The Illusion of Intelligence: Why News Quizzes Are a Misfire The notion that news quizzes are an effective way to gauge intelligence has been a persistent myth for far too long.
These exercises often masquerade as fun and engaging ways to test knowledge, but they're little more than a shallow reflection of society's obsession with quantifying human abilities.
Behind the façade of entertainment lies a more insidious issue: the oversimplification of complex global events into bite sized trivia.