Q 01/05

Which viral 2014 social media stunt raised $115 million for the ALS Association in a single summer?

A) Cinnamon Challenge

B) Ice Bucket Challenge

C) Running Man Challenge

D) Mannequin Challenge

Answer · why

B) Ice Bucket Challenge

The Ice Bucket Challenge was co-founded by Pat Quinn and Pete Frates and went viral in July and August 2014. Frates's Boston College sporting ties hel...

Q 02/05

Which nation beat host Brazil 7–1 in a 2014 World Cup semi-final, scoring four goals inside six minutes?

A) Netherlands

B) Argentina

C) Colombia

D) Germany

Answer · why

D) Germany

Germany led 5–0 within 29 minutes, and Miroslav Klose's goal made him the World Cup's all-time record scorer, passing Brazil's own Ronaldo.

Q 03/05

Which host of the 2014 Oscars posted a celebrity-packed selfie that broke the record for the most retweeted tweet?

A) Ellen DeGeneres

B) Seth MacFarlane

C) Neil Patrick Harris

D) Billy Crystal

Answer · why

A) Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres's selfie passed the old record, a photo of Barack and Michelle Obama hugging, within the hour. It was taken on a Samsung phone supplie...

Q 04/05

Which mobile game did Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen pull from app stores in February 2014 at the peak of its fame?

A) Temple Run

B) Doodle Jump

C) Flappy Bird

D) Angry Birds

Answer · why

C) Flappy Bird

Flappy Bird was earning about $50,000 a day from adverts when Nguyen removed it, saying he felt guilty about how addictive it had become.

Q 05/05

Which virus spread through Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in 2014, in an epidemic that killed more than 11,000 people?

A) Zika

B) Ebola

C) MERS

D) Dengue

Answer · why

B) Ebola

Ebola infected 28,616 people in what became the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history, with roughly four in ten of them dying.