By THE NEW YORKER
Illustration by Amanda Berglund
Culturally speaking, the twenty-tens were an age of abundance—of proliferating streaming services and “peak TV,” of Twitter and Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. And it wasn’t just new media: books are as abundant as ever, the supposed death of print be damned. All of this may test our cultural recall: How can we make sense of an era that we struggle even to remember? Here’s an actual test to get you started. Sift through the rubble of the past ten years, and see if any of it looks familiar.
Which happened first?
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Which TV show premièred first?
“Girls”
“Game of Thrones”
“Scandal”
“Orange Is the New Black”
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Which TV finale aired first?
“Mad Men”
“Parks and Recreation”
“30 Rock”
“Breaking Bad”
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Which acquisition happened first?
Yahoo buys Tumblr
Facebook buys Instagram
Amazon buys Whole Foods
Apple buys Beats by Dr. Dre
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Which product was discontinued first?
Google Goggles
Google Plus
Google Reader
Google Buzz
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Who was charged first?
Elizabeth Holmes
Billy McFarland
Lori Loughlin and her husband
Anna Sorokin, a.k.a. Anna Delvey
Who is this?
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Beyoncé / YouTube
Beyoncé in the video for “Sorry”
Beyoncé in the video for “Formation”
Beyoncé in the video for “Hold Up”
Beyoncé in the video for “Apeshit”
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Photograph from Alamy
Keanu Reeves in “John Wick”
Keanu Reeves in “John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum”
Keanu Reeves in “Destination Wedding”
Keanu Reeves in “Keanu”
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Louise Linton
Elizabeth Holmes
Jerry Hall
Tinsley Mortimer
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Photograph from Collection Christophel / Mike Zoss Productions / Alamy
Channing Tatum in “Magic Mike”
Channing Tatum in “Magic Mike XXL”
Channing Tatum in “Hail, Caesar!”
Channing Tatum in “22 Jump Street”
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Pepsi
Kylie Jenner
Kendall Jenner
Bella Hadid
Gigi Hadid
What work of art does this review describe?
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“Absolutely no quarter is given to the ill-informed; the first scene is set in an undesignated patch of outer space, where some masked moaner yaks on in a rich and threatening baritone.”
“Ad Astra”
“Gravity”
“The Avengers”
“Interstellar”
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“A catalyst and an irritant, funny and kinky and helplessly provocative, it was a tiny show that cast a huge shadow.”
“Girls”
“Transparent”
“Broad City”
“Enlightened”
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“He mines his past, not as a reason to change but as rationalization for his worst behavior.”
“Views,” by Drake
“My Struggle,” by Karl Ove Knausgaard
“Café Society,” directed by Woody Allen
“Yeezus,” by Kanye West
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“The series, for all its good looks and its movie-star charisma, isn’t just using dorm-room deep talk as a come-on: it has fallen for its own sales pitch.”
“House of Cards”
“The Leftovers”
“Mr. Robot”
“True Detective”
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“A final irony is coiled in the novel’s title, the biggest reversal, a shift in perspective that has taken a whole novel to effect.”
“Asymmetry,” by Lisa Halliday
“My Brilliant Friend,” by Elena Ferrante
“Mislaid,” by Nell Zink
“Trust Exercise,” by Susan Choi
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“In the era of streaming singles, she is the rare young star who still worships at the altar of the album, an old-fashioned instinct that serves her surprisingly well.”
“Reputation,” by Taylor Swift
“Invasion of Privacy,” by Cardi B
“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,” by Billie Eilish
“A Seat at the Table,” by Solange
Who sang this?
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“Running out of pages in your passport / Hanging with some girls I've never seen before”
Robyn
Solange
Drake
Miguel
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“I said, excuse me you're a hell of a guy / I mean my, my, my, my you're like pelican fly / I mean, you're so shy and I'm loving your tie”
Young M.A
Nicki Minaj
Cardi B
Megan Thee Stallion
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“But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece”
Lorde
Miley Cyrus
Future
M.I.A.
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“You gotta go and get angry at all of my honesty”
Kanye West
Katy Perry
Eminem
Justin Bieber
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“You took my heart and my keys and my patience”
Beyoncé
Rihanna
Charlie Puth
Ariana Grande
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“Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal”
Pitbull
Rebecca Black
One Direction
Black Eyed Peas
Who tweeted this?
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Twitter
Kanye West
Elon Musk
Donald Trump
Dril
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Twitter
Piers Morgan
Sean Spicer
Chuck Grassley
Dril
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Twitter
Justin Bieber
Chuck Grassley
Rihanna
Dril
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Twitter
Stephen Baldwin
Donald Trump
Kanye West
Dril
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Twitter
Horse_ebooks
Chuck Grassley
Cher
Dril
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Twitter
Lindsey Graham
Megan Amram
Stephen Baldwin
Dril
Which book cover is this?
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Anchor Books; cover design by Cardon Webb
“The Martian,” by Andy Weir
“Just Kids,” by Patti Smith
“The Flamethrowers,” by Rachel Kushner
“A Little Life,” by Hanya Yanagihara
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Alfred A. Knopf; cover design by Abby Weintraub
“Between the World and Me,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Americanah,” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“At Last,” by Edward St. Aubyn
“The Argonauts,” by Maggie Nelson
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux; cover design by Charlotte Strick
“10:04,” by Ben Lerner
“Station Eleven,” by Emily St. John Mandel
“Annihilation,” by Jeff VanderMeer
“Open City,” by Teju Cole
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux; cover design by Rodrigo Corral; illustration by Matt Buck
“The Underground Railroad,” by Colson Whitehead
“The Bone Clocks,” by David Mitchell
“The Sellout,” by Paul Beatty
“A Visit from the Goon Squad,” by Jennifer Egan
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Henry Holt and Co.; cover design by David Shoemaker
“The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.,” by Adelle Waldman
“Outline,” by Rachel Cusk
“Little Fires Everywhere,” by Celeste Ng
“My Year of Rest and Relaxation,” by Ottessa Moshfegh
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Riverhead Books; cover design by Rachel Willey
“Conversations With Friends,” by Sally Rooney
“Crazy Rich Asians,” by Kevin Kwan
“Gold Fame Citrus,” by Claire Vaye Watkins
“Swing Time,” by Zadie Smith
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