Reddit Quiz: Subreddits, Upvotes and Internet History

Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian joined the first Y Combinator class with an idea that became Reddit, and this Reddit quiz follows how it grew. Play 10 interactive questions on subreddits, upvotes and karma, Snoo the alien, Condé Nast, Barack Obama's AMA, the r/place canvas, the 2023 API protests and the 2024 stock listing.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Founders
Who founded Reddit?
Year
When did Reddit launch?
Accelerator
Which startup program did the founders join?
Subreddit
What is a subreddit?
Votes
How do users rank posts on Reddit?
Mascot
What is Reddit's alien mascot called?
Owner
Which publisher bought Reddit in 2006?
AMA
What does AMA stand for?
Place
What was r/place?
IPO
When did Reddit list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who founded Reddit?
Answer: Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian
They were roommates at the University of Virginia.
Q2: When did Reddit launch?
Answer: 2005
It started in June 2005.
Q3: Which startup program did the founders join?
Answer: Y Combinator's first batch
Paul Graham encouraged their idea.
Q4: What is a subreddit?
Answer: A community focused on a topic
Names start with r/.
Q5: How do users rank posts on Reddit?
Answer: By upvoting and downvoting
Votes decide what rises to the top.
Q6: What is Reddit's alien mascot called?
Answer: Snoo
Snoo appears in the logo.
Q7: Which publisher bought Reddit in 2006?
Answer: Condé Nast
Reddit later became independent again.
Q8: What does AMA stand for?
Answer: Ask Me Anything
Barack Obama did one in 2012.
Q9: What was r/place?
Answer: A shared pixel canvas where users placed one tile at a time
It first ran on April Fools' Day 2017.
Q10: When did Reddit list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange?
Answer: 2024
Its ticker is RDDT.

Reddit Quiz – The Front Page of the Internet

Reddit was founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, roommates at the University of Virginia, as part of Y Combinator's first batch. Condé Nast bought it in 2006, and it later became independent again.

Users post in communities called subreddits and vote content up or down, earning karma. The alien Snoo is its mascot, and Ask Me Anything sessions, including Barack Obama's in 2012, became famous. The collaborative pixel canvas r/place first ran in 2017.

In 2023, many communities went dark to protest API pricing changes. Reddit listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange in 2024.

What This Quiz Teaches

Tech and internet fans will enjoy these questions.

Who founded Reddit
How voting works
What subreddits are
Which events made headlines
How the company changed

Did You Know?

Aaron Swartz was an early partner.
Reddit moderators are mostly volunteers.
Some subreddits have tens of millions of members.
Reddit Gold rewarded popular posts.
Huffman returned as CEO in 2015.