Safer Internet Day 2021 Quiz

You’re watching a livestream of a popular gamer. They keep showing a cool new headset they’ve got and talking about how everyone should have one. They post a link in the chat where you can buy it too. What do you do?

• Trust the gamer’s advice – they’re an expert after all and click on the link to buy it.

• Do some research and read some reviews to see how other people rate the headset, before buying it.

• Stick with the headset you already own for now – it works fine, and you’d rather take your time instead of rushing into a new purchase

You see a news headline online about two of your favourite internet stars having a ‘feud’ and falling out after recently working together. What do you do?

• Click on the article to find out more and check a couple of other places to see if they’re reporting the same thing.

• Click on the article to see what it says, then share the link with your friends.

• Message your friends immediately – this is big news!

You watch a funny prank video where a man has tricked his partner into thinking he’s chopped off his finger and decide to share it with your cousin, who replies, “Haha – they’re good actors but this is definitely fake!” What do you do?

• Scroll through the comments to see whether other people think the prank was faked and watch some of their other videos to see if you can find any other clues the prank might be faked

• Message your cousin saying they’re wrong – what would be the point in faking a prank video?

• Report the video – they shouldn’t be allowed to post fake pranks!

There’s an exciting new dance trend that’s gone viral and everyone is trying it out. You’re supposed to post the video of your first attempt, but when you watch yours back it doesn’t look as good as the others you have seen. What do you do?

• Keep practising off camera and post a video when you’ve got better, pretending it’s your first go.

• Post your first attempt with a laughing emoji, then keep practising and post another one when you’ve improved

• Comment on all the other videos accusing them of lying about it being their first attempts and make sure everyone knows that the trend can’t be trusted.

You receive a direct message from a close friend with a picture of some designer sunglasses that say 50% off and a long link to a website you don’t recognise. What do you do?

• Click on the link – your friend would only send you something they think you might be interested in.

• Send the link to someone else to see if they think the offer is real or not.

• Contact the friend who sent you the message another way and ask them if they sent it and where the link goes.

You’ve been chatting with an online friend for several months after you met on a fan page for a band you both like. They’ve just announced a concert coming up and you’re desperate to go. Your friend messages asking if you want to go together – they’ll even pay for your ticket! What do you do?

• Agree to go with them! You’ve been chatting for ages and it’s nice to have a friend who likes the same things as you.

• Speak to your parents, a teacher or another adult you trust about what your friend has offered.

• Send them your phone number so you can speak about the plan more before deciding.

One of your favourite YouTubers is hosting a giveaway and you really want to enter. What do you do?

• Check the instructions carefully and weigh up whether what you have to do to enter is worth the possibility of winning the prize.

• Follow the instructions straightaway to give you the best chance of winning.

• Ignore it – you never win anything anyway!

A friend from school sends you a message. It tells a creepy story and then says that if you don’t send it on to five people in the next 5 minutes then something terrible will happen. What do you do?

• Send a message to five of your friends, telling them not to read the next message and then forward the creepy story to them so nothing terrible happens.

• A Speak to an adult about what the message said and then delete it, without sharing it on.

• Send an angry message to your friend about sending annoying messages.