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MTV VMAs: Can You Hit a High Note on This Week's Pop Culture Trivia?
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Join The Trivia Twins for a double dose of trivia each week!
On Tuesdays, we'll quiz you on general knowledge topics and on Thursdays, we'll quiz you on our pop culture theme of the week.
In today's episode, test your knowledge on the MTV Video Music Awards with the following format:
This or That: Choose your favorite songs from this year's nominees.
What’s the Connection?: We're giving you 3 things that have something in common and you'll guess the answer to each.
The Timeline Challenge: We’ll give you 3 events from history and ask you to guess the year they happened.
A Triple Shot of Trivia: We’ll ask 3 themed trivia questions.
5 Clues: We’ll give you 5 clues about an answer starting with the most difficult and ending with the easiest. Bonus points if you can correctly guess the answer in the fewest amount of clues.
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Transcript
Trivia Question about Britney Spears' VMA Performance
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What song was Britney Spears performing when she famously wore a python during her 2001 MTV VMA performance? Think you know the answer?
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Stick around to find out.
Introduction to Trivia Twins Podcast
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Hey guys, welcome to the Trivia Twins podcast where it's double the fun, double the facts, and double the episodes each week. I'm Andi. And I'm Dani, we'll be your hosts.
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On Tuesdays, we quiz you on general knowledge topics, and on Thursdays, we quiz you on our pop culture trivia theme of the week.
Focus on MTV Video Music Awards
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Today, our episode is all about the MTV VMAs.
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Before we jump into the trivia questions, we wanted to mention a couple of things.
Announcement: Ladies Virtual Pop Culture Trivia Night
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First, we'll be hosting a ladies virtual pop culture trivia night on Thursday, September eighteen We'll have questions on topics like the TV show Friends, the music of Taylor Swift, the movie Mean Girls, and more.
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We'll have a variety of pop culture topics that will be perfect for a virtual Girls' Night
Engaging with Listeners and Support
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Inn. Get your tickets at the link in the show notes. Also, we'd love it if you took a moment to rate, review, and subscribe to our show.
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And if you'd like to show your appreciation for our content, you can buy us a coffee while also requesting a topic that you like. Our Buy Me a Coffee link is in the show notes. And lastly, we'd love to connect with you.
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You can find us on Instagram at the Trivia Twins Podcast, or sign up for our emails to receive a weekly newsletter and quiz from us.
New Format for Season Two
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The link to both is in the show notes.
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All right, so we're back with season two and a fresh new format. Here's how it's going to go.
New Trivia Segments: 'What's the Connection' and 'Timeline Challenge'
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First, we'll start off with this that, where you have to choose which options you prefer.
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Then for trivia, we'll start off with a what's the connection question, followed by the timeline challenge where we give you events from history and you have to guess the year or guess what event happened first.
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Then we'll move on to a triple shot of trivia, which will have three themed trivia questions. And then we'll finish with a round of five clues where you have to guess an answer based on five clues, starting with the most difficult clue and ending with the easiest.
Discussion on VMA-Nominated Songs
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All right, so let's start off with this or that.
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We're choosing songs that are all nominated at the VMAs this year. Okay, this or that. Sports Car by Tate McRae or Child by s Sabrina Carpenter.
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All right, I'm a little biased because I haven't listened to Man Child, so I have to go with Sports Car. I really like that song. I think I'd have to go with Sports Car too.
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your vibe. Have you listened to s Sabrina Carpenter's new album? I have not. I've heard mixed reviews. he Have you heard it? I liked it. I listened to it twice yesterday because i there are a couple songs that I really like, but it's different.
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It's interesting. It's a little different. actually think it's a really good album. I think it's... You know how when the tortured poet's department came out and people were like, oh, I don't know, just because it's new?
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and they just have to grow on you a little bit. Yeah. I think some of her songs are going to be really good. What's your favorite? Nobody's Son. i love that one. Okay. Okay. yeah Now I'm going to have to listen to it, and i'll I'll show you my favorites later. You should. Because Man Child wasn't my favorite, but I like others better on the album.
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Yeah. so
Music Comparison: The Weeknd, Playboy Cardi, Kendrick Lamar
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All right. This or That. I bet I know where you're going to choose. Timeless by The Weeknd and Playboy Cardi, or Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar. All right. I definitely turn up the volume for both of these songs, but Timeless has been my all-time favorite song this year, so I got to go with that. Really?
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that I'm rooting for that. Okay. All right. I'd have to go with Not Like Us. All right. Let's get into the trivia.
Celebrity Appearances in Music Videos
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Time for What's the Connection? Can you correctly guess the celebrities that starred in the following music videos? Number one, Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen.
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Number two, Love the Way You Lie by Eminem.
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And number three, What Goes Around Comes Around by Justin Timberlake.
Timeline Challenge: Events in 1984
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right, let's move on to the Timeline Challenge. In which year did the following events take place? The Summer Olympics were held in Los Angeles, California.
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The Apple Macintosh computer was released, and the first Karate Kid movie was released.
Trivia Questions: Britney Spears, Kanye West, Beyonce, Mariah Carey
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And now a triple shot of trivia.
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now a triple shot of trivia Question number one. In a memorable performance at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, what song did Britney Spears perform um with a python? Is it A. Toxic, B. I'm a Slave for You, or c Oops, I Did It Again.
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Question number two. Which artist presented Kanye West with the Video Vanguard Award in
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And question number three. What song did Beyonce perform just before revealing her pregnancy in 2011? Is it A, Love on Top, B, i Run the
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And lastly, five clues. We'll give you five clues with the clues going from most difficult to easiest. Clue number one. She was born in Huntington, New York in 1969.
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Clue number two. In 2023, she was named the fifth greatest singer of all time by the Rolling Stones magazine. Clue number three. Her first major public performance was singing America the Beautiful at Game 1 of the 1990 NBA Finals.
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three her first major public performance was singing america the beautiful at game one of the nineteen ninety nba
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Clue number four, she became a meme for saying, I don't know her, when asked about Jennifer Lopez. Clue number five, one of her songs from 1994 has come back to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 each year from 2019 to 2024.
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number five one of her songs from ninety ninety four has come back to reach number one on the billboard hot one hundred each year from two thousand and nineteen to two thousand twenty
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All right, let's get into the answers. The answers to What's the Connection? Courtney Cox was in the music video for Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen.
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Megan Fox was in the music video for Love the Way You Lie by Eminem. And Scarlett Johansson was in the music video for What Goes Around Comes Around by Justin Timberlake.
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And the answer to guess the year was 1984. This is the first year the MTV VMAs were held. It was hosted by Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler.
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The Cars won Best Video for You Might Think, and Cyndi Lauper won for Best Female Video for Girls Just Want to Have Fun. The answers to the trivia questions are Brittany Spears performed with a python at the VMAs during singing I'm a Slave for You.
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Taylor Swift presented Kanye with the Video Vanguard Award in 2015. And Beyonce announced her pregnancy at the VMAs after her performance of Love on Top.
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The five clues answer is Mariah Carey, who is being presented with the Video Vanguard Award this year at the MTV VMA Awards.
Closing Remarks and Social Media Engagement
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All right, that's the show.
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Don't forget to connect with us on Instagram. We'd love to hear who you're rooting for at the VMAs this weekend. Thanks for playing. see you next week.