The viral quiz of the year: from feral hogs to Momo – via Area 51
If you’ve only just got your head around Distracted Boyfriend … well, a year has gone by and the memes have kept coming. Which can you recall?
One for the rural Americans among us: how many feral hogs are there, and how long for them to run into your yard while your small kids play?
20-40; 3-5 minutes
30-50; 3-5 minutes
20-50; 2-3 minutes
30-40; 1-2 minutes
The New York Times columnist Bret Stephens invited a Twitter critic to come to his home and call him what to his face?
Wrong
A bad writer
Morally bankrupt
A bedbug
What was the hashtag with which New York influencer – and alleged scammer – Caroline Calloway regaled Instagram with stories of her life (and alleged scams)?
#adventuregrams
#nofilter
#instascam
#calloways
What filter did a Pakistani official accidentally apply to his face during an official briefing streamed via Facebook?
Plastic surgery-style beautifying filter
Cat ears
A lolling dog tongue
Hearts-for-eyes
Why did millions of people say on Facebook they would storm the Area 51 military base?
They wanted to see them aliens
They were directed there by a cryptic clue on an Aphex Twin album cover
They were protesting government surveillance
They were looking for marijuana, with “Area 51” slang for cannabis
Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road became a viral hit on TikTok as the soundtrack to users drinking “yee yee juice”. Per the meme, what does drinking said juice do?
Transforms you into a cowboy
Perfects your lassoo aim
Gives you the voice of Billy Ray Cyrus
Puts the horses in the back
“OK boomer” entered the cultural lexicon as Generation Z’s devastating dismissal of older people on the internet. Which of the below is not true of the online riposte?
It was deployed by a millennial MP during a speech about climate change
Fox filed a trademark application to use it as the premise and title of a TV show
“OK boomer” merchandise, including phone cases and sweatshirts, was sold online
Athletics brand Puma launched a line of trainers with the slogan “OK Puma”
“LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH!” tweeted President Trump. What was the photograph of?
Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger
Trump meeting with Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, holding printed-out tweets
Potus – photoshopped to have more hair – with his wife, Melania
Barack Obama travelling by private jet while campaigning for environmental awareness
What did the Bird Box challenge you to do?
Catch a pigeon in a box
Attempt challenging tasks while blindfolded
Compete to hold each other’s eyes open for longest
Harass people eating chips by flapping your arms like wings
The “Momo challenge” sparked a moral panic that children were being driven to harm themselves online, but was quickly proved a hoax. What was the unsettling Momo image actually of?
A still from an upcoming horror film
A Photoshopped image of a little girl
A sculpture by a Japanese artist
A character from the “creepypasta” internet subculture
What moment of Meryl Streep’s star turn in the second season of Big Little Lies was made into a meme?
Her awkwardly handling an iPad
Her sinister stare across the dancefloor at a party
Her screaming at the kitchen table
Her withering putdown of Reese Witherspoon’s character, Madeleine
Andy King, event producer of the Fyre festival, was the unexpected highlight of Netflix’s documentary – and hailed a hero by the internet. What was he prepared to do to save the disastrous event?
Trade sexual favours to release drinking water seized by customs
Give stranded influencers his MediVac tent and sleep outside himself
Bail out founding fraudster Billy McFarland with his son’s college fund
Take over the entire catering operation himself with 50kg of beef mince
5 and above.
Middling. We assume you have a rich and fulfilling offline life. You do, right?
8 and above.
Pretty good – you can be proud of yourself … if you think spending so much time online is something to be proud of
12 and above.
You need to get outside more – that level of internet knowledge is unhealthy
0 and above.
Did you actually go online this year? How did you even find this quiz?