#8986, aired 2023-12-04 | BRITISH BANDS $600: Liam Gallagher heckled his brother Noel at an "MTV Unplugged" show for this British band Oasis |
#8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $800: (I'm Hans Zimmer.) Before scoring films I could be seen tickling the ivories on this new wave classic by The Buggles, the first ever video on MTV "Video Killed The Radio Star" |
#8948, aired 2023-10-11 | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE $600: This "SNL" icon: "N.Y.'s hottest club is whimsy... this place has everything ... kufi hats, congas, MTV's Dan Cortese..." Stefon |
#8908, aired 2023-07-05 | BORN ON THE 5th OF JULY $200: Paul Delvecchio Jr., born July 5, 1980, became a Garden State housemate as Pauly D on this MTV show in 2009 Jersey Shore |
#8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A BOX OF MATCHES $1200: This claymation series on MTV featured famous people in wrestling matches, often with gory results Celebrity Death Match |
#8795, aired 2023-01-27 | TV TIME $600: 2021 saw the return of this MTV classic, with stars like Martha Stewart & Michael Blackson showing us their homes Cribs |
#8736, aired 2022-11-07 | THAT '70s OR '80s SHOW $600: Hollywood folklore says NBC's Brandon Tartikoff scribbled down a quick note--"MTV cops"--which led to this hit '80s show Miami Vice |
#8633, aired 2022-05-04 | THE REALITY OF TV $800: The 2021 "Homecoming" of the L.A. season of this '90s MTV show had the cast including David & Tami relive the blanket incident The Real World |
#8592, aired 2022-03-08 | REALITY SHOW SPIN-OFFS $1000: "The Hills" on MTV Laguna Beach |
#8569, aired 2022-02-03 | DATING THE REALITY SHOW $1000: Punning on a vodka drink, MTV's "Ex" here has reality stars trying to find new love while dealing with past lovers Ex on the Beach |
#8513, aired 2021-11-17 | 1985 IN ENTERTAINMENT $800: An alternative to MTV for the more mature viewer, it launched on New Year's Day with Marvin Gaye singing the national anthem VH1 |
#8475, aired 2021-09-24 | CHANNEL $400: Where Whitesnake & ZZ Top once ruled, this channel now has "Revenge Prank" & "Jersey Shore: Family Vacation" MTV |
#8456, aired 2021-08-02 | FROM TV TO FILM $1000: Futuristic assassin Aeon Flux, who started on an animated series on MTV, came to the movies played by this actress Charlize Theron |
#8397, aired 2021-05-11 | TV TITLE ANIMALS $600: Nev & Kamie help people figure out if their online loves are real on this MTV show Catfish |
#8381, aired 2021-04-19 | EMCEE $2000: This singer & actress from the movie "Hustlers" hosted the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards Keke Palmer |
#8378, aired 2021-04-14 | 3-NAMED CELEBRITIES $400: In 2020 the MTV Movie & TV Awards honored this "Halloween" actress as the greatest scream queen of all time Jamie Lee Curtis |
#8376, aired 2021-04-12 | COUNTING ON TELEVISION $1600: "16 and Pregnant" on this cable channel follows the trials & tribulations of young women unexpectedly expecting MTV |
#8328, aired 2021-02-03 | TV & MOVIE PAIRS $800: Mike Judge voiced this title pair of crude animated teens during their run on MTV that began in 1993 Beavis & Butt-Head |
#8328, aired 2021-02-03 | "UN"-TERTAINMENT $2000: As the name suggests, bands play acoustic sets on this MTV series Unplugged |
#8292, aired 2020-12-01 | TV $400: (Dax Shepard presents the clue.) One of my first jobs in show biz was helping Ashton Kutcher with his pranks on this MTV show Punk'd |
#8235, aired 2020-06-12 | PLAYING THE VILLAIN $400: Dennis Hopper won a Best Villain MTV Movie Award for menacing a bus in this film Speed |
#8088, aired 2019-11-06 | REALITY SHOW BREAKOUTS $600: Johnny Knoxville can thank the bruises & broken bones from this MTV show he co-created for his film career Jackass |
#8077, aired 2019-10-22 | 21st CENTURY TELEVISION $600: Justin Timberlake & Frankie Muniz were the first 2 victims on this MTV prank show Punk'd |
#8072, aired 2019-10-15 | POP CULTURE $400: This reality show returned to MTV in 2019, with Spencer & Heidi now parents The Hills |
#8052, aired 2019-09-17 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: Cardi B won Best New Artist at these MTV awards in 2018 the VMAs (Video Music Awards) |
#8044, aired 2019-07-25 | TV SPINOFFS $400: This animated MTV series about 2 high school numbskulls featured a cynical female foil named Daria, who got her own series Beavis and Butthead |
#8008, aired 2019-06-05 | NEW ON TV IN THE YEAR 2000 $1200: We couldn't look away from the stunts on "Jackass" on this cable channel MTV |
#7872, aired 2018-11-27 | TROPHY HUNTER $600: Kevin Hart called this network's Golden Popcorn trophy "the heaviest award that you can receive" MTV |
#7869, aired 2018-11-22 | PIONEERING TELEVISION $800: Decades before MTV & "TRL", there was this Dick Clark music show that made you want to dance American Bandstand |
#7866, aired 2018-11-19 | TYLER, THE CREATOR $1200: This actor created a lot of howls playing Scott McCall on MTV's "Teen Wolf" Tyler Posey |
#7860, aired 2018-11-09 | PRIMETIME TV $2000: This MTV series "Chronicled" the fantasy exploits of Wil, Amberle & Eretria, who fight evil The Shannara Chronicles |
#7839, aired 2018-10-11 | CARTOON FEMALES $1000: In 2005 Charlize Theron brought this animated futuristic MTV secret agent to the big screen Aeon Flux |
#7779, aired 2018-06-07 | PRINCE $1200: (Jimmy of Clue Crew presents from Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota.) One of the first videos by a black artist to get regular airplay on MTV was this one, inspired by a pink Mercury Marauder; Prince was vaulted into superstardom as the song rode up the charts "Little Red Corvette" |
#7626, aired 2017-11-06 | STARS' INITIAL SHOWS $2000: Adam Sandler & Denis Leary, late '80s:
"R.C." on MTV Remote Control |
#7597, aired 2017-09-26 | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS $800: The Moonman is the statuette coveted at these MTV awards the VMAs (or the Video Music Awards) |
#7573, aired 2017-07-12 | TURN ON YOUR HEAVY METAL DEFECTOR $2000: In October 1996 Axl Rose faxed MTV (how '90s is that!) that this guitarist had not been making music with their band since '94 Slash |
#7515, aired 2017-04-21 | 1990s NO. 1 ALBUMS $800: "Hell Freezes Over" to culminate this band's unlikely reunion in an MTV special The Eagles |
#7501, aired 2017-04-03 | THE ROCK & ROLL QUINTET $1000: This quintet became a temporary quartet on "MTV Unplugged" in 1996 when singer Liam Gallagher had laryngitis Oasis |
#7483, aired 2017-03-08 | PRESIDENTIAL CELEBS? $1000: This former MTV VJ who goes by 1 name moved on to a more buttoned-down gig at Fox Business Kennedy |
#7470, aired 2017-02-17 | MTV MOVIE AWARD FOR BEST VILLAIN $200: Tom Hiddleston won in 2013 for fighting the Avengers as this villain Loki |
#7470, aired 2017-02-17 | MTV MOVIE AWARD FOR BEST VILLAIN $400: Tom Felton won back-to-back for playing this bad seed in Harry Potter films Draco Malfoy |
#7470, aired 2017-02-17 | MTV MOVIE AWARD FOR BEST VILLAIN $600: He won for playing emo-villain Kylo Ren Adam Driver |
#7470, aired 2017-02-17 | MTV MOVIE AWARD FOR BEST VILLAIN $800: Playing the Joker in "The Dark Knight" won him an Oscar too Heath Ledger |
#7470, aired 2017-02-17 | MTV MOVIE AWARD FOR BEST VILLAIN $1000: Playing a rogue cop in "Training Day" won him an Oscar too Denzel Washington |
#7467, aired 2017-02-14 | TIME TO PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER $400: We'll be up for a while, so let's watch "Clubland" on this channel & then "Music Feed" into the wee hours MTV |
#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | ON SIRIUSXM RADIO $400: Original MTV VJs including Martha Quinn host shows on the channel devoted to music from this decade the 1980s |
#7402, aired 2016-11-15 | MTV $400: Via blog posts, 15-year-old Jenna narrates this show whose name means "lacking social graces" Awkward |
#7402, aired 2016-11-15 | MTV $800: Tyler Posey plays Scott McCall, co-captain of the lacrosse team & part of a pack on this MTV series Teen Wolf |
#7402, aired 2016-11-15 | MTV $1200: In September 1984 we aired our first episode of "Jeopardy!" & MTV debuted the awards called these the Video Music Awards |
#7402, aired 2016-11-15 | MTV $1600: "Go Big or Go Home" is the subtitle of the latest version of this reality stalwart featuring 7 strangers The Real World |
#7402, aired 2016-11-15 | MTV $2000: MTV ventured into the fantasy realm with these "Chronicles" that find a demon army trying to destroy the Four Lands The Shannara Chronicles |
#7392, aired 2016-11-01 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS WINNERS $400: 2009:
Kristen Stewart & him (Robert) Pattinson |
#7392, aired 2016-11-01 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS WINNERS $800: 2006:
Jake Gyllenhaal & him Heath Ledger |
#7392, aired 2016-11-01 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS WINNERS $1200: 2003:
Tobey Maguire & her (Kirsten) Dunst |
#7392, aired 2016-11-01 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS WINNERS $1600: 1999:
Joseph Fiennes & her Gwyneth Paltrow |
#7392, aired 2016-11-01 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS WINNERS $2000: 2005:
Rachel McAdams & him (Ryan) Gosling |
#7372, aired 2016-10-04 | WHAT A TV CHARACTER! $200: These 2 title MTV cartoon guys thought the band Kiss was "pretty cool for a bunch of mimes" Beavis and Butthead |
#7336, aired 2016-07-04 | TITLE PAIRS $400: Beavis & Butt-Head first found success on this channel MTV |
#7218, aired 2016-01-20 | SYNONYMS $1200: This synonym for clumsy is the title of an MTV show about the drama of being a teenager Awkward |
#7187, aired 2015-12-08 | HORROR FILMS $200: The dark past of Lakewood comes out in the 2015 MTV series based on this movie series that starred David Arquette Scream |
#7144, aired 2015-10-08 | 21st CENTURY MOVIES $400: (Hi. I'm Wendi McLendon-Covey.) In 2012 I shared the MTV Movie Award for Best Gut-Wrenching Performance with Kristen Wiig, Ellie Kemper, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy & Rose Byrne for a scene in this film Bridesmaids |
#7120, aired 2015-07-24 | POP CULTURE $1200: The MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance 2011: her in "Easy A" Emma Stone |
#7027, aired 2015-03-17 | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS $400: MTV's Video of the Year for 2011 was this California gurl's "Firework" Katy Perry |
#7018, aired 2015-03-04 | ABBREVIATED REALITY $400: The MTV mother of all reality shows:
"TRW" The Real World |
#6990, aired 2015-01-23 | SHAKIRA $200: In 2001 Shakira won a Grammy for an album from this acoustic MTV show Unplugged |
#6870, aired 2014-06-27 | IN THE "ZONE" $800: An MTV show is titled this, where you don't want to be if you're trying to start a romance The Friend Zone |
#6860, aired 2014-06-13 | HISTORIC TV $400: Before "Survivor" & "Big Brother", this MTV show took television into a house where 7 young people lived together The Real World |
#6840, aired 2014-05-16 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $1600: It was the appropriate first video played by MTV when it launched in 1981 "Video Killed the Radio Star" |
#6811, aired 2014-04-07 | OF THERON $2000: In 2005 Charlize played this futuristic assassin whose tales were previously told on an MTV animated series Aeon Flux |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | BY JOHNNY CASH $800: Johnny's haunting cover of this Trent Reznor band's "Hurt" earned a 2003 nomination for MTV Video of the Year Nine Inch Nails |
#6743, aired 2014-01-01 | WHICH CABLE NETWORK? $800: "Friendzone" & "Snooki & JWOWW" MTV |
#6713, aired 2013-11-20 | MUSIC OF TODAY $200: She performed her hit summer single "We Can't Stop" at the 2013 MTV VMAs, but it was the twerking that got noticed (Miley) Cyrus |
#6664, aired 2013-08-01 | IT HAPPENED ON AUGUST 1 $800: On Aug. 1, 1981 this channel debuted with a video by The Buggles; the channel is still around, but not so much into videos MTV |
#6581, aired 2013-04-08 | GRAPHIC NOVELS $600: "Pedro and me" is a remembrance of Pedro Zamora, an HIV-positive participant in this MTV show about young housemates The Real World |
#6551, aired 2013-02-25 | UMBRELLA POTPOURRI $600: In 2007 her "Umbrella" was named MTV's Monster Single of the Year Rihanna |
#6544, aired 2013-02-14 | CANARIES $800: She appeared at the 2011 MTV VMAs as her male alter ego Jo Calderone Lady Gaga |
#6535, aired 2013-02-01 | TV SHOW SUM-UP $800: MTV yuks; on hidden camera, Taylor was fooled swiftly Punk'd |
#6533, aired 2013-01-30 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS $400: Movie 2002:
First of a fantastic trilogy The Fellowship of the Ring |
#6533, aired 2013-01-30 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS $800: Male Performance 2008:
Him in "I Am Legend" Will Smith |
#6533, aired 2013-01-30 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS $1200: Villain 2005:
Ben Stiller in this playground sports film Dodgeball |
#6533, aired 2013-01-30 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS $1600: Female Performance 2008:
Ellen Page in this film Juno |
#6533, aired 2013-01-30 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS $2000: Breakthrough Performance 2012:
Her as a teen in "The Descendants" Shailene Woodley |
#6525, aired 2013-01-18 | TV SHOWS IN SONG $1200: Nickelback sang, "I want a brand new house on an episode of" this MTV show that toured celeb homes Cribs |
#6464, aired 2012-10-25 | MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS $400: 1984, at the first VMAs, Best Cinematography: this group's "Every Breath You Take" The Police |
#6464, aired 2012-10-25 | MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS $800: 2005, Best Male Video: "Jesus Walks" (No one interrupted his speech) Kanye West |
#6464, aired 2012-10-25 | MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS $1200: 2000, Best Pop Video: "Bye Bye Bye" (a boy band) 'N Sync |
#6464, aired 2012-10-25 | MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS $1600: 2003, Best Group Video: "The Scientist" (those Brits give us chills) Coldplay |
#6464, aired 2012-10-25 | MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS $2000: 2011, Best Pop Video: "Till The World Ends" (the fans didn't leave her alone) Britney Spears |
#6367, aired 2012-05-01 | "M" TV $1000: Dreams do come true on the MTV series with this 4-letter title MADE |
#6315, aired 2012-02-17 | NAME THE NETWORK $400: "16 and Pregnant" MTV |
#6308, aired 2012-02-08 | ON CABLE $2000: This MTV comedy stars Ashley Rickards as high schooler Jenna Hamilton; can you say... Awkward. |
#6306, aired 2012-02-06 | POP CULTURE $1200: Holy Cornholio! In 2011 this animated duo returned to MTV Beavis & Butt-head |
#6303, aired 2012-02-01 | I MARRIED A SINGER $800: MTV VJ Vanessa Minnillo:
This former "Newlywed" & host of "The Sing-Off" Nick Lachey |
#6253, aired 2011-11-23 | AS I RECALL $2000: Millions of these made from 1995 to 2007 for kids were recalled; the MTV show of the same name is still safe cribs |
#6240, aired 2011-11-04 | MTV VIDEO OF THE YEAR ARTISTS $400: 1988:
"Need You Tonight/Meditate" INXS |
#6240, aired 2011-11-04 | MTV VIDEO OF THE YEAR ARTISTS $800: 2009:
"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" Beyoncé |
#6240, aired 2011-11-04 | MTV VIDEO OF THE YEAR ARTISTS $1200: 1984:
"You Might Think" The Cars |
#6240, aired 2011-11-04 | MTV VIDEO OF THE YEAR ARTISTS $1600: 2004:
"Hey Ya!" OutKast |
#6240, aired 2011-11-04 | MTV VIDEO OF THE YEAR ARTISTS $2000: 1993:
"Jeremy" Pearl Jam |
#6213, aired 2011-09-28 | KISS ME, KATE $400: She & Leo were nominated for a 1998 MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss Winslet |
#6164, aired 2011-06-02 | MODERN WORDS $800: Acoustic, like some performances; you might have caught Nirvana on the MTV show of the same name unplugged |
#6095, aired 2011-02-25 | TV $1600: We learned of the ritual "GTL" (gym, tan, laundry) from this MTV series Jersey Shore |
#6033, aired 2010-12-01 | STUPID ANSWERS $800: You can form your own rock band & tour the world with this 2007 video game from MTV games Rock Band |
#6025, aired 2010-11-19 | POP & ROCK $1600: It's no "Nightmare"--MTV's 2006 Best New Artist was the metalcore band called Avenged this Avenged Sevenfold |
#6015, aired 2010-11-05 | I WANT MY MTV $400: Frankie Muniz thought his $250,000 car was stolen as Ashton Kutcher's very first victim on this show Punk'd |
#6015, aired 2010-11-05 | I WANT MY MTV $800: "Shaaaron!" was the only word we really understood from the patriarch of this rockin' reality family the Osbournes |
#6015, aired 2010-11-05 | I WANT MY MTV $1200: Ah, the days of grand debate between these 2 "newlyweds", like whether "chicken of the sea" was actually tuna Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey |
#6015, aired 2010-11-05 | I WANT MY MTV $1600: After seeing a tour of Ice-T's home on this show, I thought about putting in a 1,000-gal. shark tank of my own Cribs |
#6015, aired 2010-11-05 | I WANT MY MTV $2000: Adam Sandler & Denis Leary were in the cast of this '80s game show set in host Ken Ober's basement Remote Control |
#5840, aired 2010-01-22 | POP QUIZ $1600: He performed "We Made You" at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, but his encounter with Bruno was more memorable Eminem |
#5782, aired 2009-11-03 | FUNNY FOLKS $2000: Born in Canada, he's won the MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance 5 times Jim Carrey |
#5781, aired 2009-11-02 | POP CULTURE $2000: A team of 6 friends tries to keep quiet while one endures a hysterical task on this MTV show hosted by Zero Kazama Slient Library |
#5771, aired 2009-10-19 | SELF-INDULGENT REALITY TV $400: MTV's "Bromance" centered on the quest to find a BFF for this son of an Olympian Brody Jenner |
#5749, aired 2009-09-17 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: It preceded "MTV Raps" in the title of a TV show Yo! |
#5649, aired 2009-03-12 | STEVE WIN $200: Steve Carell won an MTV Movie Award for playing Andy Stitzer, the title character of this 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin |
#5649, aired 2009-03-12 | SHOW BUSINESS $1600: The Paramount holdings of this company include MTV & Comedy Central Viacom |
#5630, aired 2009-02-13 | CABLE CHANNELS $200: The Dire Straits song "Money For Nothing" says, "You play the guitar on" this cable channel MTV |
#5574, aired 2008-11-27 | SHOW BIZ AWARD WINNERS $400: He escaped the 'N Sync-erator to earn Male Artist & Quadruple Threat of the Year at the 2007 MTV VMAs Justin Timberlake |
#5525, aired 2008-09-19 | WE LOVE THE THEATRE $2000: An MTV reality series searched for a new star for this musical & found it in Bailey Hanks (no law degree required) Legally Blonde |
#5523, aired 2008-09-17 | THE REAL MTV $200: JabbaWockeeZ stomped the competition on the first season of this Randy Jackson floor show America's Best Dance Crew |
#5523, aired 2008-09-17 | THE REAL MTV $400: This most popular Myspacer gave dating shows a "Shot at Love" Tila Tequila |
#5523, aired 2008-09-17 | THE REAL MTV $600: Diddy helped form Danity Kane on this show Making the Band |
#5523, aired 2008-09-17 | THE REAL MTV $800: Lauren left the burbs of this reality show & headed for "The Hills" of Los Angeles Laguna Beach |
#5523, aired 2008-09-17 | THE REAL MTV $1000: On "The Gauntlet" you got these 2 shows for the price of one The Real World & Road Rules |
#5510, aired 2008-07-18 | BUBBA FETE $1,200 (Daily Double): On January 20, 1993 this cable network threw Clinton its own inaugural ball, featuring Don Henley & En Vogue MTV |
#5503, aired 2008-07-09 | TV WOMEN $1600: Lauren & she stopped speaking after she moved in with Spencer--on MTV's "The Hills", duh Heidi |
#5478, aired 2008-06-04 | FILM FISTICUFFS $1600: In 2000 Edward Norton was up for an MTV Movie Award for the battle he waged against himself in this film Fight Club |
#5397, aired 2008-02-12 | WHAT'S ON TV? $600: Justin Timberlake had a rough day on this MTV show: phony "tax agents" said he owed $900,000 & raided his house Punk'd |
#5276, aired 2007-07-16 | YOU TUBE $600: Season 3 of this MTV reality series introduced us to Breanna, L.C.'s younger sister Laguna Beach |
#5265, aired 2007-06-29 | GRAMMY WINNERS $400: The acoustic album called "MTV" this "in New York" earned a Grammy for Nirvana Unplugged |
#5262, aired 2007-06-26 | PHILOSOPHIC BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Not a "Bewitched" daughter, the MTV news reporter who wowed 'em in Denmark with the existential "Fear and Trembling" Tabitha Soren Kierkegaard |
#5249, aired 2007-06-07 | 2 FOR THE MONEY $1600: One-mile-deep Arizona landmark that's up to 18 miles wide & ex-MTV "Weasel" star of "Jury Duty" Grand Canyon & Pauly Shore |
#5245, aired 2007-06-01 | '90s TV $2000: This title assassin seen here debuted on MTV's Liquid Television in 1991. Charlize Theron played her in the live action film Aeon Flux |
#5232, aired 2007-05-15 | BEFORE & AFTER $1200: 2 MTV cartoon teens join Howard Heh-Heh-Hesseman's honors program on '80's TV Beavis & Butthead of the Class |
#5169, aired 2007-02-15 | POP MUSIC $800: This group's over-the-top video for "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" won Video of the Year at the 2006 MTV VMAs Panic! at the Disco |
#5161, aired 2007-02-05 | MTV $200: Frankie Muniz was one of the first celebrities to have a prank played on him by Ashton Kutcher on this series Punk'd |
#5161, aired 2007-02-05 | MTV $400: One of MTV's most popular series ever featured this family: Ozzy, Kelly, Jack & Sharon The Osbournes |
#5161, aired 2007-02-05 | MTV $600: Like previous teens, if you dream of becoming a rapper, a lifeguard, or a prom prince, this show's for you Made |
#5161, aired 2007-02-05 | MTV $800: For all of the latest music videos, watch "TRL", which stands for this Total Request Live |
#5161, aired 2007-02-05 | MTV $1000: MTV has been a big supporter or RTV, this organization that encourages young people to be active in politics Rock the Vote |
#5086, aired 2006-10-23 | ROCK 'N' ROLL HISTORY $200: It premiered on August 1, 1981 at 12:01 A.M. with John Lack saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll" MTV |
#5075, aired 2006-10-06 | MUSIC TO YOUR EARS $600: Bowling for Soup sang, "There was U2, & Blondie, & music still on MTV" in this song (Yes kids, MTV used to play music!) 1985 |
#4989, aired 2006-04-27 | MIND YOUR BUSINESS $800: Sumner Redstone heads up this company whose properties include MTV, VH1, Nick & Paramount Viacom |
#4985, aired 2006-04-21 | "DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG? $2000: If you've given up, stop! & tell us this Tom Petty song that won the Best Special Effects MTV Music Video Award in '85 "Don't Come Around Here No More" |
#4964, aired 2006-03-23 | NOT QUITE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Spanish royal road connecting Leon & Madrid that's an MTV show in which 7 strangers live together Camino Real World |
#4936, aired 2006-02-13 | MUSIC VIDEOS $600: At the 2004 MTV VMAs, No Doubt won Best Group Video & Best Pop Video for this song "It's My Life" |
#4889, aired 2005-12-08 | THE PAULY SHORE FILE $400: Pauly once had his own TV show titled "Totally Pauly" on this youth-skewing cable TV network MTV |
#4868, aired 2005-11-09 | PODCAST INCORPORATED $1000: No joke, this satellite radio company signed former MTV-VJ Adam Curry as its exclusive PJ Sirius |
#4820, aired 2005-07-15 | CASH $1000: Johnny wowed the MTV crowd with his stark cover of "Hurt", originally by this Trent Reznor band Nine Inch Nails |
#4759, aired 2005-04-21 | "LOVE" ON TELEVISION $400: She hosted "True Tales of Teen Trauma" on MTV & also played Sarah on "Party of Five" Jennifer Love Hewitt |
#4646, aired 2004-11-15 | NONMUSICAL MTV $200: This show that debuted in '02 has cursing by mom, dad, son & daughter, & dogs that aren't housebroken The Osbournes |
#4646, aired 2004-11-15 | NONMUSICAL MTV $400: On "Newlyweds", Nick Lachey had to explain to her that Chicken of the Sea is actually fish Jessica Simpson |
#4646, aired 2004-11-15 | NONMUSICAL MTV $600: Each season, 7 strangers share a home, as well as their lives, loves & libidos, on this long-running series The Real World |
#4646, aired 2004-11-15 | NONMUSICAL MTV $800: On one episode, Halle Berry is denied entrance to her own movie premiere on this prank-filled show Punk'd |
#4646, aired 2004-11-15 | NONMUSICAL MTV $1000: Contestants must complete a mission in order to get to a new location on this x-treme travel adventure series Road Rules |
#4620, aired 2004-10-08 | FLY ME TO THE MOON $800: He may have been second to walk on the Moon but he's the guy MTV modeled the "Moon Man" VMA trophy after Buzz Aldrin |
#4604, aired 2004-09-16 | PICK ONE $400: Of the Osmonds, the Osbournes or the Oswalds, the family that got MTV its highest ratings the Osbournes |
#4603, aired 2004-09-15 | THOSE ROCKIN' '90s $1000: It completes the title of Rod Stewart's 1993 "live" MTV album "Unplugged..." and Seated |
#4576, aired 2004-06-28 | POP MUSIC $400: This rapper won a 2000 MTV award for Best Male Video for "The Real Slim Shady" Eminem |
#4511, aired 2004-03-29 | NEW MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S LISTINGS $400: An MTV series bears the name of this newly listed definition for a musical instrument not amplified Unplugged |
#4497, aired 2004-03-09 | STAPLES CENTER $2000: J-Lo & J-Smits were hosts on the September 13, 2000 inaugural telecast of these music awards from the Staples Center the Latin Grammy Awards |
#4485, aired 2004-02-20 | TRL $200: (Sarah leads us off from the studios of MTV's TRL.) She said of her hit, "So Yesterday", "When I heard it for the first time on the radio, I was freaking out"
"So yesterday, so yesterday; I'm just a bird that's already..." Hilary Duff |
#4453, aired 2004-01-07 | ROCK MUSIC $800: In 1999 this Latin heartthrob won an MTV award for Best Pop Video for "Livin' La Vida Loca" Ricky Martin |
#4413, aired 2003-11-12 | CELEBS $1600: The master prankster behind MTV's "Punk'd", he's also an investor in the L.A. restaurant Dolce Ashton Kutcher |
#4395, aired 2003-10-17 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS $200: Gwyneth Paltrow & Joseph Fiennes won for this movie in 1999 Shakespeare in Love |
#4395, aired 2003-10-17 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS $400: For a 2003 win, she locked lips with an upside-down Tobey Maguire in "Spider-Man" Kirsten Dunst |
#4395, aired 2003-10-17 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS $600: (Hi, I'm Vivica Fox) In 1997 this actor & I won the MTV Movie Award for "Best Kiss" for the kiss we shared in "Independence Day" Will Smith |
#4395, aired 2003-10-17 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS $800: 1998's winners were Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore for this film The Wedding Singer |
#4395, aired 2003-10-17 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS $1000: Woody Harrelson & Demi Moore won for this 1994 film Indecent Proposal |
#4354, aired 2003-07-03 | I LOVE A PIANO $1600: At the 2001 MTV Music Awards, this appropriately name pianist pounded out Beethoven's "Fur Elise" Alicia Keys |
#4346, aired 2003-06-23 | CABLE TV $400: This MTV show launched in 1991 has turned strangers into enemies in NYC, London & Hawaii The Real World |
#4199, aired 2002-11-28 | THE CARS $1600: It's a "no-brainer" to tell us that in 1984 this Cars video won MTV's first Video of the Year award "You Might Think" |
#4193, aired 2002-11-20 | SINGERS $800: In 2002 she delivered a new album, "Full Moon", a baby, Sy'rai, & an MTV reality series on her life Brandy |
#4189, aired 2002-11-14 | 21st CENTURY MUSIC $1000: In 2001 Alicia Keys won an MTV Award for Best New Artist in a Video for this song "Fallin'" |
#4173, aired 2002-10-23 | MUSIC VIDEOS $400: An MTV "Making the Video" episode explored her "Slave 4 U" shoot Britney Spears |
#4146, aired 2002-09-16 | TV STARS $1200: Putting the Goth in "American Gothic", this rocker & his family starred in a hit MTV reality show in 2002 Ozzy Osbourne |
#4077, aired 2002-04-30 | PAY THE "BILL" $1600: It was Michael Jackson's first music video to play on MTV "Billie Jean" |
#4076, aired 2002-04-29 | TV HOSTS $800: He's the host of MTV's "Total Request Live" Carson Daly |
#3970, aired 2001-11-30 | CROSSWORD CLUES "AE" $2000: MTV cartoon "____ Flux"
(4) Aeon |
#3956, aired 2001-11-12 | MUSIC VIDEOS $500: 5 of this woman's 6 MTV Video Music Award nominations were courtesy of her work with Eminem on "Stan" Dido |
#3832, aired 2001-04-10 | THEY'VE BEEN IN YOUR DEN $200: This former MTV personality, seen here, now dispenses political comedy nightly Jon Stewart |
#3776, aired 2001-01-22 | NETWORKING $300: "Jailbait",
"120 Minutes",
"Celebrity Deathmatch" MTV |
#3723, aired 2000-11-08 | NEW WORDS & PHRASES $400: Like Carson Daly of MTV, a TV host who plays musical clips or images is known by this "initial" term VJ |
#3722, aired 2000-11-07 | THE LADIES ROOM $200: In 1990 MTV banned her steamy video for "Justify My Love" Madonna |
#3721, aired 2000-11-06 | THE ADAM SANDLER STORY $500: Adam played Stick Pin Quinn & the Stud Boy on this hip, happening MTV game show Remote Control |
#3666, aired 2000-07-10 | FILMS OF THE '90s $600: Give a "holler" if you know that this 1996 horror flick won an MTV Award for best movie Scream |
#3662, aired 2000-07-04 | MUSIC OF THE '90s $200: Her video for "Constant Craving" was named MTV's Best Female Video of the Year in 1993 k.d. lang |
#3661, aired 2000-07-03 | VIVA LA REVOLUTION! $400: MTV launched the music-television revolution in 1981, one year after this channel began the news revolution CNN (Cable News Network) |
#3647, aired 2000-06-13 | COUPLES THERAPY $200: Couples shouldn't play this, the rhyming name of an MTV show about "When Love Goes Wrong" The Blame Game |
#3646, aired 2000-06-12 | 5-LETTER WORDS $200: MTV's 1997 award for Best New Artist in a Video went to this "Sleep to Dream" singer with 2 5-letter names Fiona Apple |
#3555, aired 2000-02-04 | MUSIC ON TV $600: Bryan Adams & the Wallflowers have recently gone acoustic for this MTV concert series MTV Unplugged |
#3543, aired 2000-01-19 | NETWORK $400: "Real World",
"House of Style",
"FANatic" MTV |
#3530, aired 1999-12-31 | HEAVENLY BODIES $400: She was the first VJ to appear on both MTV & MTV Latino Daisy Fuentes |
#3486, aired 1999-11-01 | TRENDS $400: Who can resist watching this MTV show whose combatants have included The 3 Tenors vs. The 3 Stooges? Celebrity Deathmatch |
#3404, aired 1999-05-27 | ODD COUPLES $200: Sexy hostess of MTV's "Singled Out" doubles up with 1950s Commie hunter Joe Jenny & Joseph McCarthy |
#3360, aired 1999-03-26 | POP MUSIC $400: Some Hindus were taken aback at her 1998 MTV Video Awards performance of "Ray of Light" Madonna |
#3354, aired 1999-03-18 | EAT A GREEN THING $200: Bibb & butterhead are not an MTV cartoon duo, but varieties of this vegetable lettuce |
#3325, aired 1999-02-05 | FAMOUS BEAUTIES $100: This international supermodel is a former host of MTV's "House Of Style" Cindy Crawford |
#3306, aired 1999-01-11 | POP MUSIC $800: "You Might Think" this group won MTV's Best Video of 1984: well, you're right, they did The Cars |
#3268, aired 1998-11-18 | REMEMBER THE '80s? $400: On Aug. 1, 1981 MTV aired its first video, this one by The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star" |
#3248, aired 1998-10-21 | ROCK SINGERS $400: In 1990 her "Justify My Love" became the first video by a major star to be banned by MTV Madonna |
#3217, aired 1998-09-08 | MTV $100: The campaign "Choose or Lose '96" urged MTV viewers to do this Register to/and vote |
#3217, aired 1998-09-08 | MTV $200: 2-letter word that precedes "MTV Raps" in the name of a show title "Yo!" |
#3217, aired 1998-09-08 | MTV $300: In a 1996 film these 2 MTV characters came into the possession of a deadly biological weapon Beavis & Butt-Head |
#3217, aired 1998-09-08 | MTV $400: In 1997 this "Singled Out" hostess published her auto biography, "Jen-X" Jenny McCarthy |
#3217, aired 1998-09-08 | MTV $500: In this series an empaneled group of MTV viewers chooses the top new video of the week Twelve Angry Viewers |
#3212, aired 1998-07-14 | WORKOUT VIDEOS $1000: Cable network that brought us "The Grind Fat Burning Grooves Video" MTV |
#3197, aired 1998-06-23 | CULTURED CELEBRITIES $400: This crooner whose career was renewed on MTV in the '90s is also a painter influenced by the Impressionists Tony Bennett |
#3183, aired 1998-06-03 | R.E.M. $400: The video for "Losing My Religion" was banned in Ireland but given 6 awards by this network MTV |
#3176, aired 1998-05-25 | WIRED FOR CABLE $200: On August 1, 1981 this channel aired its first video, titled "Video Killed the Radio Star" MTV |
#3161, aired 1998-05-04 | MTV $100: In a 1985 video she was dressed like Marilyn Monroe; in a 1996 video, like Eva Peron Madonna |
#3161, aired 1998-05-04 | MTV $200: It's absolutely certain that this group seen here won a 1997 MTV Video Award No Doubt |
#3161, aired 1998-05-04 | MTV $300: She plays 4 different women in one car in her "Ironic" video Alanis Morissette |
#3161, aired 1998-05-04 | MTV $400: The video of the song heard here won this group 4 MTV Video Awards in 1997:
("Virtual Insanity") Jamiroquai |
#3161, aired 1998-05-04 | MTV $500: Called the first video band, this group burst onto MTV with "Rio" & "Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran |
#3113, aired 1998-02-25 | ROCK MUSIC $200 (Daily Double): (Hi. I am Chris Hardwick.) In April 1987 MTV premiered the video show "Headbanger's Ball" for devotees of this type of music heavy metal |
#3096, aired 1998-02-02 | GOODBYE TO 1997 $1000: This MTV star got a journalism fellowship from Stanford to study "The Transformation of Storytelling" Tabitha Soren |
#3088, aired 1998-01-21 | RAP $800: Ed Lover & Fab 5 Freddy were among the hosts of this MTV show that helped bring rap to suburbia Yo! MTV Raps |
#3083, aired 1998-01-14 | CARTOONS $200: White Zombie's album sales soared after this MTV cartoon duo pronounced their video "cool" Beavis & Butt-head |
#3068, aired 1997-12-24 | TELEVISION $300: MTV's 1997 spin-off "Daria" features a character from this moronic animated series Beavis and Butt-Head |
#3055, aired 1997-12-05 | TV INITIALS $100: MTV Music Television |
#3026, aired 1997-10-27 | HISPANIC AMERICANS $1,500 (Daily Double): Seen here, this model "flowered" as a personality on MTV & MTV Latino: Daisy Fuentes |
#3020, aired 1997-10-17 | POP MUSIC $200: This former lead singer of the Police sang the line "I Want My MTV" on Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" Sting (Gordon Sumner) |
#2994, aired 1997-09-11 | MUSIC HONORS $800: September 4, 1996 was a "Tonight, Tonight" to remember for this group; it won MTV's Video of the Year Award Smashing Pumpkins |
#2989, aired 1997-09-04 | TELEVISION $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Chris Hardwick.) In 1985 MTV launched this sister channel to play adult contemporary & soft-rock videos for an older generation VH1 |
#2965, aired 1997-06-20 | LETTERS & NUMBERS $600: Viacom Inc. owns MTV as well as this music network aimed at an older audience VH1 |
#2959, aired 1997-06-12 | SINGERS $600: Called by some the "Epitome of Cool", this 70-year-old's 1994 CD "MTV Unplugged" won him 2 Grammys Tony Bennett |
#2939, aired 1997-05-15 | POP QUIZ $300: "Because the Night" was a big hit from this Natalie Merchant group's "MTV Unplugged" album 10,000 Maniacs |
#2938, aired 1997-05-14 | COMEDY FILMS $200: In a 1996 animated film from Mike Judge, these crude buddies from MTV "Do America" Beavis & Butt-Head |
#2936, aired 1997-05-12 | MUSIC VIDEOS $400: Billy Corgan of this band that won seven 1996 MTV Video Awards was quoted, "Videos kind of ruin the song" Smashing Pumpkins |
#2928, aired 1997-04-30 | HODGEPODGE $600: During a Q & A session on this cable network in 1994, Bill Clinton revealed that he usually wears briefs MTV |
#2912, aired 1997-04-08 | POLITICS '96 $400: This cable network's '96 election coverage featured Tabitha Soren & the "Choose Or Lose" bus MTV |
#2909, aired 1997-04-03 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $500: In 1996 she "Singled Out" guys & gals in an MTV game show Jenny McCarthy |
#2776, aired 1996-09-30 | POP & ROCK GROUPS $400: This British group's "Rock the Casbah" was frequently featured during MTV's early days The Clash |
#2612, aired 1996-01-02 | TOP MODELS $100: She's the host of MTV's "House of Style" Cindy Crawford |
#2540, aired 1995-09-22 | TELEVISION $200: The Virtual Stupidity CD-ROM stars this MTV pair seen here Beavis & Butthead |
#2467, aired 1995-05-02 | 1995 GRAMMYS $200: Album of the Year went to this 68-year-old's "MTV Unplugged" Tony Bennett |
#2445, aired 1995-03-31 | TELEVISION $200: This Don Johnson series was derived from a 2-word note by NBC's president: "MTV cops" Miami Vice |
#2362, aired 1994-12-06 | MUSIC POTPOURRI $300: Her 1990 music video "Justify My Love" was banned from MTV but still sold widely in stores Madonna |
#2245, aired 1994-05-13 | COMIC BOOKS $200: The Marvel comic featuring this MTV pair is "suggested for immature readers" Beavis & Butthead |
#2242, aired 1994-05-10 | 1993 ROCK $300: Neil Young & 10,000 Maniacs were among those who released albums from this MTV series MTV Unplugged |
#2207, aired 1994-03-22 | TELEVISION HISTORY $800: Launched in 1990, this cable network has been likened to a 24-hour version of "Entertainment Tonight" the E! network |
#2186, aired 1994-02-21 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: MTV Networks owns VH-1 & this children's cable TV network Nickelodeon |
#2132, aired 1993-12-07 | FAMOUS JULIES $300: For a while MTV had 2 on-air women with this name; one was "Downtown" Julie Brown |
#1947, aired 1993-02-09 | SURVEY SAYS... $500: TV Guide readers picked Patrick Stewart & this model/MTV host as TV's top male & female turn-ons Cindy Crawford |
#1791, aired 1992-05-18 | CABLE TV $100: If you want your MTV, you should know that MTV stands for this Music Television |
#1534, aired 1991-04-11 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $100: MTV rejected her "Justify My Love" video as too hot to handle Madonna |
#1234, aired 1990-01-04 | SHOW BIZ BUSINESS $100: This Viacom music television format now broadcasts in 24 countries MTV |
#1233, aired 1990-01-03 | MOVIE TRIVIA $100: In 1989 MTV gave away a Batmobile from "Batman", & Coke gave away an Ectomobile from this film Ghostbusters II |
#1022, aired 1989-01-31 | TV TRIVIA $100: MTV game show hosted by Ken Ober, or a device to turn off an MTV game show hosted by Ken Ober Remote Control |
#621, aired 1987-04-27 | MUSIC BUSINESS $400: It started coming down the cable at one minute after midnight, August 1, 1981 MTV |
#410, aired 1986-04-04 | TOP 40 $300: On August 4, 1981, the date MTV debuted, he had the #1 single - "Jessie's Girl" Rick Springfield |
#64, aired 1984-12-06 | CABLE TV $100: What MTV plays 24 hours a day music videos |