1. Which Baldwin coined the term #gamergate?

   1. Stephen

   2. Alec

   3. Stanley

   4. Adam

2. Which employee perk did Google and Facebook announce?

   1. Luncheon vouchers

   2. Egg freezing

   3. All the Soylent you can drink

   4. Brain implants

3. How did dating site OKCupid experiment on its users?

   1. Randomly assigned them a new sexual orientation

   2. Told users who were bad matches that they were compatible

   3. Sent them photographs of penises, “just for shits and giggles”

   4. Made all the men three inches taller and the women five years younger

4. Which blog did Jennifer Lawrence criticise for posting nude photographs of her?

   1. Drudge Report

   2. Gawker

   3. Perez Hilton

   4. Guido Fawkes

5. Which rightwing extremist organisation had its Twitter account hacked by Anonymous?

   1. BNP

   2. Ukip

   3. Ku Klux Klan

   4. National Rifle Association

6. Which app was described as both “utterly useless” and “the future of communication”?

   1. Snapchat

   2. Yo

   3. Tinder

   4. Twitter

7. According to a survey, what is more annoying than losing your keys?

   1. Forgetting a password

   2. The automatic download of the new U2 album

   3. Losing a smartphone

   4. Inserting USB connector the wrong way up

8. Which social network did Islamic State (Isis) invade after being banned by Twitter?

   1. Facebook

   2. Diaspora

   3. Myspace

   4. LinkedIn

9. What was Google forced to add to its driverless cars?

   1. Cup holders

   2. IPhone chargers

   3. Steering wheels

   4. Seatbelts

10. Which Silicon Valley chief starred in a graphic novel?

    1. Elon Musk

    2. Mark Zuckerberg

    3. Sheryl Sandberg

    4. Sergey Brin

11. A judge from which country ordered Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court to answer charges that Instagram and Whatsapp infringe their users’ privacy?

    1. Germany

    2. Russia

    3. Iran

    4. China

12. Which group now accounts for 52% of gamers?

    1. Boys aged under 18

    2. Men

    3. Women

    4. Children aged under 10

13. After investment from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, what was given a valuation more than three times that of the Washington Post?

    1. Snapchat

    2. Upworthy

    3. BuzzFeed

    4. Reddit

14. What did Nike+ user Claire Wykoff not draw on maps using the app?

    1. Birkenstock sandals

    2. Penises

    3. An imperial walker from the Star Wars films

    4. A grumpy cat

15. Who was revealed to have prototyped a pair of Google Glass-like smart glasses in 2001?

    1. Steve Jobs

    2. Stephen Hawking

    3. James Dyson

    4. Hedy Lamarr

16. In January, what did China relax its 13-year ban on?

    1. Google

    2. Second Life

    3. Foreign video game consoles

    4. Facebook

17. Which former Radio 1 DJ was discovered to have launched a “struggling” YouTube channel?

    1. Jackie Brambles

    2. Bruno Brookes

    3. Gary Davies

    4. Chris Moyles

18. Who was crowned London’s most influential Twitter user?

    1. Caitlin Moran

    2. Boris Johnson

    3. Ricky Gervais

    4. Ed Sheeran

19. Who is Google’s Larry Page talking about here? “He would always tell me, You’re doing too much stuff. I’d be like, You’re not doing enough stuff.”

    1. His father

    2. Steve Jobs

    3. George W Bush

    4. Robin Williams

20. Which of these products did Jeff Bezos not mention in a list of Amazon’s “big successes”?

    1. Amazon Prime

    2. Amazon Marketplace

    3. Kindle

    4. Amazon Fire phone

Solutions

1:D, 2:B, 3:B, 4:C, 5:C, 6:B, 7:A, 8:B, 9:C, 10:C, 11:C, 12:C, 13:C, 14:D, 15:C, 16:C, 17:D, 18:C, 19:B, 20:D

Scores

1. 0 and above.

   Bits and pieces. When was the last time you upgraded your software? Do you have spinning beach balls of death where your eyes should be?

2. 5 and above.

   Fit bit. Your recall may not be total and you're subject to the occasional system crash, but for everyday surfing of the facts you're just about fit for purpose

3. 10 and above.

   Bitlord. Congratulations all your software is up to date, and your download speeds are well above average

4. 15 and above.

   Qubits. Are you sure you don't have quantum computer for a brain? You certainly have GCHQ-like powers of surveillance and recollection