The teenager whose quizzes made £3 million (for Buzzfeed, not for her)

Rachel McMahon was 17 when she began compiling crazy questionnaires and putting them online. Her hobby became one of the most lucrative in quiz history
Rachel McMahon: “You can make a job out of anything these days. I can see a career in quizzes”
Rachel McMahon: “You can make a job out of anything these days. I can see a career in quizzes”
JONATHAN TIMMES FOR THE TIMES

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For today’s purposes the world divides into two camps. Are you familiar with online quizzes with names such as “Which type of penguin matches your personality?” or “Based on the sliced foods you pick, are you Shrek or Donkey?” Or did you read that and think: “Eh?” If you are in the first camp, you are familiar, unwittingly or not, with the work of a 19-year-old from Michigan called Rachel McMahon. If not, allow me to introduce you.

McMahon was a 17-year-old high school student in Grand Rapids when she started writing quizzes in her spare time. Mostly she did this for the amusement of the friend she sat next to in class. Then she started posting them on the website Buzzfeed, where contributors can