Questions & Answers
Browse all 25 questions from the
Social Media History: A Global Perspective study set below.
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1
In which US state was Facebook founded in 2004?
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A
California
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B
New York
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C
Texas
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D
Florida
2
Which company, known for its professional networking platform, is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California?
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A
Twitter
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B
LinkedIn
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C
Snapchat
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D
Reddit
3
The social media platform VKontakte (VK) is most popular in which country?
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A
Germany
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B
Russia
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C
France
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D
Italy
4
Which country is the birthplace of the microblogging platform Weibo?
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A
Japan
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B
South Korea
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C
China
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D
India
5
The photo-sharing app Instagram was acquired by which company in 2012?
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A
Google
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B
Microsoft
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C
Meta (Facebook)
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D
Amazon
6
Where are the global headquarters of the video-sharing platform TikTok's parent company, ByteDance?
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A
Beijing
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B
Seoul
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C
Tokyo
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D
Singapore
7
Which social media platform was originally launched by three former PayPal employees in San Bruno, California?
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A
Vimeo
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B
YouTube
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C
DailyMotion
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D
Twitch
8
In which city is the headquarters of Twitter (now X) located?
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A
San Francisco
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B
Seattle
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C
Chicago
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D
Boston
9
Which country is home to the messaging app LINE, which is widely used across Southeast Asia?
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A
Vietnam
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B
Thailand
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C
Japan
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D
Philippines
10
Which Scandinavian country is the birthplace of the early social network platform Skype?
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A
Sweden
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B
Norway
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C
Denmark
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D
Finland
11
Which social networking site, founded in 2003, was once the most visited website in the United States?
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A
MySpace
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B
Tumblr
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C
Friendster
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D
Orkut
12
The social platform Pinterest is headquartered in which US city?
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A
Portland
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B
San Francisco
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C
Austin
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D
Seattle
13
Which major social media company is headquartered in Menlo Park, California?
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A
Meta
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B
Snap Inc.
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C
Pinterest
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D
Discord
14
KakaoTalk is a popular messaging application primarily used in which nation?
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A
North Korea
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B
South Korea
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C
Malaysia
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D
Indonesia
15
Which country's developers created the Telegram messaging app?
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A
Ukraine
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B
Poland
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C
Russia
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D
Estonia
16
WhatsApp was founded by two former employees of which company?
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A
Apple
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B
Yahoo
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C
IBM
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D
Intel
17
Which social media platform was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams?
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A
Twitter
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B
Tumblr
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C
Reddit
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D
Flickr
18
Which social media platform's name is inspired by the city of San Francisco?
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A
Instagram
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B
Snapchat
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C
Flickr
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D
Reddit
19
In which US state is the headquarters of Reddit located?
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A
California
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B
Nevada
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C
Colorado
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D
Texas
20
Which messaging app is the dominant social communication tool in Brazil and India?
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A
WeChat
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B
WhatsApp
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C
Signal
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D
Viber
21
What was the primary location of the office where the first Facebook profile was created?
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A
Harvard University
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B
MIT
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C
Stanford University
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D
Yale University
22
The platform Twitch is primarily known for streaming content from which country?
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A
United States
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B
United Kingdom
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C
Canada
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D
Germany
23
Which social media service was founded in 2007 by David Karp in New York City?
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A
Tumblr
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B
WordPress
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C
Blogger
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D
Medium
24
Which country is the primary market for the WeChat application?
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A
China
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B
Thailand
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C
Taiwan
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D
Vietnam
25
Which social media company has its corporate headquarters in Venice, Los Angeles?
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A
Snap Inc.
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B
Meta
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C
Google
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D
Twitter
