Inés Trejos (1932 - October 16, 2024) appeared as a contestant on the twenty-third episode of Series 5 of ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?, the Costa Rican version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, on September 28, 2021. She won the top prize of ₡30,000,000, making her the second winner in the Costa Rican version, and the first and only contestant to win the top prize of ₡30,000,000 (as Willy Pérez had won the top prize of ₡25,000,000).
She is also the oldest solo top-prize winner of the Millionaire franchise in the world, at 89 years old at the time of her win.[1]
She unfortunately passed away at the age of 92 years old.[2]
Inés' Run to ₡30,000,000[]
| ₡100,000 (1 of 15) - Not timed | |
| Complete the following popular saying: "Tanto va a el cántaro a la fuente hasta que...": | |
| ⬥ A: Se embellece | ⬥ B: Se cansa |
| ⬥ C: Se encoje | ⬥ D: Se rompe |
| The saying literally means "So much does the jug go to the source until it breaks", meaning that if one does something dangerous many times, it will fail inevitably. |
| ₡200,000 (2 of 15) - Not timed | |
| Which of the following animals has a habit of hunting in a herd? | |
| ⬥ A: The spider | ⬥ B: The lion |
| ⬥ C: The snake | ⬥ D: The cat |
| ₡300,000 (3 of 15) - Not timed | |
| In our country, hidden or buried jars, filled with money, are known as: | |
| ⬥ A: Botijas | ⬥ B: Catalejos |
| ⬥ C: Fuelles | ⬥ D: Calesas |
| ₡400,000 (4 of 15) - Not timed | |
| In what country will the next 2022 World Cup be? | |
| ⬥ A: Singapore | ⬥ B: Qatar |
| ⬥ C: Nepal | ⬥ D: Saudi Arabia |
| ₡500,000 (5 of 15) - Not timed Audio question | |
| What is the name of the following tango? | |
| ⬥ A: El día que me quieras | ⬥ B: Volver |
| ⬥ C: La cumparsita | ⬥ D: Por una cabeza |
| ₡750,000 (6 of 15) - Not timed | |
| When something is known and accepted by all we use the Latin expression: | |
| ⬥ A: Carpe diem | ⬥ B: Vox populi |
| ⬥ C: Cogito ergo sum | ⬥ D: Ipso facto |
| ₡1,000,000 (7 of 15) - Not timed | |
| Rafael Ángel "Felo" García, in addition to a painter and architect, was a professional player of... | |
| ⬥ A: Basketball | ⬥ B: Volleyball |
| ⬥ C: Football | ⬥ D: Baseball |
| ₡1,500,000 (8 of 15) - Not timed | |
| Which famous drug store is located to the south side of the central park of San José? | |
| ⬥ A: Botica Francesa | ⬥ B: Botica Solera |
| ⬥ C: Botica Internacional | ⬥ D: Botica San José |
| ₡2,000,000 (9 of 15) - Not timed | |
| Of the following writers, who was known as "The Phoenix of the Ingenious"? 'Switch the Question' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Miguel de Cervantes | ⬥ B: Luis de Góngora |
| ⬥ C: Francisco de Quevedo | ⬥ D: Lope de Vega |
| She would have said D, which was the right answer. |
| ₡2,000,000 (9 of 15) - Not timed Switched question | |
| The languages Spanish, French and Italian belong to the ... language group | |
| ⬥ A: Dradiv | ⬥ B: Mayen |
| ⬥ C: Romance | ⬥ D: Germanic |
| ₡3,000,000 (10 of 15) - Not timed | |
| Which of these indigenous territories is closest to the city of San José? | |
| ⬥ A: Matambú | ⬥ B: Quitirrisí |
| ⬥ C: Telire | ⬥ D: Ujarrás |
| ₡5,000,000 (11 of 15) - Not timed | |
| The largest wetland in the world, located in Brazil, is called... '50:50' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Esteros del Iberá | ⬥ B: Pantanal |
| ⬥ C: Delta del Okavango | ⬥ D: Río Negro |
| ₡7,500,000 (12 of 15) - Not timed Image question | |
| This sculpture, on the front of the Supreme Court of Justice, is a work by the Costa Rican... | |
| ⬥ A: Juan Ramón Bonilla | ⬥ B: Ólger Villega |
| ⬥ C: Juan Portuguez | ⬥ D: Francisco Zúñiga |
| ₡10,000,000 (13 of 15) - Not timed | |
| Which of the following mammals has only six cervical vertebrae? 'Videocall-a-Friend' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: The giraffe | ⬥ B: The dog |
| ⬥ C: The manatee | ⬥ D: The whale |
| ₡15,000,000 (14 of 15) - Not timed | |
| What was the first country where Juan Domingo Perón lived after the military coup? | |
| ⬥ A: Panama | ⬥ B: Mexico |
| ⬥ C: Paraguay | ⬥ D: Spain |
| ₡30,000,000 (15 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| "Gave his life for the freedoms of Costa Rica" says the epitaph on the grave of: | |
| ⬥ A: Pancha Carrasco Jiménez | ⬥ B: José María Cañas Escamilla |
| ⬥ C: Juan Rafael Mora Porras | ⬥ D: Marcelino García Flamenco |
| Inés never used her Plus One lifeline. Inés Trejos: MILLONARIA |
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| Preceded by Kyle Albán Mora |
Costa Rican Contestant (Season 5) Inés Trejos |
Succeeded by Estefanie Miranda |