Q 01/05

What is the title of the first video ever uploaded to YouTube, on April 23, 2005?

A) Me at the zoo

B) Hello world

C) First test upload

D) My trip to San Diego

Answer · why

A) Me at the zoo

Me at the zoo shows co-founder Jawed Karim in front of the elephants at San Diego Zoo, noting that they have really long trunks.

Q 02/05

YouTube's three founders had all previously worked at which company?

A) Google

B) eBay

C) PayPal

D) Yahoo

Answer · why

C) PayPal

PayPal. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim were all early PayPal employees before they registered the YouTube domain on 14 February 2005.

Q 03/05

For how much did Google buy YouTube in November 2006?

A) $1.65B

B) $650M

C) $3.2B

D) $8B

Answer · why

A) $1.65B

$1.65B, paid entirely in Google stock; the deal was announced on 9 October 2006 and completed on 13 November 2006.

Q 04/05

What record did the San Diego Zoo's 2020 reply under "Me at the zoo" set?

A) Most-liked comment

B) Longest comment

C) Most-replied comment

D) First verified comment

Answer · why

A) Most-liked comment

Most-liked comment. The zoo wrote that it was honoured the first-ever YouTube video was filmed there, and the reply collected more than four million l...

Q 05/05

Which video was the first on YouTube to reach a billion views, in December 2012?

A) Baby by Justin Bieber

B) Gangnam Style by Psy

C) Charlie Bit My Finger

D) Despacito by Luis Fonsi

Answer · why

B) Gangnam Style by Psy

Gangnam Style by Psy later blew past the 32-bit view counter's limit of 2,147,483,647, forcing YouTube to upgrade its maths.