Q 01/05

YouTube's three founders had all been early employees of which company?

A) eBay

B) Yahoo

C) PayPal

D) Google

Answer · why

C) PayPal

They had become wealthy after eBay bought PayPal, and their first office sat above a pizzeria in San Mateo.

Q 02/05

Per Jawed Karim, YouTube's idea partly came from being unable to find clips of which 2004 event?

A) Janet Jackson's halftime show

B) The Red Sox World Series

C) The launch of Facebook

D) The Athens Olympics

Answer · why

A) Janet Jackson's halftime show

He also could not find video of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Q 03/05

The first video ever uploaded to YouTube, on 23 April 2005, was titled what?

A) Charlie bit my finger

B) Lazy Sunday

C) Evolution of Dance

D) Me at the zoo

Answer · why

D) Me at the zoo

It is a short clip of Jawed Karim in front of some large animals at San Diego Zoo, filmed by his school friend Yakov Lapitsky.

Q 04/05

In 'Me at the zoo', Jawed Karim stands in front of which animals?

A) Giraffes

B) Lions

C) Elephants

D) Pandas

Answer · why

C) Elephants

His entire commentary is that they have 'really, really, really long trunks'.

Q 05/05

How much did Google pay to acquire YouTube in November 2006?

A) $2.5bn

B) $4bn

C) $1.65bn

D) $10bn

Answer · why

C) $1.65bn

Susan Wojcicki, then a Google executive, recommended and managed the purchase.