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1. Who coined the word "meme" in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene?

   • Stephen Jay Gould
   • Daniel Dennett
   • Richard Dawkins
   • Carl Sagan
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   Answer: Richard Dawkins. Richard Dawkins coined "meme" in The Selfish Gene (1976).

2. What are Reddit's user-created topic boards called?

   • Threads
   • Subreddits
   • Groups
   • Boards
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   Answer: Subreddits. Reddit posts are organised into communities called subreddits.

3. Keyboard Cat clips are tacked onto blooper videos under which catchphrase?

   • Drop the beat, Keyboard Cat
   • Play him off, Keyboard Cat
   • Hit it, Keyboard Cat
   • Take it away, Keyboard Cat
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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.

4. Before becoming Success Kid, the fist-pumping baby photo was first popular with which caption?

   • Challenge Accepted
   • Nailed It
   • Like a Boss
   • I Hate Sandcastles
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   Answer: I Hate Sandcastles. In 2011 the image first spread captioned "I Hate Sandcastles".

5. In December 2012, which music video became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views?

   • Baby
   • Party Rock Anthem
   • Gangnam Style
   • Call Me Maybe
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   Answer: Gangnam Style. Psy's "Gangnam Style" passed one billion YouTube views on 21 December 2012.

6. "Why This Kolaveri Di" is from the soundtrack of which 2012 Tamil film?

   • Velaiilla Pattadhari
   • Raanjhanaa
   • Maryan
   • 3
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   Answer: 3. The song is from the soundtrack of the 2012 film 3.

7. Carlos Ramirez drew the original Trollface in 2008 using which program?

   • Microsoft Paint
   • Adobe Photoshop
   • GIMP
   • Flash
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   Answer: Microsoft Paint. Trollface was drawn in Microsoft Paint in September 2008.

8. The first Rickroll in 2007 swapped Rick Astley's video in for the trailer of which video game?

   • Grand Theft Auto IV
   • BioShock
   • Halo 3
   • Super Mario Galaxy
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   Answer: Grand Theft Auto IV. In May 2007 a 4chan user linked the music video in place of a Grand Theft Auto IV trailer.

9. Godwin's law says that as an online discussion grows longer, a comparison to what becomes almost certain?

   • Nazis or Hitler
   • Star Wars
   • The Titanic
   • George Orwell's 1984
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   Answer: Nazis or Hitler. Godwin's law concerns the rising probability of a Nazi or Hitler comparison.

10. 4chan was created as an English-language counterpart to Futaba, an imageboard from which country?

    • Japan
    • China
    • South Korea
    • Russia
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    Answer: Japan. 4chan began as an unofficial English counterpart to the Japanese imageboard Futaba Channel.

11. The first YouTube video, "Me at the zoo", was filmed at which zoo?

    • San Diego Zoo
    • Bronx Zoo
    • Cincinnati Zoo
    • Smithsonian National Zoo
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    Answer: San Diego Zoo. Jawed Karim filmed "Me at the zoo" at the San Diego Zoo in California.

12. Pepe the Frog first appeared in which 2005 webcomic?

    • Rage Comics
    • Boy's Club
    • Homestar Runner
    • Sunshine Club
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    Answer: Boy's Club. Pepe originated in Matt Furie's 2005 webcomic Boy's Club.

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