Q 01/05

What did Steve Harvey send every Christmas to the sixth-grade teacher who had scolded his childhood ambition?

A) A fruit basket

B) A signed photo

C) A television

D) A dozen roses

Answer · why

C) 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...

Q 02/05

Which country's contestant did Steve Harvey wrongly announce as the winner while hosting Miss Universe in December 2015?

A) Venezuela

B) Philippines

C) Mexico

D) Colombia

Answer · why

D) 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 inc...

Q 03/05

Where did Steve Harvey usually sleep during three years of homelessness as a struggling comedian in the late 1980s?

A) In his car

B) In a church basement

C) At a bus station

D) On friends' sofas

Answer · why

A) 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 04/05

Why was Steve Harvey ordained as a minister two days before hosting a New Year's Eve special for Fox in 2017?

A) To bless the Times Square crowd

B) To officiate a wedding

C) To baptise a celebrity guest

D) To lead a midnight prayer

Answer · why

B) 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 05/05

Steve Harvey grew up in Cleveland, but in which state was he born, the son of a coal miner?

A) Kentucky

B) Pennsylvania

C) West Virginia

D) North Carolina

Answer · why

C) 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.