Social Media Quiz: 20 Crazy Facts About the Apps You Use

Social Media Quiz: 20 Crazy Facts About the Apps You Use: questions and answers

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1. What's the minimum age for most social media apps? 10 · 13 · 16

   13

2. What is an algorithm? A computer virus · A set of step-by-step rules · A type of robot

   A set of step-by-step rules

3. What does FYP stand for? Follow Your Page · Find Your People · For You Page

   For You Page

4. The first YouTube video ever was about… Elephants · A cat · A skateboard

   Elephants – It's called Me at the Zoo, and it's only 19 seconds long!

5. What's the most-viewed YouTube video ever? Gangnam Style · Despacito · Baby Shark Dance

   Baby Shark Dance – Over 17 billion views, more than twice the people on Earth!

6. In 2019, the most-liked Instagram post was a photo of… A cat · An egg · A sunset

   An egg – A plain egg beat a celebrity's record just to prove it could!

7. Emoji were invented in which country? Japan · USA · South Korea

   Japan

8. Which brain chemical makes likes feel so good? Dopamine · Adrenaline · Insulin

   Dopamine

9. What tells TikTok you love a video the most? The hashtags · Watching it to the end · The time you watch

   Watching it to the end

10. Why is Facebook blue? Blue is calming · It was the cheapest · Its founder is colorblind

    Its founder is colorblind – Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind, and blue is easiest for him to see!

11. What was Facebook's very first name? FriendBook · TheFacebook · FaceSpace

    TheFacebook

12. The Like button was almost called the… Awesome button · Cool button · Love button

    Awesome button

13. TikTok merged with which app in 2018? Vine · Musical.ly · Dubsmash

    Musical.ly

14. How much YouTube watch time comes from its recommendations? About 10% · About 40% · About 70%

    About 70% – YouTube revealed it in 2018: the algorithm picks most of what you watch!

15. Instagram started as an app called… Burbn · Snapshot · PicPost

    Burbn

16. What was Snapchat's first name? Ghostly · Picaboo · FlashPic

    Picaboo

17. The inventor of infinite scroll now says he… Regrets it · Got a billion dollars · Never uses phones

    Regrets it – Aza Raskin says it keeps people scrolling way longer than they want!

18. How many hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute? 5 hours · 50 hours · 500 hours

    500 hours – You'd need over 80 years to watch just one day of uploads!

19. In which year was the first hashtag used on Twitter? 2004 · 2007 · 2012

    2007 – Twitter first told its inventor hashtags were too nerdy!

20. The first photo ever posted on Instagram showed… A coffee · A dog · A sunset

    A dog – A golden retriever at a taco stand in Mexico, in 2010!

21. What was Twitter's very first name? Chirp · Twttr · Birdy

    Twttr