00:00You know, I used to be so far ahead of you on this quiz, and I think you've caught up,
00:04if not lap me at this point.
00:05On the leaderboard. Yeah, well.
00:07And you revel in it so much. That's the point.
00:10It's a new week.
00:11It is time for the Pointed News quiz. Alexis is here taking over for quiz master, Lisa.
00:16Does Lisa prep you on this? Does she go through?
00:18We've talked about it. We've talked about the rules.
00:20We've talked about the rules. So let me just bring folks up to speed.
00:22If you're not, maybe you watch Pointed all the time. Maybe you need a refresher.
00:25So each contestant gets 30 chips.
00:2930 chips. Poker chips.
00:30Poker chips. You can put all your chips on one category, or you can divide them evenly, 10 chips per
00:36category.
00:37So here are our categories today.
00:39Three categories.
00:40See how strongly you feel about them.
00:41All right.
00:42Movies.
00:43Movies.
00:43AI, of course.
00:44Uh-huh.
00:45Cruises.
00:46Cruises.
00:46And never forget, we have a bonus.
00:49Okay, well, not yet. Don't tell us.
00:51Ooh.
00:51Keep that secret.
00:53I'm going to keep you guessing.
00:54You're going to tell us?
00:55I was going to tell you now, but.
00:56Oh, my gosh. That might affect my betting if I did that.
00:58Then I won't do it.
00:59All right. I don't know. You have a bonus.
01:01Lisa occasionally plays it faster.
01:02Here we go.
01:03Not bonus points.
01:04I'm going to do the split. I'm going to do all.
01:05You're going to do the split?
01:06I don't really know much about cruises.
01:08Have you been on a cruise?
01:09Never. Not once ever.
01:10Would you do that?
01:11Never. Not once ever.
01:12Okay.
01:13All right.
01:13Sweetie's going.
01:14I'm putting none.
01:15None.
01:15So you're going none on cruises, 20 on AI.
01:1820 on AI.
01:18I'm doing 10, 10, 10.
01:19Yeah.
01:20And 10 on movies.
01:20All right. What do you got?
01:21Here we go.
01:22First up.
01:22Movies in the Paramount Skydance settlement.
01:24How many films does the company have to distribute in theaters each year?
01:30Can I have a margin of error on this?
01:31Or it has to be?
01:31No.
01:32Come on.
01:32You've got to be exact.
01:33You've got to be exact.
01:34Okay.
01:34So remember, they reached a settlement with 12 states this past week.
01:37I know they have to pay, like, millions if they don't meet this number.
01:41I just don't know if I remember what the number one is.
01:44I wrote the number eight.
01:46You wrote 30.
01:49Yes, you wrote 30.
01:50I was right.
01:50Okay, yes.
01:51All right.
01:51Christina wins that one.
01:53Here are my chips.
01:53Movies goes to Christina.
01:54I almost did 300.
01:55I knew it started with a three.
01:56300 seemed aggressive.
01:58Do they make that many movies in a year?
02:01Well, of course.
02:02Well, they're not going to, apparently.
02:03They can knock on some of their other, you know, partnerships, I guess, to get the films.
02:07It doesn't all have to come from our brothers.
02:08But they have to pay, what, is it a $10 million fine for each one they don't release or something?
02:11I think it's a $30 million fine for each film.
02:14Okay.
02:14Okay, let's move on to AI, shall we?
02:17That's Hollywood.
02:18I'm just going to keep my chips over here.
02:19Okay.
02:19Okay.
02:20Meta.
02:21Meta.
02:21Unveiled Charm.
02:23Yeah.
02:23It is a palm-sized, dedicated gadget for using its AI assistant.
02:27What is the name of Meta's AI assistant?
02:31Wait, say this again?
02:32Okay, so this week it unveiled Charm, that palm-sized gadget.
02:35Oh, what's the name of the assistant?
02:36For using its AI assistant.
02:37We want to know the name of its AI assistant.
02:39It says you should use it, and I haven't used it.
02:41I don't know what it is.
02:41It's like, it has a little, like, diamond sparkle thing next to it.
02:45And it caused Facebook, I mean, Meta's Facebook, it is the parent of Facebook, but it caused
02:50Meta's stock to, like, have its best week since, like, 2013.
02:54Okay.
02:54People were very excited about it.
02:56Muse?
02:57Oh.
02:57Wait, no, it's something like a cat.
02:59Do we still give you?
02:59It's something like a cat.
03:00Muse.
03:00Yes, yes.
03:01Is that what it is?
03:02That is the correct spelling.
03:03I wrote Charmy.
03:04I have no idea.
03:05Charmy.
03:06Okay.
03:07That's a new one.
03:08That one does go to Mr. Gura.
03:10Muse is right.
03:10And you did have 20 chips on that, I must say.
03:13Yeah.
03:13So, smart betting there.
03:14There you go.
03:16Take them gleefully.
03:17And I get them.
03:18Interesting.
03:19You don't get them.
03:19I get them.
03:20Tight up.
03:21So we can go to the cashier and I get my winner.
03:23Cruises.
03:24Oh, but you don't have anything on cruises.
03:26No, this is really interesting.
03:27So I really got it.
03:28It's all on you.
03:30Okay, here we go.
03:30Yep.
03:31A cruise line agreed to buy a 50% stake in Sandals Resorts this past week for about $3 billion.
03:38Which cruise line was it?
03:40No, but there's one near a place I go frequently.
03:44So I did read this story because I was interested into who.
03:47Okay, you're going to guess anyway, though.
03:48Of course.
03:49Because I like that.
03:49You got to guess.
03:50You got to guess.
03:50What did you say?
03:51Carnival.
03:51Carnival.
03:52Royal Caribbean.
03:53Royal Caribbean's it.
03:54Okay.
03:54Oh.
03:55So now we've got a tie on our hands.
03:57All right.
03:57It's all down to that bonus.
03:58We should have asked what the topic was.
04:00No.
04:01It's 20 to 20.
04:02Okay.
04:03But you see what they're doing there.
04:04They want to get you by land and by sea, basically.
04:06And give you those resorts on land after you take the cruise or while you're taking the cruise.
04:09Sounds like a nightmare.
04:11It's a lot of people.
04:12It's a lot of people.
04:13It's a lot.
04:13Now, I've only taken one Disney.
04:15I've taken a cruise.
04:16It was a Disney cruise years ago.
04:17It was very good.
04:17There were characters.
04:18People do like characters.
04:19There were characters.
04:19There were shows.
04:20I had the little kids at the time.
04:20Dibbity-bobbity boutique.
04:22All of it.
04:23All of it.
04:23But look, there are lots of folks, including some of my family members, who absolutely love
04:27Swear by Cruises.
04:28Love it.
04:29God bless them.
04:30Buffet.
04:31Buffet, anyone?
04:33Buffet.
04:33All right.
04:33Let's move on to our bonus.
04:37We did not tell you.
04:38The cruise ship pace.
04:39But here it is.
04:40Are you ready?
04:40Yes.
04:40The category, the ever-exciting plants.
04:44Plants.
04:44Oh, Lord.
04:45Okay.
04:46Here we go.
04:46I got nothing.
04:47Which Asian country...
04:48Oh, my God.
04:49What is happening?
04:51Which Asian country wants to tighten controls on cannabis four years after becoming the
04:56first in Asia to decriminalize it?
04:58You did a big take on this.
05:00I did.
05:01Well, Bloomberg did a big take.
05:03I think it's this.
05:04Yeah.
05:05So your big clue there is four years ago, they became the first country in Asia to decriminalize
05:10cannabis.
05:11Now they want to tighten controls.
05:12What Asian country could this be?
05:14That feels wrong to me, but I'm the right.
05:16Thailand.
05:17I think it is Thailand.
05:18Well, you're both right.
05:19It might have felt wrong, but you're both right.
05:21All right.
05:23Lovely.
05:23I guess so.
05:23Thanks, David Garrett.
05:24So is this a tie?
05:25Is this what we call this?
05:26Yeah.
05:27I can take a tie.
05:27We very rarely tie.
05:28It really happens.
05:29But wow, I didn't know about that title.
05:31I'm thinking about like Broke Down Palace.
05:32I feel like it's not a place that's warm to the use of substances.
05:35So this is part of the...
05:35You guys did a great episode on it where it was like, this is one of the reasons they
05:41wanted to decriminalize it because they had such a reputation for being so harsh on
05:44drugs and it was hurting tourism.
05:46And then it came in like a house on fire and it's upended the economies and it's kind
05:50of ruined these communities.
05:51And now all of a sudden it went from having really high approval to people saying, yeah,
05:55we need to evaluate this.
05:55We don't want any more.
05:56Claire Danes, Leonardo DiCaprio.
05:58And that movie was terrifying.
05:59I did not want any part of it.
06:01Nope.
06:01Nobody knows.
06:02Alexis, thank you very much.
06:03This was fun.
06:04It was fun.
06:04Thanks, guys.
06:05Great.
06:05I'll take the tie.
06:07I was going to say, is this your way of like wanting us to like you better than Lisa
06:10since you didn't take a piece?
06:12Because we ended in a tie.
06:13This is the spirit of diplomacy here in New York.
06:14You're doing well.
06:15You're doing well.
06:16She's been letting David win lately.
06:17So, you know.
06:18I'm garnering points here with Christina.
06:20I would quibble with the word letting.
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