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100
What is the most retweeted tweet of all time? A) When Tom Dayley tweeted after coming out B) When President Obama tweeted after his re-election C) When Ellen Degenere’s tweeted the Oscar selfie D) When Miley Cyrus got a haircut?
C) When Ellen Degenere’s tweeted the Oscar selfie
100
How many people (as of Jan 2014) currently use Snapchat? A) 20 million B) 50 million C) 450,000 D) 100 million
Forbes estimates that 50 million people currently use Snapchat. Median age: 18
100
What was the high school graduation rate in the U.S. in 2010? A) 68% B) 71% C) 75% D) 89%
The nation's high school graduation rate is over 75 percent, its highest rate in 40 years.
100
True or False: Abercrombie has seen an increase in sales as Forever 21’s sales continue to drop?
False. Forever 21 Inc's sales rose 82 percent in the period 2007-2012. While Abercrombie reported a 10 percent drop in same-store sales around back-to school shopping sales.
100
What is the most popular hashtag on Instagram? A) #love B) #tagsforlikes C) #Iwokeuplikethis D) #CalvinHatesHashtags
A) #love with 143,817,139 photos
200
True or False? Divergent made more money at the box office on opening weekend than The Hunger Games.
False. Divergent opened with 56 milllion dollars at the box office and The Hunger Games (1) debuted with 152 million dollars
200
What percentage of Tinder users are ages 13-17? A) 20% B) 11% C) 7% D) 2%
According to NY Mag, More than 7 percent of Tinder's users are 13–17, which means they slightly outnumber the 35 to 44-year-olds, who make up 6.5 percent of Tinder's users.
200
What is the most popular high school sport for both boys and girls? A) Soccer B) Football C) Basketball D) Swimming
C) Basketball 40% of adolescent (ages 6-17) boys and 25 percent of girls play competitive basketball
200
What is the correct term for a public, elaborate way to ask someone to prom? A) Promposal B) Flash Mob C) Pre-Prom Proposal D) Prom For All
What is A) Promposal According to YPulse, 76% of Millennials said that people at their school plan elaborate ways to ask each other, with one 16-year-old female from California stating: “We take promposals very seriously!”
200
About how many users does Candy Crush have? A) 500 thousand B) 90 million C) 66 K D) 6 million
Candy Crush averages about 93 million daily users, who play the game more than a billion times a day the average age of users are under 45
300
How many young people watched the premiere of Disney Channel's Teen Beach Movie this summer? A) 8 million B) 15 million C) 600,000 D) 1 million
A) 8 million The July 19, 2013 premiere of “Teen Beach Movie” drew the second best numbers for any cable telecast in history — behind only the network's “High School Musical 2.”
300
1 out of ___ teens worldwide use WhatsApp A) 4 B) 5 C) 10 D) 50
1 out of every 4 teens (ages 1-19) worldwide was on WhatsApp in 2013. Fun Fact: About 69 percent of teens ages 16-19 in the Middle East and Africa use the app, according to Global Web Index, compared to just 4 percent of North Americans of the same age.
300
In 2012, approximately how many Americans took out student-loans? A) 38 million B) 800,000 C) 100 million D) 15 million
A) 38 million In 2012, 38.8 million students took out student-loans the average student loan of 2012 was $24,803
300
True or False: Adults under the age of 35 are twice as likely to not pay for TV services than older viewers
True
300
On average, teens spend 13 hours every ___ playing video games A) Week B) Two weeks C) Day D) Three days
A) Week A Harris Poll conducted for Gentile reported 13 hours a week spent gaming on computers and consoles.
400
How many Twitter followers does Austin Mahone have? (As of 4/22/14) A) 5.81 million B) 530,000 C) 176,000 D) 7.54 million
A) 5.81 million
400
Which YouTube star has the most subscribers? A) Bethany Mota B) Tyler Oakley C) Jenna Marbles D) Michelle Phan
Jenna Marbles has the most with over 13 million subscribers
400
Approximately how many Americans were enrolled in community college in the 2011-2012 school year? A) 15 million B) 8 million C) 50 million D) 675,000
As of the 2011-12 school year approximately 8.3 million students were enrolled in community colleges and the average age was 28 years old About 30% of students are under 21 years old and 57% of students enrolled in community college are between the ages of 22-39.
400
True or False: Adults under the age of 35 are twice as likely to not pay for TV services than older viewers, and the trend is catching on as cord-cutting increases across the nation.
True
400
What was the top selling video game of 2013? A) Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar) B) NBA 2K14 C) Just Dance 2014 D) Call of Duty: Ghosts
A) Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar)
500
Who is on the cover of the May 2014 issue of Seventeen magazine? A) Lucy Hale B) Miley Cyrus C) Lorde D) Ariana Grande
B) Miley Cyrus
500
Forbes estimates that the average Facebook user is ____ years old A) 21 B) 18 C) 40 D) 32
C) 40
500
Approximately how many people in the US are in Greek Life A) 9 million B) 1 million C) 90 thousand D) 50 million
A) There are over 9 million Greek members nationally
500
What percent of Millennial women say they have switched brands because it supported a cause they care about. A: 37% B: 54% C: 64% D: 71%
B. 54%
500
100 Points per name. (First and last) Name all 5 members of One Direction.
Harry Styles Zayn Malik Louis Tomlinson Niall Horan Liam Payne
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