Q 01/05

In which Michigan city was Stevie Wonder born in 1950?

A) Saginaw

B) Flint

C) Muskegon

D) Grand Rapids

Answer · why

A) Saginaw

Saginaw: when he was four, his mother moved the family to Detroit, where he sang in a church choir.

Q 02/05

What condition left Stevie Wonder blind in infancy?

A) Congenital glaucoma

B) Retinopathy of prematurity

C) Optic nerve hypoplasia

D) Retinitis pigmentosa

Answer · why

B) Retinopathy of prematurity

Retinopathy of prematurity, in which abnormal vessel growth detaches the retinas, was worsened by the oxygen-rich incubator air given to the six-weeks...

Q 03/05

Which Motown label signed the 11-year-old Stevie Wonder in 1961?

A) Gordy

B) Soul

C) Tamla

D) V.I.P.

Answer · why

C) Tamla

Tamla: Ronnie White of the Miracles had heard the boy sing and brought him to audition at Motown.

Q 04/05

Stevie Wonder cleared his song for which 1995 rap hit only after the rapper removed the swearing?

A) Gangsta's Paradise

B) California Love

C) This Is How We Do It

D) Big Poppa

Answer · why

A) Gangsta's Paradise

Gangsta's Paradise: it reworks his 'Pastime Paradise', and Wonder joined Coolio to perform it at the 1995 Billboard Music Awards.

Q 05/05

What was Stevie Wonder's weekly stipend under his first Motown contract?

A) $2.50

B) $7.50

C) $5

D) $12.50

Answer · why

A) $2.50

His allowance was $2.50 a week; because he was a minor, royalties were held in trust until he turned 21, and Motown supplied a private tutor on tour.