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1

Which 2007 home video of two English brothers was once YouTube's most-viewed upload?

Charlie Bit My Finger, filmed in May 2007, shows one-year-old Charlie Davies-Carr biting his brother Harry; the clip sold as an NFT for $760,999 in 2021.

2

Which prank from around 2007 springs Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up' video on the unsuspecting?

Rickrolling became a popular internet meme and prank where a hyperlink, seemingly unrelated, leads to the music video for Rick Astley's 1987 hit 'Never Gonna Give You Up.' It originated on 4chan in 2007.

3

Which 2013 meme cut from one masked dancer being ignored to a whole room thrashing?

The Harlem Shake, set to Baauer's 2012 track, has one helmeted dancer ignored for 15 seconds before a jump-cut to a thrashing crowd; about 4,000 versions a day were uploaded in February 2013.

4

Which 2014 social media campaign had people dump ice water over their heads for ALS?

The Ice Bucket Challenge went viral globally in 2014, raising significant funds and awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

5

Which feline internet celebrity, real name Tardar Sauce, rose to fame in 2012?

Grumpy Cat, whose real name was Tardar Sauce, became an internet sensation due to her unique facial expression caused by feline dwarfism and an underbite. She passed away in 2019.

6

Which 2013 meme features a Shiba Inu with Comic Sans monologue captions?

The Doge meme, based on a 2010 photograph of a Shiba Inu named Kabosu, became popular in late 2013. It is characterized by colorful text in Comic Sans font, often expressing fragmented internal monologues.

7

Which meme shows a man looking back at another woman while holding his girlfriend's hand?

The 'Distracted Boyfriend' meme features a stock photo of a man looking back at another woman while his girlfriend stares at him disapprovingly, widely used to illustrate various forms of distraction or preference for something else.

8

Which Turkish chef and restaurateur became a meme in 2017 for his flamboyant salt-sprinkling technique?

Nusret Gökçe, known as Salt Bae, went viral in January 2017 for sprinkling salt off his forearm onto steak; his Nusr-Et steakhouse chain takes its name from his own.

9

Which phrase, slurred by teenager Danielle Bregoli on a 2016 Dr. Phil episode, became a meme and her nickname?

Cash Me Outside, in Bregoli's accent 'Cash me ousside, how bow dah', made her the 'Cash Me Outside' Girl before she became the rapper Bhad Bhabie.

10

What brand were the white shoes complimented in the 2016 viral video 'Damn Daniel'?

The 'Damn Daniel' video, which went viral in 2016, featured a high school student named Daniel Lara, with his friend Josh Holz complimenting his outfits, particularly his white Vans sneakers.

11

What was the title of Chris Crocker's tearful 2007 YouTube video defending a pop star's VMA comeback?

'Leave Britney Alone!' was posted by Chris Crocker (now Cara Cunningham) in September 2007 after Spears' MTV VMA performance; the tearful clip drew over four million views in two days.

12

The viral 'Numa Numa Dance' video features lip-syncing to a song by which Moldovan group?

Gary Brolsma's 'Numa Numa Dance' video, uploaded in 2004, shows him enthusiastically lip-syncing and dancing to the song 'Dragostea Din Tei' by the Moldovan pop group O-Zone.

13

What 2012 music video by Psy became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views?

Psy's 'Gangnam Style' music video was released in 2012 and quickly became a global phenomenon, making history as the first video on YouTube to surpass one billion views.

14

'Baby Shark Dance', YouTube's most-viewed video from 2020, was produced by which South Korean brand?

Pinkfong, the Seoul-based children's brand of SmartStudy, released Baby Shark Dance in 2016; it overtook Despacito as YouTube's most-viewed video in November 2020 and passed 10 billion views in January 2022.

15

Which comedy duo released the 2013 viral hit song 'What Does the Fox Say'?

'What Does the Fox Say?' is an electronic dance novelty song and music video by the Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis, released in 2013, which quickly became a viral hit.

16

The internet debate 'The Dress' centered on which two color combinations?

'The Dress' became a viral internet phenomenon in 2015 when viewers disagreed over whether the garment was blue and black or white and gold, sparking widespread discussion about optical illusions and color perception.

17

The 2018 'Yanny or Laurel' clip came from a 2007 vocabulary.com recording by what kind of speaker?

Vocabulary.com had opera singer Jay Aubrey Jones record the word 'laurel' in 2007; in a 2018 Twitter poll of over 500,000 people, 53 percent heard 'Laurel' and 47 percent 'Yanny'.

18

Which infamous 2017 luxury event on Great Exuma, promoted by influencers, became a viral disaster?

Fyre Festival, promoted by Kendall Jenner and other influencers, collapsed in April 2017 into disaster tents and cheese sandwiches; co-founder Billy McFarland pleaded guilty to wire fraud and got six years in 2018.

19

Which meme features a photo of toddler Sammy Griner on a beach, clenching a fistful of sand with a determined expression?

Success Kid, photographed in 2007, became the go-to image for triumphant or successful situations.

20

Which meme shows four-year-old Zoë Roth smirking at the camera in front of a burning house?

Disaster Girl is Zoë Roth, photographed by her father Dave in 2005 at a house set alight for firefighter training in Mebane, North Carolina.

21

Which meme name was given to Hungarian engineer and stock-photo model András Arató?

András István Arató, known as 'Hide the Pain Harold', is a retired Hungarian electrical engineer who became a meme around 2011 for his stock-photo expressions, often read as a forced smile concealing inner sadness.

22

A toddler's worried glance in her sister's 2013 Disneyland-surprise video became which meme?

Side Eyeing Chloe is Chloe Clem, whose wary look in the 2013 video 'Lily's Disneyland Surprise...AGAIN!' went viral; the photo sold as an NFT for 25 Ethereum in 2021.

23

Which controversial VRChat meme depicts a low-polygon red echidna with a distinctive accent?

Ugandan Knuckles is a controversial internet meme that originated from the game VRChat in 2017. It features a distorted, low-polygon 3D model of Knuckles the Echidna from the Sonic franchise, often associated with specific phrases and a Ugandan accent.

24

Vine, the looping-video app Twitter shut down in 2017, limited clips to how many seconds?

Twitter bought the company in 2012, before the app had even launched.

25

Which then-14-year-old choreographed the 'Renegade' TikTok dance?

Jalaiah Harmon created the Renegade, one of TikTok's most popular dances, at 14, and credit for her work was initially overlooked.

26

Which Lil Nas X song, with Billy Ray Cyrus, spent a record 19 weeks at No. 1 in 2019?

Old Town Road topped the Hot 100 for 19 weeks in 2019, breaking the 16-week record; the April remix gave Billy Ray Cyrus his first number one, credited on 18 of those weeks.

27

The oversized mittens Bernie Sanders wore in his viral 2021 inauguration photo were made by whom?

Jen Ellis was flooded with requests afterwards and made three more pairs to auction for charity.

28

Nathan Apodaca's viral 2020 'Dreams' skateboard video featured which juice brand?

Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry was the bottle Apodaca swigged in September 2020; the brand gave him a truck loaded with juice, and Stevie Nicks answered with her own skate video.

29

The 2019 'Storm Area 51' Facebook joke targeted a secret Air Force site in which state?

Area 51 lies in the Nevada desert near Rachel; Matty Roberts' joke Facebook event for 20 September 2019 drew about two million RSVPs, and two small festivals were staged nearby for the date.

30

What early-2010s fad involved lying face down, hands by your sides, in unusual public places and being photographed?

Planking was a viral photo fad that emerged in the early 2010s, where participants would lie rigidly face down in odd or unexpected locations, like a plank of wood, and photograph themselves.

31

What dangerous 2018 internet trend involved eating laundry detergent packets?

Tide Pod Challenge grew out of memes about the colourful packets, and prompted warnings from health officials and manufacturers.

32

Whose song did people dance to beside a slow-moving car in 2018's 'Kiki Challenge'?

The 'Kiki Challenge,' also known as the 'In My Feelings Challenge,' went viral in 2018. It involved people exiting a slow-moving car and dancing alongside it to Drake's song 'In My Feelings.'

33

In which YouTube interview series does host Sean Evans quiz celebrities as they eat wings doused in ever-hotter sauces?

Hot Ones works up a line of chicken wings, or plant-based alternatives, with sauces of progressively increasing Scoville ratings.

34

What viral video features a cat, named Fatso, seemingly playing a musical keyboard?

Keyboard Cat is Fatso, filmed by owner Charlie Schmidt in 1984; the clip spread in 2009 when Brad O'Farrell used it to 'play off' embarrassing moments.

35

Who directed Drake's much-memed 2015 "Hotline Bling" video, with its James Turrell-inspired glowing rooms?

Director X, the Toronto-born Julien Christian Lutz, shot the October 2015 clip; its Turrell-like glowing sets framed Drake's loose dancing, which was memed within hours.

36

Which Dos Equis ad campaign, with the line 'I don't always drink beer, but when I do...', became an internet meme?

The 'Most Interesting Man in the World' was an advertising campaign for Dos Equis beer, featuring actor Jonathan Goldsmith. The character's exaggerated exploits and distinctive catchphrases quickly turned him into a popular internet meme.

37

What meme created by Matt Furie in 2005 depicts a green frog with a humanoid body?

Pepe the Frog is a comic character created by artist Matt Furie in 2005 for his webcomic Boy's Club. It gained widespread popularity as an internet meme, though it later became associated with controversial groups.

38

What 2007 viral video shows a University of Florida student shouting a memorable phrase while tasered?

'Don't Tase Me, Bro!' was shouted by Andrew Meyer as police subdued him at a John Kerry forum on 17 September 2007; Meyer later applied to trademark the phrase and sold T-shirts.

39

Paul 'Bear' Vasquez filmed his ecstatic 2010 'Double Rainbow' video near which national park?

Vasquez filmed the double rainbow from his home near Yosemite National Park in January 2010; the clip took off that July after Jimmy Kimmel tweeted it.

40

What is the 2007 five-second clip of a prairie dog whipping its head toward the camera called?

The 'Dramatic Chipmunk' video, uploaded in 2007, features a five-second clip of a prairie dog (often misidentified as a chipmunk) abruptly turning its head towards the camera, accompanied by a zoom effect and a dramatic musical sting.

41

Who is the singer-songwriter known for the viral 2007 YouTube song 'Chocolate Rain'?

Tay Zonday is the singer-songwriter behind the viral 2007 YouTube hit 'Chocolate Rain,' known for his deep bass voice and unique performance style.

42

In the 2009 viral video 'David After Dentist', what does woozy David famously ask his father?

'Is this real life?' is what seven-year-old David DeVore asked in the car after surgery to remove an extra tooth in 2008; he also asked 'Is this going to be forever?'

43

Which 2006 YouTube video shows a performer running through a chronological history of dance styles?

The 'Evolution of Dance' is a popular YouTube video created by Judson Laipply and uploaded in 2006, featuring him performing a continuous medley of various dance moves and styles from different eras.

44

Leeroy Jenkins, who ruined a meticulous raid plan in a 2005 viral video, was a character in which game?

World of Warcraft's Leeroy Jenkins charged into Upper Blackrock Spire in the May 2005 video; Blizzard later made him an in-game NPC and a Hearthstone minion card.

45

What did the 'Star Wars Kid' Ghyslain Raza swing around like a lightsaber in his 2002 video?

Raza was swinging a golf ball retriever in the tape he recorded in November 2002 at his Trois-Rivières school; classmates leaked it online, and he later spoke out about bullying.

46

Which comedian's tweet calling it 'the worst video ever made' sent Rebecca Black's 'Friday' viral in 2011?

Michael J. Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 tweeted the link on 11 March 2011 calling it 'the worst video ever made'; Daniel Tosh's blog picked it up soon after and views exploded.

47

The 'Bad Luck Brian' photo was originally taken for what purpose?

Kyle Craven reddened his face with a sweater and grinned; the principal made him retake it, but a friend had already scanned the original.

48

The left half of the 'Woman yelling at a cat' meme shows a cast member of which reality show?

Taylor Armstrong is the crying, pointing woman, from a 2011 episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills; the cat is Smudge from Ottawa, sitting behind a plate of salad.

49

Which song usually plays in the background of the Mannequin Challenge videos of late 2016?

'Black Beatles' by Rae Sremmurd became the trend's soundtrack after the duo's own video; the challenge began with students at Edward H. White High School in Jacksonville in October 2016.

50

The Nyan Cat song originally featured which Vocaloid virtual singer when uploaded to Niconico in 2010?

Daniwell's 'Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!' used Hatsune Miku when uploaded to Niconico in July 2010; the April 2011 Nyan Cat video paired Momone Momo's cover with a Pop-Tart cat trailing a rainbow.

51

The 2012 'Overly Attached Girlfriend' video was an entry in a song contest run by whom?

Laina Morris made the clip in June 2012 for a Justin Bieber contest inviting 'girlfriend' answers to his single 'Boyfriend'; an image of it sold as an NFT for $411,000 in 2021.

52

Which charity made 'Kony 2012', the film that hit 100 million views within days?

Invisible Children, the San Diego nonprofit co-founded by director Jason Russell, posted Kony 2012 on 5 March 2012; it passed 100 million views in six days, but its 'Cover the Night' poster drive fizzled.

53

Left Shark stole the show during whose 2015 Super Bowl halftime performance?

Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' and 'California Gurls' had beach-costumed dancers including two sharks; Bryan Gaw was inside Left Shark, and her lawyers later failed to trademark it.

54

Undecided voter Ken Bone went viral at a 2016 presidential debate thanks largely to what?

Bone's bright red Izod sweater went viral after the 9 October 2016 town-hall debate in St. Louis; the coal-plant operator from Belleville, Illinois, later filmed an Izod commercial.

55

Where did 'Chewbacca Mom' Candace Payne buy the mask that set off her 2016 laughing fit?

Payne bought the talking Chewbacca mask at a Kohl's in Grand Prairie, Texas, in May 2016; Kohl's sent her $2,500 in gift cards, and the clip passed 140 million views as Facebook Live's most-watched video that year.

56

The 1996 'Dancing Baby' animation became a recurring gag on which TV drama?

Ally McBeal used the cha-cha-ing baby from 1998 as a hallucination symbolising Ally's biological clock; it began as a 1996 demo file for Autodesk's Character Studio animation plug-in.

57

The late-1990s Hampster Dance page looped a sped-up song from which Disney film?

The loop is Roger Miller's 'Whistle-Stop' from Disney's 1973 Robin Hood, sped up; Canadian art student Deidre LaCarte built the GeoCities page in August 1998 to win a web-traffic contest with her sister and a friend.

58

The mangled line 'All your base are belong to us' opens which video game?

Zero Wing's European Mega Drive port opened with the line, which is absent from the 1989 arcade original; a Toaplan staffer with 'really terrible' English did the translation instead of a professional.

59

The 2010 'Bed Intruder Song' was Auto-Tuned from a local news report in which city?

Antoine Dodson's rant aired on Huntsville, Alabama station WAFF-48 in July 2010; the Auto-Tuned version entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 89 on downloads alone.

60

Sweet Brown's 2012 'Ain't nobody got time for that' interview followed her escape from what?

Wilkins fled an apartment-complex fire in Oklahoma City in April 2012 and told KFOR 'I got bronchitis, ain't nobody got time for that'; her $15 million suit against Apple over a song sampling her was dismissed.

61

Harambe, the gorilla shot in May 2016 after a boy fell into his moat, lived in which city's zoo?

Harambe lived at the Cincinnati Zoo, where he was shot on 28 May 2016, a day after his 17th birthday, after a three-year-old climbed into the enclosure; the zoo later deactivated its Twitter account amid meme trolling.

62

In 2015's 'Pizza Rat' video, where exactly was the rat hauling its slice?

Uploader Matt Little denied claims that performance artist Zardulu had staged it with a trained rat.

63

The 2016 bottle-flipping craze began when teen Mike Senatore landed a flip at what event?

Senatore flipped the bottle at Ardrey Kell High School's talent show in Charlotte in May 2016; the trick works best with a partly filled bottle held by the neck, and spread worldwide that summer.

64

Engineer Catherine Hettinger was widely but wrongly credited with inventing which 2017 craze?

Her 1997 patent lapsed in 2005 for lack of interest and never included the central ball bearing that defines the modern toy.

65

The tear-streaked 'Crying Jordan' meme photo was taken during which 2009 event?

Jordan wept during his Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame induction speech in Springfield on 11 September 2009; AP photographer Stephan Savoia caught the moment, later pasted onto every losing athlete imaginable.

66

The finger-to-temple 'Roll Safe' meme comes from which British web series?

Hood Documentary, Kayode Ewumi's BBC Three mockumentary about aspiring rapper Roll Safe, supplied the head-tap in a June 2016 episode; it became a reaction image months later via British Twitter.

67

Who actually snapped the record-breaking 2014 Oscars selfie Ellen DeGeneres tweeted?

Bradley Cooper held the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 because his arm reached furthest; the March 2014 shot with Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence and others was retweeted over three million times.

68

In 2017 the Oscars selfie lost its retweet record to a teen asking which chain for nuggets?

Carter Wilkerson asked Wendy's how many retweets would earn a year of free nuggets; told 18 million, he passed Ellen's 3.4 million in May 2017, and Wendy's gave him the nuggets anyway.

69

The 2019 'world record egg' set out to beat whose Instagram likes record?

The egg, posted in January 2019, overtook Kylie Jenner's 18 million likes on her daughter Stormi's birth announcement; it passed 53 million likes and held the record until Lionel Messi's World Cup post in December 2022.

70

When the record-breaking Instagram egg 'cracked' on Hulu in 2019, what did it promote?

Creator Chris Godfrey, a British advertising creative, was named one of Time's 25 most influential people on the internet that year.

71

YouTube's first viral star, 'Bree' of 2006's Lonelygirl15, was exposed as what?

Bree was New Zealand-raised actress Jessica Lee Rose in a scripted web series; forum sleuths traced a Myspace login to Creative Artists Agency's servers in September 2006, and Rose had answered a Craigslist casting call.

72

After 'Boaty McBoatface' won a 2016 poll, the UK research ship was named after whom instead?

Science Minister Jo Johnson overruled the poll and named the polar ship RRS Sir David Attenborough in May 2016; Boaty McBoatface, the winner with 124,109 votes, went to an autonomous submarine the ship carries.

73

How long did Donald Trump's baffling 'covfefe' tweet stay up in May 2017?

Posted six minutes after midnight on 31 May 2017, the tweet survived about six hours and over 100,000 retweets before vanishing; Sean Spicer insisted 'a small group of people know exactly what he meant'.

74

Miss Teen South Carolina's rambling 2007 pageant answer said many Americans lack what?

Upton said some Americans 'don't have maps' when asked why a fifth can't find the US on one; she still finished third runner-up and later placed third on The Amazing Race in 2010.

75

Players of 2014's 'Twitch Plays Pokémon' jokingly worshipped which inventory item as a god?

The Helix Fossil, an item the chat kept opening by accident, became 'Lord Helix'; over 1.16 million people typed commands to beat Pokémon Red in 16 days, a Guinness record, and the Pidgeot was dubbed 'Bird Jesus'.

76

Barack Obama's 2014 'Between Two Ferns' appearance was timed to promote what?

The show began as a rejected TV pilot that Funny or Die posted online; a 2016 Hillary Clinton episode drew 30 million views in 24 hours.

77

Flappy Bird's creator pulled the hit game from app stores in February 2014, citing what?

Dong Nguyen said the game was making $50,000 a day from ads; phones with it pre-installed were soon listed on eBay for $1,499 and up.

78

In the 2011 'Fenton!' video, what was the runaway Labrador chasing through Richmond Park?

Fenton, a black Labrador, chased a herd of deer across Richmond Park in November 2011 while his owner bellowed 'Fenton! Jesus Christ!'; a 13-year-old filmed it, and a Where's Wally-style book, Find Fenton!, followed.

79

The 2010 'Trololo' meme came from a 1976 TV clip of a crooner from which country?

Eduard Khil was a Russian baritone of the Soviet era; he said the 1976 vocalise once had lyrics about a cowboy riding home to his Mary, and Google marked his 83rd birthday in 2017 with an interactive doodle.

80

Who set a 2011 Guinness record for the fastest climb to one million Twitter followers?

Charlie Sheen reached one million followers in 25 hours 17 minutes in March 2011, during his 'tiger blood' and 'winning' interview spree, a Guinness record at the time.

81

Nathan Evans, whose 'Wellerman' sea shanty swept TikTok in 2021, is a singer from where?

The 'ShantyTok' craze sent a remix with 220 Kid and Billen Ted to number one on the UK Singles Chart; the song itself is a New Zealand whaling tune.

82

Who remixed a 2022 Recess Therapy chat with corn-loving kid Tariq into the song 'It's Corn'?

The Gregory Brothers (Schmoyoho) turned Tariq's August 2022 Recess Therapy interview into 'It's Corn'; Kevin Bacon posted an acoustic cover, and South Dakota's governor declared September 3 'Official Corn-bassador Tariq Day'.

83

Skibidi Toilet, the 2023 sensation among Gen Alpha, is animated with what software?

Creator Alexey Gerasimov's channel at times grew faster than MrBeast's; Michael Bay entered talks for a film adaptation in 2024.

84

The 2021 'I'm not a cat' Zoom mishap happened during a court hearing in which state?

The hearing was in Texas's 394th District Court in February 2021; attorney Rod Ponton blamed his secretary's computer, and Judge Roy Ferguson tweeted the clip with a tip to check filters before joining a hearing.

85

Tessica Brown went viral in 2021 after using which product in place of hair spray?

Brown sprayed Gorilla Glue Spray Adhesive on her hair when she ran out of Göt2b Glued, and it set for a month; Beverly Hills surgeon Michael Obeng removed it free in a four-hour procedure.

86

What slogan did Four Seasons Total Landscaping print on merch after its 2020 press conference?

'Make America Rake Again' was among the shirts that brought in roughly $1.3 million after the 7 November 2020 Giuliani press conference; the Northeast Philadelphia lot sits beside a crematorium and an adult bookstore.

87

After slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, Will Smith was banned from the event for how long?

The Academy banned Smith from its events, including the Oscars, for 10 years on 8 April 2022; Rock's joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head was ad-libbed, and Smith took Best Actor about forty minutes after the slap.

88

Wordle, the puzzle that flooded Twitter with colored grids in 2022, got its name how?

Josh Wardle built it for his partner Palak Shah; The New York Times bought it in January 2022 for a 'low seven-figure sum'.

89

Pokémon Go launched in July 2016 in the United States and which two other countries first?

Pokémon Go went live in Australia, New Zealand and the United States on 6 July 2016; server strain paused further rollouts, yet it hit 500 million downloads within about 80 days and set five Guinness records in its first month.

90

The cinnamon challenge dared people to swallow a spoonful of the spice, no drink, in how long?

The dare was a spoonful of ground cinnamon swallowed within 60 seconds without water; US poison control centers logged over a hundred related calls in the first three months of 2012, and GloZell Green's ladle version went viral.

91

Steve Harvey mistakenly crowned which country's contestant at Miss Universe 2015?

Harvey named Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutiérrez, who wore the crown for about two minutes before he returned to say he had misread the card; Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines was the actual winner.

92

Which 2016 presidential hopeful told a silent New Hampshire crowd, 'Please clap'?

Jeb Bush said 'Please clap' in Hampton, New Hampshire on 2 February 2016, a day after finishing sixth in Iowa with 2.8% of the vote; he suspended his campaign on February 20.

93

The fan-made 'Ratatouille' TikTok musical's 2021 benefit concert raised $2 million for what?

The 1 January 2021 stream raised about $2 million for The Actors Fund; it began as teacher Emily Jacobsen's ode to Remy, with Tituss Burgess playing the rat and Wayne Brady his father.

94

How many days did the Ever Given, star of countless 2021 memes, block the Suez Canal?

More than 400 ships were queued by the time 14 tugs freed the 400-metre vessel; a lone excavator digging at its bow became the meme.

95

Besides the badgers, the looping 2003 'Badger Badger Badger' cartoon shows a mushroom and what?

A snake slithers in to the cry 'Snake! A snake! Oh, it's a snake!'; Jonti Picking, aka Mr Weebl, posted the loop to B3ta on 2 September 2003, and the badger chant began as placeholder lyrics that stuck.

96

In the 2005 'Charlie the Unicorn' cartoon, what do the other unicorns steal from Charlie?

The blue and pink unicorns lure Charlie to Candy Mountain and take his kidney; Jason Steele made the 2005 short as a birthday present for his mother, and a 2016 Kickstarter for a finale raised over $200,000.

97

'Dalgona coffee', the whipped drink of 2020 lockdown, takes its name from a Korean what?

Dalgona is a Korean honeycomb toffee, the street sugar candy the whipped coffee's colour recalls; the drink is credited to Leong Kam Hon's café in Macau, and actor Jung Il-woo coined the name on Korean TV in January 2020.

98

The early-2019 'Bird Box challenge' had people attempt everyday tasks while doing what?

Netflix itself tweeted a plea not to get hurt; days later a Utah teen drove blindfolded into oncoming traffic and YouTube banned dangerous challenge videos.

99

Which team's logo is on the backwards flat-brim cap in the 'Scumbag Steve' meme?

The cap is a New Era Boston Red Sox fitted, worn backwards; Blake Boston's mother took the photo in Millis, Massachusetts in 2006, and it became 'Scumbag Steve' on Reddit in January 2011.

100

OK Go's one-take 2006 'Here It Goes Again' video had the band dancing on what?

Eight treadmills were arranged in two rows for the single take; Damian Kulash's sister Trish Sie choreographed it, and the video won the 2007 Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video.

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