So this is quizmas: our inaugural holiday face-off

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  Most weekdays we are doing that thing with perspectives and events and shaping.

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  Today, dear listeners, we are doing something very different.

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  See, on the whole, we here at The Economist are big into quizzes.

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  Over the years we have had some staff who in their off time were real quiz champions.

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  You can see how much we love this stuff in our app with our weekly news quiz,

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  a crossword, our dateline quiz on news history, it goes on.

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  We are, in a word, quizzical.

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  For today's show we are indulging that inclination in a big way.

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  Welcome to our first annual end of year quiz show.

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  Can I get a gong or something here?

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  Before we begin some introductions are needed.

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  First we have Rachana Shanbhog, our Business Affairs Editor, alongside Alex Hearn, our resident AI expert.

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  They will be competing as one team and you guys have come with a team name.

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  What is it?

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  Of course we have Jason.

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  We are called the Jason Palmer Fan Club.

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  This is not an attempt to curry favor with our esteemed quizmaster.

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  I cry foul.

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