Q 01/05

Which Covent Garden nightclub's Tuesday club-night in 1979–1980 launched the New Romantic movement?

A) The Haçienda

B) Studio 54

C) The Roxy

D) The Blitz

Answer · why

D) The Blitz

The nights were publicised solely by word of mouth, and the press dubbed the regulars the Blitz Kids.

Q 02/05

New Romantic style drew on boutiques such as PX in London and Kahn and Bell in which other English city?

A) Birmingham

B) Manchester

C) Liverpool

D) Sheffield

Answer · why

A) Birmingham

The scene grew up in the nightclubs of both cities, and Duran Duran formed in Birmingham in 1978.

Q 03/05

Who was the lead singer of the New Romantic band Visage, known for their hit 'Fade to Grey'?

A) Boy George

B) Steve Strange

C) Martin Degville

D) Tony Hadley

Answer · why

B) Steve Strange

Strange also worked the door at the scene's defining club-nights, and Visage's final album appeared in 2015, nine months after his fatal heart attack.

Q 04/05

Which musical instrument became a defining characteristic of the New Romantics' sound?

A) Synthesizer

B) Electric guitar

C) Acoustic drum kit

D) Saxophone

Answer · why

A) Synthesizer

The resulting synth-pop, paired with the movement's visuals and MTV airplay, drove much of the Second British Invasion of the US charts.

Q 05/05

Boy George rose to fame as the flamboyant lead singer of which New Romantic-associated band?

A) Duran Duran

B) Spandau Ballet

C) Culture Club

D) Adam and the Ants

Answer · why

C) Culture Club

The band have sold more than 50 million records, and 'Karma Chameleon' was the UK's biggest-selling single of 1983.