Question 1

What year did YouTube launch?

Accepted Answer

2005

Question 2

Before creating YouTube, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim worked for which of the following companies?

Accepted Answer

PayPal

Question 3

The original vision for YouTube was for it be a _____.

Accepted Answer

Dating site

Question 4

What is the title of the first video ever uploaded on YouTube?

Accepted Answer

Me at the zoo

Question 5

YouTube was the first video-sharing website.

Accepted Answer

false Vimeo came first.

Question 6

What is the name of this former YouTube CEO, who sadly passed away on August 9th, 2024?

Accepted Answer

Susan Wojcicki

Question 7

At the beginning, there was no way to monetize videos on YouTube.

Accepted Answer

true Ads were introduced in 2006.

Question 8

What was the first ever ad on YouTube for?

Accepted Answer

The TV show "Prison Break"

Question 9

Before being rebranded as "YouTube Premium," what was the name of YouTube's paid subscription service?

Accepted Answer

YouTube Red

Question 10

Before the site switched to HTML5, the old Flash-based video player allowed users to play what simplistic video game while they waited for their video to load?

Accepted Answer

Snake

Question 11

Live streaming was added to the site in ____.

Accepted Answer

2011 - https://www.wired.com/2011/04/youtube-live-streams/

Question 12

"Video responses" were removed from the platform in ____.

Accepted Answer

2013

Question 13

What are short-form YouTube videos officially called?

Accepted Answer

Shorts

Question 14

As of August 2024, what is the most DISLIKED video on YouTube?

Accepted Answer

YouTube Rewind 2018

Question 15

As of August 2024, what is the most LIKED video on YouTube?

Accepted Answer

"Despacito" - Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee

Question 16

As of August 2024, what is the most viewed VIDEO on YouTube?

Accepted Answer

Baby Shark Dance

Question 17

What was the first country (besides the US) to receive its own localised version of YouTube?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 18

What is the name of YouTube's automated performance testing account, which become famous in 2014 and spawned jokes and conspiracy theories due to its atypical channel content?

Accepted Answer

Webdriver Torso

YouTube Trivia Quiz

2) Before creating YouTube, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim worked for which of the following companies?

3) The original vision for YouTube was for it be a _____.

4) What is the title of the first video ever uploaded on YouTube?

5) YouTube was the first video-sharing website.

6) What is the name of this former YouTube CEO, who sadly passed away on August 9th, 2024?

7) At the beginning, there was no way to monetize videos on YouTube.

8) What was the first ever ad on YouTube for?

9) Before being rebranded as "YouTube Premium," what was the name of YouTube's paid subscription service?

10) Before the site switched to HTML5, the old Flash-based video player allowed users to play what simplistic video game while they waited for their video to load?

11) Live streaming was added to the site in ____.

12) "Video responses" were removed from the platform in ____.

13) What are short-form YouTube videos officially called?

14) As of August 2024, who is the most VIEWED channel on YouTube?

15) As of August 2024, who is the most SUBSCRIBED channel on YouTube?

16) As of August 2024, what is the most DISLIKED video on YouTube?

17) As of August 2024, what is the most LIKED video on YouTube?

18) As of August 2024, what is the most viewed VIDEO on YouTube?

19) What was the first country (besides the US) to receive its own localised version of YouTube?

20) What is the name of YouTube's automated performance testing account, which become famous in 2014 and spawned jokes and conspiracy theories due to its atypical channel content?