It’s the GQ Couples Quiz, as we put Critical Role’s Marisha Ray & Matthew Mercer’s relationship to the test. What’s Matthew’s favorite couple’s vacation? What’s Marisha’s top bucket list item? What day would they both relive together? Watch to find out the answers to all these questions and more, as Marisha Ray & Matthew Mercer ace GQ’s Couples Quiz.
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00:00Well, he's like fun and bombastic.
00:04Okay, judging by your face,
00:06that's definitely not correct.
00:06No, no, I'm keeping it neutral here.
00:10You are not keeping it neutral.
00:12Hey GQ.
00:14I'm Marisha Ray.
00:15And I'm Matthew Mercer.
00:16And this is the GQ couples quiz.
00:20Oh boy.
00:22Marisha.
00:24Yes.
00:24What would be my profession had I not gotten into acting?
00:28You wanted to be an animator for cartoons.
00:32And you almost went to college for animation.
00:36And then you talked to an animator over at Disney, I think.
00:41There were Disney over there.
00:42And they were like, if you love art
00:45and you don't want to stop loving art,
00:47maybe don't do this.
00:51That person had a very rough experience
00:53I think at the time.
00:55All right, so I'll definitely give you the point for that.
00:57Amazing.
00:58Off to a good start.
00:59Let's hope I don't fuck it up.
01:01I'm sure you're fine.
01:01Marisha.
01:02Yes.
01:03What would you consider to be my
01:05most surprising non-D&D hobby?
01:08That's a good question.
01:11You're a very dedicated,
01:15like when we have costumes or cosplay that we're doing
01:19for like Halloween episodes or something,
01:20you're insanely dedicated to the accuracy.
01:25So there's that.
01:27So cosplay, costume.
01:28Cosplay, yeah.
01:28And costume building.
01:29That is a point.
01:30That is a point.
01:31Over 15, 16 years ago,
01:33I did a Sephiroth costume in Final Fantasy VII,
01:37having children specifically,
01:39that I poured my whole costusy into.
01:43And I was real proud of that one.
01:48Costusy, is that your costume pussy?
01:50Yes, it is.
01:51Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
01:53And I do not retract that statement.
01:55Now on to the next question.
01:56Okay.
01:56And that would be Marisha.
01:57What is my favorite genre of horror?
02:01What is your favorite genre of horror?
02:04Yes.
02:05I'm gonna say cosmic horror.
02:08Cosmic horror is pretty close.
02:10I'll give you a half point for that.
02:11Pretty close.
02:12Occult horror.
02:14Occult horror.
02:15Yeah.
02:16That's fair, I guess.
02:17Yeah.
02:18Marisha, what was my first job ever?
02:21I believe your first job ever,
02:26this is a good question.
02:27I should have written this down.
02:28Maybe I'll just randomly throw this in later.
02:30Your first job was a barista at a Barnes and Noble.
02:36Is that your first job?
02:37No, wait, no.
02:39Wait.
02:42You were a video game tester.
02:43That is correct.
02:44Yes!
02:45You saved yourself.
02:46I was a video game tester,
02:47and then I was a barista at a Barnes and Noble cafe.
02:49Okay.
02:50And then went back to game testing, and yeah.
02:53Yeah, good job, you caught yourself there.
02:55I did.
02:56That's another point.
02:57What food do I hate the most?
03:00Tomatoes.
03:01Yeah, yeah, straight out of the gate.
03:03Raw tomatoes.
03:03Raw tomatoes.
03:04I like tomato sauces.
03:05Once it's been destroyed,
03:06the tomato's been pulverized and punished for its evil ways,
03:09then I can enjoy it.
03:10But like a raw tomato,
03:11it's like eating a shitty jellyfish.
03:13Well, I get a point though, right?
03:14You do get a point, immediately.
03:16Marisha, what do I never leave the house without?
03:19I feel like this is supposed to be something.
03:23I mean.
03:24Is it?
03:25Is it?
03:26Is this a trick question?
03:26I don't know.
03:28Your wedding band.
03:31That is true.
03:32That is actually genuinely true.
03:34Gaming the system.
03:35I would also accept it, my wallet or my phone.
03:37Your wallet.
03:39Marisha, what was my favorite trip
03:41that we've taken together?
03:42Is this another trick question
03:44where you're trying to be cute,
03:45and it's like our honeymoon?
03:47Or something else.
03:49What do you think?
03:50Our honeymoon was pretty great.
03:53Obviously a great one.
03:55Our trip to Ireland was great.
03:57Scotland was also great.
04:00Yeah, I'll say our honeymoon.
04:03That is correct.
04:05Outside of the obvious reasons, of course,
04:09it was just great to,
04:10we did a trek through Thailand to Malaysia to Singapore.
04:14And it was just.
04:16A little Southeast Asia.
04:18Yeah.
04:19We planned our trip by watching Anthony Bourdain,
04:20which is a good way to.
04:22Yes.
04:22Any trip, I think.
04:23I just wanted to go,
04:24tell me where the food is good, Anthony Bourdain.
04:27Yeah.
04:27That's basically it.
04:28You got the point.
04:29What's the emoji that I use most often?
04:32I don't know, you're not like a big emoji guy.
04:36Not in the modern sense, maybe.
04:38Emoji's a term that's been around for a while.
04:40Okay, are we tapping into some early 2000 shit
04:44where we're also talking about like emoticons?
04:47Because you do less than three a lot.
04:50And I feel like you still do less than three a lot.
04:53Does that count as an emoji?
04:55The term emoji's been encompassing for a long time,
04:57is that true?
04:58I'll do that, less than three.
04:59You get a point.
05:00Hey!
05:01Less than three heart is something that I cannot shake.
05:04Yeah.
05:06From AIM chat rooms.
05:08Yeah.
05:08What video game do I come back to the most on?
05:11You've gone back to a lot of the Soulsborne games.
05:15Yeah, probably like Dark Souls or Demon's Souls.
05:20I'll take a point for the series.
05:22I'll take a point for the series.
05:23For the series?
05:24Yeah, the Dark Souls series
05:25definitely I've been back to the most.
05:26Initially it was Dark Souls 2.
05:29Dark Souls 2?
05:30Yeah.
05:30Okay.
05:31That was the one that I had a lot more free time
05:32and obsessed over and then go back to.
05:33Elden Ring's kind of fighting for Bloodborne 2.
05:36Look, it's a thing.
05:38Anyway, next question.
05:39Uh, Marisha.
05:41Yes.
05:42What is my favorite book?
05:44House of Leaves.
05:45You get a point.
05:47That was a tricky one because there's a lot of books
05:49that have influenced me directly
05:51and some of them are kind of feel obvious on the surface
05:53but House of Leaves is the book that I've gone back to
05:55a number of times and it's kind of really
05:57adjusted my perspective on presenting a story.
06:01Yeah, in genre and whatnot.
06:03Yeah.
06:04Yeah, for sure.
06:05I was hoping you'd get that one.
06:05I need to pick it back up again.
06:07Marisha.
06:08Yes.
06:09Like I say your name before each one to make it official.
06:11I love it.
06:12I'm sure.
06:12What musical artist or band was my first concert?
06:15U2?
06:18Was it, was that the one?
06:20No, that can't be right.
06:24Shit.
06:26As you talk a lot about the U2 concert
06:28where No Doubt opened.
06:30Correct.
06:31That was a great concert.
06:31And No Doubt was better than U2?
06:34Yeah.
06:35Is that your answer?
06:37But was that your first concert?
06:38Yeah, I'll say that's my answer.
06:40I don't know if that's right.
06:42It is not right.
06:43That is incorrect.
06:45No, it was the Moody Blues.
06:46Moody Blues.
06:47At the Hollywood Bowl for my dad's birthday.
06:50Yeah.
06:51All righty, bringing it back to hobby related topics here.
06:53Marisha, of all the miniatures that I've painted
06:58which one is my favorite?
07:00I'll say the Gorm mini for Kingdom Death
07:04but I don't think that's right.
07:05Good choice, but not quite.
07:07No point on that one.
07:08It's the Dragon King.
07:10The Dragon King for Kingdom Death Monster.
07:11Oh.
07:12With the face and the chest.
07:14That one I'm proud of most.
07:15Marisha, who is my favorite Marvel character?
07:19Nightcrawler.
07:20Yeah, out of the gate, boom.
07:21Got the point on that one.
07:22Marisha, which character that I've voiced
07:26do I think I'm the most like?
07:28Maybe, what's your JoJo's Bizarre Adventure character?
07:34Jotaro.
07:34Jotaro.
07:35Jotaro Kujo.
07:37Well, he's like fun and bombastic.
07:42Okay, judging by your face,
07:43that's definitely not correct.
07:44No, no, I'm keeping it neutral here.
07:47You are not keeping it neutral.
07:51You play like moody and aloof characters all the time
07:56and I wouldn't really say you're moody or aloof.
07:58No, I play off type a lot.
08:00I would go with Leon Kennedy, probably.
08:02I thought Leon Kennedy, but once again,
08:04he's very like aloof.
08:08I don't think he's that aloof.
08:08You know who actually might have been better?
08:11I'm gonna say your answer is wrong.
08:12Okay, yeah, what do you got?
08:13What you got, what you got?
08:16MacReady from Fallout.
08:19MacReady?
08:19Also pretty close, yeah, yeah.
08:21I think he's a little bit more closer to you
08:25than Leon Kennedy.
08:27That's a basic comparison.
08:28Okay, you know what?
08:28I'll give you a half point for offering,
08:30for contesting my answer
08:32with an actual pretty decent follow-up.
08:35Okay, I'll give you a half point on that.
08:37Okay, I'll take half points.
08:38All right, you should know this one.
08:40Marisha, what is my favorite Street Fighter character?
08:43Dan.
08:45Pretty close, but that's no point.
08:49Akuma or Goki.
08:50Akuma, that's right.
08:52I should have known that,
08:54but you have a soft spot for Dan.
08:55Of course I do.
08:56I think he's the best.
08:57Second best.
08:58Marisha, what was the class
08:59of my very first D&D character?
09:02Okay, I know this.
09:06You were a wizard that wielded swords
09:10because you wanted to be like Gandalf,
09:14but like a fighter wizard,
09:18especially in old D&D,
09:21is awful and does not work.
09:24Correct, full point on that one.
09:26The militant wizard kit,
09:28which second edition sucked,
09:30especially the first level.
09:31What is my favorite D&D class?
09:34Well, you like dwarves,
09:36but that's not a class.
09:38Bard?
09:39Bard, give you the point.
09:41Yeah.
09:44Marisha.
09:45Yeah.
09:46What is my least favorite anime character of all time?
09:52Why would you write this?
09:53I don't know.
09:54I'm trying to think of that.
09:56I had a thought.
09:57You clearly had a thought.
09:58I did.
09:59That you were probably just thinking of in the moment.
10:01Yeah.
10:02Your least favorite anime character of all time.
10:05Correct.
10:06You have a thing against,
10:07you're not crazy about like whiny girls,
10:10like high-pitched whiny girls,
10:13or girls who wear tiny hats.
10:15You hate tiny hats.
10:17Hats are meant to be a certain size.
10:18I'm just gonna pivot this question
10:21to about how you hate tiny hats.
10:23I'll give half points for any character with a tiny hat.
10:25I believe that concludes all my questions.
10:27That's all of yours?
10:28That's all mine, yeah.
10:29Oh, I wonder how many points I got.
10:31There's a lot of half points in there.
10:33Yeah.
10:34Like a handful of half points.
10:34You did really good though.
10:35Well, now's the time.
10:36Grill me.
10:37Grill me, Marisha.
10:39All right.
10:39Matthew.
10:40Yes.
10:42What did I wanna be when I was little?
10:44I mean, little is a spectrum.
10:45I mean, I know you wanna be a dancer.
10:48There was a time, yeah.
10:49There was a time.
10:50I'll stick with dancer.
10:51Yeah.
10:52I'll give you a point for that.
10:54Okay, so I knew that was a thing, yeah.
10:55Dancer, actor.
10:56There was a time where I was like,
10:57I wanna be a triple threat.
11:00Back when people referred to people as triple threats
11:03and now I don't know if anyone uses that term anymore.
11:08You get a point.
11:08I'm gonna toss the cards
11:10because I saw Neil Patrick Harris do that on his quiz.
11:12I didn't know that was an option.
11:13And I thought that was very fun.
11:15So I wanna be like.
11:17Look at that, all at once, boom.
11:19What's our favorite game to play together?
11:21I'll say Stardew Valley.
11:22Yeah.
11:24I agree.
11:24That's been our long time kind of couple.
11:27Couple cozy.
11:28Both the video game and the board game.
11:30Yeah.
11:31We like to play.
11:32We put that board game a lot.
11:32We come up with like house rules for it
11:33to keep it challenging and stuff.
11:35But yeah, I would say Stardew Valley.
11:37Stardew Valley is definitely our big one
11:38to the point where like our morning routine
11:40involves putting on the soundtrack as we make coffee.
11:42Yeah, where there's like a lot of like chill hop remixes
11:46of Stardew Valley.
11:47It's an unhealthier session.
11:48It's really great.
11:49What is my favorite way to relax after a stressful week?
11:54Play Stardew Valley.
11:54Stardew Valley, yeah.
11:56What is the most fun thing about me
11:58that most people don't know?
12:02Huh.
12:05You have a unique passion for gardening
12:11and like growing your own little plants and vegetables.
12:14Yeah, that's fun.
12:17Well, I have my cottage core fantasy
12:19that we're too busy to ever realize or live out.
12:23You have started numerous gardens.
12:26I've started so many gardens.
12:29One day, one of them will stick.
12:31The end goal is to just be a witch in the woods.
12:35Respect.
12:36Could you imagine being left alone in the woods?
12:38It sounds so good.
12:39That's all I want.
12:41You're gonna get there.
12:42Yeah.
12:43You get a point, maybe a point and a half.
12:46We're making a brew.
12:47Dang.
12:48Oof, hot streak.
12:50What is our song?
12:52What is our song?
12:53Oh, we have a few.
12:54I'm gonna, okay, I'm gonna pick this one
12:57because we literally used a version of it
12:59for our procession at our wedding.
13:01Yeah?
13:02That's 500 Miles by the Proclaimers.
13:02Yeah, that's kind of the one I was thinking.
13:05Good, good, I wanna make sure.
13:06I think that's the most like our song of our songs.
13:09Correct, so it's like Hand Over Feet
13:10by Alanis Morissette.
13:11Hand Over Feet.
13:13What is the YouTube video that lives rent-free in my brain?
13:18Oh no, I'm gonna lose this one.
13:21It's bound to happen.
13:23Embrace the failure.
13:24It makes you stronger, you learn from a match.
13:27Are you okay over there?
13:28I'm trying to psych myself up.
13:29No.
13:30Do you need help?
13:31Always.
13:32Do you need to call the therapist?
13:34I will say this because it is one of them
13:37and it's just gonna take.
13:40What have you got?
13:41A knife, no!
13:43Yeah, that's a good one, yeah.
13:46I think in my head I was thinking of
13:48the cockatiel that sings the Totoro theme.
13:49Oh, Totoro theme, yes!
13:51Yeah.
13:52That's a good one.
13:53That's a good one.
13:54There's also.
13:59It's so cute.
14:00It's a cute video.
14:01I will always laugh at the Phil Collins deer.
14:08So good.
14:09That's a good one.
14:10Honestly, there's so many.
14:11We watch a lot of YouTube.
14:12Yeah.
14:13Which one did you say?
14:15Knife.
14:16Yeah, I'll give you a half point.
14:17Okay, I'll take the half point.
14:18That's fair.
14:23I don't know why this came to mind
14:24and it's probably not the right answer.
14:25I'm gonna say the Victorian era.
14:27Okay.
14:27Because the wallpaper was deadly
14:29and you would have been like the baddest bitch
14:34of all the nicely dressed ladies
14:36going to the social parties and stuff like that.
14:38Yeah, that's fine.
14:39You'll take it?
14:40I don't know, this is another one.
14:41I just kind of wanted to see what you were gonna say.
14:44If it's not that, then it's like ancient Greece
14:47where I would have also been put me on the Senate
14:53even though that's not allowed.
14:55Oh yeah, a boss bitch regardless.
14:57Yeah.
14:58What is my current favorite book?
15:01I'm gonna go ahead and say
15:03Me, Myself and Why by Jennifer Ouellette.
15:04Yeah!
15:06That's what I was thinking.
15:07It's good, yeah.
15:08But yeah, it's a really great book about like,
15:11why am I like this?
15:14Could be the subtitle of the book.
15:17The question we ask ourselves all the time.
15:20Yeah.
15:21If I could be any one D&D class in real life,
15:25what would it be?
15:26You have too much fun with the idea of magic.
15:28Yeah.
15:29That's the thing with like, if you had to be like,
15:33all the classes in D&D are all fun and make sense,
15:36but like if you're bringing something to real life.
15:39Class between Druid or Sorcerer.
15:41So Druid gifts has the nature elements of it
15:43and the beast transformation and stuff.
15:47I'm gonna say Druid.
15:48Yeah, that's probably what I would pick too.
15:49Because the beast form.
15:50Because the beast forms.
15:51Fly easily as a bird and.
15:53Yeah.
15:53Yeah.
15:55You can turn into things.
15:56And your gardens will live.
15:57And my gardens would live.
15:58Yes!
15:59It's full circle.
16:01See?
16:02Correct.
16:02What was the first movie that we watched together?
16:06I'm gonna say Kill Bill.
16:09No.
16:10No, I'm freaking out.
16:11No.
16:12I'm pretty certain it was Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
16:16You are totally right, it was.
16:17Ah, no.
16:18Yeah.
16:20Okay, yeah.
16:20And then I think like the second movie we watched together,
16:23I think was Phantom Tollbooth.
16:25Right, which I wanted to show you.
16:26Yeah, the Chuck Jones.
16:27I was like, you have to see this.
16:29Yeah, it's on me.
16:30I failed that one.
16:31No point.
16:32That's okay, it's gonna happen.
16:33If we could relive one day of our relationship together,
16:37which day would it be?
16:38And the classic to go to is the wedding day,
16:40but that day was also so hectic.
16:41I think the night of our first date.
16:43For me.
16:44Yeah.
16:45Because like, it was just, it was perfect.
16:48I think that's actually what I had in mind
16:50when I wrote this question.
16:51This is kind of my, I was like, what was I thinking of?
16:53Think of the, it would be the first date.
16:55For sure.
16:56Tonga Hut, taking over the jukebox,
16:58having cocktails, then.
16:59Yeah.
17:00Going to LACMA.
17:02Yeah.
17:03And the Lamplorian, as we called it.
17:06And then driving to the beach, first kiss.
17:08And we watched the sun come up.
17:10Yep.
17:11While I was looking for a Wendy's Frosty.
17:12We kept looking for a Wendy's Frosty
17:14and all the Wendy's were closed.
17:16So we went all over LA looking for a Wendy's.
17:18It was perfect, mate.
17:19It was great.
17:20Yeah, you get a point.
17:21Yay!
17:22Matthew.
17:23Yes, Marisha.
17:24I don't know, I never call you Matthew.
17:26I know.
17:27I don't know why, it just seems so formal here.
17:28I like it, it's fun.
17:30What is the top bucket list item
17:32I want to build together before we die?
17:37Correct!
17:38Yeah.
17:39I want an awesome fucking tree house!
17:41Damn it.
17:42I know, one day.
17:43One day.
17:44You should know this one.
17:44Uh-oh.
17:46What discontinued Taco Bell item am I still mourning?
17:52Oh man, I think it's going to have to be a pass.
17:55It's going to kill me, it's going to kill me.
17:58Caramel apple empanadas, baby!
18:01Of course!
18:01I was thinking of food items, not the dirt item.
18:03And I was like, food item?
18:04And like, no, they brought back the nacho fries
18:06and like, what was it?
18:08It was a dessert, yeah.
18:09Caramel apple!
18:10You're right, you're right.
18:11Empanadas.
18:12I should have known.
18:13Divorced.
18:15If I had proposed to you, how would I have done it?
18:19Have we had this conversation?
18:20No, I don't think so.
18:21Oh, we're just coming up with it, okay.
18:22Yeah.
18:23Yeah, how would it?
18:24I just figured we could like brainstorm something.
18:25Sure, and then you'll decide whether or not
18:27I deserve a point at the end.
18:29Yeah.
18:30Okay, I get it, I get it.
18:31I feel like you might have done like a mysterious
18:35kind of, almost like a fetch quest
18:38across different locations.
18:40Mm-hmm, like a big scavenger hunt.
18:41Big scavenger hunt.
18:42Yeah.
18:43Yeah, like a series of little clues and puzzles.
18:45Yeah.
18:45You know, we both kind of live in that realm
18:47and that's what I did for you in a closed space,
18:49but I think you would have like.
18:50I would have made you go like all around LA.
18:52All over the city.
18:53Yeah, I was kind of thinking something like that too,
18:55but maybe at certain places we can have like actors,
18:59like basically like a 30 mile zone sleep no more.
19:03Throw a bag over your head, cops are called.
19:07No, Travis already did that to Troy.
19:08Yeah, no, that's what I think.
19:09I think it would have been like a protracted,
19:11immersive narrative.
19:13Yeah, you would have had to work for it.
19:14Of course.
19:15Kind of like I had to work for it.
19:16I made you work for it.
19:17Yeah.
19:18And to earn that ring.
19:18That's a point.
19:19Yeah, jeez Louise.
19:23Solve this escape room where we don't get engaged.
19:26Look, I don't set the stakes.
19:30You did.
19:30You actually did.
19:31It's exactly what happened.
19:32I would have still asked you.
19:33Yeah.
19:34Probably.
19:35What's my dream role?
19:37You certainly expressed you'd love to play Poison Ivy.
19:39Correct.
19:40You get a point.
19:41Which one of us does our Corgi Omar like better?
19:48I disagree with you on this, but you think it's me.
19:51It is you.
19:52No, I think he loves us both equal.
19:54He loves you.
19:55That's not true.
19:56I'll give you a half point because you know what I think.
19:59But you still don't agree.
20:01Okay, I'll accept that.
20:02I hold my ground.
20:03What's my favorite character that I've played?
20:06Your favorite character that you've played?
20:07Yeah.
20:08Does this include Critical Role related stuff?
20:10Yeah, I would say so.
20:11I'm gonna have to go Beauregard Lionette.
20:13Yeah, that's a good one.
20:14Yeah, she's definitely the closest to,
20:17and you given free reign to be the badass bitch
20:21without consequences.
20:22Yeah, she's the closest to my heart.
20:24But you've been enjoying Ladna thoroughly.
20:26I do love Ladna so much.
20:26You learned a lot about yourself with Keyleth.
20:28I mean, any of them are great.
20:29Yeah, they're all facets of us.
20:31But I'd say Beauregard's probably the one
20:32that's the smoothest fit.
20:34Yeah.
20:35What was I wearing the first time
20:39that I stayed the night at your place?
20:43You were wearing a,
20:47I wanna say like a black and white striped tube top.
20:50Yeah, I think that's correct.
20:51Yeah.
20:53Yeah, and I think dark jeans.
20:56I think it was a jean mini skirt.
20:57I might've been it, yeah.
20:59I think it was a jean mini skirt.
21:00Yeah.
21:02Yeah, I think that's correct.
21:03Yeah, I'm not going to say why.
21:05I know it was dark.
21:08We know why.
21:14Well, good job.
21:15Good job to you too.
21:16You got a point for that last one, of course.
21:18Yay.
21:19We did it, good game.
21:20Feels pretty even, good game.
21:21Good game, good game.
21:22Yeah, well done.
21:22All right, so I guess with the tally,
21:24you ended up with this many points.
21:27Mm, not too shabby.
21:29It's pretty good.
21:30This magical number that now exists in my hand.
21:32Yeah, it's beautiful.
21:33I like the font choice.
21:34And then you got this many.
21:38What, really?
21:39Wow, that's pretty much, it's pretty close.
21:41They're both pretty neck and neck.
21:42They do feel pretty neck and neck.
21:43Yeah.
21:44I can't say what they are, but they've gotta be close.
21:46I guarantee you, this was fun.
21:49Yeah.