N .P .R. This is The Indicator from Planet Money.
I'm Waylon Wong. And I'm Adrian Ma.
And, you know, we thought we would take a little break from the avalanche of news right now and bring you The Indicator Quiz.
This is where we test one lucky contestant's knowledge of the topics that we've been covering on the show.
And you, dear listener, can also play along.
Today on the show, we have Tumvi Goyal.
They're an outdoorsy hospitalist in Philly.
Hi, Tumvi. Hi, everyone.
Thank you so much for having me.
Tumvi. I'm so excited.
Question for you. What's an outdoor hospitalist?
I'm picturing people in surgical scrubs doing surgeries amongst the redwoods.
No, not at all. I love hiking.
I love traveling, going to national parks when I'm not working.
Oh, sorry. Outdoorsy hospitalist, not an outdoor hospitalist.
No, no. Are you doing a bit or was this a genuine question?
I can't tell. This is not a bit.
This is, I literally thought I heard outdoor hospitalist.
Whoops. That is so funny.
Tumbi, you are indoors with us today because you are going to be playing for your choice of Indicator merch.
That's right. You could choose from an Indie the Indigator plushie, a tote bag, a T -shirt.
And for those of you playing along at home, all this merch and more is available at shopnpr .org.
But for now, I think it's onward with the quiz.
That's after the break.
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It is indicator quiz time with our guest Tanvi.
And Tanvi, as a reminder for any and all questions, I can give you a hint if you want it.
So if you hit one that you want to hint for, just let me know.
Okay. We're going to get rolling with our first segment, which is something we call Alphabet Soup.
We're going to name an acronym and you tell us what it stands for.
We're going to start with an easy one, just to, you know, get the jitters out.
Recently, Netflix shelled out $5 billion for the exclusive streaming rights of WWE's weekly flagship show, Monday Night Raw.
So what does WWE stand for?
A. World Wrestling Entertainment B.
Weirdly Wet Entertainers C.
World Wrestling Experience D.
We love economics So I'm going to go with A, World Wrestling Entertainment.
Oh, you are correct.
Yay. Now for an acronym that pops up on the indicator from time to time and was most recently in our episode, Men Without College Degrees Aren't Doing Well.
This acronym is P -C -E.
So what does P -C -E stand for?
a personal consumption expenditures b pepsi coke earl grey is fine c price change equilibrium or d people change exchange i'm gonna go with a again personal consumption expenditures you are on a roll that is correct pce is personal consumption expenditure is personal consumption expenditures.
And now it's on to a round we're calling Test Your Terms.
It's a series of fill -in -the -blank questions on economic terms, people, organizations that we've covered in our episodes.
Are you ready to test your terms, Tumbi?
I sure am. Yay! Here it is.
There is this term that's been floating around for a couple of decades now.
It refers to the aging population in the U .S., especially members of the baby boomer generation.
This term has become a popular shorthand for the big wave of cultural and economic changes that stem from this generation getting older.
What is this term? Oh, I know this.
It's not multiple choice, right?
This one is not multiple choice.
Sorry. Okay. Yeah. So I'm going to go with silver tsunami.
Oh, my gosh. Yes. Silver tsunami.
Tunvi is like an econ trivia tsunami.
I know. She's unstoppable.
Falling through indicator right now.
Thank you. And so we're moving on to the next test your terms question.
This is a term we've been covering.
Meredith Garcia was particularly enamored with it.
And this term describes when short -term interest rates are higher than long -term interest rates.
Historically, that's meant that economic pain like a recession is coming.
What is this term? Short -term interest rates.
i'm gonna need a hint on this one okay so uh it's a two -word term no it's it's the first one it's a three -word term it's a three -word term yeah oh sorry i do i work on this show okay Okay.
It's a three -word term.
The second word is a word you might find associated with traffic signs.
The third term is a word for something that, like a line that bends without angles.
uh i'm thinking yield curve but i'm not sure what the first word is it's a synonym for like upside down inverse yield curve judges we're gonna give it to you it's inverted yield curve but you basically had it now we are going on to a segment called Name That Voice.
We're going to play a clip and you tell us who it is.
And the range of answers can go from U .S.
politicians to people across the pop culture spectrum to maybe someone whose voice just made a cameo on the indicator.
For this first one, you can just tell us what this guy's job is.
You don't have to know his name.
These are words I never thought I'd say.
Five million dollars for a banana.
$5 million for a banana what is this guy's job do you think oh an easy guess is economist but Oh I remember the episode but is he an auctioneer yes he is an auctioneer he's at Sotheby's and he was auctioning off a banana that is a piece of art that ended up being purchased by a crypto entrepreneur.
Big day at Sotheby's and a big day for bananas and contemporary art.
And I think it led a lot of us to question what we were doing with our lives.
So that was clip number one.
And now we're going to do another name that voice.
And let's roll the clip.
my cranes anymore. Just want that Dune popcorn bucket.
Dune popcorn bucket.
So I know that's from SNL.
Do I have to name the actor or person?
Do you have a guess?
It's Ethan something, right?
The actor here is Bowen Yang, but you know what?
We're going to give it to you because you knew that it was from Saturday Night Live and that was the clip of a song about the viral dune popcorn bucket and we did a whole episode about the growth in novelty popcorn buckets and what it means for like the american box office and why um movie theater chains
are getting into these so tanvi you did amazing yay thank you yay and of course who really does this for the knowledge.
We're here for the merch, right?
So do you know like what prize you want?
Let's do the t -shirt.
You want to go out there and advertise your indicator love to the world.
Yeah, advertise to the world because it's so amazing.
We love to hear it.
Tanvi, thank you for repping the indicator and for being an amazing contestant.
Thank you so much. I had so much fun and it's so cool to meet you.
I'm a huge fan. Oh, the pleasure is all ours.
Later this week, we will be asking, will egg prices ever come down?
And we'll be looking at how what's happening at USAID is affecting American farmers.
This episode was produced by Angel Carreiras and engineered by Sina Lafredo.
It was fact checked by Sierra Juarez.
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