Q 01/05

The Blitz wine bar, birthplace of the New Romantic scene, was in which part of London?

A) Notting Hill

B) Camden Town

C) Covent Garden

D) Kensington

Answer · why

C) Covent Garden

The Tuesday-night 'Club for Heroes' moved there in 1979 when the crowd outgrew its previous home.

Q 02/05

Steve Strange and Rusty Egan ran their 1978 Bowie and Roxy Music nights at which Soho club?

A) Heaven

B) Le Beat Route

C) The Wag Club

D) Billy's

Answer · why

D) Billy's

Billy's was on Dean Street, and the crowd outgrew it within a year.

Q 03/05

What job at the Blitz club let Steve Strange decide who was dressed well enough to get in?

A) Resident DJ

B) Barman

C) Doorman

D) Lighting technician

Answer · why

C) Doorman

He turned people away for not looking creative or subversive enough to fit in with the crowd inside.

Q 04/05

Which rock star was famously refused entry to the Blitz because Steve Strange judged him unsuitable?

A) Rod Stewart

B) Elton John

C) Freddie Mercury

D) Mick Jagger

Answer · why

D) Mick Jagger

The drunken Rolling Stone was sent away in one of the club's most repeated stories.

Q 05/05

Steve Strange and other Blitz Kids appeared in the video for which 1980 David Bowie UK number one?

A) Ashes to Ashes

B) Fashion

C) Let's Dance

D) Scary Monsters

Answer · why

A) Ashes to Ashes

At the time it was the most expensive music video ever made.