WWE, a very expensive banana, and a quiz contestant

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

It's time for The Indicator Quiz! We test you, dear listener, on your knowledge of topics that we've covered on The Indicator.

Today's quiz is an economic smorgasbord, ranging from the WWE to the silver tsunami.

Play along with us and see how you do!

Are you interested in being a contestant on our next Indicator Quiz? Email us your name and phone number at [email protected] and put "Indicator Quiz" in the subject line.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:02.0	This is the Indicator from Planet Money.
0:14.0	I'm Waylon Wong.
0:15.0	And I'm Adrienne Ma.
0:16.1	And, you know, we thought we would take a little break from the avalanche of news right now
0:20.2	and bring you the indicator quiz.
0:23.2	This is where we test one lucky contestant's knowledge of the topics that we've been covering on the show.
0:28.5	And you, dear listener, can also play along.
0:31.0	Today on the show, we have Tumvi Goyal.
0:33.8	They're an outdoorsy hospitalist in Philly.
0:37.2	Hi, Tumvi. Hi, Dunby.
0:38.0	Hi, everyone.
0:39.0	Thank you so much for having me.
0:40.3	Benvi.
0:41.0	I'm so excited.
0:42.0	Question for you.
0:43.8	What's an outdoor hospitalist?
0:45.7	I'm picturing people in like surgical scrubs doing surgeries amongst the Redwoods.
0:51.9	No, not at all.
0:53.1	I just, I love hiking.
0:54.6	I love traveling, going to national parks when I'm not working.
0:57.9	Oh, sorry.
	...

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