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50 free Steve Harvey trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Steve Harvey took the long way to fame. He tried a string of ordinary jobs, gambled on stand-up in his late twenties and spent years on the road before a sitcom, a concert film and a radio show made him a household name. Then a game show turned him into one of the busiest hosts on the air. This quiz follows the whole journey: his childhood and college days, the comedy clubs, the sitcom and its cast, the tour that became a hit film, and the books and movies that followed. There is a full round's worth on Family Feud, from its rules and its earlier hosts to the celebrity edition and the versions he fronts abroad, plus the talk shows, the kids' talent series and the beauty pageant moment nobody has forgotten. It is written for Feud fans, for listeners who start the day with his radio show, and for quiz hosts who need a ready-made pop culture round. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you learn the story behind each fact as you play.
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Q 01What did Steve Harvey send every Christmas to the sixth-grade teacher who had scolded his childhood ambition?
A television
A television arrived every Christmas for the rest of her life. She had called him a smart aleck for writing that he wanted to be on TV, but his father backed the dream.
Q 02Which country's contestant did Steve Harvey wrongly announce as the winner while hosting Miss Universe in December 2015?
Colombia
Colombia's Ariadna Gutiérrez wore the crown for only a few minutes before Harvey walked back on stage, apologised and said he had read the results incorrectly.
Q 03Where did Steve Harvey usually sleep during three years of homelessness as a struggling comedian in the late 1980s?
In his car
In his car is where he spent most nights, washing at gas stations and swimming pools unless a booking came with a hotel room.
Q 04Why was Steve Harvey ordained as a minister two days before hosting a New Year's Eve special for Fox in 2017?
To officiate a wedding
To officiate a wedding on live TV: he married presenter Maria Menounos and Keven Undergaro in Times Square during the broadcast.
Q 05Steve Harvey grew up in Cleveland, but in which state was he born, the son of a coal miner?
West Virginia
West Virginia is his birthplace: he was born in the small town of Welch, the youngest of five children, before the family moved to Ohio.
Q 06Which daytime talk show star co-created the children's talent series Little Big Shots with its first host, Steve Harvey?
Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres developed the series with Harvey for NBC, and both served as its producers while he chatted on camera with talented small children.
Q 07Which 2012 romantic comedy with Kevin Hart was based on a bestselling relationship advice book by Steve Harvey?
Think Like a Man
Think Like a Man shows four couples after the women start following the book's advice, and Harvey turns up on screen as himself.
Q 08Which Family Feud bonus round, hosted by Steve Harvey, gives two relatives five rapid-fire survey questions each?
Fast Money
Fast Money gives the second player five extra seconds on the clock, but anyone who repeats an answer the first player gave is asked for another one.
Q 09On Family Feud, hosted by Steve Harvey, what may the opposing family do once a team collects three strikes?
Steal the points
Steal the points is the reward for naming just one answer still hidden on the board, and the waiting family may confer while their rivals collect strikes.
Q 10Which director filmed Steve Harvey and three fellow comics for the 2000 concert movie The Original Kings of Comedy?
Spike Lee
Spike Lee shot the film in front of a live arena crowd, preserving an act that had become the highest-grossing comedy tour in history.
Q 11Which beauty queen was the real Miss Universe 2015, crowned minutes after Steve Harvey first read out the wrong name?
Pia Wurtzbach
Pia Wurtzbach had to wait while the outgoing titleholder lifted the crown and sash off the runner-up and handed them over to her.
Q 12Which childhood difficulty did Steve Harvey overcome long before he made his living by talking on air?
A severe stutter
A severe stutter marked his early school years, which makes the ambition he wrote down in sixth grade, to appear on screen one day, all the bolder.
Q 13Which product did Steve Harvey sell for a living before he first tried stand-up comedy in Cleveland in 1985?
Insurance
Q 21Which actress played Regina Grier, principal and former classmate of Steve Harvey's character, on The Steve Harvey Show?
Wendy Raquel Robinson
Wendy Raquel Robinson's principal put up with being called Piggy by her own vice principal, a nickname left over from their school days together.
Q 22Which Kings of Comedy tour mate of Steve Harvey went on to star in a Fox sitcom named after himself?
Bernie Mac
Bernie Mac built the sitcom on a routine from the Kings of Comedy film about taking in his sister's children, and it ran for five seasons from 2001.
Q 23Which host did Steve Harvey replace on Family Feud in 2010, after the show's production moved to Florida?
John O'Hurley
Insurance was one of several trades he tried before comedy, along with cleaning carpets, delivering mail and working on an auto assembly line.
Q 14Which Ohio university did Steve Harvey attend as an advertising major before flunking out after two years?
Kent State
Kent State later became a partner of his charitable foundation, which funds scholarships there, and he has said he regrets not finishing the degree.
Q 15Which first name was Steve Harvey given at birth, in honour of the star of the TV series Highway Patrol?
Broderick
Broderick is his legal first name, a tribute to actor Broderick Crawford, while Stephen, the source of the name the public knows, comes second.
Q 16Steve Harvey spent seven years from 1993 hosting a syndicated talent showcase filmed at which famous Harlem venue?
The Apollo Theater
The Apollo Theater and its tough Amateur Night crowd made him a national face, in a hosting job he had first shared with comedian Mark Curry.
Q 17In which short-lived 1994 sitcom did Steve Harvey land his first starring role, as a widowed Dallas video store owner?
Me and the Boys
Me and the Boys ranked 20th in the ratings, yet the network dropped it after one season because it felt the comedy leaned too much on the children.
Q 18On the sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, which subject does Steve Harvey's character teach at Booker T. Washington High?
Music
Music suits Steve Hightower, a faded 1970s funk star who once fronted a group called the High Tops and who doubles as the school's vice principal.
Q 19On The Steve Harvey Show, which school job belongs to the best friend played by Cedric the Entertainer?
Coach
Coach Cedric was the comic sidekick for the whole run, and the two actors soon shared arena stages as half of the Kings of Comedy.
Q 20Which network aired the sitcom The Steve Harvey Show for six seasons, from 1996 to 2002?
The WB
The WB kept the sitcom for 122 episodes, and its star won the NAACP Image Award for outstanding actor in a comedy series four years running.
John O'Hurley has said the move clashed with his Broadway commitments, and ratings rose sharply once his successor arrived.
Q 24Which original Family Feud host, a former Hogan's Heroes actor, fronted the show decades before Steve Harvey?
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson won the job after threatening to turn bland and silent on another Goodson panel show unless he was given an audition.
Q 25Which Today show personality hosted Celebrity Family Feud on NBC in 2008, years before Steve Harvey revived it?
Al Roker
Al Roker fronted a single summer run because the regular daytime host was busy with a talent series on CBS, and the revival came in 2015.
Q 26Which network launched Judge Steve Harvey in 2022 and revived Celebrity Family Feud with Steve Harvey in 2015?
ABC
ABC was also the original home of the family game in 1976, and it made the celebrity edition part of a summer block of evening game shows.
Q 27Steve Harvey taped his first season of Family Feud in which Florida city?
Orlando
Orlando kept the show for only one Harvey season: in 2011 production moved to Atlanta, where he already broadcast his morning radio programme.
Q 28For which country, alongside Ghana, did Steve Harvey begin hosting a local edition of Family Feud in 2020?
South Africa
South Africa was where both editions were taped, a venture run through his own company, which holds rights to make the game abroad.
Q 29In which city did Steve Harvey tape his self-titled daytime talk show at the NBC Tower from 2012 to 2017?
Chicago
Chicago was the show's home for five seasons, until he moved west to launch a successor called Steve with more comedy and celebrity guests.
Q 30Whose new daytime talk show replaced Steve Harvey's programme Steve on NBC-owned stations for the 2019–20 season?
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson's show took over the slots on the NBC-owned stations, and Steve aired its final syndicated episode in June 2019.