What is there a shortage of? Find out in the NPR news quiz (hint: it's not smoke)

By Holly J. Morris

Published June 9, 2023 at 5:00 AM EDT

El Niño is here

wildfire smoke

Asked when the air would clear, experts told NPR "when the weather changes or the fires stop." A Magic 8 Ball, just as usefully, told NPR, "Reply hazy, try again."

In contrast, all of these quiz questions have actual answers. So ... how well have you been paying attention?

Corrected: June 9, 2023 at 12:00 AM EDT

An earlier version of this quiz said the Supreme Court upheld a 1986 provision of the Voting Rights Act. In fact, the act was amended in 1982 and the Supreme Court made a precedent-setting ruling in 1986.

Holly J. Morris

Holly J. Morris works on NPR's Training team. She was an editor at The Washington Post Express, National Geographic and U.S. News and World Report, and a college teacher.

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