Throw It Back with MTV & VH1 Trivia
1.
What was the first video MTV played?
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Radio Killed the Video Star
2.
What was the first game show on MTV?
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Remote Control
3.
Who hosted the MTV show "Headbanger's Ball" for the majority if the show's run?
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Riki Rachtman
4.
Who was the original host of the MTV show "Total Request Live"?
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Carson Daly
5.
Which former "American Idol" judge won four awards at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards?
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Paula Abdul
6.
Johnny Knoxville became a celebrity for hosting which MTV reality show?
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Jackass
7.
Who created the animated MTV show "Beavis and Butthead"?
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Mike Judge
8.
Who had a "wardrobe malfunction" at the MTV-produced Superbowl halftime show in 2004?
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Janet Jackson
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What was the name of the first reality show shown on MTV?
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The Real World
10.
Who interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards?
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Kanye West
11.
What was the name of the VH1 show that featured bubbles of trivia during a music video?
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Pop-Up Video
12.
Which VH1 show was lampooned on Saturday Night Live during the famous "cowbell" sketch?
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Behind the Music
13.
The VH1 show "Rock of Love" featured which rocker searching for love?
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Bret Michaels
14.
Which act was the VH1 Rock Honors 2008 sole inductee?
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The Who
15.
Tiffany Pollard, star of the VH1 show "I Love New York", was first featured on which show?
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Flavor of Love
16.
The VH1 show "My Fair Brady" followed the life of which former "Brady Bunch" star"?
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Christopher Knight
17.
The VH1 founded Save The Music Foundation was created for which cause?
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Music Education
18.
Which artist organized the concert "Live Aid", the 16-hour event that MTV aired in 1985?
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Bob Geldof
19.
Which artist, featured on MTV's "Unplugged", won three Grammys for "Tears in Heaven"?
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Eric Clapton
20.
Which MTV show won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program in 2002?
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The Osbournes
21.
The MTV show "The Hills" takes place in which city?
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Los Angeles
22.
Who sang "I Want My MTV" on the Dire Straits song "Money For Nothing"?
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Sting
23.
Which former Monkee member created the show "PopClips", the precursor to MTV?
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Michael Nesmith
24.
Who was the creator and host of the MTV show "Punk'd"?
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Ashton Kutcher
25.
Which pizza delivery company pulled it's ads from the MTV show "Jersey Shore"?
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Domino's
26.
Which video won the award for Video of the Year at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards?
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Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
27.
"Strange Love" is a VH1 show about the relationship between Flavor Flav and which actress?
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Brigitte Nielsen
28.
According to "VH1's Most Awesomely Bad Songs EVER", what is the #1 song?
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Starship's "We Built This City"
29.
Which artist was featured in the first episode of the VH1 show "Behind the Music"?
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Milli Vanilli
30.
In what music video did Courtney Cox get pulled out of the audience to dance on stage?
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Dancing in the Dark
31.
In which location was the first season of the MTV show "The Real World" filmed?
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New York City
32.
What is the name of the quirky brunette that was one of the first MTV VJ's?
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Martha Quinn
33.
What was the second video ever aired on MTV?
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You Better Run
34.
Which video won the Video of the Year award at the first Video Music Awards in 1984?
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You Might Think
35.
Which comedian earned a "lifetime ban" from MTV for his appearance on the 1989 MTV VMAs?
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Andrew "Dice" Clay
36.
Who created the Cable Music Channel, the forerunner of the network VH1?
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Turner Broadcasting
37.
Adrianne Curry, featured on the show "My Fair Brady", was a winner of which reality show?
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America's Next Top Model
38.
The first episode of the VH1 show "Celebrity Paranormal Project" featured which star?
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Gary Busey
39.
In what year was the first "VH1 Divas" concert aired?
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1998
40.
Who was the host of the MTV game show "Remote Control"?
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Ken Ober
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