Viral Internet Moments Quiz – Memes, Challenges and Online Firsts
From the Ice Bucket Challenge and Gangnam Style to the Dress, Rickrolling and the Harlem Shake, this viral internet moments quiz revisits the web's biggest buzz. Some moments lasted a week, while others still shape online culture today.
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Challenges
The 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge raised money for research into which disease?
Pranks
Rickrolling tricks people into watching a music video by which singer?
Debates
In 2015, millions argued online over whether a dress was white and gold or which other colors?
Records
Which music video was the first to reach one billion views on YouTube, in 2012?
Dances
The Harlem Shake meme of 2013 videos usually switched suddenly from one person dancing to what?
Memes
Which 2011 animated cat with a pop-tart body flew across the screen leaving a rainbow?
Videos
Charlie Bit My Finger, one of YouTube's earliest viral videos, showed what?
Words
In internet slang, what does going viral mean?
Memes
Grumpy Cat, a famous internet cat, got its look from what?
Challenges
What was the 2016 Mannequin Challenge?
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Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions
- Q1: The 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge raised money for research into which disease?
Answer: ALS
ALS is also called Lou Gehrig's disease. The challenge raised more than 100 million dollars for the ALS Association in a few weeks.
- Q2: Rickrolling tricks people into watching a music video by which singer?
Answer: Rick Astley
The prank uses Never Gonna Give You Up from 1987. Astley later said he found it funny.
- Q3: In 2015, millions argued online over whether a dress was white and gold or which other colors?
Answer: Blue and black
The real dress was blue and black. Scientists studied why people saw it so differently.
- Q4: Which music video was the first to reach one billion views on YouTube, in 2012?
Answer: Gangnam Style
PSY's video was so popular that YouTube said it had to upgrade its view counter. The dance spread around the world.
- Q5: The Harlem Shake meme of 2013 videos usually switched suddenly from one person dancing to what?
Answer: A whole group dancing wildly
Thousands of groups, from offices to sports teams, made their own versions. The song was by producer Baauer.
- Q6: Which 2011 animated cat with a pop-tart body flew across the screen leaving a rainbow?
Answer: Nyan Cat
Chris Torres created the original animation. In 2021 it sold as a digital artwork for a large sum.
- Q7: Charlie Bit My Finger, one of YouTube's earliest viral videos, showed what?
Answer: Two young brothers
The 2007 clip was viewed hundreds of millions of times. Its family later sold it as a digital collectible.
- Q8: In internet slang, what does going viral mean?
Answer: Spreading very quickly from person to person online
The term compares online sharing with how a virus spreads. Many viral moments are unplanned.
- Q9: Grumpy Cat, a famous internet cat, got its look from what?
Answer: Feline dwarfism and an underbite
Her real name was Tardar Sauce. She appeared in ads, books and a TV film.
- Q10: What was the 2016 Mannequin Challenge?
Answer: People freezing in place while a camera moved around them
Students in Florida helped start the trend. Sports teams, celebrities and even politicians joined in with their own videos.
Viral Internet Moments Quiz – Memes, Challenges and Online Firsts
Viral internet moments can make someone famous overnight. A single video, photo or challenge can be shared millions of times within days and then fade almost as quickly.
Some moments were pure fun. Rickrolling tricked people into watching Rick Astley, Nyan Cat flew across screens leaving a rainbow and the Harlem Shake turned offices and locker rooms into chaotic dance parties. Gangnam Style became the first YouTube video to reach a billion views.
Others started debates or raised money. The Dress split the internet over its colors, and the Ice Bucket Challenge raised millions for ALS research in 2014. The Mannequin Challenge asked groups to freeze while a camera moved around them.
Early viral videos like Charlie Bit My Finger showed how ordinary families could reach global audiences, and Grumpy Cat became a brand. These moments helped shape the meme culture that still fills social media today.
Each of the ten questions in the Viral Internet Moments Quiz gives you three choices and a short explanation once you answer. The timer runs for 150 seconds, so try to trust your first instinct on the easy ones and save time for the tricky questions near the end. You can replay the quiz as often as you like. Many players find that the second attempt goes much better, because the explanations help the facts stick. Share the quiz with a friend and compare your results.
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What This Quiz Teaches
- Famous internet challenges
- Classic memes
- Viral music videos
- Online debates
- Internet pets
- How things go viral
Quick Facts
- The word meme was coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976.
- Many memes are remixed again and again.
- Viral videos can earn money through ads.
- Hashtags help trends spread.
- Some viral moments are planned by marketers.
- Old memes often come back years later.
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