2025-12-24
28 分钟The Economist Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
Most weekdays were doing that thing with perspectives and events and shaping.
Today, dear listeners, we're doing something very different.
See, on the whole, we here at The Economist are big into quizzes.
Over the years, we've had some staff who, in their off-time, were real quiz champions.
You can see how much we love this stuff in our app.
With our weekly news quiz, a crossword, both cryptic and standard,
our dateline quiz on news history, it goes on.
We are, in a word, quizzical.
So, for today's show, we're indulging that inclination in a big way.
Welcome to our first annual end-of-year quiz show.
Can I get a gong or something here?
Right, before we begin, some introductions are needed.
First, we have Rajna Shanwogh, our business affairs editor,
alongside Alex Hearn, our resident AI expert.
They will be competing as one team.
And you guys have come, I think, with a team name.
What is it?
Of course we have, Jason.
We are called the Jason Palmer Fan Club.