Tumblr Trivia
Tumblr trivia highlights the history, culture, and quirks of the microblogging platform founded by David Karp in 2007. Now owned by Automattic, Tumblr became known for its short-form blogs, multimedia posts, and a distinctive online community that shaped memes, fandoms, and digital creativity.
Easy Tumblr Trivia
13 questions
These easy Tumblr trivia questions are great for beginners and kids around age 12 and under.
Question 1
In what year was Tumblr founded?
- A.2009
- B.2011
- C.2007
- D.2005
Answer: 2007
Tumblr was founded in 2007.
Question 2
Tumblr is best known as what kind of platform?
- A.A search engine
- B.A ride-sharing app
- C.A video game console
- D.A microblogging platform
Answer: A microblogging platform
Tumblr is primarily known for microblogging.
Question 3
What kind of blogs do users publish on Tumblr?
- A.short-form blogs
- B.Printed blogs
- C.Long-form journals only
- D.Private email newsletters
Answer: Short-form blogs
Tumblr lets users publish posts to short-form blogs.
Question 4
True or false: Can users post photos on Tumblr?
Answer: True
Tumblr allows users to post photos.
Question 5
Which of these can you upload to Tumblr: photos, recipes, or weather forecasts?
- A.Recipes
- B.Weather forecasts
- C.None of these
- D.Photos
Answer: Photos
Photos are one of the supported post types on Tumblr.
Question 6
What visual media type can Tumblr users post besides images?
- A.Blueprints
- B.Videos
- C.Spreadsheets
- D.Slide projectors
Answer: Videos
Tumblr supports video posts.
Question 7
If you want to write words instead of uploading media, what kind of Tumblr post can you make?
- A.Map pins
- B.Calendar invites
- C.Text entries
- D.Voice calls
Answer: Text entries
Tumblr users can publish text entries.
Question 8
Besides blogging, Tumblr also functions as what?
- A.social media platform
- B.20th Television
- C.Lionsgate Television
Answer: A social media platform
Tumblr also functions is a social media platform.
Question 9
Which company owns Tumblr?
Answer: Automattic
Tumblr is owned by Automattic.
Question 10
What can Tumblr users do to keep up with another blog’s posts?
- A.Fax it
- B.Download it as a game
- C.Turn it into a podcast
- D.Follow
Answer: Follow it
Tumblr users can follow other blogs.
Question 11
What is the Tumblr feature called when you share someone else’s post to your own blog?
- A.Repin
- B.Remix
- C.Reblog
- D.Retweet
Answer: Reblog
Tumblr has a reblog feature for sharing posts.
Question 12
On Tumblr, sharing a post to your own blog is called a what?
Answer: Reblog
The platform’s sharing feature is called reblog.
Question 13
Tumblr supports which popular animated image format?
- A.EXEs
- B.GIFs
- C.PDFs
- D.CSVs
Answer: GIFs
Tumblr supports animated GIF posts.
Tumblr Family Trivia
12 questions
These family Tumblr trivia questions are built for mixed-age game nights, classrooms, and groups.
Question 1
What city was Tumblr launched from?
- A.Chicago
- B.San Francisco
- C.New York City
- D.Los Angeles
Answer: New York City
Tumblr was launched from New York City.
Question 2
Tumblr was created by David Karp when he was in what stage of life?
Answer: His early 20s
David Karp created Tumblr when he was in his early 20s.
Question 3
What name is given to Tumblr’s main stream of posts from blogs you follow?
- A.The homepage
- B.The channel
- C.dashboard
- D.The timeline
Answer: The dashboard
Tumblr popularized the dashboard is the central stream of posts from followed blogs.
Question 4
If you want a post to go live later without posting it right now, what Tumblr feature can you use?
- A.Archive
- B.Draft bin
- C.Bookmark list
- D.queue
Answer: The queue
Tumblr allows users to queue posts for later publishing.
Question 5
What do Tumblr users add to posts to label them with keywords?
Answer: Tags
Tumblr users can tag posts with keywords.
Question 6
Which Tumblr feature lets someone send a question directly to a blog?
- A.Ask
- B.Ping
- C.Wave
- D.Drop
Answer: Ask
Tumblr offers an Ask feature for sending questions to blogs.
Question 7
True or false: Tumblr blog owners can answer submitted questions publicly.?
Answer: True
Tumblr allows blog owners to answer submitted questions publicly.
Question 8
What kind of web address can a Tumblr blog use instead of only the standard Tumblr address?
- A.custom domain
- B.A secret code name
- C.A game lobby link
- D.A shared spreadsheet
Answer: A custom domain
Tumblr blogs can use custom domain names.
Question 9
Which built-in Tumblr feature is meant for direct user communication?
Answer: Messaging
Tumblr includes a messaging system for user communication.
Question 10
What did Tumblr introduce to make posting easier while away from a computer?
- A.USB tools
- B.mobile apps
- C.Desktop widgets
- D.Game controllers
Answer: Mobile apps
Tumblr introduced mobile apps for on-the-go posting.
Question 11
Tumblr became especially popular with what creative group sharing illustrations and comics?
- A.Chefs
- B.Astronauts
- C.Gardeners
- D.artists
Answer: Artists
Tumblr was especially popular with artists sharing illustrations and comics.
Question 12
What Tumblr option lets you choose a specific future time for a post to appear?
Answer: Scheduled posts
Tumblr users can schedule posts to publish at specific times.
Fun Tumblr Trivia
13 questions
These fun Tumblr trivia questions highlight surprising moments and playful facts for game-night groups.
Question 1
Which company bought Tumblr in 2013, setting off plenty of internet-side-eye at the time?
Answer: Yahoo announced its acquisition of Tumblr in 2013.
Yahoo announced its acquisition of Tumblr in 2013.
Question 2
About how much was Yahoo’s Tumblr acquisition worth?
- A.$2.4 billion
- B.$750 million
- C.About $1.1 billion.
- D.$110 million
Answer: About $1.1 billion.
Yahoo's Tumblr acquisition was valued at about $1.1 billion.
Question 3
Tumblr’s reblogging system helped launch what kind of expressive internet staple into wider online culture?
Answer: Reaction GIFs.
The platform’s reblogging system helped spread reaction GIF culture online.
Question 4
If several people are all posting on the same Tumblr, what kind of blog is that?
- A.A mirror blog
- B.A twin blog
- C.A relay blog
- D.group blog
Answer: A group blog.
A Tumblr blog can be run by more than one contributor, which is a group blog.
Question 5
Tumblr once had an official post type made for conversations that read like message logs. What was it called?
Answer: Chat posts.
Tumblr once offered an official post type specifically for chats.
Question 6
True or false: Tumblr’s logo is usually styled in all caps.?
Answer: False
The logo is usually shown in lowercase is “tumblr.”.
Question 7
Which writing community found a major home on Tumblr, turning dashboards into endless reading lists and headcanons?
Answer: Fanfiction communities.
Tumblr played a major role in online fanfiction communities.
Question 8
What do Tumblr users commonly call curated aesthetic image sets posted together on a blog?
- A.Pic bundles
- B.photosets
- C.Moodboards
- D.Snapgrids
Answer: Photosets.
Tumblr users commonly curate aesthetic image sets called photosets.
Question 9
When a Tumblr post gets reblogged, what kind of link can appear to credit where it came from?
Answer: A source attribution link.
Reblogged Tumblr posts can include source attribution links.
Question 10
What feature lets a Tumblr user keep a chosen post stuck at the top of their blog like a tiny crown?
- A.Starred posts
- B.Anchored posts
- C.Header posts
- D.pinned posts
Answer: Pinned posts.
Tumblr allows users to pin certain posts to the top of a blog.
Question 11
Tumblr became especially famous for fandom debates about which characters should be together. What’s that practice called?
Answer: Shipping.
The platform became famous for fandom shipping discussions.
Question 12
What web languages did Tumblr users often use to personalize their blogs far beyond the default look?
- A.Python and Ruby
- B.C and C++
- C.HTML and CSS
- D.Java and SQL
Answer: HTML and CSS.
Tumblr users often customize blogs with HTML and CSS.
Question 13
Tumblr experimented with features around what kind of format in its 'Tumblr Answers' product?
Answer: Q&A.
Tumblr once featured a question-and-answer product called Tumblr Answers in experiments and related features.
Funny Tumblr Trivia
13 questions
These funny Tumblr trivia questions highlight playful moments, odd facts, and inside jokes.
Question 1
What joking phrase became a fandom signal on Tumblr, as if complimenting footwear were top-secret spycraft?
Answer: I like your shoelaces
Tumblr users coined "I like your shoelaces" is a joking fandom signal.
Question 2
Which widely quoted Tumblr-style joke sounds like someone picked a completely reasonable enemy for the day?
Answer: I am going to fight the sun
The phrase "I am going to fight the sun" became a widely quoted Tumblr-style joke.
Question 3
Tumblr became especially known for what kind of absurd comedy shared through reblogs?
- A.live chat stand-up
- B.text-post humor
- C.silent film humor
- D.audio-only sketches
Answer: text-post humor
A hallmark of Tumblr was absurd text-post humor passed around by reblogging.
Question 4
When a Tumblr joke escaped containment and wandered onto other apps, what form was it frequently reposted in?
- A.PDF files
- B.profile banners
- C.screenshots
- D.voice notes
Answer: screenshots
Screenshots of Tumblr posts are frequently reposted on other social platforms is jokes.
Question 5
What writing style became strongly associated with Tumblr’s casual, conversational vibe?
Answer: all-lowercase, conversational writing
Tumblr became associated with all-lowercase, conversational writing styles.
Question 6
On Tumblr, comedy often gets weirder one step at a time through what format of piled-on additions?
Answer: reblog chains
Tumblr comedy often builds by adding increasingly silly comments through reblogs.
Question 7
What Tumblr feature often turned mystery messages into public joke material?
Answer: anonymous Ask messages
Users often turned anonymous Ask messages into public joke posts.
Question 8
Tumblr was a major home for what kind of reaction-image comedy that often felt one dream sequence away from nonsense?
Answer: surreal reaction-image humor
The platform was a major home for surreal reaction-image humor.
Question 9
Many viral Tumblr jokes spread as screenshots with what detail removed, like the internet equivalent of witness protection?
Answer: the username was cropped out
Many viral Tumblr jokes spread is screenshots with the username cropped out.
Question 10
What kind of extra commentary did Tumblr popularize beneath posts, often turning the aftermath into the actual event?
Answer: dramatic tag commentary
Tumblr popularized dramatic tag commentary added beneath posts.
Question 11
If a post describes a sandwich like it’s a matter before the high court, what Tumblr comedy style is that?
Answer: faux-serious language about trivial topics
Tumblr joke posts often use faux-serious language about trivial topics.
Question 12
Tumblr humor frequently remixes screenshots from TV, anime, and games into what broader kind of joke material?
Answer: fandom remixes
Tumblr humor frequently remixes screenshots from TV, anime, and games.
Question 13
What happened to many Tumblr reaction images after their first joke life ended? They got reused as what?
Answer: recaptioned images
Reaction images on Tumblr were often reused with new captions for different jokes.
Hard Tumblr Trivia
14 questions
These hard Tumblr trivia questions are for expert fans who want a real challenge.
Question 1
Before Automattic bought Tumblr, what parent company controlled it through Yahoo's corporate succession?
- A.AOL
- B.20th Television
- C.Lionsgate Television
- D.Verizon Media
Answer: Verizon Media
Before the Automattic era, Tumblr's parent company was Verizon Media via Yahoo's corporate succession.
Question 2
Tumblr joined Automattic's portfolio in what year?
Answer: 2019
Automattic acquired Tumblr in 2019.
Question 3
Tumblr's original headquarters were located in which New York City borough?
Answer: Manhattan
Tumblr's headquarters were originally in Manhattan.
Question 4
After founding Tumblr, David Karp continued serving in what top executive role for years?
Answer: CEO
David Karp served is Tumblr's CEO for years after founding the company.
Question 5
Which later product is associated with Marco Arment after his Tumblr work?
Answer: Instapaper
Marco Arment later went on to create Instapaper.
Question 6
Historically, Tumblr's codebase was closely associated with which web framework?
Answer: Ruby on Rails
The platform's codebase was historically associated with Ruby on Rails.
Question 7
After Yahoo bought Tumblr in 2013, what operating status did Yahoo promise the platform would keep?
Answer: Independently operated
Yahoo promised Tumblr would remain independently operated after the 2013 deal.
Question 8
In what year did Tumblr ban most adult content?
Answer: 2018
The adult-content ban happened in December 2018.
Question 9
Tumblr's 2018 adult-content crackdown followed scrutiny from which app distribution platform?
Answer: App Store
The policy followed App Store scrutiny after child sexual abuse material was discovered on the service.
Question 10
Once the 2018 policy changed, Tumblr leaned heavily on what kind of content-screening approach?
Answer: Automated detection
After the policy change, Tumblr relied heavily on automated detection systems.
Question 11
What was the name of Tumblr's paid advertising product for promoted entries in the feed?
Answer: Sponsored Posts
Tumblr introduced a paid ad product called Sponsored Posts.
Question 12
Which Tumblr ad product specifically highlighted posts through Radar placement?
Answer: Sponsored Radar
Tumblr sold Sponsored Radar placements to highlight posts.
Question 13
What security protocol did Tumblr add service-wide support for to provide encrypted connections?
Answer: HTTPS
Tumblr added support for encrypted connections using HTTPS across the service.
Question 14
Early Tumblr posting wasn't one-size-fits-all; what was the interface organized into?
Answer: Distinct post types
The posting interface originally organized content into several distinct post types.
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