I Want My MTV Music Quiz
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MTV's precursor was a late 1970s TV show called Popclips - which star created it?
Mike Nesmith (The Monkees)
Kevin Godley (10cc)
Sting (The Police)
Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
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The first music video played on MTV was Video Killed The Radio Star - who sang it?
The Buggles
M
Queen
The Art of Noise
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Which Dire Straits song opens with Sting singing "I want my MTV"?
Twisting by the Pool
Industrial Disease
Money for Nothing
Sultans of Swing
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In 1982, MTV banned its first music video, a clip made for the song Body Language by whom?
Olivia Newton-John
Queen
Madonna
Samantha Fox
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In 1983, which film became the first to supply MTV with promotional clips?
Fame
Footloose
Flashdance
Risky Business
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The MTV shuttle launch ID played every hour from MTV's start until the Challenger space shuttle disaster - in what year?
1983
1984
1985
1986
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In 1993, MTV made its first animated show for adults - what was it?
Dr Katz
Beavis and Butthead
South Park
Robot Chicken
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In 2001, MTV launched its MTV Icon award - who was the first recipient?
Michael Jackson
Madonna
Janet Jackson
Aerosmith
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In 2002, MTV launched its first reality show - The Osbournes. Who starred in it?
Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Bud
Ozzy, Sharon, Aimee and Jack
Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack
Ozzy, Sonya, Kelly and Jack
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What is the most played music video of all time on MTV?
Madonna's Vogue
Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer
A-ha's Take on Me
Michael Jackson's Thriller
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