Past Trivia Questions and Answers:
Contest starting June 28,1999:
Question: At recent U.S. Blondie concerts, the pre-show music includes a film score composed by Chris Stein. For which movie was this music composed?
A: Union City
Contest Winner: Johnny Ferris of Portsmouth, RI.
Congratulations!
Contest starting June 14,1999:
Question: What was the song title of the Blondie/Fab Five Freddy Christmas "Rapture" rap that was released on a flexi-disk (for the UK Flexpop! magazine) in the early 80's?
A: Yuletown Throw Down
Contest Winner: Kasey Holloway of Rockingham, NC.
Congratulations!
Contest starting June 6,1999:
Question: The following is a statement out of "Making Tracks" : "We thought, here comes another shitty group with an even shittier name, but when we went out to the newsstand one day there was this new comic rock mag that everyone loved immediately; it was always funny, hip, and had lots of good pictures." This statement refers to what magazine?
A: PUNK Magazine
Contest Winners: (Magnets) = Michael Coffey and Elisa Hertz in NYC; Hope Tierney of Clayton, WI; Frank Mlakar of Minneapolis, MN; Kenneth Ralston of Oakland, CA; Dave DeAndre of Danville, CA; Thomas Galloway and Nigel Burne in Cheshire, UK; Alana Barton of Liverpool, UK; and Firdes Orhan of Essex, UK.
Congratulations!
Contest starting May 24,1999:
Question: Of Clem Burke and Jimmy Destri, who was the last to join BLONDIE, and his first gig with the band was at what (no longer existing) NYC club?
A: Jimmy Destri; "Mother's" (a bar/club that used to be located across from the Chelsea Hotel).
Contest Winner: (CD) = Laurie Burns of Mesa, AZ. (Magnets) = Andy Dunn of St. Paul, MN; Jeff Tessmer of Baltimore, MD; Rob Takei of Pasadena, CA; Sherry Gunderman of Hollywood, CA; and Kevin Fok of Troy, MI.
Congratulations!
Contest starting May 17,1999:
Ship in the desert
Question: One of Blondie's most popular albums was named after a song that was never finished. Although the song itself was not included on this record, it was included in the printed lyrics, as a poem. Name the record, and recite the poem (written by Debbie Harry).
A: Album= "Parallel Lines."
Poem=
"The Lines I have written that you read between
The lines on the pages
The lines on the screen
Of lines spoken - I say what I mean.
It's parallel lines that will never meet.
Ships in the night
Ships that pass in the night.
Evangeline streat - Evangeline's dream,
It's parallel lines that will never meet."
Contest Winners: Crystal Pitcher of Huntsville, AL; Jacob Mathwig of Oceanside, CA; and Kathy Noble of Scarborough, Canada.
Congratulations!
Contest starting May 3,1999:
Question: What notorious "Star Wars" movie character appeared in which Blondie music video?
A: A character with Darth Vader's likeness appeared in the video for "The Tide is High.".
Contest Winner: Dave Moulds of Milwaukee, WI.
Congratulations!
Contest starting the week of April 26,1999:
Question: The first time Blondie toured the States/North America, they were an opening act for two infamous performers. Who were these two performers who invited Blondie along after hearing the debut album?
A: Iggy Pop, and David Bowie.
Contest Winner: Jim Reid of Moore, OK.
Congratulations!
Contest starting the week of April 19,1999:
Question: In what city was Blondie singer Deborah Ann Harry born?
A: It is generally accepted (and often published) that Deborah Harry was born in Miami. In "Making Tracks," Debbie says that she "doesn't know exactly where she came from," but she was "adopted through an agency in Miami, FL" when she was three months old. Because this statement can be taken as Debbie not knowing her cultural heritage, or alternately, as Debbie not knowing if was born in the city where she was adopted, either answer qualified as correct for purposes of this contest.
Contest Winner: Betty Priestley of West Yorkshire, England.
Congratulations!
Contest starting the week of April 12,1999:
Question: Blondie's recent album "No Exit" was produced by Craig Leon. What other Blondie album (or albums) was he involved with?
A: Leon also worked on Blondie's first album, self-entitled "BLONDIE."
Contest Winner: Henry Branham, Jr. of Wayne, MI.
Congratulations!
Contest starting the week of April 5,1999:
Question: What song(s) did Debbie sing during her early 80's appearance on 'The Muppet show?'
A: One Way or Another, The Rainbow Connection (w/ Kermit), and Call Me
Contest Winner: Sean Shafer of Columbus, OH.
Congratulations!
Contest starting the week of March 29,1999:
Question: Debbie and/or Blondie appeared in which three "Amos Poe" movies?
A: Unmade Beds, The Foreigner, Blank Generation
Contest Winner: Mary Mitchell of Chicago, IL.
Congratulations!
Contest starting the week of March 22nd,1999:
Question: At what location did the band and friends shoot the "Atomic" video for the 'Eat to the Beat' video-album?
A: The Hoboken Docks (NJ)
Contest Winner: Ian Dawson of Nottingham, UK.
Congratulations!
Contest starting the week of March 15th,1999:
Question: On which famous NYC street was the apartment that Debbie and Chris lived in that they felt was haunted?
A: "The Bowery."
Contest Winner: Frank P. Trocchia of Brooklyn, NY.
Congratulations!
Contest starting the week of March 8th,1999:
Question: A careful listener can hear a barely audible voice say, "You're not really gonna put this on the album, are you?" at the very end of which Blondie track? What album is this track found on?
A: "Follow Me," Autoamerican
Contest Winner: Sam Kovacevic of Victoria, Australia.
Congratulations!
Contest starting the week of March 1st, 1999:
Question: What record label was Blondie signed to before Chrysalis took over its contract?
A: "Private Stock"
Contest Winner: Ervin Mubarekyan of Bethlehem, PA.
Congratulations!
Contest starting the week of Feb. 22nd, 1999:
Question: What
Blondie track was named after the L.A. girls' roller derby team, and on
which album can it be found?
A: "T-Birds," Autoamerican
Contest Winner: Robert Buescher of Lakewood, OH.
Congratulations!
Contest starting the week of Feb. 15th, 1999:
Question: In France, during Blondie's
1978 European "Plastic Letters" tour, Debbie wrote the song "Sound Asleep,"
as she and Chris were deliriously sick for most of this tour. What
was Debbie thinking of calling the song, and on which Blondie album can
"Sound Asleep" be found?
A: "The Desperate Hours," Eat to the Beat
Contest Winner: Andrew Mackie, UK.
Congratulations!
Contest starting the week of Feb. 8th, 1999:
QUESTION: On which Blondie album
did Lorna Luft (Judy Garland's daughter) sing backing vocals, and in which
two songs?
A: Eat to the Beat; Slow Motion and
Accidents Never Happen
Three Contest Winners: Neal Packard
of West Yorkshire, UK; Anthony Busti of Syracuse, NY; and Keith Wakefield
of Edinburgh, Scotland. Happy Valentine's Day!
Contest starting the week of Feb. 1st, 1999:
QUESTION: When Debbie moved back
into NYC from NJ in the early '70's, she lived in an apartment on Thompson
Street. At that time she had three gray cats, which, to her, represented
the trinity of the heart, the soul, and the conscience. One of those
cats was named "Sunday Man," later to be an influence in the title of a
song called 'Sunday Girl.' What were the names of the other two gray
cats, and which part of the 'trinity' did each of the three cats represent?
A: Page 13 (old edition) [p. 14 (reprint)]
of Making Tracks specifically refers to the "trinity" when mentioning the three
cats. Gray Girl was the conscience, Daniel was the leader, and Sunday
Man was the soul of the group. It has also been noted that pg. 40
(or 44) pictures three gray cats and names them Gregor, Sunday Man, and
Daniel. According to Chris Stein, Gregor was a nickname he gave to Grey Girl, so either answer is acceptable.
Five Contest Winners: We have quite an
array of contest winners this week!
Congratulations to Adam Gibson of New Zealand;
Tom Broderick of Beverly, MA; Ann Bates of Chesterfield, MO;
Donna Potaris of Australia; and Peter Fuhrmann of Germany!
Contest starting the week of Jan. 18th., 1999:
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1. Laser Light
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A. Shayla
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Contest starting the week of Jan. 4th, 1999:
Before finalizing their group name to just - "Blondie,"
the original band went by a few other names for brief stints of time. For
example, in 1974, Debbie and the boys did two shows under the name "Angel
and the Snake." What did the group call themselves while Tish and Snooky Bellomo
(of Manic Panic fame) sang backup for them in late `74 - early `75?
A: Blondie and the Banzai Babies
Contest Winner: Victor Scaggs of Berkeley,
CA. Great job!
Contest starting the week of Dec. 6, 1998:
The original cover for this album was shot at
the Tropicana - Debbie was wearing a pillowcase with red tape striped around
it, and the boys had on leather. Chrysalis records thought the photo
too "punkish," so the group had to re-shoot in New York. *1) Name the album.
This album also features a song written by Debbie that expresses her feelings
about the loss of her car and her general predicament at the time.
*2) Name the song. *3) Name the model of this car.
A: 1) Plastic Letters ; 2)
I'm On E ; 3) Camaro [`67]
Contest Winner: Brian Hill of Dallas, TX.
Congrats!!
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1. "Tide is High" B-Side 2. Founders of 'Manic Panic' 3. "Angels on the Balcony" song writers 4. Sang backing vocals on "Slow Motion" 5. "In The Flesh" was a major hit here 6. This organization sponsored "The Hunter" Tour 7. Debbie grew up here 8. Debbie worked as a typist for this organization 9. Clem grew up here 10. The video for "Island of Lost Souls" was taped here |
A. England B. Tish and Snooky C. Australia D. Hawthorne NJ E. Jimmy and Laura F. Susie (or Suzy) and Jeffrey G. Pioneer H. BBC I . Bayonne NJ J. Debbie and Lorna |
Question for the week of Nov. 8, 1998:
Where was the video for "Heart of Glass" filmed?
(Hint: Answer is mentioned in the Making
Tracks book)
A: "Back in New York we did more TV appearances
and made the videotape for 'Heart of Glass' at New York, New York."
(Statement made by Debbie on p. 145 of either
edition of "Making Tracks" - under the section entitled 'From Eat to the
Beat to Autoamerican'. New York, New York was apparently a popular
club in New York. This statement contradicts popular belief that
the video was shot at NY club, Studio 54.)
Contest Winner: Jeff Tessmer of Baltimore,
MD! Congratulations!
Question for the week of Nov. 1st, 1998:
What was the "official nickname" for the U.S.
"Hunter Tour," and what British band opened up for Blondie?
A: "Tracks Across America;" Duran Duran.
Contest winner: Ernie Ramos of Hattiesburg, MS! Congratulations!
Question for the week of October 25th, 1998:
On which Blondie album can song "Detroit 442"
be found, who wrote the lyrics (not the music), and who is "Jimmy O?"
A: Plastic Letters; Jimmy Destri; James
Osterberg, a.k.a. Iggy Pop.
Contest winner: Russell Felton of Whitehall, PA! Congratulations!