Q 01/05

In which New York City borough was Howard Stern born in January 1954?

A) Brooklyn

B) Manhattan

C) The Bronx

D) Queens

Answer · why

D) Queens

Queens: he was born in Jackson Heights, though some references give Roosevelt, the Long Island town the family moved to a year later, where he grew up...

Q 02/05

Stern's father Ben worked as a radio engineer and co-owned what kind of business in Manhattan?

A) A recording studio

B) A delicatessen

C) A record shop

D) A movie house

Answer · why

A) A recording studio

A recording studio: visiting it, the young Howard watched Don Adams and Larry Storch voice the Tennessee Tuxedo cartoons and decided theirs was the jo...

Q 03/05

As a boy, Howard Stern staged lewd shows for friends using what?

A) Marionettes

B) Magic tricks

C) Home movies

D) Comic books

Answer · why

A) Marionettes

Marionettes: he named the act The Perverted Marionette Show and later said he had taken something innocent and ruined it.

Q 04/05

Howard Stern began in radio at the campus station of which university?

A) Syracuse University

B) Boston University

C) NYU

D) Hofstra University

Answer · why

B) Boston University

Boston University: he worked at its student station and cast his future wife in one of his student films.

Q 05/05

Which practice does Howard Stern say he turns to after every show to switch off?

A) Kundalini yoga classes

B) Transcendental Meditation

C) Long-distance running

D) Cold-water swimming

Answer · why

B) Transcendental Meditation

Transcendental Meditation: he took it up as a student at his parents' urging, credits it with helping him quit smoking, and once made a student film a...