Music Video Trivia: It Came From The '80's
Test your knowledge on music videos
Quiz created by: Electric Youth
1. What was the first video to air on MTV?
(#) Romantics "What I Like About You"
(#) Devo "Whip It"
(#) The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star"
(#) The Pretenders "Brass In Pocket"
2. Which Duran Duran video features a scene with a waterfall pouring onto fans?
(#) "Hungry Like The Wolf"
(#) "Wild Boys"
(#) "The Reflex"
(#) "Rio"
3. Which Madonna video is inspired by the movie "Metropolis"?
(#) "La Isla Bonita"
(#) "Express Yourself"
(#) "Like A Virgin"
(#) "Material Girl"
4. The second half of INXS "Need You Tonight/Mediate" was inspired from what pre MTV video?
(#) Devo "Satisfaction"
(#) The Monkees "Daydream Believer"
(#) Bob Dylan "Subterrean Home Sick Blues"
(#) Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody"
5. Which Academy Award winning actress directed Belinda Carlisle's video "Heaven Is A Place On Earth"?
(#) Sally Field
(#) Meryl Streep
(#) Cher
(#) Diane Keaton
6. The Beastie Boys parodied what in their video for "No Sleep 'Till Brooklyn"?
(#) hairbands
(#) 70's cop shows
(#) new wave bands
(#) B movies
7. Who played the angry father on Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" video?
(#) Mark Metcalf
(#) Captain Lou Albano
(#) Robert Stack
(#) Al Gore
8. What Tom Petty video was inspired by Lewis Carroll's "Alice In Wonderland"?
(#) "Don't Come Around Here No More"
(#) "Running Down A Dream"
(#) "Free Falling"
(#) "You Got Lucky"
9. What farm animal appears in The Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" video?
(#) cow
(#) sheep
(#) pig
(#) horse
10. What Guns N' Roses video would you see Axl Rose wearing a straight jacket?
(#) "Paradise City"
(#) "Welcome To The Jungle"
(#) "Sweet Child O' Mine"
(#) "Patience"
11. Which Michael Jackson video is inspired from the musical "West Side Story"?
(#) "Beat It"
(#) "Billie Jean"
(#) "Smooth Criminal"
(#) "The Way You Make Me Feel"
12. What future "Friends" star appeared in Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" video?
(#) Lisa Kudrow
(#) Jennifer Aniston
(#) Matthew Perry
(#) Courtney Cox
13. What model appeared in Whitesnake videos "Here I Go Again", "Is This Love", and "In The Still Of The Night"?
(#) Stephanie Seymore
(#) Tawney Kitaen
(#) Rachel Hunter
(#) Bobbie Brown
14. What artist wasn't parodied in David Lee Roth's video "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody"?
(#) Billy Idol
(#) Cyndi Lauper
(#) Madonna
(#) Michael Jackson
15. Which all female band/group danced in a water fountain in one of their videos?
(#) The Bangles "Walk Like An Egyptian"
(#) Bananarama "Venus"
(#) The Go Go's "Our Lips Are Sealed"
(#) Salt N' Pepa "Push It"
16. Which music video doesn't take place at a school?
(#) The Police "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
(#) Debbie Gibson "Out Of The Blue"
(#) Van Halen "Hot For Teacher"
(#) De La Soul "Me, Myself, & I"
17. Which Bon Jovi video features a cameo from Sam Kinison?
(#) "Bad Medicine"
(#) "Runaway"
(#) "You Give Love A Bad Name"
(#) "Livin' On A Prayer"
18. What animal appears in Hall & Oates video "Maneater"?
(#) tiger
(#) panther
(#) house cat
(#) lion
19. Who appeared in Paula Abdul's "Straight Up" video?
(#) Elijah Wood
(#) Keanu Reeves
(#) Simon Cowell
(#) Arsenio Hall
20. Which U2 video was filmed at Red Rocks?
(#) "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
(#) "Where The Streets Have No Name"
(#) "Pride (In A Name Of Love)"
(#) "With Or Without You"
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