Do you know Web culture? Take our quiz!
Social networks, catchphrases, and what's the deal with cats wanting cheeseburgers? Do you know your Web culture? Find out!
On Twitter, the # sign is called a:
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Pound sign |
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Hashtag |
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Tic-Tac Toe |
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Grid |
What was the first YouTube video to be viewed 1 billion times?
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"Gangnam Style" by PSY |
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"Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO |
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"Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga |
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"Calm Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen |
The 2012 People's Voice Webby award for best “weird” website went to a Tumblr feed that only posted images of which world leader “looking at things”?
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Kim Jong-Il |
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Vladimir Putin |
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George Bush |
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Hu Jintao |
When you see the acronym NSFW on a post or link, it means that you:
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Should update your virus security software before opening |
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Should have your family gather around |
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Should not open it at work or other public places |
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Should turn down your speakers before opening |
New York gubernatorial candidate Jimmy McMillan became an Internet celebrity in 2010 after exclaiming that what is “too damn high?”
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Taxes |
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Rent |
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Gas prices |
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Cost of living |
The cartoon character that dances to the song “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” by the Buckwheat Boyz was a:
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Celery stick |
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Hot dog |
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Banana |
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Carrot |
The website Homestar Runner is perhaps most famous for the email-drafting character...
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Marzipan |
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Strong Sad |
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The Cheat |
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Strong Bad |
Each Facebook user has a personalized page called a Timeline. This page used to be called a...
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Wall |
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Blog |
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Letter |
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Sticker |
On the original MySpace, every new user started out with the same first friend. What was his name?
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Mike |
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Jerry |
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Tom |
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Mark |
On the social-news site Reddit, posts are ranked by...
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Karma |
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Comments |
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Likes |
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Upvotes |
In the following quote, “Mad Men” star John Hamm describes what popular smart-phone game? "Some evil pigs have stolen some bird eggs. And of course, what way would you try to get the eggs back but by launching yourself at the castle the pigs have constructed?"
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Bad Piggies |
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Tiny Wings |
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Angry Birds |
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Word Bird |
Who is the artist that sang “Never Gonna Give You Up?"
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Michael Jackson |
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Lionel Richie |
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George Michael |
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Rick Astley |
In December 2012, bystanders photographed an unusual pet wearing a shearling jacket and wandering a Canadian Ikea all on its own. The photos quickly went viral. What kind of animal was it?
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A brown bear cub |
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A rhesus macaque monkey |
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An hedgehog |
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A pot-bellied pig |
Members of the “hackivist” group Anonymous wear what in public:
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Luchador masks |
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Bandanas |
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Phantom of the Opera masks |
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Guy Fawkes masks |
Which Internet saying originated from the video game Portal?
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"Piece of cake" |
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"I want that cake" |
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"The cake is a lie" |
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"Cake is better than pie" |
The line “boy, that escalated quickly” originated from which film?
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby |
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Blades of Glory |
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Step Brothers |
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy |
On Reddit and Twitter, TIL is short for...
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Today I liked |
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Today I lost |
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Today I learned |
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Today I lived |
Wikileaks was founded by...
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Gabe Newell |
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Tim Cook |
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Eric Schmidt |
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Julian Assange |
In 2011, a fad developed in which people photographed themselves lying down in strange public places. This act became known as:
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Possuming |
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Playing dead |
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Planking |
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Staying frosty |
"The End of the World" – a humorous and curse-laden animated video about the world racing toward nuclear war – was originally hosted on which site?
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Homestar Runner |
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Vimeo |
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Albino Black Sheep |
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Ebaum's World |
“It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this,” is a frequently cited line from which classic Nintendo video game?
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The Legend of Zelda |
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Contra |
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Donkey Kong |
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Mega Man |
A few times each month, Google.com ditches its normal logo and puts up a novelty banner that commemorates or celebrates a person, holiday, or event. These special illustrations are called:
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Google Cartoons |
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Google Goggles |
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Google Sketches |
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Google Doodles |
The JK Wedding Dance, which debuted in 2009, featured which Chris Brown song
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"Chase Our Love" |
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"Should've Kissed You" |
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"Take You Down" |
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"Forever" |
Online cat images often feature humorously bad grammar – such as “I can has cheezburger?” While this form of garbled English was originally called Chanspeak, it’s also known as:
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Kittytalk |
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Kitteh |
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Lolspeak |
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Cheezspeak |
In a YouTube video that got more than 110 million views, one little kid asks some of life’s more meaningful questions. “Is this real life?” “Why is this happening?” “Is this going to be forever?” What was the name of this boy?
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David |
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Dennis |
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Daniel |
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Dave |
Jonathan Ware rose to Internet fame after being interviewed by Portland local TV station KGW. In the interview, Jonathan declares that:
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I like zombies |
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I like marbles |
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I like Twilight |
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I like turtles |
Sauce Boss and Muscles Glasses are members of what popular Internet TV show?
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NomNomNom Time |
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Epic Meal Time |
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Gobble Time |
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Bacon Time |
The Neil deGrasse Tyson Reaction meme is typically accompanied by which phrase?
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I don’t even want to know |
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Don't look at me |
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Watch out, we got a badass over here |
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Shut up and take my money |
This phrase was originally used by fans of Reddit as a way to identify fellow redditors in public.
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The lion sleeps tonight |
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The whale blows at noon |
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The narwhal bacons at midnight |
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The cat lawls at dawn |
The “Keep Calm and Carry On” message originated in the year:
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1918 (World War I) |
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1939 (World War II) |
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1983 (The Cold War) |
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2010 (World War Z) |