How much internet ‘brain rot’ have I got to be able to write this quiz?

Martin Belam  by , December 2, 2024

A little bit of bonus quiz action for a Monday. “Brain rot” has been announced as the Oxford word of the year, covering “overconsumption of material considered to be trivial or unchallenging” especially through endless scrolling online, or reading the personal blogs of weirdoes. Anyway, I soon set to work on a quiz for the Guardian:

Do you have ‘brain rot’ from endless social media? Try our quiz

Enjoy!

Martin Belam  by Martin Belam, December 2, 2024
I do live blogging, news stories and quizzes at the Guardian, and help cover Eurovision and Doctor Who for them too. As a journalist and designer I’ve spent over twenty years building digital products for the likes of Sony, the Guardian, the BBC, the Natural History Museum, Arts Council England and Reach (formerly Trinity Mirror). You can contact me at martin.belam@theguardian.com. Sign up to get my blog posts sent to you via email.