo and fencing. With the possibility of using two tools the reaction of the audience or the elimination of two incorrect alternatives he ignored the help of the audience, assuming that they would bet on judo due to its oriental character.
The right answer
Luiz chose to eliminate two incorrect answers and narrowed the options down to football and fencing. In a risky decision, he chose fencing, but the right answer was football. When Luiz discovered the mistake, he regretted it and was hugged by Huck. Although he missed the chance to win R$1 million, he was awarded R$300,000 in prize money.
Luiz Pratines, 51 years old, is an aviation enthusiast, holds a master’s degree from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA) and worked at Embraer.