First YouTube Video Quiz: Me at the Zoo and Early Days

This first YouTube video quiz rewinds to a 19-second clip of elephants that started the world's biggest video site. Play 10 interactive questions on Jawed Karim, Me at the Zoo, the San Diego Zoo, YouTube's three founders, PayPal roots, the Google deal, early viral hits and the first billion views.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Title
What was the first YouTube video called?
Date
When was it uploaded?
Who
Who uploaded it?
Animals
Which animals appear behind him?
Zoo
Which zoo was it filmed at?
Founders
Which group founded YouTube?
Buyer
Which company bought YouTube in 2006?
Million
Which video was the first to pass one million views?
Billion
Which video first passed one billion views?
Length
How long is Me at the Zoo?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What was the first YouTube video called?
Answer: Me at the Zoo
It is still online.
Q2: When was it uploaded?
Answer: April 2005
It went up on 23 April 2005.
Q3: Who uploaded it?
Answer: Jawed Karim
He was a YouTube co-founder.
Q4: Which animals appear behind him?
Answer: Elephants
He talks about their long trunks.
Q5: Which zoo was it filmed at?
Answer: San Diego Zoo
The clip lasts 19 seconds.
Q6: Which group founded YouTube?
Answer: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim
They had worked at PayPal.
Q7: Which company bought YouTube in 2006?
Answer: Google
The price was 1.65 billion dollars.
Q8: Which video was the first to pass one million views?
Answer: A Nike ad with Ronaldinho
It showed him hitting the crossbar.
Q9: Which video first passed one billion views?
Answer: Gangnam Style
It happened in 2012.
Q10: How long is Me at the Zoo?
Answer: 19 seconds
Early videos were usually short.

First Youtube Video Quiz – Me at the Zoo and Early Days

YouTube was founded in 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, three former PayPal employees. They wanted a simple way for anyone to share videos online.

On 23 April 2005 Karim uploaded Me at the Zoo, a 19-second clip filmed at the San Diego Zoo in which he notes the elephants' really long trunks. It became the first video on the site and is still watched today.

A Nike ad with Ronaldinho became the first to pass a million views, and Google bought YouTube for 1.65 billion dollars in 2006. In 2012 Gangnam Style became the first video to reach a billion views.

What This Quiz Teaches

Internet history fans will enjoy these questions.

What the first video shows
Who uploaded it
Who founded YouTube
Who bought the company
Which videos broke records

Did You Know?

Karim later backed many tech startups.
Early YouTube had a ten-minute limit for many users.
The site launched publicly later in 2005.
Me at the Zoo has hundreds of millions of views.
YouTube is now one of the most visited websites.