Youtube: We can't imagine how we lived without it. See how much you know or can remember.

1. It seems as if Youtube had always existed. In reality, it wasn't founded until….
   
   • 1920.
   • 1993.
   • 1995.
   • 2005.
2. Youtube's first headquarters was in…
   
   • One Police Plaza, New York City.
   • The Sears Tower.
   • Chad Hurley's mom's basement.
   • An office above a pizzeria.
3. The very first Youtube video showed…
   
   • One of the founders at the San Diego Zoo.
   • One of the founders trying to fix a computer.
   • Someone singing in the shower.
   • A cat.
4. In 2006, Youtube received the honour of…
   
   • Winning an Emmy Award for 'best alternative to television'.
   • Entering the Guinness Book of Records for most pictures of cats shared.
   • Becoming Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year'.
   • Being viewed in space.
5. The first Youtube video to garner more than 1 billion views was….
   
   • Maru the cat.
   • 'My Dance Recital' by Tiffany.
   • 'Gangnam Style'.
   • 'The Kiss' by Thomas Edison.
6. Currently, the most-subscribed channel on Youtube is….
   
   • PewDiePie.
   • Justin Bieber.
   • Maru the cat.
   • Dmitri Gheorgheni.
7. 7 million people in Austria subscribe to the Red Bull channel, making it the most popular in that country. It features….
   
   • Only commercials for Red Bull energy drink, but they're really funny.
   • Videos of sporting stunts, such as Felix Baumgartner's balloon jump from the edge of space.
   • All music, all the time, most of it peppy.
   • Bulls from around the world, often in compromising positions.
8. The most-viewed music video of all time on Youtube was….
   
   • Gangnam Style.
   • Despacito.
   • The 'Numa Numa' song.
   • Kraftwerk's 'Ich lieb' dich nicht'.
9. Videos sometimes 'go viral'. The enormously popular 'Charlie Bit My Finger' features….
   
   • Charlie Sheen and his sitcom costars in court.
   • A retrospective of the work of Charlie Chaplin.
   • A surrealistic collage by Salvador Dali.
   • One-year-old Charlie and three-year-old Harry.
10. In defiance of all logic and musical taste, the only recording artist to have five videos exceeding one billion views is….
    
    • Rebecca Black.
    • Florence Foster Jenkins.
    • Justin Bieber.
    • Lee Marvin.

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Dmitri Gheorgheni

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