1. Why did MTV refuse to play Guns N' Roses at first?

They thought the band was too unknown
John Malone threatened to remove MTV from his cable networks
The band had poor sound quality

2. How old was the speaker when he was called to Geffen Records’ president?

19
26
30

3. How many record companies were estimated to be at the show?

About 3
About 6
About 12

4. What did the speaker compare Slash’s talent to?

Eric Clapton
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix

5. What prediction did the speaker make about Guns N’ Roses?

They would be bigger than Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones combined
They would sell only 200,000 albums
They would only be popular in Los Angeles

6. What was the initial sales figure for Appetite for Destruction?

200,000 copies
10 million copies
1 million copies

7. How many times did MTV agree to play “Welcome to the Jungle” at first?

Once
Twice a week
Every night

8. What time did MTV first air the video?

8 p.m. prime time
4 a.m. in New York, 1 a.m. in Los Angeles
Noon on a Saturday

9. What happened after the video aired?

Nothing significant
MTV’s switchboard melted from 10,000 simultaneous calls
The band was banned from TV

10. How many copies had the album sold by the last time the speaker tracked numbers?

10 million
200,000
35–40 million