Question 1

True or false: Stevie Wonder signed his first record contract with Motown Records at age 11.

Accepted Answer

True. He was signed by Motown's Tamla label in 1961 at the age of 11.

Question 2

True or false: Stevie Wonder helped make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday with his song 'Happy Birthday'.

Accepted Answer

True. His 1980 song 'Happy Birthday' was a key part of the campaign, and he lobbied Congress directly for the holiday, which became official in 1983.

Question 3

True or false: Stevie Wonder's real first name is Stevland.

Accepted Answer

True. His birth name is Stevland Hardaway Judkins; he later changed it to Stevland Morris. 'Stevie Wonder' is his stage name.

Question 4

True or false: Stevie Wonder has never performed live without a backing band or pre-recorded tracks.

Accepted Answer

False. False; he frequently performs solo on stage with just a keyboard or harmonica, especially during intimate sets and TV appearances.

Question 5

True or false: Stevie Wonder was a professional ice skater before he became a musician.

Accepted Answer

False. This is false; Stevie Wonder has been blind since infancy and never skated professionally. He focused on music from a young age.

Question 6

True or false: Stevie Wonder was the youngest solo artist to ever have a number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100.

Accepted Answer

True. Stevie Wonder topped the Billboard Hot 100 with 'Fingertips' at age 13 in 1963, making him the youngest solo artist to achieve a No. 1 single.

Question 7

True or false: Stevie Wonder played the drum parts himself on his 1972 hit 'Superstition'.

Accepted Answer

True. Stevie Wonder, a multi-instrumentalist, programmed and performed the distinctive drum pattern on a drum machine for his own song 'Superstition', not for another artist.

Question 8

True or false: Stevie Wonder was the first American artist to win a Grammy for Album of the Year with a completely self-produced album.

Accepted Answer

True. His 1973 album 'Innervisions' was fully self-produced and won Album of the Year in 1974, making him the first artist to achieve this. Earlier winners had external producers.

Stevie Wonder Trivia Questions