Q 01/05

The word "creepypasta" is a variant of which older internet slang term?

A) Spaghetti code

B) Copypasta

C) Shitpost

D) Chain mail

Answer · why

B) Copypasta

Copypasta itself comes from "copy and paste", for text that goes viral by being reposted.

Q 02/05

On which website did the word "creepypasta" first appear around 2007?

A) Something Awful

B) Tumblr

C) 4chan

D) Reddit

Answer · why

C) 4chan

The imageboard's culture shaped the genre's anonymous, first-person style.

Q 03/05

Which 2001 story is sometimes called the first creepypasta?

A) Smile Dog

B) The Rake

C) Candle Cove

D) Ted the Caver

Answer · why

D) Ted the Caver

Others point to 1990s chain emails that promised a terrible fate for not forwarding them.

Q 04/05

In which year was Creepypasta.com created?

A) 2008

B) 2005

C) 2010

D) 2012

Answer · why

A) 2008

The Creepypasta Wiki and r/nosleep both followed in 2010.

Q 05/05

Which subreddit, founded in 2010, became a major home for creepypasta-style horror?

A) r/letsnotmeet

B) r/nosleep

C) r/creepy

D) r/horror

Answer · why

B) r/nosleep

Time magazine says the genre peaked in 2010, when The New York Times covered it.