The Great Debates
In February 2015, the internet split in half over whether a certain striped bodycon dress was blue and black or these two colors.
What are white and gold?
Over 2 million people RSVP’d to a 2019 Facebook event claiming they were going to Naruto-run into this classified Nevada military base to "see them aliens".
What is Area 51?
This visual format involves standing still like a statue while a camera weaves around the room, popularized globally in 2016 to the song "Black Beatles" by Rae Sremmurd.
What is the Mannequin Challenge?
In 2024, a rap feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar culminated in this West Coast diss track that shattered streaming records and became an instant stadium
What is "Not Like Us"?
Running horizontally around the globe at zero degrees latitude, this imaginary line divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
In 2018, an ambiguous, low-quality audio clip went viral because listeners heard either the name "Laurel" or this two-syllable name.
What is Yanny?
In 2021, high schools nationwide faced sudden shortages of soap dispensers and paper towel holders due to this viral TikTok trend named after a criminal slang term.
What is "Devious Licks"?
Derived from the word "charisma," this four-letter term refers to someone's charm and natural ability to flirt.
What is "Rizz"?
The high-energy, fast-talking YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson is known universally by this moniker, making headlines for building massive real-life game sets and handing out suitcases of cash.
Who is MrBeast?
The words there, their, and they're share the exact same pronunciation but have different spellings and meanings, making them this type of word.
What are homophones?
This heated food classification argument asks whether a sausage served inside a sliced roll technically qualifies as one of these two-bread lunch staples.
What is a sandwich? (Is a hot dog a sandwich?)
A woman who applied this heavy-duty industrial spray adhesive to her hair when her normal styling product ran out went viral and required medical assistance to remove it.
What is Gorilla Glue?
In 2023, McDonald's celebrated the birthday of this fuzzy purple mascot with a limited-edition berry shake that spawned a viral horror-movie-style trend where users pretended to faint in strange places.
Who is Grimace (The Grimace Shake trend)?
In 2012, this South Korean artist uploaded a colorful music video that became the first video in YouTube history to surpass one billion views.
Who is Psy (for "Gangnam Style")?
In the sentence "The green frog jumped," the word "green" belongs to this part of speech because it describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
A viral question posed a scenario where you receive $10 million, but for the rest of your life, you are relentlessly pursued by an immortal, hyper-intelligent one of these slow-moving mollusks whose touch means instant death.
What is a snail?
In 2023, high school students and online crowds caused riots in Union Square, New York City, after this popular streamer promised to hand out free PlayStation 5 consoles.
Who is Kai Cenat?
In 2020, during peak lockdown, TikTokers spent hours learning the fast-paced, shoulder-heavy choreography created by 14-year-old Jalaiah Harmon to the song "Lottery (Renegade)," known simply as this dance.
What is the Renegade?
During a 2020 YouTube livestream, this cosmetic mogul tried to end "Dramageddon" by uploading a 40-minute video titled "Doing What's Right," which followed Tati Westbrook's original video titled "Bye Sister."
Who is James Charles?
The Declaration of Independence was officially signed and adopted in this historic Pennsylvania city.
What is Philadelphia?
In 2022, a TikToker named Chef Pami caused widespread health panic after selling an unstable, unpasteurized condiment known by this colorful name that exploded in transit.
What is Pink Sauce?
In 2020, people locked inside during quarantine obsessively watched this chaotic Netflix docuseries centered on big cat collector Joe Exotic and animal rescuer Carole Baskin.
What is Tiger King?
The viral 2020 drink craze that had everyone vigorously whipping instant coffee, granulated sugar, and hot water into a thick foam over milk was called this.
What is Dalgona coffee?
During the 2022 Venice Film Festival, social media spent days analyzing slow-motion clips of Harry Styles allegedly doing this to co-star Chris Pine at the premiere of Don't Worry Darling.
What is spitting on him ("Spitgate")?
A triangle that has three sides of completely different lengths is classified by this specific geometry term.
What is a scalene triangle?