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Social networks, catchphrases, and what's the deal with cats wanting cheeseburgers? Do you know your Web culture? Find out!


By Aimee Ortiz
posted April 11, 2013 at 11:12 pm EDT

On Twitter, the # sign is called a:

Pound sign

 

Hashtag

 

Tic-Tac Toe

 

Grid

 

What was the first YouTube video to be viewed 1 billion times?

"Gangnam Style" by PSY

 

"Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO

 

"Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga

 

"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”?

Kim Jong-Il

 

Vladimir Putin

 

George Bush

 

Hu Jintao

 

When you see the acronym NSFW on a post or link, it means that you:

Should update your virus security software before opening

 

Should have your family gather around

 

Should not open it at work or other public places

 

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?”

Taxes

 

Rent

 

Gas prices

 

Cost of living

 

The cartoon character that dances to the song “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” by the Buckwheat Boyz was a:

Celery stick

 

Hot dog

 

Banana

 

Carrot

 

The website Homestar Runner is perhaps most famous for the email-drafting character...

Marzipan

 

Strong Sad

 

The Cheat

 

Strong Bad

 

Each Facebook user has a personalized page called a Timeline. This page used to be called a...

Wall

 

Blog

 

Letter

 

Sticker

 

On the original MySpace, every new user started out with the same first friend. What was his name?

Mike

 

Jerry

 

Tom

 

Mark

 

On the social-news site Reddit, posts are ranked by...

Karma

 

Comments

 

Likes

 

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?"

Bad Piggies

 

Tiny Wings

 

Angry Birds

 

Word Bird

 

Who is the artist that sang “Never Gonna Give You Up?"

Michael Jackson

 

Lionel Richie

 

George Michael

 

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?

A brown bear cub

 

A rhesus macaque monkey

 

An hedgehog

 

A pot-bellied pig

 

Members of the “hackivist” group Anonymous wear what in public:

Luchador masks

 

Bandanas

 

Phantom of the Opera masks

 

Guy Fawkes masks

 

Which Internet saying originated from the video game Portal?

"Piece of cake"

 

"I want that cake"

 

"The cake is a lie"

 

"Cake is better than pie"

 

The line “boy, that escalated quickly” originated from which film?

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

 

Blades of Glory

 

Step Brothers

 

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy

 

On Reddit and Twitter, TIL is short for...

Today I liked

 

Today I lost

 

Today I learned

 

Today I lived

 

Wikileaks was founded by...

Gabe Newell

 

Tim Cook

 

Eric Schmidt

 

Julian Assange

 

In 2011, a fad developed in which people photographed themselves lying down in strange public places. This act became known as:

Possuming

 

Playing dead

 

Planking

 

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?

Homestar Runner

 

Vimeo

 

Albino Black Sheep

 

Ebaum's World

 

“It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this,” is a frequently cited line from which classic Nintendo video game?

The Legend of Zelda

 

Contra

 

Donkey Kong

 

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:

Google Cartoons

 

Google Goggles

 

Google Sketches

 

Google Doodles

 

The JK Wedding Dance, which debuted in 2009, featured which Chris Brown song

"Chase Our Love"

 

"Should've Kissed You"

 

"Take You Down"

 

"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:

Kittytalk

 

Kitteh

 

Lolspeak

 

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?

David

 

Dennis

 

Daniel

 

Dave

 

Jonathan Ware rose to Internet fame after being interviewed by Portland local TV station KGW. In the interview, Jonathan declares that:

I like zombies

 

I like marbles

 

I like Twilight

 

I like turtles

 

Sauce Boss and Muscles Glasses are members of what popular Internet TV show?

NomNomNom Time

 

Epic Meal Time

 

Gobble Time

 

Bacon Time

 

The Neil deGrasse Tyson Reaction meme is typically accompanied by which phrase?

I don’t even want to know

 

Don't look at me

 

Watch out, we got a badass over here

 

Shut up and take my money

 

This phrase was originally used by fans of Reddit as a way to identify fellow redditors in public.

The lion sleeps tonight

 

The whale blows at noon

 

The narwhal bacons at midnight

 

The cat lawls at dawn

 

The “Keep Calm and Carry On” message originated in the year:

1918 (World War I)

 

1939 (World War II)

 

1983 (The Cold War)

 

2010 (World War Z)