Are You a Millennial or Generation Z?

By: Tasha Moore
Estimated Completion Time
6 min
Are You a Millennial or Generation Z?
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About This Quiz

Were you talking "coupon" or "diversity" lingo out the womb? Immerse your thoughts in this generational challenge to see what these keywords mean. And if you're not feeling the keywords thing, you're probably from generations that experienced simpler, non-tech times. All generations have made significant accomplishments in this complex life. Let's sort out who did what, shall we?

You're a Millennial or have Millennial tendencies if you could text before you could write. You're Generation Z, or Gen Z, if you texted before you could talk. Gen Zs are usually the offspring of Millennials, so since birth, they have learned their futuristic culture know-how from the techie source. If you haven't noticed as yet, technology is what defines these two generations best, just like major international conflicts amidst times of increased plenty defines the Baby Boomer generation. 

A baby boomer may not know much about tagging and sharing on social media, but pull up a chair and lend your ear whenever you younger generations out there are awarded the occasion to speak with baby boomers about practical finance or proper ways to balance work with interpersonal relationships. And speaking of leisure, no generational analysis challenge would be complete without including Generation X, those who seem to be caught in a pleasant purgatory between their awesome boomer parents and equally awesome Millennials.

Peep how the Gen Xers deal with their mid-generational status. Find out where and how your own era tendencies linger!

1 technology
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Is technology pivotal to your human existence?
Only if I can play vintage Super Mario Bros.
Technology is the bane of my human existence.
Only if it helps my endgame plans
Tech: There's no other existence.

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2 internet
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Remember the days before the internet?
"If I could turn back time, if I could find a way ... " to silence all notifications for good.
Yeah, people went out a lot more.
That's a question for Methuselah. LOL!
Yeah. Gaming was much more fun with just a few players.

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3 birthday
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If you subtract five years from your age, would you still be an adult?
No sir, no ma'am.
Barely
Hmm, let's see ... carry the 6, divide by 3 ... This is a head-scratcher. Can I use scrap paper for this one?
Keep subtracting. I like this game!

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4 bread loaf
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What's your favorite part of a bread loaf?
Mayo
My favorite part is the bread.
Eat the middle, toss the ends.
Artisan only, please

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5 graduation
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You forgot to take pics of your friend's high school graduation to post to your profile. Now what?
I guess my friend is doomed to repeat high school.
Just forget it ever happened.
Now, that would have been quite rude to stop the ceremony to have everyone smile and say "CHEESE" at the same time!
"Share to Your Story," duh!?

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6 college
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How many years of school are you planning to endure?
I'll never stop going to school.
Not another second of that place, please
"Indoor"? No, sometimes you have to leave the books alone and go outdoor. Live a little!
It'd be too many. I'd need school to learn how to go to school again.

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7 elevator
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You enter an elevator to find another person there. What is the first thing that you do?
I say, "Good morning," "good afternoon," or "goodnight" just like I practiced it.
Take a selfie
Recite lyrics from my rap demo
Look extremely annoyed

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8 stress relief
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What's your preferred way to relieve stress?
Stress can be relieved? Wow!
Super Mario Bros. Water World is like a vacation for my stressed-out thumbs.
Delete that glitchy stress app and give it a bad review. Problem solved!
Pinochle

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9 glass half full
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Fill a drinking glass to the rim, then pour out half. What do you have left?
There's barely anything nothing left!
Halfsies!
A funny aftertaste
Glass half full

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10 lol
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Your parents tell you to clean your room. You yell out the letters L-O-L! What happens next?
Grounded
Phooey! I'd never have talked back to my parents!
Pizza! And "Y-I-W-L-W" gets me ice cream. Dunno what all that means but it's delicious!
If my parents tell me to clean my room today, I'd need a priest and some holy water.

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11 bank account
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If you have a total of $10 in your bank account, do you spend it all on apps?
Only a total of $10 in my bank account? I'm not leaving the house to buy any apps! What if emergencies arise?
I must have the latest apps on my phone!
Only if the waiter throws in extra ranch for the wings
If you're paying for apps, you're paying too much.

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12 online sale
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There's an online sale: Buy one pair of underwear and get the next 10 for free. Can you believe it?
Sold! I'll sell the other pairs for more money ... after I've worn them all.
What a deal! I can't stand in line for too long, though.
Sold! I'll wear every pair at one time and take a selfie before I return them.
Sold! I'll sell the other pairs for more money. Repeat! Cha-ching!

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13 working
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Finish this phrase: "Workin' nine-to-five ..."
That might not be such a bad idea.
"What a way to make a livin'!"
That might not be such a good idea.
No!

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14 salary asipritions
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State the amount of money you dreamed of making when you were a child.
All the money in the world!
All the savings in the world!
One thousand gold Super Mario coins
Enough just to get by

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15 church
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Who did you go to church with last Sunday?
My entire family
Beyonce
My dog
Myself

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16 multilingual friends
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How many of your friends speak more than one language?
Is "emoji" a language?
More than five
My friends barely speak English, let alone another language.
Zero

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17 city council
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If you were nominated to serve in your town's city council, would you accept the nomination?
Is that like the president or something?
Oh, gosh! Keep my name out of your electoral mouth, please?!
It'd be an honor to serve my fellow citizens.
Oh, yaas! I get free parking!

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18 best skill
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Is there anyone that can top you at your best skill?
Outside of internet-land, I'm a swell contender!
Nope! What's a "skill?" Is that like the backstroke?
Blasphemy! Never!
There probably is.

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19 working hard
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What does this sentence mean? "To work more than two jobs is too much work."
Oh no, I'm just getting started!
Especially during retirement!
What's up with all the "2's"?
Amen!

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20 lake swimming
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Are you the type that dives head first into random lakes?
Feet first
Selfie first
"Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to."
Health insurance first

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21 retirement
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What's the first thing on your bucket list for retirement?
When I retire, I want to get a job.
When I retire, I want to keep my job.
Been there, done that!
When I retire, I want to not work at all.

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22 buying a home
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What are your plans for buying a first home?
A second home is too much work.
No plans for that
My parents equal my first-home plans.
First, I plan to get internet-famous ...

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23 family
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Do you want to start a big family?
Don't start!
I'll start with my adorable Pomeranian.
I don't want to start that again.
My parents already started that.

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25 watching tv
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How do you like to watch television shows?
8K all day, baby!
Is this a trick question? On the TV, darn it!
The bigger the screen, the better the show
On the smallest phone possible ... after I finish my work, of course.

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25 vietnam
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Tell us what these letters mean to you: N-A-M.
Not Any More
I don't know anymore.
You want my first or my last "nam"?
Vietnam

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26 flowers
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Describe how your generation feels about flowers.
We're the flower generation.
Dig them up, lay concrete, re-plant over concrete. #NewNature
Oh, that's what smells so bad!
We wake up when we smell them.

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27 sky
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"It's a bird, it's a plane, it's ________."
Too high in the sky for me to care
Superman!
Batman! Dunna nunna nunna nunna ...
Air pollution!

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28 fast food
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What's the best invention that your generation can't get enough of?
Dollar menu!
Me!
Color TV!
Sleep!

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29 game show
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Name the first thing that comes to mind when you hear: "Family Feud"
Steve Harvey
What is "Bob Barker" for $200, Alex?
We're gonna go with Richard Dawson.
"Richard" who?

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30 coupons
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What should you never use a coupon to buy?
Other coupons; it's a logistical nightmare!
No such thing!
Never use a coupon, so you don't have to worry about it.
Slot machine coins; it's a logistical nightmare.

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