I have an unwanted quicktime movie playing in the background.

I was watching a youtube iMovie video.  I quit QuiickTime Player, but a little later it started to play again. It is still playing, but QT Player is not running. I have checked every browser tab I have open. I have checked Finder and it is not showing anything.
I restarted and the youtube started up again. All I can figure is I have a ghost in my iMac. I am totally puzzled.

Cycle through open applications by holding the Command (⌘) key down while pressing the Tab key. Each press of the tab key selects the next open app in sequence.
From that interface you can quit the open app by releasing only the Tab key and pressing the Q key.

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