The Scroll
This popular term describes endlessly scrolling through negative news or content online, often on social media.
What is doomscrolling?
This U.S. President, often called “Sleepy Joe” by critics, took office in 2021.
Who is Joe Biden?
In 1492, this explorer sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and is often credited with “discovering” the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
In Destiny, players take on the role of these resurrected warriors who fight to protect humanity.
What are Guardians?
This sport is played with a round ball and two goals, and is known as “football” almost everywhere except the U.S.
What is soccer?
This app, symbolized by a blue bird (now rebranded), became one of the main hubs for doomscrolling.
What is Twitter?
“Average Joe” is a common nickname for this type of person.
Who is an ordinary or everyday person?
This famous wall in Germany was torn down in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This giant white orb in the sky grants the Guardians their Light.
What is the Traveler?
This athlete, known as “King James,” has played for the Cavaliers, Heat, and Lakers.
Who is LeBron James?
Social media apps use this feature — which never truly ends — to keep users scrolling for hours.
What is infinite scroll?
This popular podcast host and UFC commentator is known for saying, “That’s crazy, man,” on The Joe Rogan Experience.
Who is Joe Rogan?
This American document, signed in 1776, declared independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This small floating AI companion follows you everywhere and is voiced by actors like Peter Dinklage and Nolan North.
What is a Ghost?
The Super Bowl decides the champion of this American sports league.
What is the NFL (National Football League)?
The tendency of people to focus more on negative news than positive stories is called this psychological bias.
What is negativity bias?
This slang term for coffee shares its name with a common man.
What is a cup of joe?
This empire, known for gladiators and aqueducts, once ruled much of Europe and the Mediterranean.
What is the Roman Empire?
The three main Guardian classes are Titan, Hunter, and this mystical Light-wielding one.
What is Warlock?
This international event, held every four years, features athletes competing under their national flags in sports from swimming to gymnastics.
What are the Olympic Games?
Doomscrolling activates this hormone associated with stress and anxiety.
What is cortisol?
This internet classic “gotcha” joke begins when someone asks, “Who’s Joe?”
What is ‘Joe Mama’?
This 14th-century pandemic wiped out nearly a third of Europe’s population.
What is the Black Death (or the Bubonic Plague)?
This event in Destiny’s lore marked the collapse of humanity’s Golden Age after the Traveler was nearly destroyed.
What is the Collapse?
This Formula 1 driver won a record-tying seven World Championships, sharing the record with Michael Schumacher.
Who is Lewis Hamilton?