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Internet quiz: 130+ questions, play live
The web, websites and online history. Test yourself against real players in a fast Internet trivia battle: ten questions, ten seconds each, and the quickest right answer scores the most.
Internet quiz questions with answers
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What does the abbreviation URL stand for?
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Answer: Uniform Resource Locator. A URL is the address of a resource on the web.
Who coined the word "meme" in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene?
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Answer: Richard Dawkins. Richard Dawkins coined "meme" in The Selfish Gene (1976).
What are Reddit's user-created topic boards called?
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Answer: Subreddits. Reddit posts are organised into communities called subreddits.
Keyboard Cat clips are tacked onto blooper videos under which catchphrase?
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Answer: Play him off, Keyboard Cat. The meme spread as "Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat", ending fails with the cat's tune.
Before becoming Success Kid, the fist-pumping baby photo was first popular with which caption?
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Answer: I Hate Sandcastles. In 2011 the image first spread captioned "I Hate Sandcastles".
In 2016, which instant mobile payment system did NPCI launch in India?
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Answer: UPI. UPI stands for Unified Payments Interface.
In December 2012, which music video became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views?
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Answer: Gangnam Style. Psy's "Gangnam Style" passed one billion YouTube views on 21 December 2012.
Which messaging app was founded in 2009 by Jan Koum and Brian Acton?
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Answer: WhatsApp. Both founders had previously worked at Yahoo.
When Twitter launched in 2006, what was the character limit for a tweet?
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Answer: 140. The limit was doubled to 280 in 2017.
In 1996, Sabeer Bhatia co-founded which free webmail service?
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Answer: Hotmail. Microsoft bought it in 1997.
"Why This Kolaveri Di" is from the soundtrack of which 2012 Tamil film?
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Answer: 3. The song is from the soundtrack of the 2012 film 3.
Which Indian YouTuber released the diss track "Bye PewDiePie" on 1 January 2019?
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Answer: CarryMinati. CarryMinati's "Bye PewDiePie" was released during the PewDiePie vs T-Series rivalry.
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How many Internet questions are there?
More than 130 Internet questions, checked by the Quix team, and new ones are added regularly. A match draws ten of them.
How does a Internet quiz match work?
Ten questions, ten seconds each, against up to three players matched to your level. Answer right and fast to score more; your first tap locks in.
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