Key Takeaways
- Morning Brew Daily hosted a holiday trivia game featuring hosts and three guests.
- The multi-round competition covered current events, pop culture, numerical facts, and movie knowledge.
- Annie Bennett secured victory after multiple rounds of challenging trivia.
- The final round involved predicting under-the-radar trends for the year 2026.
Deep Dive
- Hosts Neal Freyman and Toby Howell welcomed Macy Gilliam, Jack Stebbins, and Annie Bennett for a holiday trivia game show.
- The game featured five rounds of questions about 2025 news, with a $100 prize for the winner.
- Initial questions covered topics like the Jeff Bezos/Lauren Sanchez wedding location and the Chinese zodiac Year of the Snake.
- Annie correctly identified UConn as an NCAA basketball champion, and Jack knew Pop Mart as the maker of Laboo-Boo toys.
- After the first round, Jack and Macy were tied with three points, with Annie trailing at two points.
- The second round, "Who Said It," featured quotes from public figures like Sam Altman regarding ChatGPT and a newborn, and Warren Buffett on Greg Abel's potential CEO role.
- Participants also discussed a quote attributed to Stephen Colbert about Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau.
- A quote concerning Kamala Harris's campaign views was correctly identified.
- The trivia continued with a "Guess the Number" round where participants aimed for the closest guess without exceeding the actual value.
- Questions included Taylor Swift's engagement post likes (37 million) and a host's personal engagement post likes (1,800).
- Participants also guessed the number of pennies in circulation (250 billion), with guesses ranging from 50 million to 600 million.
- The "Survivor" round required contestants to name high-grossing movies to avoid elimination.
- Jack was initially eliminated for guessing "Zootopia 2" but was later reinstated with "Avatar" (number 29).
- Annie was eliminated after guessing "Snow White," and Jack was subsequently eliminated after incorrectly guessing the live-action "Moana."
- Macy was confirmed to be in the lead with three points after this round.
- The final round challenged participants to predict an under-the-radar trend for 2026.
- Annie Bennett suggested celebrities dating former heads of state, citing hypothetical pairings like Angela Merkel and Martin Short.
- Annie Bennett was ultimately declared the winner with 11 points, followed by Macy Gilliam with 8 points and Jack Stebbins with 7.