Are You Smarter Than Morning Brew?

Summary

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Morning Brew Daily: "Are You Smarter Than Morning Brew?"

Episode Date: February 16, 2026
Hosts: Neal Freyman & Toby Howell
Guests/Contestants: Dan Toomey, Molly Liebergal, Meg Banowitz

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Overview

In celebration of Presidents’ Day, Morning Brew Daily flips the script from its usual news and business banter, turning the episode into a witty, fast-paced trivia game show. Hosts Neal and Toby pit three comedic colleagues—Molly, Meg, and Dan—against each other in a battle of wits, covering fresh 2026 news, Winter Olympics, love odes, U.S. Presidents, and a clever "app draft." Play along and see if you’re smarter than a Brew employee!

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Key Segments & Highlights

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1. Opening & Game Show Introduction

[01:02 – 01:41]

• Theme: Special game show episode for Presidents’ Day.
• Contestants:
  • Molly (Morning Brew writer)
  • Meg (social media video creator)
  • Dan (star of Good Work YouTube)
• Prize: Homemade cake (winner picks flavor)
• Hosts' Tone: Encouraging audience to play along.

Quote:
“Be that person muttering to yourself in a car or on the train, answering questions under your breath... Let’s see if you’re smarter than a Brew employee!”
— Toby Howell [01:41]

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2. Meet the Contestants

[02:58 – 03:48]

• Molly: Favorite rewatch is Hotel for Dogs.
• Meg: Song memorized is Happy Birthday.
• Dan: Skincare routine is “just towel it.”

Quote:
“Some of us just slap a towel on that thing and I'm good to go.”
— Dan Toomey [04:00]

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3. Round 1: 2026 News Trivia

[04:03 – 12:51]

Standouts:

• Dan dominates: Correctly answers about Fed chair (Kevin Warsh), Mark Carney’s Davos speech, and Ryanair/Elon Musk feud.
• Meg’s pop culture win: Names both prominent teams in sports drama (Metros and Boston Raiders) and Trevi Fountain fee.
• Nobody guesses Alex Honnold’s climbing band (Tool).

Memorable Quotes:

“If none of you got the question right, we'll call your parents to come pick you up.”
— Neal Freyman [04:03]

“They make, like, dishwashers. Apparently really badass dishwashers.”
— Toby Howell on Bosch [12:49]

Round 1 Scoreboard:

• Dan: 5 points
• Meg: 2 points
• Molly: 0 points

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4. Round 2: Winter Olympics

[13:24 – 20:19]

Noteworthy Questions:

• Jamaica in the Winter Olympics: Dan nails the "Cool Runnings" answer.
• Meg identifies the luge as the fastest sport.
• Lake Placid as Miracle on Ice city.
• Molly uses “test to take the test” to get Lake Placid for bobsled tracks.
• Dan on a roll, including “Apollo Anton Ohno” as most decorated U.S. Olympian and biathlon as skiing + shooting.

Great Moments:

“You know how, like, your dad pushes you to be better and your mom just wants to see you do well?” — Dan Toomey [18:48]

“And it seems very uncomfortable.”
— Meg, on luge and skeleton [14:52]

Scoreboard after Round 2:

• Dan: 9
• Meg: 3
• Molly: 2

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5. Round 3: Love Odes

[23:26 – 31:37]

Format:

• Identify the sender and recipient of love quotes from songs, literature, DMs, etc.
• 1 point per correct identification.

Highlights:

• Taylor Swift to Travis Kelce (hint: “New Heights”) — Meg.
• Timothée Chalamet to Kylie Jenner at Critics’ Choice Awards — Molly (first two-pointer).
• Adam Levine’s infamous DM — Meg: “It is truly unreal how effing hot you are.”
• Troy to Gabriella (High School Musical) — Meg.
• “I am 100% a cannibal.” — Dan nails the Armie Hammer DM.
• “This is our year...tiger.” — Meg: Elizabeth Holmes to Sunny Balwani.
• Harry to Sally (When Harry Met Sally) — Molly.

Quote:
“That was during the clubs—Critics Choice.”
— Toby, clarifying Chalamet’s award show [28:31]

Tally:

• Molly: 6
• Meg: 10
• Dan: 11

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6. Round 4: Presidents’ Day Survivor

[31:38 – 37:13]

Format:

• Around the table, contestants name American presidents—repeat or blank, you’re out.
• The last standing wins (worth 6 points, but tie leads to 3 points each for Dan & Meg).

Fun Interactions:

• Contestants zigzag between old and new presidents.
• “Who owns a bunch of weird animals?” — Dan on Calvin Coolidge [34:14]
• Real-time strategizing and gentle ribbing as contestants run dry on names.

Quote:
“Does she have to name it?”—Toby
“No. If you're going Jeopardy.”—Neal [34:53]

Final Scores after Round:

• Dan: 14
• Meg: 13
• Molly: 6

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7. App Draft (Listener Participation Segment)

[38:13 – 46:12]

Draft Rules:

• Snake draft: Dan, Meg, Molly, then hosts Neil and Toby.
• Build a “dream team” of four phone apps each.

Memorable Picks:

• Dan: Igun, GarageBand, Health, Radiooooo (musical time machine)
• Meg: Settings, Weather, Camera, Jeremy Renner app
• Molly: Find My Friends, Notes, Jetpack Joyride, Chess.com
• Neil: Google Maps, NYT Games, Uber, Spotify
• Toby: Strava, Calculator, Domino’s app, App Store

Color Commentary:

• Meg: “I can see, like, what apps are tracking my location...and sending that info to the government.” [39:59]
• Molly: “Who owns a bunch of weird animals?” [34:14]
• Dan deploys Igun sound effects mid-show; picks Radiooooo for unique, fun functionality.
• Audience encouraged to vote for best home screen via comments.

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8. Final Scores & Prize Announcement

[37:18 – 38:12]

• Winner: Dan Toomey (14 points)
• Runner-Up: Meg Banowitz (13 points)
• Third: Molly Liebergal (6 points)
• Prize: Toby bakes a cake of Dan’s choice (“Toby cake” = cookie cake).

Memorable end conversation:

“You mean to tell me I'm rewarded with Toby cake?... I’ll take a cookie cake!”
— Dan Toomey [38:03, 38:09]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Just a couple of tools. Punching sideways. That’s us.” — Dan Toomey (referencing friendly banter) [07:55]
• “Use the test to take the test, Molly.” — Toby Howell (testing strategy encouragement) [18:28]
• “New heights of manhood. Knock on wood.” — Taylor Swift to Travis Kelce (via Meg) [25:12]
• “I am 100% a cannibal.” — Armie Hammer DM (Dan, correctly identifying) [30:21]
• “I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” — Harry to Sally (Molly, nailing classic romcom) [30:03]
• “The Jeremy Renner app. It’s an app where you can talk and discuss your favorite actor, Jeremy Renner.” — Meg Banowitz [44:39]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Game Show Intro & Contestant Intros: [01:02 – 04:00]
• Round 1: 2026 News Questions: [04:03 – 12:51]
• Winter Olympics: [13:24 – 20:19]
• Love Odes: [23:26 – 31:37]
• Presidents’ Day Survivor: [31:38 – 37:13]
• App Draft: [38:13 – 46:12]
• Final Scores, Cake Talk, and Outro: [37:18 – End]

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Final Thoughts

This President’s Day special mixes sharp trivia, off-the-cuff comedy, inside jokes, and perfectly timed cultural references. Dan clinches victory—and “Toby cake”—on the strength of both his obscure knowledge and comedic timing, while Meg shines in pop culture, and Molly scores big in romcoms and reality TV. The friendly, fast-moving energy and balance of news, nostalgia, and new bits make it both a compelling listen and a great candidate for listener play-along.

Who won the app draft? That’s up to listeners—so join the conversation!

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Participate: Vote in comments or email your favorite app lineup!

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Transcript

[Narrator]

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[Dan Toomey]

Yeah, I have no idea what will happen.

[Molly Liebergal]

I know. I'm scared I'm gonna get a lot of wrong.

[Meg Banowitz]

Yeah, I don't really know a lot of stuff if I'm being honest.

[Neal Freyman]

The point is to be entertaining, but feel free to like banter, make jokes, or like comment on questions.

[Dan Toomey]

But just give you guys free content.

[Neal Freyman]

I'm not looking at it like that.

[Dan Toomey]

But.

[Neal Freyman]

Good Morning Brew Daily Show. I'm Neal Freyman.

[Toby Howell]

And I'm Toby Howell.

[Neal Freyman]

Today an MBD game show.

[Toby Howell]

We'll quiz comedians and you in a President's Day trivia contest. It's Monday, February 16th. Let's ride.

[Neal Freyman]

Happy President's Day. Hope you are enjoying the first three day weekend of the year. If you have today off because of the federal holiday, today's episode is going to be a little different than usual. It's a game show. We asked three of our very funny friends from around Morning Brew to come on the podcast and answer trivia questions and be these first game show that aired last Christmas was a big hit so we decided to run it back.

[Toby Howell]

This is the type of game show where you should play along. Be that person muttering to yourself in a car or on the train, answering questions under your breath. You've listened to mbd. Let's see if you're smarter than a Brew employee. Thinking caps on lock in. And let's play some trivia after a quick word from our sponsor.

[Neal Freyman]

Toby, are you trying to make gains this year?

[Toby Howell]

Yes, I am going to bench to 25 this year. I will make it happen.

[Neal Freyman]

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[Toby Howell]

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[Neal Freyman]

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[Toby Howell]

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[Neal Freyman]

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[Toby Howell]

Play this game show.

[Neal Freyman]

Joining us on the show today are three of the fiercest competitors we could find around the office. They'll play four rounds of trivia, and the person with the most points at the end will win the grand prize of Toby. What is our prize?

[Toby Howell]

It's cake. I'm going to bake a cake and bring it to the office to present to the winner. I hope none of you have any dairy allergies.

[Neal Freyman]

Also, you get to pick out the kind of cake if you win. All right, let's quickly get to know our contestants. First up is Molly Liebergal, a fantastic writer for the Morning Brew newsletter. Molly, what is the movie you have rewatched the most times?

[Molly Liebergal]

Oh, God.

[Neal Freyman]

All right, well.

[Molly Liebergal]

Hotel for dogs.

[Neal Freyman]

Hotel for Dogs.

[Toby Howell]

Hotel for Dog.

[Neal Freyman]

All right, next is Meg Banowitz, who makes hilarious videos for Morning Brews social media. Meg, what song do you have completely memorized?

[Meg Banowitz]

Okay, you guys switched up the question I was prepared to answer. Molly, the happy birthday song seems like.

[Toby Howell]

A cop out, but you have to remember the name, so I do like that. Finally, Dan Toomey, the star of The Good Work YouTube channel is here. Dan, I once went to one of your comedy shows where you describe yourself as a port porcelain doll come to life. What is your skincare routine?

[Dan Toomey]

Well, first off, I want to say thank you for having me. I would not have done this competition had I known that was the prize we are working for. But my skincare routine, I got nothing. I just towel it.

[Toby Howell]

Gosh dang it.

[Dan Toomey]

Some of us just slap a towel on that thing and I'm good to go.

[Neal Freyman]

That's more. That's more than me and Toby, I think. Okay, let's move on to round one, which is news from 2026. If you get the question correct, you'll get one point. If you get the question wrong, the next player in line can steal your question by answering it correctly. If none of you got the question right, we'll call your parents to come pick you up. Okay, question one is to Molly. Molly, who did President Trump select to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve?

[Molly Liebergal]

Wouldn't it be fun if it was Vivek?

[Neal Freyman]

It would be fun. That is not correct. Dan, do you know?

[Dan Toomey]

I believe That's a man by the name of Kevin Warsh.

[Toby Howell]

Kevin Warsh, the Washing Machine, as we're calling them.

[Dan Toomey]

I also just want to say thank you, Neil and Toby, for dressing up for this podcast.

[Toby Howell]

You're welcome. It is mostly an audio product, so that's good commentary, Dan. We have a scoreboard. I forgot to mention that. So you do get a point. It is Kevin Warshire up to a flying start.

[Dan Toomey]

Kevin Warsh.

[Toby Howell]

Kevin. Question to Kevin to question two.

[Neal Freyman]

Dan.

[Toby Howell]

Does this go to Dan? Okay, Dan. In a major speech at Davos, which world leader said the middle powers must act together because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu.

[Dan Toomey]

I'm gonna. I'm gonna toss that to a guy. We went to college together. He's a good guy, friend of mine, so I hate to put him on blast here. I think that's Mark Carney of Canada.

[Toby Howell]

Mark Carney's right. Dan's off to again, a flying start.

[Dan Toomey]

He texted me after the speech, and I. Yeah, I gave him some pointers on it.

[Toby Howell]

Mark Carney is about 30 to 40 years older than Dan, so I don't understand the timeline there, but I'm glad that you're close friends.

[Neal Freyman]

All right, question three to Meg. Name the two teams Shane Hollander and Ilya Rosenoff play for in heated rivalry. You must get both teams.

[Meg Banowitz]

Oh, I know. One is the Metros.

[Toby Howell]

Metros is correct. Shane Hollander plays for the Montreal Metros.

[Meg Banowitz]

And the other one's Boston Raiders.

[Neal Freyman]

Correct.

[Toby Howell]

You actually got there. By the way, it is the TV adaptation we're talking about because it is different in the books.

[Neal Freyman]

But, Meg, which all of us have.

[Dan Toomey]

What's it in the books?

[Toby Howell]

I don't remember. I have not read the books, but they're slightly different. That was well done, Meg. I didn't think people would get that.

[Meg Banowitz]

Yeah.

[Toby Howell]

All right, question four. What band did Alex Honnold say he primarily listened to during his climb of Taipei 101? This is back to Molly, by the way.

[Molly Liebergal]

Metallica.

[Toby Howell]

Not Metallica.

[Molly Liebergal]

No.

[Toby Howell]

Dan, you may steal.

[Dan Toomey]

Can I get a hint?

[Neal Freyman]

No.

[Toby Howell]

I have never heard of this band. Do you. Can you give a hint, Neil?

[Neal Freyman]

No. I mean, we should have given a hit to Molly if you're going to give one.

[Toby Howell]

Correct.

[Dan Toomey]

This sounds like your fault, not mine. I feel like I'm improving the game.

[Neal Freyman]

Toby may not have heard of this band, but others have.

[Dan Toomey]

Toby? Oh, no, Toby hasn't heard.

[Toby Howell]

Someone might.

[Neal Freyman]

Haven't heard of many bands.

[Toby Howell]

Someone might use this word to describe you. It's all right.

[Meg Banowitz]

It's White Men, the band.

[Neal Freyman]

All right, Beach Boys, this is going to you.

[Meg Banowitz]

Um, I'll go AC dc, but I don't have a real guy.

[Dan Toomey]

Wait, can I get. Can I. Can I guess?

[Toby Howell]

Yes.

[Dan Toomey]

Audio slave.

[Neal Freyman]

No, that's what Mark Zuckerberg was listening to when coding Facebook.

[Toby Howell]

Damn it.

[Neal Freyman]

All right, the answer is tool.

[Dan Toomey]

Oh, yes.

[Toby Howell]

So no one gets that, and we're all losers because of it.

[Neal Freyman]

Okay, here. This question is for Dan. What airline did Elon Musk threaten to buy after he and the CEO started beefing?

[Dan Toomey]

Toby, did you just call me a tool in the last.

[Toby Howell]

But I called myself a tool to see. So, like, it's kind of like that comedy thing where you don't punch up, you know, punch sideways.

[Dan Toomey]

All right, I'm sorry. We're having. We're having simply too much fun. Neil, what was the question?

[Neal Freyman]

The question is, what airline did Elon Musk threaten to buy after he and the CEO started beefing?

[Dan Toomey]

I believe that's Ryanair.

[Neal Freyman]

Correct.

[Toby Howell]

Dan, three points. I'm so proud.

[Neal Freyman]

I feel like you're rooting for him.

[Toby Howell]

Well, I don't know. I like people to do well.

[Dan Toomey]

Just a couple of tools. Punching sideways. That's.

[Toby Howell]

That's us. All right, question six. This is to Meg name a best supporting actor nominee in the upcoming Academy Awards.

[Meg Banowitz]

I was. I'm not saying Jesse Plemons, but I was. I think he should have been nominated, but I know it's not him.

[Toby Howell]

You are correct in all of that. It is not him. So. Okay, we're not going to choose that answer. No, that does not count.

[Neal Freyman]

All right, three seconds. All right, we're going to. We're going to go to Molly.

[Meg Banowitz]

Okay. Yeah.

[Dan Toomey]

Fun Police.

[Molly Liebergal]

Neil, is there. Is one of them an animal? Is one of them literally like a dog or cat?

[Neal Freyman]

I don't believe so.

[Molly Liebergal]

Okay, maybe that was like a fake tweet.

[Neal Freyman]

That was Shrek.

[Toby Howell]

I'm giving some hints out Molly, what pictures have been nominated for best picture, and then maybe go back from there.

[Molly Liebergal]

Thank you, Toby.

[Meg Banowitz]

Molly, think of a movie. Start right there.

[Toby Howell]

Toby's. Just start with a movie.

[Dan Toomey]

Toby's just trying to punch sideways right now. You got. You got to let the man punch sideways.

[Molly Liebergal]

It's his right.

[Neal Freyman]

All right, I think we got to. We got to move to Dancer. Wonderful. No, not Mr. Wonderful.

[Toby Howell]

I was just proud of you for saying a movie right there.

[Molly Liebergal]

Thank you.

[Neal Freyman]

Thank you, Dan.

[Dan Toomey]

Neil, I'm going to name Benicio Del Toro.

[Meg Banowitz]

That is correct.

[Dan Toomey]

For one battle after another.

[Neal Freyman]

Well done, Dan.

[Toby Howell]

Question seven. Who are we on? Neil?

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah, we're back to Molly.

[Toby Howell]

All right, question seven. Rome installed a two euro fee for tourists hoping to get close to what attraction?

[Molly Liebergal]

The Coliseum. I'm doing so correct.

[Toby Howell]

Not correct. Not correct. Sorry.

[Neal Freyman]

It's a long game.

[Toby Howell]

It's a long game. But you did so bad. You did get a monument, so that's good. I know. Sorry.

[Meg Banowitz]

Sorry.

[Toby Howell]

I'll stop. I'm punching sideways.

[Dan Toomey]

No, you're punching down.

[Toby Howell]

Sorry. Dan, our leader with four points, it is on to you.

[Dan Toomey]

It's either the fountain that I can't name. I don't know the name of the fountain. I'm pretty sure it's the fountain, but I'll say. Are the Spanish Steps there? Is it the Spanish Steps?

[Neal Freyman]

Which one are you going for? Spanish. The fountain that can't be named or the Spanish Steps, which may or may not be in Rome?

[Dan Toomey]

This. I'll go. Well, I don't know the name of the. Would you count the name of the fountain if I said that?

[Neal Freyman]

We'll count it if you just say fountain, but are you saying fountain or steps?

[Meg Banowitz]

Are you kidding me?

[Toby Howell]

That's.

[Meg Banowitz]

You're going to count.

[Toby Howell]

We're absolutely not going to count that. By the way, you cannot say fountain. That's like saying rope or building. Yeah. So fountain does not count. I just overruled that. Sorry.

[Dan Toomey]

Okay. Spanish Steps.

[Toby Howell]

Okay. Perfect. Wrong.

[Molly Liebergal]

Okay, guys, I feel like we've weg knows. I think Meg knows.

[Meg Banowitz]

I know. Can I go? It's my turn.

[Toby Howell]

It's your turn.

[Meg Banowitz]

Call me Lizzie McGuire because I'm at the Trevi Fountain.

[Toby Howell]

Trevi Fountain.

[Molly Liebergal]

There we go.

[Toby Howell]

I don't think. I mean, Jeopardy. Rules. They would never accept.

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah, we are. We are totally. Jeopardy. Rules here.

[Dan Toomey]

Neil. Neil. What is fountain?

[Neal Freyman]

As the only person who's actually been on Jeopardy. In this recording. Moving on, question number eight. This one is to Dan. A social media trend encouraged people to post memories from 2016. So here's a question about that year. In a speech, then, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton mentioned what mobile game that generated a frenzy that summer.

[Dan Toomey]

First off, I was not. I was not alive in this year. This is unfair. Second off, I believe she told us. She told us all to Pokemon go to the polls.

[Toby Howell]

Correct. Well done, Fountain. Pokemon go to the fountain. Dan. Killing it. I'm proud of you. All right, last question in this category to Meg. And which super bowl ad did Guy Fieri contrast being just a guy versus being Guy Fieri? We're looking for the brand.

[Meg Banowitz]

All those words are new to me. Also, what is this category called this is news.

[Toby Howell]

This is just stuff that's late. Do you remember seeing Guy Fieri?

[Meg Banowitz]

I actually don't remember seeing that. And I did. I did watch the Super Bowl. Men. Can I say thank you? I'm going to just say hims.

[Toby Howell]

That would actually. That's a pretty good guess because his name is Guy. That is incorrect, unfortunately. And, Molly, I will give you a hint if you want.

[Molly Liebergal]

Can you give me a hint? And can you also repeat the question one more time?

[Toby Howell]

The question is, which super bowl ad did Guy Fieri contrast being just a guy versus being a guy? Guy Fieri. We're looking for the brand.

[Molly Liebergal]

Okay? So the brand was obviously trying to be, like, relatable, just a guy. But it's also Guy Fieri. And I'm guessing it's not food, because that would be too on the nose. I'm going to say, like, Rocket Mortgage.

[Meg Banowitz]

It's a good guess.

[Toby Howell]

Good guess. Not correct.

[Neal Freyman]

Unfortunately, Dan gets the opportunity to say, okay, fine, Toby.

[Dan Toomey]

I believe that was Palantir Technologies.

[Toby Howell]

It is not Palantir Technologies. Thank you for giving the government name, though. It's Bosch. Bosch. What do they do?

[Dan Toomey]

I don't think of them.

[Toby Howell]

They make, like, dishwashers.

[Neal Freyman]

Okay.

[Toby Howell]

Apparently really badass dishwashers. All right, after the first round, we have Molly in third with 0 points, Dan in first with 5 points, and Meg in SEC. Why did I go first to third, but second is Meg with favorite to least favorite with two points. So I think things can only go up from here. This is round two. We're on to now.

[Dan Toomey]

I thought I had more than.

[Molly Liebergal]

Is this harder or is it just like.

[Neal Freyman]

It's punching sideways?

[Toby Howell]

So it's about.

[Neal Freyman]

It's at the same level of difficulty, but in a different category.

[Toby Howell]

Yes. This category is the Winter Olympics, which entered their second full week in Northern Italy today. Hope you brushed up on your curling knowledge. Then brushed again and again, furiously brushing until your knowledge settles nicely into the button. Little curling joke for you guys. Some rules before. Same rules as before. If you answer correctly, you'll get one point. If you get the question wrong, the next player in line can steal your question. Who's up?

[Neal Freyman]

Let's start with Molly again.

[Toby Howell]

All right, we're back to Molly. Question one. This country made its debut at the Winter Olympics in 1988, later inspiring a movie.

[Neal Freyman]

Hmm. Russia.

[Molly Liebergal]

Hockey. Russia.

[Neal Freyman]

Not Russia.

[Toby Howell]

Not correct.

[Neal Freyman]

Nope. Dandy. No.

[Dan Toomey]

I believe that was Jamaica in the movie Cool Runnings.

[Toby Howell]

Dan.

[Meg Banowitz]

I knew it.

[Neal Freyman]

Toby's so proud of you.

[Toby Howell]

I get so happy when people get the questions right. Okay.

[Neal Freyman]

Okay. This one is again to Dan because he got the steal. What is the fastest of all winter Olympic sports where competitors can hit top speeds of over 90 miles per hour?

[Dan Toomey]

Believe that is curling. Kidding. Kidding. I'm joking.

[Neal Freyman]

You don't allow that.

[Dan Toomey]

I'm. I'm going to give this to skeleton.

[Neal Freyman]

Not skeleton. Not skeleton. Meg, do you know.

[Meg Banowitz]

Is it the luge?

[Toby Howell]

It is the luge.

[Neal Freyman]

It is the luge.

[Molly Liebergal]

Same thing.

[Toby Howell]

Skeleton is face first and slightly slower because of just aerodynamic principles. Luge is faster feet first.

[Meg Banowitz]

Okay.

[Toby Howell]

And it seems very uncomfortable.

[Neal Freyman]

Honestly, Jerry Seinfeld is a great joke about it. Where he goes, it's like bobsled, but there's no sled. It's just bob.

[Toby Howell]

Great joke, Jerry. Question number three. Who are we on to? Meg. Meg, where did the 1980 Miracle on Ice in which the American men's hockey team defeated the Soviets take place?

[Meg Banowitz]

This. I feel like I should know this, which is the tough part.

[Toby Howell]

It's kind of a niche city and fact to know. All right, Meg's out. Molly, any idea? Pittsburgh, kind of directionally, right?

[Meg Banowitz]

I don't know.

[Dan Toomey]

Dan, Am I allowed to Google that.

[Toby Howell]

Is a great question. No.

[Dan Toomey]

Is it Park City, Utah?

[Neal Freyman]

It is not Park City. Just keep hosted a. That has hosted an Olympics. The answer is Lake Placid, New York.

[Dan Toomey]

Oh, well, who lives there?

[Neal Freyman]

Very few people.

[Dan Toomey]

I'm kidding. I love.

[Toby Howell]

I love.

[Neal Freyman]

Like Lake Placid is. Is gorgeous.

[Toby Howell]

She got close with Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is not a winner.

[Dan Toomey]

Such a brutal game.

[Meg Banowitz]

Actively trying to change the well.

[Toby Howell]

Did try to give Fountain out, so.

[Neal Freyman]

I didn't think that was. I think Fountain was much closer to the right answer than Pittsburgh is to Lake.

[Toby Howell]

I'm just trying to think Everyone listen.

[Neal Freyman]

To that would probably.

[Toby Howell]

I just want to write something in Molly's column.

[Neal Freyman]

Ollie, this is for you. He holds the record for the most Winter Olympic medals won by an American accomplished across three games between 2002 and 2010. Shaun White, not Sean. Sorry. You sound so confident.

[Molly Liebergal]

I really thought I had that one.

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah. Dan, it's a man. It's a man.

[Dan Toomey]

Is this Apollo Ono?

[Toby Howell]

Yes. I don't know why I giggle every time Dan gets one, but I was.

[Dan Toomey]

Between Shaun White and Apollo Ono.

[Molly Liebergal]

Well, because let it be known. Can we say this going into this, no one had any confidence in Dan and everyone. I was hearing that people had confidence in me, which I think is really.

[Neal Freyman]

That's why we thought that was a little misplaced.

[Toby Howell]

It's a long game. Can I give Molly a half A point for saying Shaun White, which eliminated that guess for Dan.

[Molly Liebergal]

Would you have said John?

[Meg Banowitz]

Interesting.

[Dan Toomey]

I actually. I'm all. I actually would have. I was going to go with Apollo.

[Toby Howell]

Oh, no, I'm not going to. Three points.

[Neal Freyman]

Molly can come back later this game. There's a lot more to go.

[Toby Howell]

I like it. All right, question six. This is for Dan.

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah. No, it's question five.

[Toby Howell]

Question five, also for Dan. Which North American city hosted the Winter Olympics in 2010?

[Dan Toomey]

In 2010, North American city, I believe that was Vancouver.

[Toby Howell]

God damn. It's killing it. That is correct.

[Molly Liebergal]

So good.

[Toby Howell]

Very good. And he has. Do you notice the cadence? He goes. I do believe he commits to his.

[Neal Freyman]

He is a fan of knowledge.

[Dan Toomey]

Plugged in currently.

[Toby Howell]

Yes.

[Neal Freyman]

Question six to Meg. Which European country has won more Winter Olympics medals than any other? And it's not particularly close.

[Meg Banowitz]

It's not particularly close to Russia.

[Neal Freyman]

It's not Russia.

[Meg Banowitz]

I just. I'm going quick now.

[Neal Freyman]

Okay.

[Molly Liebergal]

Molly, in my head going, let's go, Norway.

[Toby Howell]

Yes. Let's go.

[Neal Freyman]

Come back. Has started.

[Toby Howell]

Thank goodness. Finally, question seven. There are only three bobsled tracks in the entirety of North America. Name one of those places is. Whose question is this, Molly again?

[Molly Liebergal]

Yeah, I have to name the name of the bobsled track.

[Neal Freyman]

Well, just the city that it's in.

[Molly Liebergal]

Okay.

[Toby Howell]

Name one of them. One of them. And, Molly, I would say you use the test to take the test.

[Molly Liebergal]

Use the. What does that mean?

[Toby Howell]

Use the test to take the test, Molly.

[Meg Banowitz]

Just use the test.

[Molly Liebergal]

Use the question being asked of me.

[Toby Howell]

Maybe even a previous question.

[Molly Liebergal]

Lake Placid.

[Toby Howell]

Yes.

[Neal Freyman]

Let's go back on the board.

[Molly Liebergal]

Wait, what's me got?

[Toby Howell]

Meg's at three, you're at two. So you're sniffing.

[Dan Toomey]

You know how, like, your dad pushes you to be better and your mom just wants to see you do well?

[Neal Freyman]

And Toby, right now, the other two bobsled tracks, because I know you're curious, is Park City. And the final one is up in Canada at Whistler.

[Toby Howell]

Thank you, Neil. Question eight, Dan. Biathlon is an event that combines which two sports?

[Dan Toomey]

Skiing and shooting.

[Toby Howell]

Yes.

[Meg Banowitz]

The perfect race.

[Toby Howell]

The perfect race.

[Neal Freyman]

You like that cadence that was.

[Toby Howell]

Yeah, he nailed that one.

[Neal Freyman]

Okay, Meg, final question of this category. The movie I, Tanya follows the career of Tonya Harding and her connection to the 1994 assault of which rival figure skater?

[Meg Banowitz]

Guys, come on.

[Toby Howell]

You.

[Meg Banowitz]

It's like you. You. I'm thinking, oh, I know Tonya Harding. I'm familiar with her. And then I have to name another woman.

[Neal Freyman]

They're often spoken about in the same. I know.

[Meg Banowitz]

And would you believe I don't know her name? I'm going to say.

[Toby Howell]

Sarah Jessica.

[Meg Banowitz]

Jessica Parker. Parker.

[Toby Howell]

Incorrect. Sorry, Molly.

[Molly Liebergal]

I know. I can't. I can't remember her name. But I do. No, I can't. I can't. I can't remember her name. But I know she says that thing where she's like, why me? But I don't know her name. So that should count for something.

[Toby Howell]

Counts for nothing. I'm. I'm not being the fun dad anymore. Dan, anything?

[Dan Toomey]

I believe it was Apollo Owner.

[Toby Howell]

Incorrect.

[Neal Freyman]

The answer is Nancy Kerrigan. Does that ring a bell?

[Toby Howell]

That's okay.

[Neal Freyman]

That's the end of the second round. Toby, what's the scoreboard looking like?

[Toby Howell]

The scoreboard is.

[Neal Freyman]

I want you to jump around. Don't go in order.

[Toby Howell]

All right. Well, it's tough to jump around. In second is Meg with three. Meg did not make up much ground there. In third is Molly with two, and then Dan has nine.

[Neal Freyman]

It's like Norway out there.

[Toby Howell]

Is like Norway.

[Meg Banowitz]

I want to say Dan is from the most wintry place.

[Dan Toomey]

I am a winter place.

[Meg Banowitz]

It's unfair that I had to go through Winter Olympics when I'm. When I'm from the South.

[Neal Freyman]

So you're from Texas. Dan is from Massachusetts. Yep.

[Toby Howell]

Well, Doc, Molly's from.

[Molly Liebergal]

From Connecticut.

[Dan Toomey]

Somewhere in Connecticut.

[Toby Howell]

Six points. I like that. All right, let's move on to our next category. I want to take a quick break and come back with more Molly, Dan and Meg right after this. Neil, how do you feel about paying rent?

[Neal Freyman]

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[Toby Howell]

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[Neal Freyman]

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[Neal Freyman]

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[Toby Howell]

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[Neal Freyman]

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[Toby Howell]

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[Toby Howell]

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[Toby Howell]

Vanguard Marketing Corporation Distributor February is the season of yearning. So let's see how down bad you guys are with this next category, which is love odes. So listen closely. We'll give you a sweet nothing someone said in a song, a poem, a dm, a letter, et cetera. And you have to tell us who said it and then who they said it to. For instance, if I said but soft, what light through yonder window breaks? That would be Romeo. That would be Drake to Kendrick.

[Dan Toomey]

That's Drizzy.

[Toby Howell]

That would be Romeo to Juliet. So same rules as before. You get one point for the speaker and one point for the love interest. They're talking to a lot of points on the table. A lot of points.

[Dan Toomey]

I believe that one was Neil to.

[Toby Howell]

To Toby Frog to Toad. All right, question one.

[Neal Freyman]

Tamale.

[Toby Howell]

Tamale. Seems like me. Oh, whoops. Already messed that up. Seems to me that you and me we make our own luck. New heights of manhood I ain't got a knock on wood. Who is that? Who said that and who they say it to?

[Molly Liebergal]

Is this normally in a song?

[Toby Howell]

Correct.

[Molly Liebergal]

Can you sing it?

[Toby Howell]

No.

[Molly Liebergal]

Are you sure?

[Toby Howell]

A lot of these will be songs and we will not be singing them. Okay.

[Molly Liebergal]

Seems to me Adam Lambert. I don't know.

[Toby Howell]

That is incorrect. Dan.

[Dan Toomey]

I believe that was MGK to. To Marjorie Taylor Greene incorrect.

[Toby Howell]

Good guess. Not really.

[Meg Banowitz]

Okay, I have two thoughts. I'm gonna go with Sabrina Carpenter.

[Neal Freyman]

Nope, that is incorrect. All right, so there's a few. There's a few context clues here. One of them is New Heights.

[Meg Banowitz]

Yeah, that was my second guess.

[Toby Howell]

I'll give it to Meg.

[Molly Liebergal]

Come on.

[Toby Howell]

We didn't give a hint. We didn't give a hint.

[Dan Toomey]

Why is New Heights Taylor Swift?

[Neal Freyman]

Her.

[Meg Banowitz]

Travis Kelsey.

[Molly Liebergal]

Yeah.

[Meg Banowitz]

Podcast called New Heights.

[Toby Howell]

I'm giving you one.

[Dan Toomey]

She name dropped his podcast Taylor Swift on that.

[Meg Banowitz]

On her most recent album, I think is a song called Wood.

[Neal Freyman]

It's called I'm glad we're focusing on this, because we don't. We shouldn't really focus on the other.

[Dan Toomey]

What's going through this. This woman.

[Toby Howell]

New heights of manhood. Knock on wood. All right, question two.

[Neal Freyman]

Neil to Dan. You're my downfall. You're my muse, my worst distraction, my rhythm and blues.

[Dan Toomey]

I've never heard those words before, Neil.

[Toby Howell]

You almost certainly have.

[Neal Freyman]

You haven't been loved.

[Dan Toomey]

You're my downfall. Somebody says that on a first date. You're my downfall. You're my muse. What was the rest of it?

[Neal Freyman]

My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues.

[Dan Toomey]

Is that not also Taylor Swift?

[Neal Freyman]

It is not. Meg for the steal.

[Meg Banowitz]

Is this Katy Perry?

[Neal Freyman]

No, it is not Katy Perry. Molly.

[Meg Banowitz]

I can, like, hear the song in my head.

[Molly Liebergal]

I know. I thought Rihanna grande.

[Neal Freyman]

It is not. It is all of Me by John Legends.

[Meg Banowitz]

Thinking Katy Perry, ET And I was just singing it in the ET Rhythm. Yeah.

[Neal Freyman]

Imagine if you're my downfall. You're my muse. My worst distraction. My rhythm and blues was an ET Perfect.

[Toby Howell]

All right, question three. This is to Meg.

[Meg Banowitz]

It's a song called. Yeah.

[Toby Howell]

Home in Three Days Don't Wash.

[Molly Liebergal]

Way.

[Dan Toomey]

This was most certainly Neil to Toby.

[Molly Liebergal]

Yeah.

[Meg Banowitz]

Oh, my gosh. I actually can, like. I. I'm.

[Toby Howell]

No, it's kind of an Internet culture meme.

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah.

[Meg Banowitz]

And it's. I know. It's a TV show or a movie.

[Toby Howell]

Incorrect.

[Meg Banowitz]

No.

[Toby Howell]

No worries.

[Molly Liebergal]

It's an old guy. It's a really, really old guy. And I can't remember who we're on to Bali. I can't think of a single old.

[Toby Howell]

English guy's name, but I know he's actually not English. He is French.

[Molly Liebergal]

Same thing.

[Toby Howell]

And he is dead.

[Molly Liebergal]

I'm gonna pass it on to Dan.

[Dan Toomey]

This is an old, dead French man. Yes, I will.

[Toby Howell]

Is this historically, historically dead? No. Important, Significant.

[Dan Toomey]

A historically significant, important dead French man.

[Toby Howell]

Yes.

[Dan Toomey]

Is this is not. Is this Serge Gainsbourg?

[Toby Howell]

No, he's dead.

[Dan Toomey]

And French.

[Toby Howell]

It is Napoleon to his wife Josephine.

[Dan Toomey]

Oh, I thought we were doing songs.

[Toby Howell]

No, these are in the instructions.

[Neal Freyman]

Toby said poem, song, DM or letter.

[Toby Howell]

Yeah, etcetera, etcetera.

[Dan Toomey]

This was a dm.

[Neal Freyman]

This is a dm. Okay, question four to Molly. How many points have been scored this round?

[Toby Howell]

I. I gave Meg one point. I can't remember why, but she did all right. Oh, she said Taylor Swift as her second guess.

[Neal Freyman]

Okay, Molly. And lastly, I'll just say thank you to my partner of three years. Thank you for our foundation. I love you. I couldn't do this without you, Timothy.

[Molly Liebergal]

Shalom. I to Kylie Jenner.

[Meg Banowitz]

Yeah.

[Toby Howell]

That's a two pointer right there.

[Molly Liebergal]

That's two points.

[Toby Howell]

That is two points.

[Meg Banowitz]

Let's go, Molly.

[Molly Liebergal]

Am I. Am I ahead of Meg now?

[Toby Howell]

You're tied with me because I gave Meg, you know.

[Molly Liebergal]

Oh, yeah, because that gimme.

[Toby Howell]

I gave her a gimme.

[Dan Toomey]

Was that also a dm?

[Toby Howell]

No, that was during the clubs.

[Neal Freyman]

That was at the. No. Critics. Critics Choice.

[Toby Howell]

Oh, critics choice.

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah.

[Toby Howell]

Question five to Dan. You know, the world can see us in a way that's different than who we are.

[Dan Toomey]

I'm going to say this is ariana Grande to SpongeBob, the man who plays SpongeBob.

[Toby Howell]

Incorrect.

[Meg Banowitz]

That's good. I like that.

[Toby Howell]

Meg.

[Meg Banowitz]

This is either Troy to Gabriella or Gabriella Detroit from High School Musical.

[Toby Howell]

Troy to Gabriella. You know, the world can.

[Neal Freyman]

I thought we weren't gonna say.

[Toby Howell]

Oh, sorry, sorry.

[Neal Freyman]

Something about high school. You were in high school music?

[Toby Howell]

I was in High School Musical. I played Riot, not Troy.

[Neal Freyman]

Is that who's with Sharpay?

[Toby Howell]

That's her brother.

[Neal Freyman]

That's her brother.

[Toby Howell]

That's her brother. Did you wear the hat?

[Molly Liebergal]

Did you wear the little. He always wears a little golf hat.

[Toby Howell]

I did. I had a full repertoire of golf.

[Neal Freyman]

Question six. This one's to Meg. It is truly unreal how effing hot you are. Like, it blows my mind.

[Meg Banowitz]

This is adam Levine of Maroon 5 to woman in her Instagram DMs.

[Toby Howell]

I'll allow it. Yes. You should not know the model name. It's Summer Stroh, if anyone was. Oh, yeah. Yes. This is Adam Levine's cheating scandal. There was a bevy of DMs to choose from, but Meg, another two points and you are flying right now.

[Meg Banowitz]

How close am I to Dan?

[Toby Howell]

We'll get to that at the end of the round. I don't want to spoil it for.

[Molly Liebergal]

When I said Adam Lambert, earlier. I meant Adam.

[Neal Freyman]

We know.

[Toby Howell]

We know where you're headed.

[Molly Liebergal]

I knew this was coming.

[Toby Howell]

Okay, question seven. This is back to Molly. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

[Molly Liebergal]

Harry to Sally.

[Toby Howell]

Yes.

[Neal Freyman]

Oh, a two pointer.

[Toby Howell]

Another two pointer.

[Molly Liebergal]

Do you say you haven't seen that? Wow.

[Neal Freyman]

Okay, Dan, question number eight.

[Dan Toomey]

I don't like these.

[Neal Freyman]

Just wait. Just wait. Okay, this one's for you. I am 100% a cannibal.

[Dan Toomey]

Oh. Unfortunately, this is a bad one to only know this one, but I believe that was Armie Hammer. True. That's a DM to another woman in his phone that army hammered to me last week, right?

[Toby Howell]

That is correct. We again will not hold you accountable for knowing the actual person. But that was to an accuser who goes by Effie. Dan, we'll give you two points for that.

[Dan Toomey]

Thank you.

[Toby Howell]

You did know that one.

[Dan Toomey]

It would have been bad if I was like Army Hammer to Effie.

[Toby Howell]

Question nine to Meg. This is our year. We can never forget this tiger.

[Meg Banowitz]

Oh, this is Elizabeth Holmes to. I'm forgetting his last name. Is it Sonny Balwanji?

[Molly Liebergal]

It is about.

[Meg Banowitz]

No, I said that wrong.

[Toby Howell]

It's Balwani. We will give it to you. Elizabeth Holmes to Sunny Balwani. Elizabeth Holmes being, you know, the founder of Theranos. Meg, what a category for you. Yeah, I will give the scores now because that is the end of the love odes category. In third place, we still have Molly with six. Now, though, I remember the days when you had consistent. In second place is Meg with 10 double digits and in first place is Dan with 11.

[Meg Banowitz]

Okay, closing.

[Neal Freyman]

God. Okay, so 6, 10, 11. This we're going to. This is a final category that we're about to head to and it's going to be worth six points. This last round is called Survivor, but instead of starving you on a remote island, we're going to ask you about American presidents because it is President's Day after all. Here's how it's going to work. We want each of you to name a president until you can't anymore. We'll go down the line. You name a president, you stay in. If you can't name one, you are eliminated. And the winner of this round is going to get six points. Molly, let's start again with you. The goal is to just name a president Obama. Okay.

[Toby Howell]

Good start.

[Dan Toomey]

Is it my turn?

[Neal Freyman]

Yep.

[Dan Toomey]

Donald Trump.

[Meg Banowitz]

Okay. Joe Biden.

[Neal Freyman]

Yep.

[Molly Liebergal]

Taft.

[Toby Howell]

Oh, no. We went all the Way to Taft. We have a list.

[Neal Freyman]

Sorry, I'm just keeping around. Yeah. Dan.

[Dan Toomey]

George W. Bush.

[Meg Banowitz]

Okay, George. Is it George H.W. bush or just George Bush?

[Dan Toomey]

Don't look at me for the answer.

[Meg Banowitz]

The other one.

[Toby Howell]

H.W.

[Molly Liebergal]

Eisenhower.

[Neal Freyman]

Okay.

[Dan Toomey]

Bill Clinton.

[Meg Banowitz]

Polk.

[Neal Freyman]

We're going back. We're going back to 1845-1849. Molly.

[Molly Liebergal]

Nixon.

[Dan Toomey]

Ronald Reagan.

[Meg Banowitz]

JFK.

[Neal Freyman]

JFK.

[Molly Liebergal]

Washington.

[Neal Freyman]

George. Yes. Okay.

[Dan Toomey]

Tricky Dick. Richard Nixon.

[Toby Howell]

Is that elimination?

[Neal Freyman]

No, no, no.

[Molly Liebergal]

Before you said Reagan.

[Dan Toomey]

Oh, okay. Wait. But we can. But I can keep going?

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah, yeah, that was. That was fine.

[Toby Howell]

I can't.

[Neal Freyman]

Don't do it. Don't do it again.

[Molly Liebergal]

Look at how many more seconds. Now has to think of one.

[Toby Howell]

From now on, if you do repeat, you are out. Out.

[Dan Toomey]

Wow.

[Toby Howell]

Well. So pay attention.

[Dan Toomey]

Okay.

[Molly Liebergal]

You guys are playing favorites. It's okay. It's okay.

[Toby Howell]

I know we should eliminate him, honestly. But he did really want to say Tricky Dick. Clear.

[Neal Freyman]

Yes.

[Dan Toomey]

And it got laughs. Jimmy Carter.

[Neal Freyman]

Jimmy Carter. Rip.

[Meg Banowitz]

Abraham Lincoln.

[Toby Howell]

Wouldn't expect Polk to come before Lincoln, but I'm glad we got there in the end.

[Molly Liebergal]

Truman.

[Dan Toomey]

Franklin. Pierce.

[Neal Freyman]

Franklin.

[Toby Howell]

That's what you keep in the back pocket.

[Meg Banowitz]

Sorry, I'm getting. I'm getting nervous.

[Neal Freyman]

We're slowing down here.

[Meg Banowitz]

Knowledge, if I'm being honest. Adams.

[Neal Freyman]

John Adams. Okay.

[Toby Howell]

Whoa.

[Dan Toomey]

Neil.

[Toby Howell]

I know. We just gave that to her.

[Molly Liebergal]

Roosevelt.

[Toby Howell]

I mean, again, you should probably.

[Neal Freyman]

Which. Which one?

[Toby Howell]

Yeah.

[Molly Liebergal]

Fdr.

[Neal Freyman]

Okay.

[Dan Toomey]

Has somebody said Calvin Coolidge?

[Neal Freyman]

No one has said Calvin Calvin Coolidge.

[Dan Toomey]

Who owned a bunch of weird animals.

[Neal Freyman]

What? Like what?

[Dan Toomey]

He had like a. Like a hippo.

[Toby Howell]

Cool. Dan's going. Pierce. Coolidge is crazy.

[Neal Freyman]

Meg.

[Meg Banowitz]

Andrew Jackson.

[Neal Freyman]

Andrew Jackson is correct. I think it was the seventh one.

[Molly Liebergal]

You know, I wish I could remember, like, a way to say them in order. That was like.

[Neal Freyman]

I know.

[Meg Banowitz]

I kind of think we screwed it up because we went really far back.

[Toby Howell]

All of a sudden.

[Dan Toomey]

I was trying to go in order.

[Meg Banowitz]

I know.

[Molly Liebergal]

I don't know the order.

[Toby Howell]

So you.

[Molly Liebergal]

You know, I think I'm out.

[Neal Freyman]

Really?

[Toby Howell]

Five, four, three, two.

[Molly Liebergal]

The other Roosevelt.

[Neal Freyman]

Oh, yes, we got it. The other Roosevelt. Just in the nick of time.

[Toby Howell]

Does she have to name it?

[Neal Freyman]

No. If you're going Jeopardy.

[Molly Liebergal]

Nixon, I stay in for that.

[Dan Toomey]

Okay.

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah.

[Toby Howell]

That's fair.

[Meg Banowitz]

In Night at the museum. Right.

[Neal Freyman]

Daniel Toomey.

[Toby Howell]

Correct.

[Dan Toomey]

William Henry Harrison.

[Toby Howell]

What? Shortest serving president in our nation's history.

[Dan Toomey]

RIP to the goat.

[Meg Banowitz]

James Madison.

[Dan Toomey]

Molly's. Molly's still in.

[Molly Liebergal]

And on that note. And with that, I'm out.

[Toby Howell]

The third Roosevelt.

[Molly Liebergal]

No way.

[Neal Freyman]

All right. Molly is out. It's just down to Dan and Meg.

[Dan Toomey]

Jefferson.

[Neal Freyman]

Jefferson.

[Meg Banowitz]

Whoa. Actually, crazy.

[Dan Toomey]

We have Thomas Jefferson.

[Toby Howell]

Tj.

[Meg Banowitz]

Okay, I'm afraid this one has been said, but I didn't hear it, so I'll say it. And if I'm out, that's okay. Grover Cleveland.

[Toby Howell]

Grover has not been said.

[Meg Banowitz]

Oh.

[Neal Freyman]

Oh, wait.

[Meg Banowitz]

No way.

[Toby Howell]

Two terms.

[Dan Toomey]

Really hoping.

[Toby Howell]

Oh, no.

[Meg Banowitz]

Yeah, he's. He's the double.

[Dan Toomey]

Oh, gosh.

[Molly Liebergal]

I like watching this. Imagine you guys are like drafting fantasy.

[Dan Toomey]

Wait, is this where I lose? This is bad. Oh, no. Oh, God. Did we say Eisenhower?

[Neal Freyman]

Yes, Eisenhower has been said.

[Toby Howell]

Does Mag say you need to get one for.

[Neal Freyman]

For the full points?

[Meg Banowitz]

Yeah, that's.

[Neal Freyman]

See, if not, we'll give you half.

[Meg Banowitz]

Oh, I know. Can I say it?

[Toby Howell]

Yes.

[Molly Liebergal]

Dragon already said.

[Neal Freyman]

Already said it.

[Molly Liebergal]

Landed.

[Toby Howell]

So what happens now? They both get three.

[Neal Freyman]

I think we should have them split because it was the same, you know, in the same round.

[Toby Howell]

All right, so three.

[Neal Freyman]

Because if they had just been swapped, then Meg would have gone out first before Dan and would be the same.

[Meg Banowitz]

True.

[Neal Freyman]

So you will split three points.

[Dan Toomey]

Wait, who. Name some people that we were missing.

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah, so you're missing. The two most recent ones that you're missing is Ford and Johnson.

[Dan Toomey]

Oh, my God.

[Neal Freyman]

Oh, yeah.

[Dan Toomey]

Yeah.

[Neal Freyman]

And then maybe some other.

[Toby Howell]

Go for them.

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah, maybe some ones. I would say maybe you got, like, huge, actually, lbj one that you also got Ulysses.

[Dan Toomey]

Embarrassing.

[Toby Howell]

We're just going to. We're just going to rip through them. Monroe, Quincy Adams, Van Buren, Tyler Taylor, Fillmore, Buchanan, Buchanan Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Garfield, Chester Arthur.

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah, there was a Netflix show about him.

[Toby Howell]

Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson. God, Warren G. Harding and Herbert.

[Dan Toomey]

This is actually bad. I should know. I should know.

[Meg Banowitz]

I can. I tell you, I feel good about myself.

[Toby Howell]

I feel pretty good about it. That's fine.

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah, you guys are pretty good.

[Toby Howell]

Yeah.

[Molly Liebergal]

Yeah, you did really well.

[Neal Freyman]

You got about. About half of the. All the presidents. All right, Toby, what is the. The final score here?

[Toby Howell]

The final score is Molly, unfortunately, with six, Meg with 13 and Dan with 14.

[Neal Freyman]

So Dan built an early lead and held on for dear life.

[Toby Howell]

He really did.

[Dan Toomey]

Really? Yeah.

[Neal Freyman]

So, Dan, what kind of. What kind of cake are you thinking?

[Meg Banowitz]

Whoa.

[Toby Howell]

Don't call the cake.

[Dan Toomey]

You mean to tell me I'm rewarded with Toby cake?

[Toby Howell]

Toby cake. You're gonna get some Toby cake.

[Neal Freyman]

Looks so happy. I'll. I'll.

[Dan Toomey]

Man, whatever. Toby, are you good at baking?

[Toby Howell]

Yeah.

[Meg Banowitz]

Toby, how. How often you washing those hands?

[Toby Howell]

Yeah, I'm good at.

[Dan Toomey]

Toby's washing my oven.

[Toby Howell]

My oven. In my apartment, slightly underpowered. So you might get something a little raw.

[Dan Toomey]

Will the.

[Neal Freyman]

Problem.

[Dan Toomey]

You know what I. You know what I'll do? I'll take a cookie cake. Give me a. Give me a. Give me a good Toby cake.

[Neal Freyman]

So you just have to make a big cookie.

[Toby Howell]

I have a skillet. Okay.

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah, perfect. Yeah, but we're not. We're not done.

[Toby Howell]

Yeah, we're not done yet, actually. We're going to move on to a listener's choice portion of our show, which will be a draft. What are we drafting? Apps. Like, apps on your phone. So your task is to build the best home screen possible. This will be a snake draft, which means our leader, Dan, will go first. Second place, Meg makes her pick. Then third, Molly. And once we get to Molly, she goes again before it snakes back in the opposite direction. If you guys have any questions, we'll kind of usher you through it. You guys know how they work. You're drafting a team of four, and this is where all the listeners get to play. We want you to weigh in on whose home screen is the best. YouTube comments, Spotify comments. Send an email to Morning Brew daily at Morning Broadcom. You will be the arbitrator of the apps and will announce who accrued the most points on our most votes on our Instagram voice. And then the final wrinkle to this app draft, Neil and I are playing as well. We will take up the last two spots in the draft. So, Neil, you can get fourth, and I'll. I'll go out the turn. So without further ado, Dan, you are pick number one. Who you take in at number one overall?

[Dan Toomey]

My first app I'm going to take are these things that are already on our phone.

[Toby Howell]

It just can be any app in the world.

[Dan Toomey]

The first app I'm going to take is Igun.

[Toby Howell]

That's your number one overall pick, which is an app.

[Dan Toomey]

I don't know if you're familiar with it, but it's an app where you can put a gun sound on your phone, and that's number one.

[Toby Howell]

A generational talent.

[Dan Toomey]

That will be my number one. I'm loading it right now.

[Toby Howell]

The LeBron James. Oh, gosh. You can do it.

[Neal Freyman]

All right. While you're doing that. Yeah. Meg, you are on the clock.

[Molly Liebergal]

Perfect.

[Meg Banowitz]

I'm going to go ahead and grab the Settings app.

[Neal Freyman]

Okay. What do you like most about the settings app?

[Meg Banowitz]

I mean, everything's in there. My name's in there, and if I forget that I can go and, like, switch my screen up. I can see, like, what Apps are tracking my location currently and sending that information to the government.

[Toby Howell]

Interesting.

[Meg Banowitz]

It is the perfect app.

[Neal Freyman]

This is an interesting draft class so far, Molly. In the first round, I gun in settings.

[Toby Howell]

Yeah, Molly, please take us to something else.

[Molly Liebergal]

I'm going to take one. That's almost a combination of the two. Find my Friends.

[Toby Howell]

That could be number one overall.

[Neal Freyman]

How many people do you have on find my Friends?

[Molly Liebergal]

Let's see.

[Toby Howell]

I call out their locations for us, please.

[Molly Liebergal]

I'll say their names and their. Yeah, I have. I'm going to just. I'm going to say two dozen maybe.

[Toby Howell]

That's a good. That's a.

[Molly Liebergal]

A lot of these are years. Years and years old.

[Neal Freyman]

Okay, my turn, My turn. With the first pick or with the fourth pick in the app draft, I'm looking down my big board. Google Maps.

[Toby Howell]

Google Maps. All right, easy. I mean, just fine. I'm not taking Apple Maps, but Google Maps.

[Neal Freyman]

Google Maps.

[Toby Howell]

Got to get around. All right, I'm starting out fast on the turn. I'm going strava with number. My number one pick and then calculator. Big numbers guy.

[Neal Freyman]

When was the last time you used the calculator?

[Toby Howell]

Literally every single day. I'm always doing what you know, you don't want to know.

[Neal Freyman]

I run a calculator Tip.

[Toby Howell]

I run a business. Okay.

[Neal Freyman]

All right, we are back to me. Everything I want is still available. I'm going New York Times games.

[Toby Howell]

New York Times games.

[Neal Freyman]

That I do the crossword every day.

[Toby Howell]

We have a games department at Morning Brew, so that's a little crazy to. To take a competitor. Molly onto you.

[Molly Liebergal]

I'm going to go notes app.

[Toby Howell]

Notes. Wow.

[Neal Freyman]

It's.

[Dan Toomey]

That's the best app.

[Toby Howell]

Meg, with settings so far leading the line.

[Meg Banowitz]

I'm going to go the weather app.

[Neal Freyman]

That is just chalk up with Apple. Apple products.

[Toby Howell]

Yeah. Dan, you had a problematic first round pick. I can't wait to hear your second round.

[Dan Toomey]

Oh, my. My gun app isn't making sounds. Garage. Garage band.

[Molly Liebergal]

He had that waiting to go.

[Neal Freyman]

I was waiting.

[Toby Howell]

And you get two picks. Since we're snaking. Are you playing GarageBand now?

[Dan Toomey]

I got it.

[Meg Banowitz]

The flashlight also goes off when you do it.

[Toby Howell]

All right, give us your third garage band.

[Dan Toomey]

And health, Health, Health.

[Toby Howell]

I like health Health.

[Dan Toomey]

Because when you open health, the first thing it has for you is a mental health questionnaire. Or that might just be my phone, but every time it's like, hey, we're.

[Meg Banowitz]

Checking in one more time.

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah.

[Toby Howell]

All right, we are on to Meg.

[Meg Banowitz]

I am going to go with the camera app.

[Toby Howell]

Oh, wow.

[Meg Banowitz]

I'm getting the essentials.

[Neal Freyman]

You are really the basic building blocks of life. What's the weather? How can I fix this? What's my name? And can I take a picture?

[Molly Liebergal]

Factory mode.

[Meg Banowitz]

Yeah.

[Molly Liebergal]

Do I get to.

[Toby Howell]

You only.

[Molly Liebergal]

Okay, I'm going to go. I'm going to throw it back. Jetpack Joyride.

[Meg Banowitz]

Oh, that's a good one.

[Toby Howell]

That really is good. That's good, Neil.

[Neal Freyman]

Mine are so boring compared to these. Well, not. Not Meg's.

[Meg Banowitz]

Sorry. It's the Centrals.

[Dan Toomey]

Uber.

[Neal Freyman]

Uber.

[Toby Howell]

Got to get around Neil is just playing games. Got to get around Uber.

[Neal Freyman]

I know. Maybe taking this a little too seriously, but if we're being real, you got Google Maps and New York Times. Games is something people play, use a lot.

[Toby Howell]

All right, my last two. I'm going the Domino's app, which was a pioneer in its space because of its pizza tracker. And then finally, I'm going with the App Store, which I feel like kind of win.

[Neal Freyman]

That's like genie for every single.

[Toby Howell]

And you know what? The genie would win this game. So I'm taking apps.

[Neal Freyman]

I don't think you will be rewarded by the list.

[Toby Howell]

Exclusive. Strava and calculator.

[Dan Toomey]

Answer, Toby.

[Toby Howell]

Strava. Calculator. Domino's app. App Store. Neil, your last pick.

[Neal Freyman]

Spotify.

[Toby Howell]

Neil's a corporate shill. He's the only one who did big corporations.

[Dan Toomey]

Neil's only mentioning brand partners.

[Toby Howell]

I know.

[Neal Freyman]

Been sponsored by any of these. Molly went with the ones that I use the most.

[Toby Howell]

Molly, your picks have had such whimsy. Let's finish it out.

[Molly Liebergal]

Thank you. Let's go with Chess.com?

[Toby Howell]

Oh, that was on my big board. I love that pick. I love that pick. Whimsical.

[Molly Liebergal]

Thank you.

[Toby Howell]

Meg. Generic. Meg.

[Meg Banowitz]

No, no, no, no. This one's the fun one. Can I get the Jeremy Renner app?

[Neal Freyman]

What is the Jeremy Renner app?

[Meg Banowitz]

It's an app where you can talk and discuss your favorite actor. Jeremy Renner.

[Toby Howell]

That is a real thing, by the way.

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah, I actually remember that.

[Toby Howell]

The Jeremy Renner, apparently Dan started at Igun. Last pick was Health. So give me something in the middle maybe.

[Dan Toomey]

Yeah. Actually, this is an app that I do enjoy quite a bit. It's called Radio with like six o's. It's an app where it's called the Musical Time Machine. And you can go around to different countries and pick a decade and it will play a popular song from that decade from that country. So, like for Brazil, for example.

[Toby Howell]

Dan, we can't play. We're going to get yanked off my music on music. Or gunshots, for that matter. Oh. All right, Neil, you want to read out everyone's team?

[Neal Freyman]

Yeah, I don't. I actually stopped taking.

[Toby Howell]

Okay, I have. I have. All right. Dan with the first overall pick. His team is Igun, Garage, Health and radio with five O's. Meg is Settings, Weather, camera. Jeremy Renner app. Molly has Find My Friends, the Notes app, jetpack, joyride in chess.com. neil with Google Maps, New York Times Games, Uber and Spotify. And Toby with Strava calculator, Domino's and the entire app Store. So everyone, please weigh in on who you think won.

[Neal Freyman]

We'll put these up on. On Instagram.

[Toby Howell]

We'll put them up on.

[Molly Liebergal]

What does the winner get? More cake.

[Toby Howell]

More cake?

[Dan Toomey]

More Toby cake.

[Toby Howell]

God, I can't believe you said cookie cake. I wanted to make some, like, a red velvet or something to challenge me, but cookie cake will do. All right, that is all the time we have. We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming tomorrow. Please remember to vote in YouTube, Spotify comments on Instagram or via our email. Meg, Dan, and Molly, thank you so much for playing.

[Meg Banowitz]

Of course.

[Molly Liebergal]

Thanks for having us.

[Dan Toomey]

Thank you, boys.

[Neal Freyman]

See ya.

[Molly Liebergal]

Bye.