Okay, so let us start out in the pre-flash days. Once upon a time...before broadband internet (I know, right?)...YouTube wasn't even a thought in anyone's mind. Streaming video/audio wasn't unheard of though...just really really terrible. What was the primary method of consuming such media online in the mid to late 90s?
Real Player
Winamp
Google Video
Arthur Vision
IP TV
Back in these early days, you saw this a lot...now-a-days it is really dependent on your speed. So let us say you are streaming a video and it pauses for a little bit while more of it loads into your computer's memory. What is this called?
Static Partitioning
Defragging
Stream Caching
Buffering
Ruining the Party
In the late 90s, we saw a rise of flash animation. Many series spawned from this and tons of websites popped up that are still in use as of the creation of this quiz. However, the first prominent use of this technology was used by the creator of an old-media cartoon. What was said cartoon?
Doug
Dexter's Lab
Ren & Stimpy
The Herculoids
The Critic
Flash animation began to flourish. In 1999 it hit a major milestone and one flash cartoon became the first web-series to be aired on a premium cable channel. What was the name of this series?
Homestar Runner
WhirlGirl
Joe Cartoon
Camp Chaos
Napster Baaaaaad
Tree Friends
Also in 1999, we saw the very first item that was spread simply by word of mouth, forum postings and blog linking...and continued to get bigger and bigger until it eventually got 90 million views. What is this kind of spreading called?
Buffering
Stream Spreading
Going Viral
Gigantic Money Making
Bandwidth Busters
What was the name of the flash animation described in the previous question? BTW, all of the following are actual things.
Hamster Dance
Frog in a Blender
3 Times Halloween Fun Job
Dancing baby
Tim Burton's Stain Boy
Joe Paradise
While I would love to continue on with the flash stuff, it is time to move on. While Flash animation really found its niche and matured to the point that many TV series began to use it, that fun stuff that has actual people in it....well it took a bit longer to get there despite the fact that it technically started two years earlier. With the introduction of broadband, we began to see more video sites popping up. Before YouTube, there was another biggest dog in town. Who was this?
Vimeo
MediaFly
Vevo
Ebaums World
Revver
As the previously mentioned site began to fall under the weight of legal trouble and accusations that it would remove stolen content's watermarks in place of their own, three former PayPal employees created a user-generated-content site called YouTube. So, what was the first video ever posted to YouTube about?
A boy has his finger bitten by his younger brother.
A boy is filmed after a trip to the dentist and is completely out of it.
A kitten sits in a tissue box while other cats play around it.
A man stands on stage and goes through the evolution of dance.
A guy stands in front of some elephants at the zoo and says why they are cool.
Since that first video, many web celebrities have formed with many of them getting hundreds of thousands of views per upload. Many of these stars are simply people being themselves and communicating with the camera about various things. While many may see this as self-indulgent behavior, it is, none the less, popular. What is this type of video called?
Vlogging
Blogging
Video Clogging
Video intercommunicating
As many of these web celebrities gathered larger and larger followings, some even got deals to go onto traditional media. One YouTube star was even accepted as a main cast-member on MADtv...even if the run was short lived. Who was this person?
Justine Ezarik (iJustine)
Liam Sullivan (liamkylesullivan / Kelly)
Shane Dawson (ShaneDawsonTV)
Luke Barats(BaratsandBereta)
Lucas Cruikshank (Fred)
Lisa Donovan (LisaNova)
The actual community that built up over the streaming video world was built among a fondness for the idea that what they were seeing was a more honest and real connection than the scripted material typically shown on television. In 2006, this idea was brought to the test as a popular user who was known for being a sweet teen with a purple stuffed monkey and a seemingly cultish family was revealed to be an experiment on a new and more immersive way of telling a scripted story. What was this show/user called?
iJustine
lonelygirl15
jaaaaaaa
Jonathan_Colton
MonkeySwitch
While known largely as a place to post short videos of humerous moments and people talking to the camera, YouTube has also been known to be where many ideas or concepts that are swiftly spread and altered by the internet either begin or really catch on. What is the term for such ideas?
Virus
Jailbreak
Meme
Mane
eBuzz
While this idea began on the website 4chan.com, it became widely known when YouTube adopted it for use in its 2008 April Fools Day prank. This is when a user leads someone to believe that what they are about to view is one thing, but instead is treated to the music video for Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up. What is the term for this?
Meme
Rickrolling
RickSwitch
BaitedSwitch
AstleySlip
In 2006, YouTube was aquired by what company?
Hulu
Univision
Yahoo
Microsoft
Google
Apple
Finally, which one of these is NOT a streaming video website?
DevilDucky
Vimeo
Vevo
Revver
Hulu
Joost
DailyMotion
Crackle
MiFi
Break.com
Tudou
Current