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100 free Viral Internet Moments trivia questions with answers — pop culture quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
43 free Viral Internet Moments trivia questions with answers. Think you know everything about viral internet culture? From iconic memes to trending hashtags, the internet has given us countless unforgettable moments that shaped online communities. Challenge yourself with our comprehensive 100-question trivia quiz and discover how well you really know the viral moments that broke the internet.
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Q 01Which 2007 home video of two English brothers was once YouTube's most-viewed upload?
Charlie Bit My Finger
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.
Q 02Which prank from around 2007 springs Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up' video on the unsuspecting?
Rickrolling
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.
Q 03Which 2013 meme cut from one masked dancer being ignored to a whole room thrashing?
Harlem Shake
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.
Q 04Which 2014 social media campaign had people dump ice water over their heads for ALS?
Ice Bucket Challenge
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.
Q 05Which feline internet celebrity, real name Tardar Sauce, rose to fame in 2012?
Grumpy Cat
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.
Q 06Which 2013 meme features a Shiba Inu with Comic Sans monologue captions?
Doge
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.
Q 07Which meme shows a man looking back at another woman while holding his girlfriend's hand?
Distracted Boyfriend
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.
Q 08Which Turkish chef and restaurateur became a meme in 2017 for his flamboyant salt-sprinkling technique?
Nusret Gökçe
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.
Q 09Which phrase, slurred by teenager Danielle Bregoli on a 2016 Dr. Phil episode, became a meme and her nickname?
Cash Me Outside
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.
Q 10What brand were the white shoes complimented in the 2016 viral video 'Damn Daniel'?
Vans
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.
Q 11What was the title of Chris Crocker's tearful 2007 YouTube video defending a pop star's VMA comeback?
Leave Britney Alone!
'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.
Q 12The viral 'Numa Numa Dance' video features lip-syncing to a song by which Moldovan group?
O-Zone
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.
Q 13What 2012 music video by Psy became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views?
Gangnam Style
Q 21Which meme name was given to Hungarian engineer and stock-photo model András Arató?
Hide the Pain Harold
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.
Q 22A toddler's worried glance in her sister's 2013 Disneyland-surprise video became which meme?
Side Eyeing Chloe
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.
Q 23Which controversial VRChat meme depicts a low-polygon red echidna with a distinctive accent?
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.
Q 14'Baby Shark Dance', YouTube's most-viewed video from 2020, was produced by which South Korean brand?
Pinkfong
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.
Q 15Which comedy duo released the 2013 viral hit song 'What Does the Fox Say'?
Ylvis
'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.
Q 16The internet debate 'The Dress' centered on which two color combinations?
Blue and black or white and gold
'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.
Q 17The 2018 'Yanny or Laurel' clip came from a 2007 vocabulary.com recording by what kind of speaker?
An opera singer
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'.
Q 18Which infamous 2017 luxury event on Great Exuma, promoted by influencers, became a viral disaster?
Fyre
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.
Q 19Which meme features a photo of toddler Sammy Griner on a beach, clenching a fistful of sand with a determined expression?
Success Kid
Success Kid, photographed in 2007, became the go-to image for triumphant or successful situations.
Q 20Which meme shows four-year-old Zoë Roth smirking at the camera in front of a burning house?
Disaster Girl
Disaster Girl is Zoë Roth, photographed by her father Dave in 2005 at a house set alight for firefighter training in Mebane, North Carolina.
Ugandan Knuckles
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.
Q 24Vine, the looping-video app Twitter shut down in 2017, limited clips to how many seconds?
6
Twitter bought the company in 2012, before the app had even launched.
Q 25Which then-14-year-old choreographed the 'Renegade' TikTok dance?
Jalaiah Harmon
Jalaiah Harmon created the Renegade, one of TikTok's most popular dances, at 14, and credit for her work was initially overlooked.
Q 26Which Lil Nas X song, with Billy Ray Cyrus, spent a record 19 weeks at No. 1 in 2019?
Old Town Road
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.
Q 27The oversized mittens Bernie Sanders wore in his viral 2021 inauguration photo were made by whom?
A Vermont schoolteacher
Jen Ellis was flooded with requests afterwards and made three more pairs to auction for charity.
Q 28Nathan Apodaca's viral 2020 'Dreams' skateboard video featured which juice brand?
Ocean Spray
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.
Q 29The 2019 'Storm Area 51' Facebook joke targeted a secret Air Force site in which state?
Nevada
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.
Q 30What early-2010s fad involved lying face down, hands by your sides, in unusual public places and being photographed?
Planking
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.