Q 01/05

Phil Lester filmed his first YouTube vlog in 2006 on a black-and-white camera he won from what?

A) A crisp packet

B) A cereal box

C) A school raffle

D) A comic book

Answer · why

B) A cereal box

A cereal box supplied the camera for "Phil's Video Blog", which he posted aged 19 in March 2006. That early start made him one of the first notable Br...

Q 02/05

Which subject did Dan Howell quit studying in 2011, citing a lack of interest, to pursue YouTube?

A) Film

B) Drama

C) Law

D) Music

Answer · why

C) Law

Law was his course from 2010, after a gap year in which he began uploading videos as a hobby. He left to make YouTube and radio his full-time job.

Q 03/05

Phil Lester reached the final round of which British TV quiz show as a contestant in 2007?

A) Mastermind

B) Brainteaser

C) University Challenge

D) The Weakest Link

Answer · why

D) The Weakest Link

The Weakest Link put Phil on national TV in 2007, the year after he uploaded his first vlog in March 2006.

Q 04/05

Which BBC station hired Dan and Phil to present its Sunday night request show from January 2013?

A) BBC Radio 1

B) BBC Radio 2

C) BBC Radio 1Xtra

D) BBC Radio 6 Music

Answer · why

A) BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 streamed the show live on video, so fans worldwide could watch the on-air challenges. The duo had already presented two Christmas broadcas...

Q 05/05

Dan and Phil voiced Technician 1 and Technician 2 in the UK cinema release of which Disney film?

A) Zootropolis

B) Wreck-It Ralph

C) Big Hero 6

D) Tangled

Answer · why

C) Big Hero 6

Big Hero 6 gave the pair a voice cameo only in its 2015 UK cinema run; the UK home release does not include their version.