Pointed News Quiz | Resignations, Wearable, Food
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This is a game for risk takers. Are you ready?
Absolutely. I'm known as really Good.
Good, good. Okay, so you're going to enjoy this all
in. Okay.
So there are three categories I'm going to give you.
You have three chips in front of you. They're in three different sections
here. Yeah.
You place your bets on each category thinking, You know what?
I feel comfort in this one. I'm going to say, what, ten?
Or maybe I'll. You invent this game.
No, I did not. It's on blue eyed calm.
You actually go check it out. Well, you can play along at home.
Okay. I thought you invented it for Bloomberg
Markets. I did not.
I'm not that gifted. Nor we.
We keep it from our brilliant colleagues over in the Games department.
Lisa, what are the top? All right, so let's get to the
categories first. Okay, So the first category is
resignations. The second category is wearables.
The third category is food and beverage related.
We have a bonus, but we'll see. Oh, wow.
So it never come to that. It does.
All right. But we still tied it.
Yeah. Okay.
So place your bets now. Are you going ten each?
What do you what do you think I'm going to do five on resignations Because
there's been a lot of names in that category recently, and I'm splitting.
I'm not. Okay.
I was like, I was like, All right, what do we want to make us?
Okay, I'm sitting here.
I'm going to run it out to ten on all three.
Okay, ten on all three. We're going to take this board and take
those off you that we have here for the week.
I understand it's for you to write your, your your answer.
Okay. Let me give you your first question for
our first category, which is resignations.
Okay, here's your question. Okay.
Air Canada's CEO stepping down after his response.
Please. I know I'm not good.
Okay, hold on, hold on. Give you give yourself some credit for
that story. Stepping down after response to a deadly
runway collision. Which faux pas did he commit?
What did he do wrong that caused him to step down?
Really? What did you think?
What do you think? I thought it was gonna be a Pam Bondi
question. I mean, we like how we have the music to
soothe you as you as you go along there, Jim.
Oh, he's writing furiously. If you have a good feeling about
songwriting. I don't know.
What he's writing is very neat. Only you folks at home have got it.
It's okay. We only have, like.
Like writing slippage. What do you got?
He moved his. What?
His sleep. No, I don't.
I tweets. He's not on Twitter.
He made his statement in mostly English. So think about it.
We didn't do it in French as well, so. Okay, So on.
Yeah, Well, this major. Yes.
Quebec. They were not happy because he is a
French ongoing political issue. So yeah, it's achieved a lot.
J'accuse Exactly what they say in both language.
Yeah. So.
Lisa So this is very, very well, could you pass them over to me?
I mean, let's see. I'm against them.
Okay, so you see next one. Next one is wearables.
Google developing a fitness band to compete with Aura and which other brand
that's on its way to an IPO. So Google is developing a fitness band.
It's going to compete with Aura and which other brand that's on its way to
an IPO. Oh, I knew this would be my weak spot
here. There was another brand.
A whole other brand. Yes.
That's on its way to an IPO. You have 30 seconds.
Oh, I don't think. I only know what I'm putting.
The only one I know. Yeah, Same.
What do you think they are anymore? Oh, you're both wrong.
Is it Garmin? Is what?
What is it? Yes.
Okay. Okay.
They plan to release it later this year, but with no date.
They're going for an IPO pretty soon. And the reason why it's so big is
because Chase credit Card did like a rebate with their fitness band.
So, so many people started to get. So you could get these.
Yes, yes, yes. So that was a big draw for the world.
This is going really well so far, guys. We've had a long
list tomorrow as well. Food and beverage, man.
We going to go all in on this one.
You got that moment. That's what we're doing.
Both of those things together last night before.
I don't know anything about that. Food and beverage.
Unilever agreed to sell its food business to which company in a $44.8
billion deal. Do you think this was a good story?
Yes. Well, I think I know.
I think I know. I think I even read it on the air.
I don't remember the headline. The Big Corporate Giants.
Think about it. Okay.
Food business. I'm just putting this to be funny
because we had chocolate. You did?
Okay. You said Hershey's.
Sysco. No.
McCormick. All right.
Well, yes, yes, yes. At the space maker,
but so many other McCormick. One else is merging with Cisco.
Do you think it was restaurant if it was merging with Cisco?
Thank you, Patrick in our control room for you guys.
You know, you have zero points. You know what, on the holiday, here's
what we're going to do. We're going to go for a bonus, okay?
And whoever gets it gets all the chips. Oh, I'm going for it.
Okay. That's what we're doing.
We already it's Lisa's rules now. We're both losers, Heidi.
We're going to try to redeem. This is here.
Okay. Okay.
The bonus question is Candy. Hey, we have some.
Okay. Which Hershey brand was called out by
its namesake founder's son for skimping on ingredients.
Yes. Yes.
Because if there's a tie, then then you get candy to both of you get stoned.
You got 90 seconds ready to go. Did I said yes.
You boogie, please. All right.
Do I get to come back to marry you? You get to come back to win and you get
all your chips back and you get those two.
You don't have to eat one because you did not do it.
So that's what's going to be the thing we are going to be celebrating.
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In this game show segment, participants bet chips on trivia categories including resignations, wearables, and food and beverage. The host, Lisa, tests their knowledge on corporate news, such as the resignation of Air Canada's CEO over a language faux pas and Unilever's major deal with McCormick. After the contestants fail to score points in the initial rounds, a bonus question regarding a Hershey brand is introduced to offer them a chance at redemption.
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