Q 01/05

In which Michigan city was Stevie Wonder born in 1950?

A) Saginaw

B) Flint

C) Lansing

D) Grand Rapids

Answer · why

A) Saginaw

His family moved to Detroit when he was four, and he sang in the choir at Whitestone Baptist Church there.

Q 02/05

What medical condition, linked to his premature birth, caused Stevie Wonder's blindness?

A) Congenital glaucoma

B) Retinopathy of prematurity

C) Optic nerve hypoplasia

D) Retinitis pigmentosa

Answer · why

B) Retinopathy of prematurity

He was born six weeks early, and the oxygen-rich incubator air of the era contributed to the disease that detaches the retinas.

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

A member of the Miracles took him and his mother to the audition, and Berry Gordy signed him on the spot.

Q 04/05

Which member of the Miracles heard the young Stevie sing his own song and brought him to Motown?

A) Smokey Robinson

B) Bobby Rogers

C) Pete Moore

D) Ronnie White

Answer · why

D) Ronnie White

The song he sang was his own composition 'Lonely Boy'; producer Clarence Paul then gave him the name Little Stevie Wonder.

Q 05/05

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

A) $2.50

B) $25

C) $10

D) $50

Answer · why

A) $2.50

Because he was a minor, his royalties were held in trust until he turned 21, and Motown supplied a private tutor on tour.