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

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From left: a Nats fan, a Barbie, a sports figure

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From left: a Nats fan, a Barbie, a sports figure

Kevin LaMarque/Pool/AFP via Getty Images; Warner Bros. Entertainment; Martin Meissner/AP

El Niño is here! And ready to make summer and the dregs of spring even hotter and drier. That’s not great for Canada, which spent this week exporting a commodity no one wants: wildfire smoke, now polluting a swath of the United States.

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?