Internet Lore
What is the first YouTube video ever uploaded, featuring the co-founder Jawed Karim?
"Me at the zoo," uploaded on April 23, 2005.
In mid-2024, Charli XCX's Brat album took over the platform, giving rise to an incredibly dominant, viral dance challenge where creators bust out sharp, geometric arm movements and hip sways to what specific food-named track?
Apple
Derived from a Latin word meaning "to put together," this fundamental term refers to how an artist deliberately arranges or places the visual elements—like lines, shapes, and colors—within a piece of artwork.
a composition
At the 2022 Academy Awards, the live broadcast was briefly muted in the United States after this actor marched onto the stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock across the face following a joke about his wife.
Will Smith
Originating from early 2010s internet forums, this eerie urban legend describes an infinite, maze-like labyrinth of empty, yellow-carpeted, fluorescent-lit office rooms that unsuspecting people can accidentally "noclip" into out of reality.
Backrooms
In January 2024, the internet bid an emotional farewell to Matthew Patrick, the legendary creator of the The Game Theorists, when he uploaded a viral video announcing his retirement from hosting titled with what specific two-word phrase?
"Goodbye Internet"
Gen Z’s obsession with purse accessorizing reached a peak this year with the massive resurgence of these microscopic, blind-box plush keychains from Pop Mart.
Labubu
When analyzing the spatial layout of an artwork, the empty area or background surrounding the subject is known by this specific two-word term
negative space
During the live broadcast of the 89th Academy Awards in 2017, presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty were accidentally handed the wrong envelope, leading them to incorrectly announce this musical as the Best Picture winner instead of the actual winner, Moonlight.
La La Land
In the massive collaborative internet sci-fi universe centered around a shadowy foundation that captures and studies anomalous objects, the acronym "SCP" stands for these three specific words.
Secure, Contain, Protect
In one of the most legendary hyper-fixated grinds in YouTube history, Technoblade waged a months-long, psychological war against a rival content creator named Im_a_squid_kid to secure the number one global ranking in production for what specific, mundane Hypixel SkyBlock resource?
Potatoes (The Great Potato War)
Shaking up the entire music industry, this record-breaking collaboration between BLACKPINK's Rosé and Bruno Mars became an absolute TikTok staple. The track's highly addictive, clapping chorus features a repetitive vocal hook inspired by a traditional South Korean social drinking game. What is the title of this massive hit?
APT. (Apartment)
Michelangelo's breathtaking frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel feature The Creation of Adam. In this central scene, God and Adam reach out to one another, their bodies almost perfectly mirroring each other except for this specific body part, which famously does not quite touch.
their fingers
During the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, this country-turned-pop superstar had her Best Female Video acceptance speech famously interrupted when Kanye West stormed the stage, grabbed the microphone, and declared that Beyoncé had "one of the best videos of all time."
In 2019, over 2 million people signed up for a viral, joke Facebook event outlining a chaotic plan to Naruto-run into a highly classified US Air Force facility in Nevada to "see them aliens." What was the name of this facility?
Area 51
This 13-year-old from Stillwater, Oklahoma, achieved the historical feat of reaching level 157 in the original NES version of Tetris, a point known as the "kill screen," what name does he go by?
Blue Scuti
In late 2020, a Idaho man named Nathan Apodaca sparked a massive, global feel-good trend when he filmed himself smoothly skateboarding down a highway while drinking Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry juice and lip-syncing to this classic 1977 Fleetwood Mac song.
Dreams
A visual analysis of this haunting 1931 Surrealist masterpiece reveals a barren, dreamlike landscape where the rigid, unyielding concept of time is subverted by several watches that appear to be melting and drooping over various surfaces. (artist or name of painting is 200 points)
The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali
Bringing pure Compton energy to the stage, the live broadcast of Kendrick Lamar's historic 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show sent the internet into an absolute frenzy when this legendary 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion made a surprise cameo to pull off an epic Crip Walk dance during the track "Not Like Us."
Serena Williams
West Virginia lore tells of a red-eyed, winged, humanoid creature sighted in the 1960s whose appearances supposedly foreshadowed disasters—most notably the tragic collapse of the Silver Bridge. What is the name of this cryptid?
Mothman
Considered one of the oldest, most elaborate alternate reality games (ARGs) in internet history, this mysterious organization posted complex cryptographic puzzles online starting in 2012, using an image of a cicada as their emblem to allegedly recruit "highly intelligent individuals." What was the name given to this puzzle phenomenon?
Cicada 3301
While TikTok is famous for its music, its underlying algorithmic mechanics are what drive its viral reach. What is the official name of the real-time, online-training recommendation system engine developed by ByteDance that powers TikTok's uncannily accurate "For You" page feed? (HINT: the Stonehenge is made up of these)
Monolith
When modern conservators analyze old master paintings for hidden alterations, sketches, or structural damage beneath the surface, they utilize a non-destructive imaging technique that captures light waves just beyond the visible red spectrum. What is the name of this technical analysis method? (Think about the type of technology used in TV remote controls or night-vision goggles, and pair it with a scientific word for "the reflection of an image.")
Infrared Reflectography (accept IR Reflectography or Infrared Imaging)?
In 1998, the Japanese reality show Susunu! Denpa Shōnen shocked the world by broadcasting a 15-month-long stunt where an aspiring comedian was stripped of his clothes, isolated in a room, and forced to survive entirely on food he won via mail-in magazine sweepstakes. Over 17 million weekly viewers watched this uncomfortably cruel broadcast experiment under what vegetable-themed stage name? (saying the vegetable counts)
Nasubi (Eggplant counts!)
This terrifying, internet-born cryptid—frequently depicted as a gaunt, pale, humanoid figure with long claws—shares its name with a real-world, flesh-eating creature from Algonquian Native American folklore, though the modern internet version is usually found stalking people in the woods or deep caves.
Wendingo (or the Rake)