Q 01/05

Which Blondie single, the first US number one with a hip-hop verse, name-checks Fab 5 Freddy?

A) Heart of Glass

B) Dreaming

C) Rapture

D) Picture This

Answer · why

C) Rapture

Rapture carried hip-hop to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, and its video became the first rap video ever broadcast on MTV.

Q 02/05

Which passers-by shouted the catcall at Debbie Harry that gave the New York band Blondie its name?

A) Truck drivers

B) Construction workers

C) Sailors on leave

D) Police officers

Answer · why

A) Truck drivers

Truck drivers yelled "Hey, Blondie" at Harry as they drove past, and by October 1974 the group, first billed as Angel and the Snake, had made the name...

Q 03/05

Which Blondie theme for the Richard Gere film American Gigolo was Billboard's number one single of 1980?

A) Dreaming

B) Call Me

C) Picture This

D) Sunday Girl

Answer · why

B) Call Me

Call Me spent six straight weeks at number one in America, and Debbie Harry says she wrote its words in just a few hours.

Q 04/05

Chris Stein wrote the Blondie hit 'Sunday Girl' about which runaway pet belonging to Debbie Harry?

A) A dog

B) A parrot

C) A rabbit

D) A cat

Answer · why

D) A cat

A cat named Sunday Man had recently run away from Harry, which is why Stein's tune for the UK number one sounds so plaintive.

Q 05/05

Which soft drink did Blondie want to name their 1980 album after, until the drink's maker said no?

A) Pepsi

B) Dr Pepper

C) Coca-Cola

D) Sprite

Answer · why

C) Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola sounded "very American" to guitarist Chris Stein, but the company turned the idea down and the record needed a new title.