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Memes in Real Life — Daily trivia Friday, October 16, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Bernie Sanders became a meme sitting bundled up in mittens at which event?
- AJoe Biden's inauguration
- BThe Women's March
- CA Senate impeachment trial
- DA New Hampshire campaign rally
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Joe Biden's inauguration
Joe Biden's inauguration. Sanders sold 'Chairman Sanders' sweatshirts and T-shirts of the photo, raising $1.8 million for Vermont charities.
Q 02Fake links promising a Grand Theft Auto IV trailer led instead to which singer's music video?
- AGeorge Michael
- BPhil Collins
- CRick Astley
- DLionel Richie
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Rick Astley
Rick Astley, and the prank became Rickrolling. The next year Astley pulled it on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade himself, lip-syncing the song from a float.
Q 03Dumping a bucket of ice water over your head raised over $100 million to fight which disease?
- AMultiple sclerosis
- BALS
- CParkinson's disease
- DCystic fibrosis
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ALS
ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. The ALS Association credits that money, in part, with the 2016 discovery of NEK1 as a new risk factor for the disease.
Q 04A kindergarten teacher's photos of Kabosu, her rescued pet, inspired which cryptocurrency?
- ABitcoin
- BEthereum
- CLitecoin
- DDogecoin
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Dogecoin
Dogecoin, launched in 2013 as a spoof of the Bitcoin boom. Kabosu, sent to a shelter when her puppy mill shut down, lived to 18.
Q 05The viral dress that split the internet over its colors was really which colors?
- AWhite and gold
- BPink and gray
- CGreen and black
- DBlue and black
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Blue and black
Blue and black. The bride's mother snapped it before a wedding on the Scottish island of Colonsay, and the family couldn't agree on its colors.
Q 06Sweden's advertising watchdog ruled a job ad sexist for using which meme?
- ADistracted Boyfriend
- BOverly Attached Girlfriend
- CHide the Pain Harold
- DRidiculously Photogenic Guy
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Distracted Boyfriend
Distracted Boyfriend. The internet provider Bahnhof cast itself as the woman turning his head and his girlfriend as 'your current workplace', which the watchdog ruled gender discrimination.
Q 07Which meme cat had been dead for more than 20 years when its famous clip went viral?
- ANyan Cat
- BKeyboard Cat
- CGrumpy Cat
- DLil Bub
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Keyboard Cat
Keyboard Cat. Charlie Schmidt filmed his cat Fatso 'playing' on VHS in 1984; Fatso died in 1987, and the clip took off in 2009 as 'Play him off, Keyboard Cat'.
Q 08Success Kid's clenched fist wasn't a victory pump. What was the baby about to do?
- AThrow a seashell
- BKnock over a drink
- CEat a handful of sand
- DGrab the camera
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Eat a handful of sand
Eat a handful of sand, says his mother, Laney Griner, who took the beach photo. In 2015 fans beat the family's $75,000 goal for his father's kidney transplant.
Q 09The house blazing behind the grinning 'Disaster Girl' was set alight on purpose. By whom?
- AFirefighters, as a drill
- BIts owner, for insurance
- CA film crew, for a stunt
- DVandals, as a prank
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Firefighters, as a drill
Firefighters, as a drill. Her family went to watch the training burn near their home in Mebane, North Carolina, and her father took the picture.
Q 10The Romanian-language hit behind the Numa Numa dance was by a band formed in which country?
- AHungary
- BBulgaria
- CMoldova
- DUkraine
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Moldova
Moldova. O-Zone formed in Chișinău in 1999 and moved to Bucharest in 2002, which is why the trio is often called Romanian.
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