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15 questions · Published February 10, 2025
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- Multiple Choice
1. Which longtime MTV veejay hosted the daily music video countdown series "Total Request Live" from 1998 to 2003?
FUN FACT
Carson Daly attended the same Southern California high school as Robert Downy Jr. and Sean Penn.
- Multiple Choice
2. Which 1980s Michael J. Fox movie did MTV reimagine into a six-season series in 2011?
MTV's reimagined "Teen Wolf," which won thirteen Teen Choice Awards over the course of six seasons, was much darker in tone than the 1985 Michael J. Fox film that inspired it.
- Multiple Choice
3. What professional skateboarder hosts MTV's ridiculously-rerun comedy clip show "Ridiculousness"?
For one week in June 2020 MTV aired episodes of "Ridiculousness," hosted by professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek, for 113 hours out of a possible 168, and two months later they aired the show continuously for one 36-hour period.
- Fill In The Blank
4. The first ever music video aired on MTV was "Video ______ the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" came out in 1979 almost two years to the day before MTV launched in August 1981.
- Multiple Choice
5. Which grunge rock frontman famously donned a bright-yellow ball gown for his 1991 appearance on "Headbanger's Ball"?
When asked about his outfit by host Riki Rachtman, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain responded, "Well, it's a ball. It's 'Headbanger's Ball,' so I thought I'd wear a gown."
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