18 | Mini Holiday Episode - Trivia!

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Player's Box

Episode 18 | Mini Holiday Episode – Trivia!
Hosts: Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula, Jennifer Brady, Desirae Krawczyk
Release Date: December 23, 2025

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Overview

This special mini holiday episode features the four hosts competing in a high-spirited trivia showdown. With teams divided and competitiveness running high, listeners get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the players’ camaraderie, light-hearted banter, and pop culture and tennis knowledge. The trivia covers Family Feud-style questions, list rounds, pop culture, tennis history, and lightning-fast tiebreakers. Throughout, the fun and friendly rivalry makes for an entertaining and relatable listen—perfect for the holidays.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Team Assignments and Game Rules (00:54–03:16)

• Team A: Jenny (Brady) and Jess (Pegula) – “because we’re in matching Phil's sweatshirts” (01:20)
• Team B: Maddie (Keys) and Des (Krawczyk) – “because we are not matching” (01:35)
• Game Format: Family Feud style for the first rounds—teams must guess multiple answers to a question, with steals possible.
• Banter about matching sweatshirts (01:31) and sleep shirts (“My mom’s gonna love that... Shout out, Lizzy.” – Maddie, 01:38).
• Light teasing and nerves: “I just started sweating.” – Jenny (02:28)

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2. Family Feud Rounds: Sports, Travel, and Pop Culture (03:16–12:25)

Sports: Name a Sport with a Ball (03:16–05:43)

• Jessica confidently lists, “Tennis, basketball, baseball, football…” (03:26), but overthrows the format, leading to a quick steal attempt.
• “You say to an athlete, like, I don't watch current sports. I know sports, though.” – Maddie (02:59)
• Team A secures the point after confusion and a countdown scramble.

Travel: Name a US State Where People Say "Y'all" (05:47–08:33)

• Team B (Des & Maddie) dominates: “Alabama.” – Des (06:14), sampling other southern states (Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma).
• Multiple incorrect guesses; the team lands on “Arkansas” as a possible overlooked answer (08:32). Score tied 1:1.

Pop Culture: Female Singer with High Notes (08:47–12:23)

• “Name a living female singer who might shatter glass when she hits a high note.” (09:14)
• Jenny & Jess list: “Mariah Carey, Seline Dion, Ariana Grande, Beyoncé…” (09:26–10:09).
• Comical debate over others: “Dolly Parton.” (10:18), “Fergie.” (11:11)
• “These are America’s answers, guys. God bless.” – Jessica (12:18)
• Team A (Jenny & Jess) takes the lead, 2:1.

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3. List Rounds & More Competitive Banter (12:25–19:00)

Five Busiest US Airports (13:02–14:39)

• Maddie & Des guess: “Atlanta, LAX, Dallas, Denver, O’Hare.” (13:17–14:30)
• Surprises: JFK and LaGuardia don't make the list.
• Standings: Jenny & Jess stretch their lead (3:1).

Wimbledon Champions & WTA 1000 Tournaments (16:41–19:51)

• Jenny & Jess try to list the last five WTA Wimbledon champions, struggling with the post-Covid years (“Time’s up!” – Host, 18:02).
• Maddie rattles off WTA 1000 cities (“Doha, Dubai, Indian Wells…” – 19:29).
• Score update: “It’s four winning two.” – Host (19:54)

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4. Challenging Pop Culture Lists (20:13–24:11)

Top Five Highest-Grossing Concert Tours (20:49–24:11)

• Maddie & Des deliberate: “Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Beyonce, Elton John, Ed Sheeran, U2.” (23:30)
• “You too, Taylor. Taylor Swift.” – Host (23:27)
• Tension and second-guessing: “Prince?” “ACDC?”
• Host reveals correct list: “Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Elton John, Ed Sheeran, U2.” (24:09)

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5. Final Rapid Fire: Tiebreakers and Chaos (24:11–35:15)

Notable Rounds & Quotes

• Tennis: Who won the first Laver Cup?
  “Team Europe.” – Jenny/Jess (24:50)
• Travel: Dirtiest part of a plane?
  “Tray table.” – Jenny (25:35)
• Pop Culture: Who played Barbie in 2023?
  “Margot Robbie.” – Maddie/Des (32:07)
• Tequila Brand ‘818’?
  “Kendall Jenner!” – shouted tie.
• Historic Hollywood Sign spelling:
  “Hollywoodland was right.” – Host (32:49)

Gilmore Girls Hilarity (29:28–30:19)

• “Gilmore Girls, who speaks the very first line?” – Host
• “I think it’s Lorelai.” – Maddie (29:40)
• Des’s confusion over the names leads to laughs and “roll it back” moments (30:10–30:23).

Bluff Makes a Comeback

• Legendary last-minute performance by Des (“bluff”) to clinch key answers, referencing her Escape Room “clutch” history.
  “She comes in clutch. She didn’t show up for the whole match, except for the last point.” – Jessica (34:16)

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Memorable Quotes & Fun Moments

• On Competition:
  “We play to win.” – Jenny/Jess (09:10)
• On Second-Guessing:
  “I just started sweating.” – Jenny (02:28)
• On Team Spirit:
  “High five, Maddie. Good job.” – Host (08:40)
• On Bluff’s Reputation:
  “In the most clutch moment... she would pick something up... she was always right. So we started calling her bluff. And did bluff... just showed up.” – Host (31:08)
• On the Final Victory:
  “That was fun.” – Jenny (34:59) “She came in clutch.” – Desiree (34:14)

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Segment Timestamps

• Introduction, Team Formation: 00:54–03:16
• Sports (Family Feud): 03:16–05:43
• Travel (Family Feud): 05:47–08:33
• Pop Culture (Family Feud): 08:47–12:23
• List Rounds (Airports, Wimbledon): 12:41–19:51
• Pop Culture Lists (Concert Tours): 20:49–24:11
• Final Standard Trivia & Rapid Fire: 24:11–35:15
• Climactic Tie & Debrief: 31:13–35:15

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Tone & Atmosphere

• Warm, playful, and quick-witted.
  The hosts’ natural chemistry shines through in laughter, gentle trash talk, and supportive cheers for both great guesses and hilarious blunders. There’s an enjoyable inside-joke energy, but listeners are constantly invited in.
• Highly competitive but lighthearted.
  The rapid switches from serious strategizing (“Are we passing or playing?”) to embracing goofiness (confusing Wimbledon years, or pop culture guesses) keep the mood lively.

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Conclusion

The Player’s Box "Mini Holiday Trivia" episode delivers exactly what it promises: fun, laughter, authentic tennis-insider perspectives, and a perfect chance for listeners to play along at home. The rapid-fire format and quick pivots between categories ensured surprises and giggles throughout, culminating in a fitting “clutch” win. The episode is a festive reminder of why fans love these athletes—on and off the court.

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End of Summary

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[Host]

Hi, everyone.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Welcome back to another episode of the Player's Box. I'm Desiree Krafczyk alongside Jenny Brady, Madison Keyes, and Jess Pegula. Please remember to give our podcast five stars and to subscribe to our YouTube. As always, we very much appreciate it. This is going to be our first mini episode. We are recording this episode a little early so we can spend time with our family and friends for the holidays, but we wanted to play a little trivia, so hopefully you guys can guess along with us.

[Jenny Brady]

So we are going to play a little trivia game. Team A will be me and Jennifer because we're in matching Phil's sweatshirts. And Maddie and Des will be team.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

B because we are not matching.

[Host]

No. I got my giant Coca Cola sleep shirt on. Oh, my gosh. My mom's gonna love that. Shout out, Lizzy. You hear that, Mom? Coca Cola.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jessica Pegula]

Our friend's gonna hate it.

[Host]

First round is going to be Family Feud style. So you have to get all of the answers correct within three tries. If you don't get them right, it goes to the other team and the other team can steal all of your points. So first round, team A will go first and you can say pass or play. And then next question will be team B. I'm so tight. Me too. Justin, Jenny are getting spider.

[Jenny Brady]

We're, like, clenching the desk that we're.

[Jessica Pegula]

I literally am about to turn the air down, but it's as low as it gets.

[Jenny Brady]

I just started sweating.

[Host]

Me, too.

[Jessica Pegula]

I might take this hoodie off your neck.

[Host]

Just don't put your arm play.

[Jessica Pegula]

My nose might start bleeding again.

[Host]

Okay, Are we gonna play? Yes. First question category is sports. Oh, I think t Pass or play.

[Jessica Pegula]

I think we should.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

No lingering pass.

[Jessica Pegula]

Because Maddie doesn't know anything about sports. And then we steal.

[Host]

You say to an athlete, like, I don't watch current sports. I know sports, though.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

But then why wouldn't you not just get the point yourself before, like, trying to play games?

[Jessica Pegula]

Okay, fine. We'll play. We would like to play.

[Host]

Okay. Okay. Name a sport where you play with a ball. There's seven answers.

[Jessica Pegula]

Tennis, basketball, baseball, football.

[Host]

Soccer, lacrosse.

[Jenny Brady]

X on football. I think it needs to be like a. Oh, no.

[Host]

Football.

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[Jenny Brady]

Also, this needs to be. No, wait, wait, wait, wait.

[Host]

Oh, quick steal. Quick steal by Des and Maddie. And we only have to get one, right?

[Jessica Pegula]

Jessica, you were just listing off things.

[Jenny Brady]

Well, I was kind of, like, talking to you. I didn't. That wasn't like my. We have official.

[Jessica Pegula]

We have to go back and forth.

[Host]

Quick steal. Okay, Does. What do we want us.

[Jenny Brady]

Wait, I forgot. So, like, these seven answers are the seven top answers. We're doing it, like, actually Family Feud.

[Jessica Pegula]

Like, the most Family Feud style.

[Host]

It's Family Feud. I just explained all of the rules.

[Jenny Brady]

I was like, there can't be that many sports with a. Okay, you got football wrong and soccer wrong.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Jennifer. Oh, Jennifer. She hit you with the Jennifer.

[Host]

So tennis and basketball are correct?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yes.

[Jenny Brady]

Okay.

[Jessica Pegula]

I think time's up.

[Host]

We get one. Hey, Jenny, stop talking.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Talk it over and say final.

[Jessica Pegula]

Okay, we didn't get to talk it over.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

You guys were.

[Host]

Next round. You can do better.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Okay, wait, so soccer isn't one?

[Host]

No. Soccer.

[Jenny Brady]

No.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Football, no.

[Host]

Lacrosse.

[Jenny Brady]

Wait.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Tennis, baseball, basketball.

[Host]

Five seconds. I'm Maddie.

[Jessica Pegula]

Go ahead.

[Host]

Say your answer with A. I was.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Literally just gonna think.

[Host]

You guys don't even have an answer. We win. We win. I can't even think.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I'm, like, blanking right now.

[Host]

Okay, teammate. Team A gets the point. Go sports. Oh. Oh, my God. Volleyball.

[Jenny Brady]

Hockey is a puck.

[Host]

Hockey is not a ball. Yeah.

[Jessica Pegula]

Golf would have been like, America are dumb.

[Host]

I know.

[Jenny Brady]

That's why it is hard. It's because you're picking. Yeah.

[Jessica Pegula]

Okay.

[Host]

Okay, first point to team A. Next question and category is travel. Does. Are we gonna pay play or pass?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Play.

[Host]

Play. We're gonna play. We're gonna play. Name a US State where people say, y'.

[Jessica Pegula]

All.

[Host]

There are seven answers.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Alabama. Are we discussing this?

[Host]

You can say Alabama. It's fine. We'll go with that. Okay. Alabama is one.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Louisiana.

[Host]

Okay, slow down. I didn't know we were on a timer. Okay, Alabama. Georgia.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Louisiana.

[Host]

Mississippi was an X. Louisiana. South Carolina.

[Jessica Pegula]

Texas.

[Host]

No. South Carolina. Texas Yes. Texas. So we have four. We need three.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Four.

[Host]

Tennessee.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, that's a good one.

[Jessica Pegula]

You have two X's.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Thank you.

[Host]

Thanks for. Thanks for keeping count, Jenny. Thank you. Tennessee.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

So we have.

[Host]

We have four.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, that's a Y. Yeah. I think Oklahoma.

[Host]

Yes to Tennessee. We have five.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oklahoma.

[Host]

Maybe. I don't think so. No, wait, no, we were just discussing.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

We weren't even.

[Host]

No, you said it a couple times. It moves over. You kept saying Oklahoma, and I was like, maybe they won't hear us, Jess. Oklahoma.

[Jenny Brady]

Okay, so it's not South Carolina. Mississippi. Not Oklahoma. Okay, Jenny. We're just discussing right now, by the way.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah, we're discussing final.

[Host]

Oh, is this where I start going? Oh, time, time. 5, 4, 3, 2. Let me get the time.

[Jessica Pegula]

That's not in the chat.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Going into your.

[Jenny Brady]

The only thing I can think of.

[Jessica Pegula]

Is like, I want to say Florida.

[Jenny Brady]

North Carolina. Kentucky.

[Jessica Pegula]

South Carolina. West Virginia was South Carolina.

[Host]

Timer.

[Jenny Brady]

South Carolina was an X.

[Jessica Pegula]

North Carolina.

[Host]

Okay, I feel like it's like five seconds.

[Jessica Pegula]

Florida.

[Jenny Brady]

Florida.

[Host]

You pick.

[Jenny Brady]

I feel like it's a toss up one.

[Host]

Florida. Not Florida.

[Jenny Brady]

Don't say Kentucky or like, West Virginia.

[Jessica Pegula]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jenny Brady]

Where are they?

[Host]

Oh, my God.

[Jessica Pegula]

Arkansas.

[Host]

Arkansas. Almost said that.

[Jenny Brady]

Kansas.

[Host]

Okay, we have one point each. 1.8.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yes.

[Host]

High five, Maddie. Good job.

[Jessica Pegula]

Sorry, Jess.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jenny Brady]

All right, Team A die together.

[Host]

Your next category is pop culture.

[Jessica Pegula]

Oh, she's a nice lady.

[Host]

Pass or play?

[Jessica Pegula]

Do you want to pass or play? I feel like we should.

[Jenny Brady]

We should play because if we pass, they're going to be good at pop culture.

[Jessica Pegula]

They're going to get seven.

[Host]

Well, it might not be.

[Jenny Brady]

Well, they're going to get one.

[Jessica Pegula]

Oh, it might not be scared to play. Okay, we'll play. We'll play.

[Jenny Brady]

We play to win.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah, we play to win. There are seven answers.

[Host]

Okay, are you ready? Name a living female singer who might shatter glass when she hits a high note. There are seven answers. Oh, that's tough.

[Jenny Brady]

That's a lot of people, dude. I mean, Mariah Carey. Yeah, Whitney Houston. Yeah, I'm confident in these.

[Host]

No, not Whitney Houston. What? Living. Living. Oh, listen, Jessica, I would still say.

[Jenny Brady]

Do you agree with Seline Jennifer? Seline Dion.

[Jessica Pegula]

Seline Dion. Yeah.

[Host]

Yes, Seline.

[Jessica Pegula]

Okay, so that's.

[Jenny Brady]

So we have Mariah Seline.

[Host]

2.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

How long do they get?

[Jessica Pegula]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jenny Brady]

Ariana Grande.

[Host]

Do we want to say.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah, Ariana Grande. There you go. Yes. What about Beyonce?

[Host]

Yes, Beyonce. Okay, okay, okay.

[Jessica Pegula]

Female singer. Dolly Parton.

[Host]

No, no, but she does say, y', all.

[Jessica Pegula]

It Was Brandon Brand.

[Host]

That's two wrong. Two wrong. Three more.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Give us a third one.

[Jessica Pegula]

My gosh. They're just gonna name one. Okay, wait. This is a discussion. This isn't an answer. Yeah, What's her name? I came in like a wreck. Miley. Miley Cyrus. You want to say Miley like a generic Gus?

[Jenny Brady]

I don't feel like that's one of them.

[Jessica Pegula]

I can't think of anybody else.

[Host]

Desert.

[Jenny Brady]

You thinking Carrie Underwood?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, I already have one.

[Jenny Brady]

That's like it.

[Host]

Okay, okay. You guys have to come up with names.

[Jessica Pegula]

Fergie. Do we want to do Fergie?

[Jenny Brady]

No, not Fergie.

[Jessica Pegula]

Really?

[Host]

Okay, wait.

[Jenny Brady]

We'll throw in. What did I say?

[Host]

Final answer.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Miley Cyrus.

[Jenny Brady]

Carrie Underwood.

[Jessica Pegula]

No.

[Host]

No, it's not Miley.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

This is just a discussion. I was gonna say Cynthia Ervo from Wicked.

[Host]

Oh, that's a good singer. Is that what people. She's a Broadway. Yeah, yeah. I say go for it. She's very obviously, like, very, like, current. Noticeable and current right now.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Okay, our final answer is Cynthia.

[Jessica Pegula]

Okay, you have to know how to say her name.

[Host]

No. Yes. Wait.

[Jenny Brady]

You know what? I thought about Lady Gaga for a second.

[Jessica Pegula]

Wow. She's a nice lady.

[Host]

Shattered glass.

[Jenny Brady]

People think she can.

[Jessica Pegula]

These are America's answers, guys. God bless.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jessica Pegula]

Okay. Two to one for the good team.

[Host]

We are. Oh, I thought we were moving on.

[Jenny Brady]

Done.

[Jessica Pegula]

We have round. I thought you didn't.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Holy crap.

[Host]

Jenny and Jess. No, they got it. Because we didn't get it right. Jenny and Jess are in the lead. We're on to round two, which is lists. We're not playing.

[Jessica Pegula]

So it's no longer Family Feud. We're not.

[Host]

Everyone listening. Ears here.

[Jessica Pegula]

Jessica. Jessica, are you listening? No more.

[Host]

Yes. The category is travel. I think does and I get to choose pass or play.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

We're gonna choose.

[Host]

Are we still passing and playing?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Let's play.

[Host]

Yes. We're still passing and playing. Okay, we're playing. Does loves to travel the five busiest airports in the U.S. atlanta.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Okay, are we discussing this first?

[Host]

Atlanta is number one. Because I think Atlanta's the most busiest in the world. I think LAX.

[Jenny Brady]

LAX.

[Host]

JFK. No. JFK.

[Jessica Pegula]

Wow.

[Jenny Brady]

I trust you.

[Host]

You what?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

LaGuardia is. No.

[Host]

No. Is that not one? I don't know. I don't think so. That doesn't count.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

We're not. We're not choosing that one.

[Host]

Charlotte. Orlando. Disney.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

People.

[Jessica Pegula]

Two answers.

[Host]

What? No. Charlotte. I messed up there, Sam.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Fran.

[Host]

What do you mean?

[Jessica Pegula]

Yes.

[Host]

Was Orlando a guess? Oh, wait, no. Okay. She said San Fran. But Jenny's taking over the game. Oh, talk about competitive.

[Jessica Pegula]

So Chicago.

[Host]

Yes. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on. Which Chicago?

[Jenny Brady]

Okay, I was going to say Dallas Fort Worth.

[Host]

Okay. Oh, Denver's a big one.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Dang.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jessica Pegula]

Wow.

[Jenny Brady]

I actually heard about that and it seems weird.

[Host]

Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, o' Hare and lax.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Okay.

[Host]

Okay, they're up.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Three one, three one.

[Jessica Pegula]

She's gonna leave me hanging.

[Host]

Oh, sorry.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Okay, next one.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, I was like, focused on the chat, waiting for the next Thursday night football is on.

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[Host]

Okay, now it's just. You just get the question right. There's no more three stealing exes. You just have to get the question right.

[Jessica Pegula]

Okay, so are we doing it.

[Host]

One.

[Jessica Pegula]

Team at a time? So it's not like all of us just shouting at once and then we just rotate back and forth.

[Host]

Or is it yes, you still pass or play.

[Jessica Pegula]

Okay, got it.

[Jenny Brady]

So categories. Tennis. You want to play?

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah, yeah. We play to win.

[Host]

Okay. They're playing. List the last five Wimbledon championship champions on the WTA Tour.

[Jenny Brady]

The last five.

[Jessica Pegula]

Like not.

[Host]

Yeah, five. The last five. It doesn't have to be order, but okay. Discussed and then you have to say final answer.

[Jessica Pegula]

Okay. Jess. Bab slay.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh my gosh.

[Jessica Pegula]

I forgot about her.

[Jenny Brady]

So IGA won this year?

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Last year was bab slay. Year before that was Marketa, right?

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah. Rybakina Rebaka.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, she's one of them. Who was the. Was she in the last five years? Yeah, she was in the COVID year. Yeah. Okay, who are we missing?

[Jessica Pegula]

Who won Wimbledon in 21?

[Jenny Brady]

21. Who freaking won Wimbledon? It wasn't IGA. It wasn't Sabalenka. It wasn't like Coco Anz didn't win it.

[Jessica Pegula]

Who did ans lose to in the final?

[Jenny Brady]

She lost to Von Juseven Ravakana. We need to get this. They know it, Maddie. I know she does. She's just waiting to answer.

[Host]

Time's up. Oh, no, no, no.

[Jenny Brady]

Wait, just give me like.

[Jessica Pegula]

Was it bab slay again?

[Jenny Brady]

No.

[Jessica Pegula]

8. Are you sure?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

7. Who was it?

[Jenny Brady]

Jennifer?

[Jessica Pegula]

Was it Bab Slay?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

4, 3, 2, 1.

[Jessica Pegula]

She didn't win it.

[Host]

Maddie, I believe you're missing Simona Halep.

[Jessica Pegula]

Oh my God. Oh, wow.

[Jenny Brady]

No, it's wrong.

[Host]

Oh my God. Wait, when was Simona. Simona was 2019. Oh my God. Daddy. I forgot Ash. Because she played for 4,000 weeks in a row because she couldn't go back to Australia. Yes.

[Jenny Brady]

And then she Peace out.

[Host]

No.

[Jessica Pegula]

So that.

[Host]

That was the COVID year. Jenny messed me up when she said Covid year was the.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

No.

[Jenny Brady]

Was the no points year.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I was so confident that I was like. Can't be.

[Host]

Because.

[Jessica Pegula]

She'S actually. Yeah, she's pissed. Oh yeah.

[Host]

Okay. Does.

[Jenny Brady]

We're so bluffing it. Jenny.

[Host]

Category is I love tennis again.

[Jessica Pegula]

Are we just doing what we do?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I guess I'm not. Yeah. Do you want to pass?

[Host]

Is not confident. But we'll play. No, no. Okay, come on. We can play. We can do.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I like to play to win.

[Host]

But list all the WTA thousands tournaments.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Council member.

[Jessica Pegula]

Go ahead, Madison.

[Host]

Oh, you want me to do it? Doha Dubai. Indian Wells. Miami, Madrid, Rome, Cincinnati, Canada. Wuhan Beijing.

[Commercial Announcer]

Easy.

[Jenny Brady]

That was so much.

[Host]

And you were gonna pass.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah. Can we get a score? Can we get a score update?

[Host]

It's four winning two.

[Jenny Brady]

Four, two us.

[Jessica Pegula]

We're locked.

[Host]

Mini break.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, mini break.

[Advertiser Voice]

Here we go.

[Jenny Brady]

To consolidate here.

[Jessica Pegula]

Consolidate the lead.

[Host]

Okay, one more. One more list question. Category is pop culture.

[Jessica Pegula]

Should we make this worth?

[Jenny Brady]

It's really hard.

[Host]

It's really hard.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Wait, you can't say that.

[Host]

Cuz then.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Then they're going to pass.

[Host]

Are you passing or.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Good job, Harris.

[Host]

You're passing.

[Jenny Brady]

What do you want to do, Jen?

[Jessica Pegula]

Are we gonna pass or play?

[Jenny Brady]

Pass. For entertainment.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah, we'd like to pass.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jessica Pegula]

Because we play to win.

[Host]

Okay, fine. We're playing. We need to Get 3 of 5.

[Jenny Brady]

We change our strategy as the rounds go on.

[Host]

It's all about knowing when to be aggressive or when to back up.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Hey, Maddie, come on.

[Host]

Top five highest grossing concert tours. Name the artist and band. You don't have to know the tour name.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Okay, that's the discussion first.

[Host]

I think it's. I think Michael Jackson. Taylor Swift. Beyonce.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

That's what I was gonna say.

[Host]

Those would be my three.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I didn't say Michael Jackson, but the other two.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

No, Michael Jackson only. Okay, so we have one more.

[Host]

X.

[Jessica Pegula]

No, you have to.

[Jenny Brady]

I think it's just a list of answers.

[Host]

Well, they're gonna give us one more. Okay, so Taylor Swift. Who else would we. Coldplay.

[Jenny Brady]

No.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, she didn't like that one.

[Host]

Oh, Coldplay.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Host]

Okay. I didn't know there's so many Coldplay fans out there.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Well, after what happened. Yeah, we need one more, Maddie.

[Host]

Okay.

[Commercial Announcer]

Wait.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

No to Michael Jackson. Is that what she said?

[Host]

Yeah, she said no Michael Jackson.

[Advertiser Voice]

They can hear us. Jennifer.

[Host]

Who else has, like, massive concerts? Rihanna. That's not an answer. I'm discussing Kendrick's.

[Jenny Brady]

But if I'm right, you can.

[Host]

Yeah, that's the right answer. I can say that it was Prince.

[Jenny Brady]

You don't want to say that. I feel like that's a good answer, though.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

That's a great answer.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

What's your final answer?

[Host]

Just do it, sir. Makes sense. I mean, you said Prince. I saw Prince. He was incredible. So. No, not Prince.

[Jessica Pegula]

Do we think year 3000?

[Jenny Brady]

No, I do not think they're one of the highest grossing.

[Host]

I don't think so.

[Jenny Brady]

I want to go with, like, an old school band, like an Oasis or like a Pearl Jam or like a Grateful Dead. Like. Oh, like one of those. Do two get one gas. Only two have one gas.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Naughty. We're missing. Okay, now I'm thinking. I'm thinking. Wheels are turning.

[Jenny Brady]

Top five so hard.

[Host]

I feel like a.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Like you two get one guess.

[Jessica Pegula]

AC dc. You think?

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, like one of those.

[Host]

Okay.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Are we stealing?

[Jenny Brady]

That's a good one.

[Host]

Let's go, acdc.

[Jessica Pegula]

You've been thunderstruck.

[Host]

No, you. You too, Taylor. Taylor Swift.

[Jessica Pegula]

Oh, my God.

[Host]

Elton John. Do you want me to do the list? Do the list, Jenny. Okay. Five. Five highest grossing Taylor Swift. Eras Tour, Coldplay, Music of the Spheres World Tour, Elton John, the Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Ed Sheeran, the Mathematics Tour. And you, too. So you two. There we go. Good job. Now we're going into standard trivia for our final round.

[Jenny Brady]

I'm getting tight again, Jenny.

[Jessica Pegula]

I am, too.

[Host]

Everyone gets one guess and that's it. And there's only. There's, like, one answer.

[Jessica Pegula]

So do we all shout out the answer?

[Host]

No, we're going back and forth.

[Jessica Pegula]

Okay, good.

[Host]

Jenny and Jessica, are you ready?

[Jenny Brady]

Yep.

[Jessica Pegula]

Oh, but wait. We passed.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, we passed.

[Jessica Pegula]

We passed.

[Host]

So the first question, the last question.

[Jenny Brady]

We passed on the. On the.

[Host]

Oh, yeah. So it is ours. Yeah, it is ours. Great.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah. It's your.

[Host]

Okay. Categories. Tennis. We'll play.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Host]

Who won the first ever Laver cup as a team? Team Europe or Team World? Team Europe. Yeah.

[Jessica Pegula]

So easy.

[Advertiser Voice]

Got it.

[Host]

For all.

[Jenny Brady]

How did we go from the 5 grossing?

[Host]

I didn't make. I didn't make. Didn't make the game.

[Advertiser Voice]

Complain.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Put your comments and suggestions to our game master. Thank you.

[Host]

Yeah. Team A.

[Jessica Pegula]

Game master.

[Host]

The next category is. Wait, is it four? Four? It's for all.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

For all guys.

[Host]

Categories. Travel. Are you passing? Playing.

[Jessica Pegula]

Playing. Okay, play to win.

[Host]

What is the dirtiest part of a plane?

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, this isn't my answer. It's just. But I think it's the. The trade.

[Host]

No, no, there's.

[Jenny Brady]

You.

[Host]

You have an answer.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, it's the tray table.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yes.

[Jenny Brady]

Good job.

[Host]

The tray table. Yes.

[Advertiser Voice]

Yes.

[Host]

Jesse.

[Advertiser Voice]

Five.

[Host]

Four. Come on, Jennifer. Just sitting right now. Pop culture.

[Jessica Pegula]

Great.

[Host]

Okay. Pop. Pop culture. We're gonna play. What reality show did some of the girls from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives appear on between seasons one and two? Vanderpump Villa.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Villa.

[Host]

I am correct.

[Jessica Pegula]

Just think Maddie is answering and not Desiree.

[Host]

I guess we weren't, like, discussing. Yeah. Did you not watch. Did you not watch the last one? Vanderpump Villa. I just was thinking.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Vanderpump rules.

[Host]

Jenny and Jess, your category is travel. Well, okay, if you're going to record at 6pm Eastern, what time would it be for someone logging on from Phoenix, Arizona?

[Jessica Pegula]

Okay, but is it three or is it. Yeah, the daylight savings. I think it might be two. I think it might be. Jessica, do you want me to.

[Host]

I don't want the responsibility.

[Jenny Brady]

I am not the one to ask.

[Host]

Everybody already knows this.

[Jessica Pegula]

Okay, final answer, 4pm yes.

[Host]

Jenny. Wait, I thought. Jenny.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I thought Jenny went four hours.

[Jessica Pegula]

I was like, whoa.

[Host]

Does Arizona. Arizona doesn't do daylight savings do that. No. No. So does it matter which Time of the year we're talking about.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah. Right now.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Okay.

[Host]

Oh, Oh, I was. Because I was like. Is this clarification, please? No, it was right now. Okay, fine. We'll give them the point. Good job. Good job.

[Jessica Pegula]

She's trying to take my win.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Okay, it's six.

[Host]

Five. Score five. Jenny and Jess in the lead. We have three more questions. The bad guys category is tennis. Dez, are we playing? Yes. We have to play because we're losing.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, we're on serve. Come on.

[Host]

Who is the youngest man to ever win Roland Garros. Oh, Ross. No or no? Is it Michael Chang?

[Jessica Pegula]

You asked your answer.

[Host]

I. I am.

[Jenny Brady]

Which answer are we taking?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Maddie, I'm not good at this. I'm gonna leave it to you. I won't fault you.

[Host]

Michael Chang.

[Jenny Brady]

I feel like you're right.

[Host]

Michael Chang. I was right.

[Jenny Brady]

That was a good save.

[Host]

Great trivia.

[Jessica Pegula]

Great save. Just remember that she saved herself. So if we do that, allow us to save.

[Host]

I will allow you. I will allow one. Mulligan.

[Jessica Pegula]

Well done. I'm impressed.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

That's really.

[Jenny Brady]

All right, play.

[Host]

You're playing. Next category is also tennis.

[Jessica Pegula]

Play to win.

[Host]

Which player famously won Wimbledon as a wild card?

[Jessica Pegula]

Oh, okay. Jess, I think it's goron.

[Jenny Brady]

Is it. Is there a female or male? Are we allowed to ask that?

[Host]

Male.

[Jessica Pegula]

Male. Goran Ivanicevich. Final answer.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yes.

[Host]

Jenny is right.

[Jessica Pegula]

Poll.

[Jenny Brady]

Jen.

[Host]

Jenny's correct.

[Jenny Brady]

Right now.

[Jessica Pegula]

I'm locked in.

[Host]

Okay, it's seven. Six, I believe.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah.

[Host]

Does pop culture play?

[Jenny Brady]

Let's go.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Come on in.

[Host]

Gilmore Girls. Who speaks the very first line?

[Jessica Pegula]

Oh, dez, you're the one who just started watching this. You should know.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, but you guys tell me to watch and, like, do things while I'm watching. It's a great, easy watch.

[Host]

Sounds like you didn't even watch. Literally, the opening. The opening scene. I think it's. Which Lorelai. I think it's Lorelei. Yes, I was right. But there's two, so it's perfect.

[Jenny Brady]

What?

[Jessica Pegula]

What?

[Host]

Because her nickname's.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Her nickname? Yeah. Wait, what?

[Jessica Pegula]

What?

[Commercial Announcer]

What?

[Host]

Roll it back. Roll it back.

[Jenny Brady]

What?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Isn't her daughter's name Lorelai, but they call her Rory?

[Host]

I don't know. I've never. Oh, wow.

[Jessica Pegula]

Wow. Sorry, Des.

[Jenny Brady]

Des is literally like. Wait, what are you talking.

[Host]

Extra credit. I'm sorry, do we get a bonus point because we're tied?

[Jenny Brady]

No, Des just zoned.

[Jessica Pegula]

Wait, wait.

[Host]

Bluff. Did bluff just show up? Bluff. Did it just.

[Jenny Brady]

Mic dropped.

[Host]

All of us. Okay, wait, so we call dez bluff. Because in Escape Rooms. She just runs around. She would just run around, and in, like, the most clutch moment, she would pick something up and be like, guys, I think this is important. But she'd be wrong the whole time and then write when it matters. She was always right. So we started calling her bluff. And did bluff. Bluff just showed up.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I just showed up at the last moment, guys.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jenny Brady]

It was awesome.

[Host]

Okay, we're tied. So we're gonna do a very quick rapid fire. Whoever has the first answer says it and wins the point.

[Jessica Pegula]

This is chaos.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Okay.

[Host]

What series stars Jeremy Allen? I mean, I can't answer the question as I'm saying.

[Jessica Pegula]

My bad, my bad, my bad.

[Host]

Sorry.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

You dock a point.

[Jessica Pegula]

Everyone else was reading it.

[Jenny Brady]

Maybe we turn off the chat. We can't look at the chat, and Maddie has to read it.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah, Okay.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I turned it off, Jenny.

[Host]

Okay. Turn it off, Jenny. Or did you turn it off?

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah.

[Host]

Okay. Who starred as Barbie in the 2023 Barbie movie? Margot Robbie.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Margot Robbie.

[Jessica Pegula]

No.

[Host]

He'S like, I didn't watch it. Okay, next, which celebrity launched the tequila brand? 818 Kendall Letter Jenner.

[Jessica Pegula]

Oh, that was a tie. Who's getting it between Jess and Maddie?

[Jenny Brady]

I was gonna say.

[Host]

Okay, so both of us get a point.

[Jenny Brady]

I think we both have two.

[Host]

Okay, last question. The iconic Hollywood sign originally spelled out what word? Who?

[Jenny Brady]

Game master.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Hollywood land. I just had this on trivia.

[Host]

Hollywoodland was right.

[Jessica Pegula]

See? Thank you.

[Host]

I'm gonna think bluff always comes in clutch when it matters.

[Jenny Brady]

She didn't answer.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I would like to thank all my fans.

[Jessica Pegula]

Oh, my God.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

For those of you that didn't believe in me, what's.

[Commercial Announcer]

What is it?

[Host]

I want to thank me.

[Jessica Pegula]

I would like to thank Beyonce.

[Host]

Wow. Good job, Bluff.

[Jessica Pegula]

Good job, Des. Wow.

[Host]

I need to go put some more deodorant on.

[Jessica Pegula]

I'm a little bit frustrated.

[Host]

Come on. Jenny's gonna go snap a stick.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Snap her second racket.

[Host]

Wow.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I have to thank Juju because that was on our Jeopardy. And that was one of the questions, and I was like, wait, I've heard this, like, two.

[Host]

Good work, bluff.

[Jenny Brady]

You said it with zero confidence.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Host]

It was 100, right?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Hollywood.

[Jessica Pegula]

I think it's Hollywood land with the.

[Host]

Question mark at the end.

[Jenny Brady]

Okay, well, that was fun.

[Host]

That was really fun.

[Jenny Brady]

I don't even really know if DEZ won the whole game, but it felt like she did kind of at the end.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I just won the last two.

[Host]

The last two questions when it matters. She comes in clutch. She.

[Jenny Brady]

She came in clutch.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

You know, the match point is where it ends.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah.

[Host]

Know she's got to.

[Jessica Pegula]

Yeah. She didn't show up for the whole match except for the last point.

[Host]

Give me that over.

[Jessica Pegula]

It's like when you, when you do the work and then.

[Host]

In doubles, like you're at the baseline, grinding, running down everything and then it's the easy put away and your partner goes. And everyone's like, yeah, like that was so cool.

[Jenny Brady]

You hit the winner and you're like, that was all me.

[Jessica Pegula]

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[Desiree Krafczyk]

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