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I Want My MTV Music Quiz
MTV's precursor was a late 1970s TV show called Popclips - which star created it?
Sting (The Police)
Mike Nesmith (The Monkees)
Kevin Godley (10cc)
Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
The first music video played on MTV was Video Killed The Radio Star - who sang it?
The Buggles
M
Queen
The Art of Noise
Which Dire Straits song opens with Sting singing "I want my MTV"?
Twisting by the Pool
Industrial Disease
Money for Nothing
Sultans of Swing
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
In 1983, which film became the first to supply MTV with promotional clips?
Fame
Footloose
Flashdance
Risky Business
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
In 1993, MTV made its first animated show for adults - what was it?
Robot Chicken
Dr Katz
Beavis and Butthead
South Park
In 2001, MTV launched its MTV Icon award - who was the first recipient?
Michael Jackson
Madonna
Janet Jackson
Aerosmith
In 2002, MTV launched its first reality show - The Osbournes. Who starred in it?
Ozzy, Sonya, Kelly and Jack
Ozzy, Sharon, Aimee and Jack
Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Bud
Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack
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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