How Much Do We Know About Gen Z?

Today we’ll find out how much we can keep up with the youths of today with this Gen Z edition of Beopardy!
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[@itsnoname597]

Generation Z is divided between two groups. The first group was mostly exposed to the new internet with TikTok and Twitter being their main source of information, this group is the stereotypical Gen Z who were exposed to the internet closer to 2016. The second, group is a smaller group of people who were exposed to the internet through early childhood somewhere around 2010-2014 and grew up with a mix of the newer things but mostly the things that were common for millennials to enjoy. From looking at the comments section, most Gen Z watching Smosh fit into the second group because Smosh was really popular in those earlier years.

[@annibunny655]

Born in 1999 here and I only got real internet for myself in maybe 2010 or 2011? I'm turning 22 next month and most of this stuff I only know from picking up from tiktok or whatever. It's also not something I would ever use/like on myself but I guess it really depends on what person you are. Most of this seems like things younger audiences (14 and younger) would enjoy.

[@mr_h831]

Does this mean I'm an oddity? I can't ever tell with my generation. There's people who agree with me and then people who will spit in my face for even disagreeing with them. And then there's people inbetween. I can't get a good read.

[@mr_h831]

@@annibunny655 seems about right honestly.

[@WeaponizedGoochsweat]

Ig I'm the second, but instead of millennials it's my parents gen, I think it was Y? I'm basing this off my taste in music mostly.

[@mr_h831]

@@WeaponizedGoochsweat X if they're anywhere near my parents age.

[@CasANova259]

As a Gen-Z kid from the early 2000s, I can tell you rn I would've bombed this game in the worst way

[@alysonziegler332]

Same

[@scfisdead]

bruh i relate to this more spiritually than the church my dad makes me go to

[@ashlynnwimberly5348]

Same

[@Spiffa]

Same bruv I didn’t know most of this

[@heroes_unite]

Me too! I'm a 2001 and I was lost for most of this lol

[@caution-monkey4603]

Me, a gen Z, learning about my own generation: Interesting

[@corrodedbatteries228]

Can i be a millennial pls

[@mr_h831]

SAAAAAAME YO xD

[@DragonFlames701219]

@@corrodedbatteries228 We can dream…..

[@mohammadfarhat422]

Interesting

[@ianschwartz08]

o

[@SethiKinsGaming]

5:06 I was born in '03 and I still use the "surfs up" finger arrangement to symbolize a phone. the thought that someone would use a flat handed gesture for a phone both terrifies me and intrigues me in equal measure.

[@UZIKING]

I've Never seen anyone do that flat palm phone thing, I just see the usual pinkie thumb phone thing

[@DashhGames]

I was born in ‘08 and I still do it

[@Mothe_]

I was born in 2011 and I do the 2 fingers

[@stickynote6969]

I was born in '10 and I have never seen the flat hand phone gesture in my life

[@emmaskinner-sr3ui]

@@DashhGamessame

[@-xavier_rose-4599]

"I hope we didn't embarrass our Gen Z viewers" I'm Gen Z, and I was just as confused as them ✋

[@jadestar3926]

I feel that 😓 and also I like ur pfp 🙃

[@tanayjairam3087]

Same... I know nothing

[@fire_goon]

The only thing I know... is about the Heathers and that is very old

[@kamdenbeatty2299]

Me too

[@cassiedice1857]

Frr the only thing I knew was Capping

[@linadaniel1188]

Tommy saying “I’m old” while doing the sheesh pose (which kind of looked like he was trying to find his own pulse) is one of the most iconic things I’ve ever seen 😂

[@jonatangustafsson7176]

Tommy just showed your comment on his instagram story hahah!

[@TheChivalricKnight]

I thought he was trying to find a vein to shoot up heroin.

[@jojojoma3026]

@@TheChivalricKnight That's how we used to do it, but I'm 41 so, I'm VERY old

[@TheChivalricKnight]

@@jojojoma3026 I'm 26 and I'm like "why is he doing that? Does Tommy shoot heroin?"

[@gir2195]

@@jojojoma3026 I'm 32, do you remember when that became "Ice in my veins"?

[@cap6733]

this generation is so fragmented that i feel like most people in gen z won't even know most of these lmao

[@accelsy]

i feel like these are just gen z in the US

[@cassiedice1857]

And you are correct.

[@gabrielp-l9905]

As a gen zer I can confirm

[@wisdom2759]

True I knew like 5.

[@sportidiots6587]

@@accelsy I’m a gen z in the us and I knew barely any of these questions

[@donaldfromtiktok6424]

Noah’s right. Most kids I know got their first phone bc they were going to middle school. That was when I needed a phone to call my mom/brother for a ride.

[@Kanjo_Bazooie]

That’s the case for millennials too, they just weren’t smartphones when we were in middle school lol.

[@Ci3rra]

Im 19 and this makes me feel like im 35 with a mortage to pay and children to feed

[@firmanchristiansianturi4794]

Actually same though

[@Alyssaishunting]

Mood

[@talesofventus4249]

Same it’s amazing how I knew so little of these.

[@notaseat5934]

You couldn’t have put my exact thoughts into words better

[@WatchingYourNethers]

I really appreciate that even young people feel alienated by young people. And that’s important for us to remember.

[@LibertyPankhurst]

Shayne: ”We hope we didn’t embarrass our Gen Z viewers” Us: “Nah we embarrass ourselves”

[@jordanl6165]

Fr

[@loowsrhoo7780]

exactly

[@Erniebyrd1214]

Facts

[@ruipena1]

Yo I didn’t even know half of them 😂😂

[@RyugaChan]

well, if you watch enough and listen to enough 80s movies and rock you might just ctrl-z all that and get it right

[@amandawellsvenegas7024]

12:06 “Attack and dethrone God.” ...”dang.”

[@masonturner4342]

She had such a good joke with little to no reaction💀💀

[@MemeSupreme69]

God is dead and Sage has killed him

[@d_1044]

Legitimately said it so fast and flat I can’t tell if it was a joke or what she thought of the song

[@samalfiiii]

As Gen Z, I can absolutely confirm I have NEVER pantomimed a phone like that, NOR has anyone I’ve ever seen in 20 years of life. We still use the pinky and the thumb.

[@sakishimaisanunderratedset4312]

"If someone calls you a heather what does that mean" My instant reaction: SHUT UP HEATHER-

[@mementomori4817]

(sorry Heather)

[@Tayllustration]

*looks who’s with her, oh my god*

[@lilybrooks3236]

@@Tayllustration dang dang dittity dang da dang

[@mirandajewell23]

dang dang dittity dang da dang

[@asees5866]

Sakishima isn’t as good as Atsumu

[@niraaagi0217]

lowkey feel like smosh should do a millennial-themed beopardy & we can watch everyone fight to the death

[@loyael]

There's a 2000's trivia on their channel called "who's the smartes 00's kid"

[@Abbeyzs]

Please get more likes on my god, I pray Smosh sees this lol

[@elizabethkeen9562]

As a gen z-er from the early 2000s, I would have failed this SO bad

[@owenbridgers]

Oh exactly, I don’t know what half of this shit means

[@MortanAMrk]

Same, and i love knowing trivia

[@oliviahancox5410]

Bro some only thing I knew was the capping one all the rest I was like “huh?” I was so confused 😂😂

[@Ba-kt6ju]

I’m a Gen Z from the early 2000s and I knew a bunch of them. Y’all just don’t pay attention lmao

[@callmeperseus]

I- I'm Genz and we don't do the smart phone hand thing.... Did millennials forget we also grew up with landlines????

[@HunterJohnson-rj3gy]

I agree I was born in 2001 and I grew up with a landline

[@xythrial]

They’re basing those answers off of what gen z does on tik tok videos. So I’d ask your fellow gen zers why they do it instead

[@rosearnold9470]

Me a gen-z: doesn’t know half of these lol

[@tacopanda2168]

Same! My dumb-ass legit thought that Noah Beck was 2012 Harry Styles for a second there

[@jorgeneedssleep7978]

@@tacopanda2168 same for me as well. There's two Noahs?

[@shauryasuri3653]

Same lol

[@VAN-mf8kz]

Most of those things are really stupid like the "celebs" just olivia its a real celeb .

[@Lanman106]

Same. I don't feel like I belong with gen-z.

[@parisbarker439]

Do this again but have actual members of gen Z write the questions

[@suhrealist]

i doubt they actually have staff that are younger gen z lmao

[@fionaxx8645]

fr, im gen z and couldnt answer the majority of those questions

[@braidyncampbell1216]

EXACTLY

[@braidyncampbell1216]

@@fionaxx8645 same honestly ;-;

[@justinblakeney3466]

@@suhrealist We don't need to rep anybody born after 2005.

[@gothi213]

Can we just talk about how absolutely no one does the phone thing with a flat hand? 👁️👄👁️

[@persephonessibling]

fr. I work in early childhood and the kids all still do 🤙

[@zekebrunt]

@@persephonessibling I've seen a few ppl do it, no one my age thankfully

[@LM11116]

@@sams_not_here it isn't even, they just completely made it up

[@gothi213]

I remember on tik tok this dad was like "how you know you're old" and his wife and him did it the regular way, but his kids did it the weird way and knowing tik tak he probably just made them do it

[@noahakeener]

all the videos that show kids doing the flat hand are asking "how do you hold a phone?" , the first cordless home phones came out in the 80's and had phased out the "classic" version by the 2000's. So asking a kid born in that era the literal question "how do you hold a phone" will lead them to doing the flat hand thing because that is how we've held phone for the last 35 years. However if you asked "how do you mime a phone, or pretend you have a phone" they will do the classic sign we all know. Notice in all the flat hand videos why the kids are so confused with the reaction, its not because they don't know the hang loose way, its that they answered the question asked.

[@DeanJohnCasey91]

Tommy is just a gem. His response to Jack Harlow was goddamn priceless.

[@TundraWolfe]

Can't tell if it's a running gag that the graphic says "BEPORDY", the card says "BEOEPARDY" and the video description says "BEOPARDY", but I'm here for it.

[@lorenee8902]

Jeopardy is copyright so the first time said the game rhymes with beoepardy and it just stuck

[@jimmytrejo7773]

That’s literally amazing! I’ve never noticed!

[@jimmytrejo7773]

@@lorenee8902 did you ready what he wrote? That’s not what he was talking about.

[@Aesos3429]

@@jimmytrejo7773 Not sure how you ready something you write, mate

[@jimmytrejo7773]

@@Aesos3429 you know what I meant haha. I appreciate you justifying my comment with your grade school response though.

[@notaseat5934]

These were the most millennial gen z questions

[@Gabby-xj9xp]

I swear 💀

[@demofighter]

This hurts, got dang I'm old, I knew non of these.

[@wellnessbylauren3767]

So true

[@userFavenomExtreme]

some of them are literally gen z but "nearly" being a millenial makes them round it to actually being one. (I know they adress it in the video, that's exactly the point, it's like "Yeah, some kinda are, but not really tho")

[@lyydia9199]

Fr tho

[@wyattchapman1040]

The smartphone thing is literally just a lie. NOBODY puts a flat hand to their ear

[@kriss5309]

Bruh true I do like the rock sign but no thumb

[@kriss5309]

Like the good old landline phone

[@wyattchapman1040]

@@summerrr635NO WAY! I audibly gasped when I read that but I guess that’s how it is when a new born and a thirty year old can be in the same generation. As the older sibling it is your OBLIGATION to get them into shape!!!

[@Akuma-qv5zi]

@@wyattchapman1040 what? ?-?

[@giselavazquez9810]

I feel like gen alpha are the ones who do that because they are inferior

[@topatsyn_]

when the ice in the veins question came up and tommy reacted that is the most genuine laugh I had so far

[@Alyssaishunting]

Why is Saige saying "I've never heard a music" so relatable

[@seansilence2697]

I haven't listened to the radio since 2014. So I felt that.

[@CordyBrush]

As someone who studies music... Yeah I haven't listened to radio music since they aired like "Scatman" xD

[@Kavriel]

I have no idea what all of you are talking about.

[@brunixot1]

It’s gives me: I haven’t touch a tech in a long time

[@robinz99]

"We hope we didn't embarrass our Gen Z viewers" Man don't worry about it, I embarrassed myself by doing worse on these questions than millennials. I was just sitting here no thoughts head empty the entire time except for the Robert Pattinson question.

[@accio_hufflepuff3274]

amen

[@trinityw6654]

Yo same, what is even happening with our generation?

[@suchtitown943]

Accurate

[@trentsoto6852]

@@trinityw6654 shiiii

[@eguillotine2026]

Saaaaaaaame

[@sam-ch6hv]

Doing a "how much do we know about Gen Z" video is the most millennial thing ever (apart from Harry Potter)

[@aerlandsson2792]

I'm gen z, and named after a Harry Potter character

[@kaldo_kaldo]

Harry Potter? What about the Goonies?

[@grayskula]

tru

[@kaldo_kaldo]

@Thinking Out Loud Millennials grew up with VHS though, you don't need to have seen it in the theater

[@Lovefilms99]

I love the fact that the year the last movie came out I just turned 11

[@studentfilmed]

11:10, doesn’t it come from the 80’s movie Heathers, about a group of popular girls all called Heather?

[@boop_beep_sheep4876]

Nope! There's a song called Heather that had a rise in popularity a good while back. Basically, the song is about how he wishes he was Heather and he's jealous of her. Hope that helps! :)

[@iamgrapie]

the flat hand phone thing is like the word fetch: it’s never gonna happen

[@extremebenja_]

i feel like its a older gen z vs newer gen z thing

[@Nievsy]

Then newer gen z should get it together you are embarrassing us more than we do to ourselves already

[@IamAlly90]

I think it’s a Gen Alpha thing, the little kids. I asked my four year old to pretend to call me with her hand and she did the flat hand thing. She has a toy rotary phone so idk where I went wrong. 😂

[@kaldo_kaldo]

@@IamAlly90 She probably doesn't associate the toy phone with a real phone like we used to lol. She sees you and everyone else using phones that are flat rectangles

[@kimberlyc6784]

This is a good example of why "generations" don't make much sense 1. no one can agree on when they even start (I always though gen z was 2000) 2. There's such a wide spread of ages so, for example, the phone gesture is wildly inaccurate for most of the generation

[@izzy6388]

Right!? And in like the 80s (for example) nothing really changed that much but from 2000 things change so quickly because of social media etc. that these “generations” should be like every 5 years 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@Sam-fy9vj]

The definition of gen z is the commercialization of the internet. All gen z ers havent known life without it (existing)

[@justinmoore3217]

The dummy with the glasses is so one side he reads one article and he thinks he’s the first gen z umm no the earliest cut off for millennials gen z is like 95 so no youngest millennial cut is latest 00 s it’s like he completely ignored the two girls next to him saying they are all in between

[@rosiepenguin]

@@Sam-fy9vj except a lot of gen z didn't have access to it as a child and even remember using things like vhs so a lot of the assumptions are just untrue

[@JesusRodriguez-rs8jq]

@@justinmoore3217 your name is Justin Moore.. lamest name i ever heard

[@kageyamassimp7819]

“He just hates everything that’s awesome “ NOW THAT IS A GENZ VIBE !!!

[@honk.games1542]

No the gen z vibe is being fucking stupid

[@kageyamassimp7819]

@@honk.games1542 okay boomer 🙄

[@jocelynmiguel3055]

@@honk.games1542 yeah, depends on the context

[@mr_h831]

Not... No? I would've pegged this as a millennial thing.

[@mr_h831]

@@honk.games1542 aaaaaaah, there ya go, that's a gen Z. Lol

[@coolguyhino92]

13:14 She totally thought it was Post Malone

[@jacobhumphrey3535]

When they listed off the top 10 artists on tiktok, and I didn't know more than 3, I felt so dumb, but then nobody knew them.

[@kaldo_kaldo]

Being famous on tiktok is like appearing on the news. Pretty much no one will remember you in a short while. Unless you're the "hide your kids, hide your wife" guy or "ain't nobody got time for that" lady. (ie rare occurrence)

[@ryeleyschlup7320]

I did not know any of them so... ya

[@md.johnson6181]

@@kaldo_kaldo a lot of those artist aren’t only famous from tik tok as most of them are hip hop artist

[@logan3917]

@@kaldo_kaldo like 90% of those people weren’t tik tok stars, they just had an account.

[@alexxhristova]

Yeah, I had no idea who any of these people are.

[@genesis1047]

It's always who is Jack, never How is jack... That single tear says a lot

[@gsleazy1975]

Bro how is Jack tho? He's such a crazy dude 😂

[@ColeHrusovsky]

I'm gen z and I've never seen anyone pretend to hold a phone like that outside of tik tok. I mostly just see them holdint an invisible smart phone to their ear.

[@gingerweasel]

Yeah or they just use a phone case or a remote. I’ve never seen someone use a flat hand lol

[@zac5416]

I've seen my baby cousin do it lol

[@gingerweasel]

@@zac5416 oh my god it’s real??? That’s so wild to me

[@arkady0]

Sounds like they're doing object work. Is it possible all your friends are really into improv?

[@amelie1789]

i think gen alpha does it

[@Joey-kd8lj]

The song Courtney was talking about is actually "Candy Store" from Heathers the Musical, which was insanely popular a few years ago. The musical is based on the movie, but slightly differs because the writers recognised that a certain scene was kinda problematic - not that it still isn't, but maybe a bit less so? I haven't watched it myself.

[@fluffyfox989]

As a mid-2000s gen z, I know almost absolutely NONE OF THESE Edit: now I wanna know who made the quiz.

[@jmarais]

a millennial probably lmao

[@corrodedbatteries228]

This quiz is made by millennials just seeing whats popular in 2020 If i made this i’d talk about vine, minecraft, 6th and 7th gen of game consoles instead of 90% tiktok

[@fruff30]

Never has a generation denied just about everything it's most associated with more than gen'zers. It's like everything about gen z is so "cringe" not even they want to acknowledge just how cringe it is.

[@mr_h831]

I was born 2 months after 9/11. That puts me firmly into gen z. I missed LOADS of these. Honestly what are some of these? 😂

[@mr_h831]

@@corrodedbatteries228 YES Someone who gets me Lol

[@ddoskar]

I'm gen Z and I would have practically guessed none.

[@TurtleTowerOfLife]

same here. except for the one the only "catch me outside, how bout dat!"

[@gaminglegend]

I only listen to 70s and 80s music, so I'm clueless about modern celebs or music

[@gwenethp511]

@@gaminglegend you're so quirky omg

[@JA-ck7lt]

@@gwenethp511 uuhhh how does that make him quirky

[@Mattriarc]

@@JA-ck7lt i think they were being sarcastic lol

[@katiejames2440]

“Heather” is an 80’s term, far from Gen Z. There is an actual 80’s movie called, “Heathers.” Winona Ryder starred in it and it’s amazing. Yes, I’m old.

[@calibananon8370]

Right? I just learned I'm Gen Z but the only reference I have for heather is the heathers from the movie/musical

[@nicolenasca929]

I think it’s a term for both. Like gen z isn’t calling girls heathers because of that movie, they do it because of a song.

[@AMATCHALATTE]

@@stellaeclipse6242 ^

[@Veronicz]

@@stellaeclipse6242 For some reason, that makes me think of “Stacy’s mom has it going on.”

[@ptsdeeznuts]

I though Tommy might know the Heather's movie so I was rooting for him

[@CoffinBoy666]

I was born in 2003 and I grew up literally watching VHS stuff, I also didn't have a smartphone till I was 14 I only had a crappy trackphone. I literally know nothing about my generation so I'm glad you guys knew at least a little bit

[@lunesatnine]

"WHO IS JACK HARLOW?!" -Gen Z and Millenials

[@pranshuagrawal1687]

underrated comment

[@FoxyTheBlaze]

His music = Fire

[@mars-ge9yk]

YA WHO IS HE????

[@justinblakeney3466]

I know Pattinson, and I recognized the meme girl, the rest was just blanks.

[@scoutashworth486]

WHO IS HE

[@eggowaff3379]

My friend went over to me yesterday and said “DONT SAY SHEESH IN SCHOOL DONT. DO. IT.” I’m dying

[@goatmedude]

SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH

[@StCla1re]

SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH

[@Aj_Leigh]

wait wat y

[@nocturnalizzie]

Wait did sheesh become offensive? Or is it just uncool and youths only say it to mock older people?

[@eggowaff3379]

@@nocturnalizzie not offensive just very loud and then everyone repeats it

[@gabiq1233]

i have NEVER seen someone do the “flat hand to the head” phone thing so whoever does that is not ok

[@earth2ravenn]

Never heard of it!

[@Andy-fs6ru]

that phone thing is gen alpha dont associate that with me LMFAO

[@sceptile1801]

Saige: DJ Khaled?? Shayne: THE HANDMAID'S TALE BY DJ KHALEDDDD

[@LudwigOnfroy]

The sisterhood of the traveling pants by DJ KHALID

[@sak-sl1if]

the secret life of bees by DJ KHALID

[@jamesgelep]

The perks of being a wallflower by DJ KHALEDDD

[@dp1698]

"Because smart phones are they only phones they know" Me who still has my old Nokia and a landline, and has used a handle shaped phone many times in my life 👁👄👁

[@fionaxx8645]

im 18, my family still has a landline, and i had a flip phone before i got a smartphone lol

[@Veronicz]

Yeah, neither me or my brother’s first phone was a smartphone.

[@joshcarknee]

That new phone hand sign is more of a Gen Alpha thing than a Gen Z thing I think!

[@dp1698]

@@joshcarknee yeah

[@dennismiller6882]

I miss the old handle phone even though I'm only 18

[@StuartLynx]

Actually the most gen z thing you can do is to straight up look like you're from a different generation. Like full 80s attire.

[@dziabuka1981]

TRUEEE

[@loneberry8905]

The defining factor of gen z isn't growing up with internet or any of that nonsense, it's actually just having an identity crisis?

[@StuartLynx]

@@loneberry8905 nah, I believe that will go away eventually, other generations have had those too.

[@loneberry8905]

@@StuartLynx hmm, actually that would explain the phase my mum when she was my age went through if being a witch... ... So 1600s

[@ladrac198]

As a Gen Z kid born in '99, I knew almost none of these answers, including emojis and things. About the only ones I knew for sure were Space Jam and who Robert Pattinson was.

[@zane2366]

i love every time they finish a card Shane just throws it across the room

[@joannaturner6450]

Ah, a video specifically designed to make us 80's babies feel old as fuck.

[@deater6575]

same for us 91 babies

[@Music1Man2Man3]

I’m 1990 and this is making me feel old as fuck

[@dennisdelathouwer4902]

1990 here din't know nor understand anything of this

[@cactusjones902]

Nah I'm 14 and I knew none of like 2 of these answers

[@TheLastMungebender]

I mean.... almost 40 is pretty old 😂😂

[@marybethmergenthaler2513]

Tommy saying he’s old than being the most relatable and fucking Gen z one of them

[@owenbridgers]

He’s an honorary Gen Z

[@Ka1MyGuy]

I’m upset that they didn’t show John Green for “Hello My Name Is…”

[@certifiednerd542]

OR HANK GREEN OR CARL AZUZ

[@hopearrazola8401]

@@certifiednerd542 NOT CARL AZUZ 💀💀💀

[@certifiednerd542]

@@hopearrazola8401 CARL AZUZ IS ADORED BY GEN Z

[@hopearrazola8401]

@@certifiednerd542 I know I love him 😭😭😭🖐 king

[@ashleyyork6068]

WHO tf is Carl Azuz- Gen Z.

[@geodudegaming123]

Tommy: "I'm really feeling my 28 years" Me: *sits in sad mid 30yo*

[@daveedcue]

I’m not the only one!

[@strangerdanger9395]

34 and i got MAD

[@KeyfurHazze]

Same. 😔

[@sammyw7301]

Same lol

[@ptsdeeznuts]

Literally same...I was like atleast we have Tommy oh I'm still older 😅

[@tacopanda2168]

Yall should do Boy Band Bepordy, One Direction, Jonas Brothers, etc for some reason Court really strikes me as a Directioner

[@snem8594]

ok but this would be so good !!

[@tacopanda2168]

@@snem8594 right?! The categories could be like: songs (contestants could hear like 10 seconds of it), who is this, Bad boy band merch (google 1d toothpaste, it's bad), etc

[@mariel7475]

yes bts, backstreet boys, 5sos, etc.

[@FabiolaRoman96]

I want this at “Stan VS the internet”

[@vampri9243]

YES!

[@TopFloorEricc]

I think this goes to show that the “GenZ” culture is not homogenous. I think every single one of my friends would have recognized Jack Harlow and we’re all GenZ. Meanwhile none of us are really on TikTok so it’s really a diverse culture. That’s the whole point of these new platforms, they facilitate these niche communities with different interests.

[@Noah_Dienstag]

Meanwhile, I've heard his name but have no idea who he is

[@noxmtg7017]

Yeah, I'm older gen z and had no idea who the people were

[@musicsaves71590]

But that's the thing *no* generation's culture is truly homogenous. It only seems that way because it gets popularized and mainstream but there's always subsections within it.

[@jimenagarza6911]

@@Noah_Dienstag same

[@charlesdarwin1564]

I had no clue who any of the celebrities were

[@KurisutofaDK]

I'm from 07 and I legit knew the answer to only one of these questions.

[@TheFinalFarewell]

Wait, I just looked up Space Jam's theatrical release and it was 1996, not post 1997 like it said on the screen. I knew it was older than that, it was in the end of the millennial era

[@dsly4425]

I knew it was 1996 too. And I looked it up just to make sure I wasn’t losing my damn mind.

[@scrooge9531]

@@dsly4425 Same

[@justinmoore3217]

Millennials are early 80s to 00s latest. Gen z starts earliest mid 90s like 1995 so the movie did come out after the first who can be considered gen z(the movie is more in between)

[@justinmoore3217]

90s was definitely gen x era..older millennial childhood era so I wouldn’t say it was the last millennial era more like very start. We’re still in the millennial era in many ways

[@dsly4425]

@@justinmoore3217 the last millenials were considered to be born around 1996 by most standards so Space Jam would have been considered the end of that era. So Smosh was indeed wrong.

[@davidbush8341]

The photo questions to me just felt like "Who is this semi photogenic man?". How the hell should I know?!

[@Infinite_Archive]

Apparently, Gez Z can tell the difference.

[@kennethcoval4970]

@@Infinite_Archive I mean I'm a gen z and I can't, but that might just be me

[@Infinite_Archive]

@@kennethcoval4970 No, don't worry, I can't either.

[@mr_cyberbob]

Oh no.... When Shane showed the picture of Robert Pattinson my mind immediately went "Edward Cullen". Send help.

[@FrogMom48]

Yooo same 😭

[@evanwitke6534]

Help is on the way for you to properly spell Shayne’s name

[@AlphaXenarc]

That’s funny I said Batman 🤔

[@bioloitz]

I went with Edward Norton for some gosh darn reason

[@anastasia-kw1zt]

I went with Cedric Diggory 😅

[@nariokux2]

It would be great if they did a Smosh Summer and Winter Games trivia, for example, who was the winner of the first one? Questions like this

[@raymond-reviews]

I’m younger than Noah, and this game made me feel like a boomer.

[@0aktr]

same😭

[@cassiedice1857]

I'm like 17 and I felt like a Boomer too 😭 I don't even use the Emojis right ig XD

[@stuckonaslide]

im not even old enough to drive and this makes me feel like a middle aged man who bought his first smartphone

[@datboitaco5463]

Same

[@linnvr]

So... your a middle aged man with a cellphone plan..?

[@madebydimiakagreekmachine5822]

What?!? Bro step aside watch when u are 28

[@ladigoos8835]

As a gen z, I don’t know whether to be ashamed or glad I didn’t know any of the “hello my name is” people

[@sean5350]

I knew nothing and wtf was the phone

[@owenbridgers]

@@sean5350 like yeah, no one does that

[@posermatt1293]

@@sean5350 gen alpha which is like 2015/2016 babies do that allegedly- not gen Z. the tiktok video that went popular WITH gen Z audience was probably why they assumed it was gen Z

[@masonjenks7636]

Clearly I’m in the wrong generation because I’m Gen Z and I’m getting every question wrong

[@edboy484]

You should've had a meme explanation category for those memes on like, their third level of convolution that we somehow instinctively just get

[@ZecVal]

...what?

[@cyndilouhoo9116]

Noah: “Olivia...what’s her name..?” Tommy and myself: “...Newton John” Thank you Tommy 😂

[@roush3421]

4:05

[@rizzo2605]

Any other gen Z’s only know 2 of the categories cause they are either alt or don’t with the popular/straight kids culture

[@frog-pocalypse846]

I had no idea who any of the people were.

[@sportidiots6587]

I only knew one category and I’m a gen z

[@idk-just-tea]

I’m just a confused lesbian lmao

[@certifiednerd542]

SHE THOUGHT HEATHER WAS A POPULAR GIRL BECAUSE OF THE CONAN GRAY SONG AND I CRIED

[@The146MoonsOfSaturn]

laughs in furry pansexual

[@chantel2689]

Lmaoooo saige “how is that related to tyga” 😭

[@nobodyasked1912]

I love how most of this is just the straight side of it 😭

[@DeMangoMan]

It ain’t even, it’s just the tiktok shit

[@eeh2812]

but it’s majority straight tiktok

[@DeMangoMan]

@@eeh2812 lmao, Idk tiktok stuff my bad

[@sean5350]

Lad all of this unknown to the straights too

[@eeh2812]

I guess none of us have a clue then

[@MadMK]

gen z here, never once seen someone mimic using the phone like that lmao it’s still very much this motion 🤙 who made this test bc this is a very specific type of gen z and not the average one

[@paolalopez5219]

It was a tiktok of a mother asking her kids and then it became viral, so people started asking their kids... Each had their hands flat 😣

[@nix4114]

yeah its a gen alpha thing

[@chloeesthergallagher8909]

I definitely use the flat phone one and I'm gen z also 15.

[@justchillin2999]

Exactly, i think only the younger gen z use that hand motion, while the older one's literally grew up with flip phones from there parents and there first phones

[@nehakodak]

I’m a gen z and I’ve literally seen no one in my grade so that before. Like ever.

[@charlesadrm1213]

Smosh: 14:08 “Who is Jack Harlow?” Jack Harlow: “surprised Pikachu face.”

[@gsleazy1975]

Ikr? His game is up even got a new balance deal in like a year. Blew up too fast for those bloomers to find out

[@david4rancibia34]

now really, who tf is jack harlow?

[@cassiedice1857]

@@david4rancibia34 fr I wanna know too. Who TF is he?!?

[@mr_h831]

Who is jack Harlow though?

[@Sofia-wh9jr]

I feel like more than Gen Z these questions are more "how much time you are online?". I knew almost all of these (2004) but because I consume a lot of media and im online a lot, so it makes sense

[@perpetualsick]

Fully agree

[@mickeymcdiky]

Courtney: “Can I get When-Z for 100 Alex?” Also Courtney: “👁👄👁”

[@Hftoocute]

I dont get it

[@mickeymcdiky]

Alex as in Alex Trebek

[@redditzilla1536]

@@Hftoocute Alex trebek from jeopardy passed away last year that's why she felt bad after

[@officalgtthunder8356]

*insert Unravel*

[@noragoldsmith1975]

“we hope we don’t embarrass our gen z viewers” there’s no need. just look at us 😭😭

[@godsnintendog]

As a gen z, I’ve never felt more lost

[@corrodedbatteries228]

Shayne: **shows guy** Me a gen z: who the f*ck is this guy?!

[@ariel3923]

I’ve haven’t really watched a video with Saige in it but she won me over with the phrase ‘attack and dethrone God’ She is amazing just like the other members of Smosh

[@nicktheanticlause1313]

Saige: "It's a song" No? I mean, it might be from a song now, but calling popular girls Heather is a reference to the old movie "Heatherss" starring Wynona Rider and Christian Slater.

[@arandommonth765]

i agree that it should be about the movie, but the answer was that they were liked by everyone, not popular. i mean they are popular, just the reason is because they are nice, not the same reasons as the heathers from the movie

[@divyatekumalla7901]

I thought it was in reference to Conan Gray's song called Heather because he says in the song "I wish I were Heather" so it's like Heather is this perfect girl who's liked by everyone

[@aqdr2570]

Most GenZ when they say Heather are referring to the song, though.

[@itsbaz2004]

Gen z is aware of the movie. That’s not where we get our version of the reference from tho

[@chrishansen8119]

Gen Z knows much more about the musical than they do the movie The musical do be bussin though

[@avidanime158]

I'm Gen Z and my first phone was a flip-phone, lowkey those phones were dope and I wouldn't mind having a new one.

[@avidanime158]

My first phone was a flip, I was 2 cuz I got lost at Disneyland so my mom taught me My first smart phone I was 11, I didn't get a real smart phone phone till I was 13

[@lexyhall3033]

My flip phone had Tetris I want it back it was so phone I miss that phone

[@firmanchristiansianturi4794]

I'm Gen Z and my first phone is a Nokia flip phone that instead of vertical, it's horizontal

[@emclaire7027]

I wanted a flip phone so badly when I was 13, I thought they were the coolest thing ever, but sadly my first phone was a couple years later and it was an iPhone 😕

[@jenniferrodriguez9295]

I was that one kid with a government phone and everyone with their iPhone 6 Plus they’d all tell me my phone was a calculator lmao

[@corrodedbatteries228]

Ok.. so im a gen z but i just realized how out of the loop i was with whats popular these days because i did not know some of the references they gave (i don’t do tiktoks and i still listen to daft punk)

[@pattoncase468]

As a Gen Z myself, I can confirm I absolutely failed at this quiz

[@Surgles]

Tommy’s over exaggerated “who?” In response to jack Harlow is dying to be a reaction gif 😅

[@Salma-xq9yr]

I genuinely think that I would've only gotten like 4 of these right. Alsoooo the kids who hold their hands the right way (the way you would if you were to hold up "hang loose") are Gen Z. Those who hold their hand clawed are generation Alpha

[@poisonnote6860]

EXACTLY

[@Cre8tive_Always]

I literally only got 4 right, but I wagered so little in the final round I still somehow managed to beat all of them?

[@evelynrobinson9946]

Shane describing men’s love of Robert Patterson makes me, for some reason. Really happy. I don’t know why.

[@Collcroc123]

13:12 I thought that was SkyDoesMinecraft for a second lol, now THAT's a Gen Z figure.

[@sams_not_here]

.....who-

[@taliarossit701]

@@sams_not_here well his name is Sky, and he does minecraft

[@MASS-MISCHIEF]

@@sams_not_here a minecraft youtuber who was popular with the older half of genZ a number of years ago

[@YNEA.]

@@sams_not_here ......

[@makennahanna1402]

i love courtney’s hair, i think it suits her

[@drdestroyit760]

I do too

[@flykecalaza1257]

Only you

[@till.3005]

they just recently cut it again though :/ but it looks good!!!

[@sofialetta103]

The Tokyo Ghoul playing when Courtney said "for 50 Alex" 😂✋

[@theacecrafts]

if you don't know why Courtney said its sad, Its Because that He Died. So retract that "😂✋" And Show some respect.

[@starryanxiety]

Don't let this human that commented get to you. If you look at their page you'll see it's just troll comments.

[@nyxseason]

@@theacecrafts imagine dying lmaoo

[@justchillin2999]

I died when i heard it😭😭

[@bronwenwieman3389]

I love that Conan Gray was sort of named in smosh, so proud of him 🥲

[@IceMetalPunk]

"Can I even name another? Good question: Garfield the cat." 😂 Tommy's comedic delivery is always on point 👌

[@bowssanderos]

As an early Gen-Z kid (2001), I'm telling you right now I would've failed this game.

[@jennadeagle5394]

Same but I was born in early (January) 2000

[@ellie_grace_gymnast7720]

I was born in 2001 too

[@nategwright]

Mid '02, still not much better. This shit is still going over our heads.

[@ellie_grace_gymnast7720]

@Zak Bern ???

[@AndrewSchlegel]

98

[@aislinnbail5346]

Today is the day I learned I’m on the millennial side of “zillennial”

[@Nuggets-in-paris]

Shayne: "Ten kills on the board right now just wiped out tomato town, my friends just got down" are the lyrics to a parody of what song by what artist Me: chug jug with u by levitation Saige: American boy by Kanye west Me: oh

[@sirnicholasdemimsy-porping4592]

Sammee😭😭

[@harrycollinson7318]

“Umm, drivers licence” Proceeds to beat her own record with good 4 u

[@MG-hm9yt]

i don’t trust anyone who does the flat hand as a phone. i still do 🤙🏼

[@bakugokatsuki48]

When you're genZ but you don't know most of the answers💀

[@Hftoocute]

Ikr I'm over here not knowing shit

[@aaliyahroberts1746]

exactly do people really do the hand phone thing?? that looks stupid even as someone who only uses smartphones…

[@alyssapreza]

@@aaliyahroberts1746 I’m pretty only the younger kids do that I’m 16 and I do the 🤙 one

[@ilyssahagood8387]

Yes

[@eurydice72]

Bestie get on tik tok

[@livv9070]

As part of gen z, I’m very happy to say that the only questions I answered correctly are the one about Heather, the dice role, and the when did we get a smartphone one.

[@homiebob6160]

oh wow you’re so quirky and not like other girls

[@owenbridgers]

I have never once rolled dice like that lol

[@thatonespoon_]

I'VE BEEN INSISTING THAT "ZILLENIAL" NEEDS TO BE MORE OF A THING COURTNEY I SEE YOU!!!

[@deadsimmer2477]

Well actually I’ve seen Centennials before but I can’t really pronounce it. I guess Zillenial would maybe be better, way easier to say.

[@emilysnow2327]

There is a Facebook group called Born Zillenials for people that are on the line. It's awesome cuz we mostly just get real nostalgic about stuff

[@draisens]

oh. If I'm not mistaken, this is one of the first occasions where we see Saige on Smosh Pit.

[@draisens]

@@sidlolyt oh. Indeed. My bad.

[@Veronicz]

@@sidlolyt They did say one of the first.

[@Memecious]

Who else literally feels like KZbin is their best friend during Covid?

[@theoctaviousrex]

yes

[@sarcoboi12v3]

Churros 😋

[@michelle19000]

Me for sure

[@kaitlynnangel7243]

Depressing but yes.

[@ChrisJohnLikesStuff]

Been my best friend since 2006 because I’m a 35 year old dude who’s friends all left him behind Jesus Christ this got dark I’m sorry let’s have a great day everybody!

[@cabybara3356]

I got my first phone when I was 12 just before I went to high-school and just before Christmas. Apparently I was “uncool” for not having a phone during year 6. I also think it’s quite ridiculous that some kids get a phone at like 8 years old now