What is with these spammy facebook apps?

[Jangly Mark]

It doesn't block everything, but, you can block those annoying quiz stories from showing up in your news feed.

Here's how....

Firstly, it only works in Firefox. Internet Explorer does not have this feature.

If you do not have Firefox already, you can get it for free here: http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/

Next, you need a Firefox add-on called Greasemonkey.
You can get this here : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748

Click on 'Add To Firefox'.
When it's installed, close Firefox down and then re-start it.

Finally, you need 'Quiz be gone'
You can get this here : http://userscripts.org/scripts/review/45892

A few may still get through, but, it blocks most quizzes from your news feed.