00:00Now for this week's pointed news quiz. My brain is as blank as this board this week, but Lisa,
00:06you got to help me out, man. We can't allow David to win again. That was an aberration last week.
00:10There's no collusion allowed in this game. I want fashion questions. I want cosmetics.
00:15I can't. I don't know. I'm going to try, guys. I'm going to try to make this a little bit
00:19better
00:19for you, okay? Here we go. So if you're playing along at home, here's how it works, okay? So they
00:24have two whiteboards. They're going to write their answers to the questions that I give them on those
00:29whiteboards. They have chips in front of them, 30 chips, and depending on the categories that I
00:34give them, they're going to decide whether they want to place 10 chips on one, 10 on another, 10 on
00:38another, or maybe go all in and 30 on one, okay? So let's get to that. You've never done that.
00:44You
00:44always pick. You always pick. He always does pick. Okay, let's get to the categories first, you guys.
00:48Okay, we'll start off. The categories are AI, Marathon, and Toys. Okay, not bad, right? Okay,
00:56this is, you're feeling pretty good. You got to place your bets. Yeah, yeah. Who's feeling
01:00confident about AI? David, what are you going with? I feel reasonably confident about that. I'm
01:04going to put double on Marathon. Double on Marathon? How much are you putting on AI? Toys, I'm not,
01:1110 on AI, 20 on Marathon, and nothing on toys. I'm going to do my usual 10 across the board.
01:1710 across the board. Let's hedge it by any of you. I want you to mix it up, you know?
01:19Thank you.
01:20All right, I'm here for you, Lisa. Ask me easy questions. Okay, let's go. Let's get to the first
01:24scan. Okay, the first question is AI. So the question is, China blocked Meta's $2 billion
01:30acquisition of which agentic AI startup? What is the name of that startup? Here's a little
01:35hint for you. The tagline of that startup is Hands on AI. Okay. Good question. I mean,
01:41this is a big moment. I see the blank look across the face. Big moment for the Chinese information
01:46tech industry. I did read this article. I think I remember the name of this. What is the name
01:51capital? Of that AI startup? Are you ready? You ready? You ready? Flip it. You're going
01:54to have to tell me. Manus. Manus? Manus. Very good. You both got it. Excellent, excellent.
02:00Oh, and you double up on that one, didn't you, David? No. No, you didn't. I just did 10.
02:03Okay, okay. So we're tied. We're tied. We're keeping our chips. Yes. Okay, so we'll go to
02:08the next one. Yes. This is Marathon, okay? So the two men ran the London Marathon in under
02:15two hours. Yes, it's crazy. Okay, which shoe brand were they both wearing? There's a lot
02:22of shoe brands to choose from. Do we, so was this, was this time, like, attributable to
02:27the fact that they were wearing these shoes? So the shoes are, like, kind of controversial,
02:30right? Yes, they're big, right. Because they have that carbon fiber in them, and it's this
02:32very special shoe. It seems like you've read up on this category. Very lightweight.
02:35I'm just trying to ascertain my odds. I did not. Not worn these. Yeah, no, anyway, it's remarkable
02:39for both of them. They're, they're a little pricey. Okay. Are you ready? Ready. I'm sorry. Okay,
02:44go ahead. I'm ready. Okay, let me see. Nike. Adidas. Adidas is the winner. Steena, they
02:52are 500 bucks, those shoes, and they're really lightweight. That's why people like them when
02:57they start running with them, and it got them to do the marathon in under two hours. Because
03:01you have Hoka's, you have An's, you have Brooks, you have all the different ones. I wore the Brooks
03:04when I was doing the marathon. Didn't get me under two hours. Brooks is a Warren Buffett,
03:08Berkshire Hathaway concern, just to draw it all together here. That's because they're doing
03:13a 5K today in Omaha in honor of the meeting. Oh, see? And Brooks' shoes are encouraged,
03:17I think. Not the Adidas. Can I get some points for that? No, not at all. Nice try. Nice
03:21try. I'm going to move you on to toys. I think you're going to make up for here. I've got
03:25nothing on toys. I put nothing on it. Oh, David, why would you put nothing on toys? We can
03:29just call it now. I can go home. Oh, this, this is an easy one. Okay, okay. Here we go.
03:35Okay. You're going to regret not putting anything. Mattel reported higher than expected first
03:38quarter revenue, thanks to the demand for which toy car brand? Oh, Mattel. I know,
03:46he's probably kicking himself. Which toy car brand? This has got to be, I know you guys have
03:52your answers already. I'm just going to draw a little one, but we don't have time. All right,
03:55go ahead. What do you both put? Hot Wheels. Hot Wheels. Hot Wheels, yes. Very good.
04:01It's doing great. Did you actually know Hot Wheels, it really helped them out. Their sales rose 13%
04:07in the first quarter, 2026, and that helped offset because Barbie dolls and Fisher Price
04:11toys are not doing as well. Interesting. That's kind of wholesome, though. I like that kids
04:15are buying Hot Wheels. What are the other small parts? Micro Machines, are those cars? I can't
04:18remember. Hot Wheels and Micro Machines. Micro Machines. Are those still a thing? I've stepped
04:22on many of those with my children when they were young. Yes, Legos and those are not awesome.
04:25They hurt very much on bare feet. Yeah. I was jealous of the Hot Wheels. They were more fun
04:29than the dolls, I got to say. The Hot Wheels, a little track, they go loop-de-loop. I like
04:33them. All right, you ready for a bonus question? Can I redeem myself? I can't even.
04:37Can you go all in? Can you, like, double a bet? I'm all in on 10. I still lose, so,
04:40yeah,
04:41just for my own source of pride. Okay. Yes, for your sense of pride. Food and beverage
04:46is the bonus category, okay? Okay. All right. If you're playing along at home, yes, here it
04:50is. Thailand is turning to live streamers to sell a glut, like, an excessive amount of
04:55which spiky fruit? Oh. It's a spiky fruit. You see all the influencers posting about it
05:01nowadays. Is it stinky? It's stinky. Yes, there you go. Oh, you can't ask. You can't ask.
05:05Oh, sorry. What is this? I'd already written it. Calm down. Oh, God. I don't know. All of
05:10the stinky-smelling fruits that we can choose from. You're not even taking a guess? No,
05:14I put durian. I did, too. Durian. Durian, you guys got it. Correct. It is a spiky. It
05:20smells like actually sweaty gym socks. That's what they say. I know they ban these from public
05:26transportation in some countries because they're so stinky. Oh, I am just, I don't know how you
05:31eat it. You have to hold your nose. I don't know. I can only eat stinky cheeses and seafood.
05:36I don't know. I've never tried one. Have you ever tried one? No. Apparently, I can only
05:38win this game in Washington, D.C., so we're going to have to wait until our next foray.
05:42Our next road trip. Down to the nation's capital. But, Lisa, thank you very much.
05:45It's fine. I'm just going to stay over here with all of my chips that I got to keep.
05:48Just count those chips. Guess what? There are 30 of them. Look at all of these
05:49cheeses. Incredible. She's got the crown back. Here we go.
05:52You can test your knowledge. On all 10 questions, take the pointed news quiz at bloomberg.com
05:57slash pointed.
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