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Blondie: Unto the Bleach Trivia Quiz

This groundbreaking punk rock band from the seventies is back with a vengeance. With the recent re-release of all six original albums on disc and an eighth promised for early next year, how much do you know or remember about Blondie and their music?

A multiple-choice quiz by bravomoose. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
bravomoose

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
53,287

Updated
Feb 03 23

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

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810

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Question 1 of 15

1. What is the name of Blondie's lead vocalist?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname)

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which of the following has not been a member of Blondie? Hint

Jimmy Destri

Chris Stein

Phil Ramone

Clem Burke

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Question 3 of 15

3. What's the name of the club where Blondie and other bands of the era got started? Hint

The Purple Cow

C.B.G.B.'s

The Bath House

Studio 54

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which Blondie album contains the songs 'Heart of Glass', 'One Way or Another', and 'Sunday Girl'? Hint

'The Hunter'

'Eat to the Beat'

'Parallel Lines'

'Autoamerican'

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which album contains the songs 'Dreaming', 'Atomic', and 'Union City Blue'? Hint

'Parallel Lines'

'The Hunter'

'Autoamerican '

'Eat to the Beat'

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which album contains the songs 'Denis', 'Detroit 442' and '(Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear'? Hint

'Eat to the Beat'

'Plastic Letters'

'No Exit'

'Blondie'

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Question 7 of 15

7. How many US number one singles did Blondie have by the end of the 1990s? Hint

two

four

six

none

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which album contains the songs 'The Tide is High', 'Rapture', and 'Europa'? Hint

'Autoamerican'

'Plastic Letters'

'The Hunter'

'No Exit'

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Question 9 of 15

9. According to the song 'Rapture', which type of car isn't among the ones you and the Man from Mars will eat? Hint

Cadillac

Lincoln

Subaru

BMW

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which album contains the songs 'Maria', 'Happy Dog', and 'Screaming Skin'? Hint

'Plastic Letters'

'The Hunter'

'Blondie'

'No Exit'

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Question 11 of 15

11. What movie soundtrack contains Blondie's biggest hit, 'Call Me'?

Answer: ( Two Words ... think Richard Gere)

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which of these Blondie song lyrics include, of all things, 'walking on imported air'? Hint

both

'Maria'

neither

'Walk Like Me'

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Question 13 of 15

13. 'Heart of Glass' was originally intended as a reggae song.

True

False

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which classical work by composer J.S. Bach, is used to open the title track 'No Exit'? Hint

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

Brandenburg Concerto

Anna Magdelena Handbook

Ode to Joy

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Question 15 of 15

15. Which of the following producers did NOT produce Blondie? Hint

Giorgio Moroder

Mike Chapman

they all did

Craig Leon

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of Blondie's lead vocalist?

Answer: Debbie Harry

Debbie Harry is Blondie's namesake chanteuse.

2. Which of the following has not been a member of Blondie?

Answer: Phil Ramone

The Ramones and Blondie are two separate bands.

3. What's the name of the club where Blondie and other bands of the era got started?

Answer: C.B.G.B.'s

CBGB's was a small anything-goes club that was cramped, dirty, and home to most of the New York punk bands like Talking Heads, the Ramones, and Blondie.

4. Which Blondie album contains the songs 'Heart of Glass', 'One Way or Another', and 'Sunday Girl'?

Answer: 'Parallel Lines'

Although it was their third album, 'Parallel Lines' was the first one to gain them popularity.

5. Which album contains the songs 'Dreaming', 'Atomic', and 'Union City Blue'?

Answer: 'Eat to the Beat'

'Eat to the Beat' was Blondie's fourth album. Another interesting fact -- one of the songs, 'Shayla', was recently covered by Berlin!

6. Which album contains the songs 'Denis', 'Detroit 442' and '(Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear'?

Answer: 'Plastic Letters'

Their second album, 'Plastic Letters' was bigger in Australia than it originally was in the US.

7. How many US number one singles did Blondie have by the end of the 1990s?

Answer: four

As of the year 2001, Blondie can claim four number one singles in the US: 'Heart of Glass', 'Call Me', 'The Tide is High' and 'Rapture'

8. Which album contains the songs 'The Tide is High', 'Rapture', and 'Europa'?

Answer: 'Autoamerican'

Originally, Blondie's record label was unhappy with 'Autoamerican', claiming it didn't seem to have any hits. Two songs from the album hit number one in the US.

9. According to the song 'Rapture', which type of car isn't among the ones you and the Man from Mars will eat?

Answer: BMW

'You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too, Mercury and Subaru'

10. Which album contains the songs 'Maria', 'Happy Dog', and 'Screaming Skin'?

Answer: 'No Exit'

Blondie's seventh album, and first in seventeen years, 'No Exit' contained these songs.

11. What movie soundtrack contains Blondie's biggest hit, 'Call Me'?

Answer: American Gigolo

'Call Me' was on the soundtrack to 'American Gigolo', and spent six weeks at number one in the US in 1980. Debbie didn't like Giorgio Moroder's original lyrics -- so she rewrote them.

12. Which of these Blondie song lyrics include, of all things, 'walking on imported air'?

Answer: both

'Maria' includes 'She walks like she don't care, walking on imported air' and 'Walk Like Me' includes 'walking like a millionaire, walking on imported air' -- find a gimmick you like and stick with it.

13. 'Heart of Glass' was originally intended as a reggae song.

Answer: True

It was changed to disco in the studio at the suggestion of producer Mike Chapman.

14. Which classical work by composer J.S. Bach, is used to open the title track 'No Exit'?

Answer: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is used to open the title track before Debbie Harry and Coolio start the rap.

15. Which of the following producers did NOT produce Blondie?

Answer: they all did

Craig Leon produced their earliest work, as well as 'No Exit.' Mike Chapman produced 'Parallel Lines' through 'The Hunter' and Giorgio Moroder produced the single 'Call Me.'

Source: Author bravomoose

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