Q 01/05

New Kids on the Block hail from which Boston neighborhood?

A) Dorchester

B) Southie

C) Jamaica Plain

D) Roxbury

Answer · why

A) Dorchester

Donnie Wahlberg was 15 when the producer picked him for his rapping, and he recruited school friends to fill out the group.

Q 02/05

Which producer, who had earlier guided New Edition, put New Kids on the Block together in 1984?

A) Lou Pearlman

B) Maurice Starr

C) Babyface

D) Berry Gordy

Answer · why

B) Maurice Starr

Born Larry Johnson in DeLand, Florida, he had been fired by New Edition for embezzling funds.

Q 03/05

Which two members of New Kids on the Block are brothers?

A) Danny and Joey Wood

B) Donnie and Mark Wahlberg

C) Jonathan and Jordan Knight

D) Jordan and Joey McIntyre

Answer · why

C) Jonathan and Jordan Knight

Jonathan followed his younger brother Jordan into the group.

Q 04/05

What was the group originally called before settling on New Kids on the Block?

A) New Edition II

B) Boston Five

C) The Block

D) Nynuk

Answer · why

D) Nynuk

The band's official biographer called the name "meaningless"; Rolling Stone guessed it referenced Nanook of the North.

Q 05/05

The name New Kids on the Block came from what?

A) A rap song Donnie Wahlberg wrote for their first album

B) A children's TV show the producer's kids watched

C) A street sign in their Dorchester neighborhood

D) A remark by their producer's mother about the boys

Answer · why

A) A rap song Donnie Wahlberg wrote for their first album

The group was signed to Columbia's black music division and first marketed to black audiences.