Internet Memes & Viral Moments Quiz

Question 1

What is 'Rickrolling'?

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A prank where someone is unexpectedly redirected to Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up' video

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A viral dance challenge involving rolling on the floor

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A type of bread roll popular on social media food blogs

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An online gaming technique

Question 2

The 'Distracted Boyfriend' meme features a photograph of a man looking at another woman while his girlfriend looks on horrified. Where is this man from?

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Spain

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United States

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United Kingdom

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Italy

Question 3

The Ice Bucket Challenge in 2014 raised over $115 million for which charity/cause?

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ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Lou Gehrig's disease) research

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Cancer Research

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World Hunger Relief

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Alzheimer's research

Question 4

The 'What Colour is the Dress?' debate went viral in February 2015. What were the two main camps?

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White and gold vs. black and blue

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Red and green vs. blue and purple

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Pink and white vs. black and grey

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Yellow and brown vs. blue and silver

Question 5

The 'Harlem Shake' viral trend (2013) involved what format?

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One person dancing alone in a crowded, oblivious crowd, then suddenly everyone dancing wildly

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One person dancing alone in a crowded, oblivious crowd, then everyone suddenly dancing wildly

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A group flash mob dance in a famous location

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A celebrity dance challenge where stars copied a professional dancer's moves

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A dance competition show format

Question 6

Grumpy Cat became one of the internet's most famous animals. What was her real name?

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Tardar Sauce

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Sourpuss

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Grumpina

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Miss Frowny

Question 7

The 'Gangnam Style' video famously broke YouTube. What happened?

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YouTube's view counter wasn't large enough — they had to update their code to handle numbers above 2.1 billion

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So many simultaneous views crashed YouTube's servers

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The video was temporarily removed for copyright reasons, creating panic

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Google's servers overheated from the video's bandwidth demands

Question 8

The 'Charlie Bit My Finger' video was one of YouTube's first viral hits. It was eventually sold as what?

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An NFT for nearly $800,000

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A TV commercial for a baby food brand

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A physical DVD box set

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The basis for a feature film

Question 9

What is a 'deepfake'?

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AI-generated synthetic media where a person's face or voice is convincingly replaced with another person's

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A very convincing internet hoax article

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A fake product review campaign

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A deep-cover internet troll using multiple fake personas

Question 10

The 'Tide Pod Challenge' in early 2018 was alarming because teenagers were doing what?

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Eating Tide laundry detergent pods on camera

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Using Tide Pods to dye their hair

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Throwing Tide Pods at passing cars

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Dissolving Tide Pods in public water fountains

Question 11

The 'OK Boomer' phrase became a viral meme in 2019. What does it mean and who popularised it?

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A dismissive response by younger generations to older people's out-of-touch attitudes — popularised by a New Zealand politician's response in Parliament

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A slang term for a successful businessperson from the Baby Boomer generation

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A greeting used exclusively at Baby Boomer conventions

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A financial term for a booming economic period

Question 12

Area 51 became a viral meme in September 2019. What was the original plan?

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A Facebook event to 'storm' the Nevada military base to 'see the aliens', which attracted 2 million RSVPs

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Protesters planned a mass march on the Pentagon

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A petition to make Area 51 a national park

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A conspiracy theory conference at the base's entrance

Question 13

The 'Bottle Cap Challenge' (2019) involved what feat?

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Unscrewing a bottle cap with a spinning roundhouse kick without knocking over the bottle

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Balancing a bottle cap on your nose

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Flipping a bottle to land cap-down perfectly

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Stacking as many bottle caps as possible in 60 seconds

Question 14

What was the 'Dress Like a Woman' internet moment associated with the Trump White House in 2017?

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Reports that Trump told female staff to dress more femininely, followed by women posting photos of themselves in professional attire with the hashtag #DressLikeAWoman

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A viral photo of female White House staff wearing identical dresses

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A White House fashion show that trended on Twitter

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A leaked dress code memo from the Oval Office

Question 15

The 'Skip Leg Day' meme jokes about people who exercise their upper body but not their legs. What is the visual shorthand for this?

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A very large torso with tiny legs

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A person running away from the gym

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A protein shake bottle with no lid

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Massive arms holding tiny dumbbells

Question 16

What was the original meaning of the 'Side Eye Chloe' meme that went viral in 2022?

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A video of a young girl giving a completely deadpan side-eye to the camera while her sister reacts excitedly to a surprise

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A stock photo of a suspicious cat

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A celebrity reaction to winning an award unexpectedly

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A toddler reacting to tasting broccoli for the first time

Question 17

What is the 'NPC' meme that went viral on TikTok in 2023?

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TikTok creators livestreaming and acting like video game NPCs — moving robotically and repeating scripted phrases in response to virtual 'gifts' from viewers

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Non-playable characters from video games used as reaction memes

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A trend of playing video games on TikTok live

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A meme about people following instructions without thinking

Question 18

The 'Bernie Mittens' meme originated at which event in January 2021?

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Joe Biden's presidential inauguration

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The Grammy Awards

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The Super Bowl

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A Bernie Sanders campaign rally

Question 19

What was the 'Zoom Boom' cultural phenomenon during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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The explosive adoption of Zoom video conferencing, along with associated memes about pets, children, and 'unmute yourself'

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The rapid growth in popularity of the film Boom in 2020

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An increase in explosive property prices during lockdown

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A fitness trend involving jumping exercises during lockdown

Question 20

What is 'main character syndrome' and how did it become a TikTok trend?

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The feeling of being the protagonist of your own life story — on TikTok, videos of people living 'main character' moments with cinematic music

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A clinical diagnosis for narcissistic personality disorder

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A trend of recreating movie scenes in public

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A video game concept applied to real-life social situations