Stevie Wonder Quiz With Answers: Test Your Knowledge
Stevie Wonder signed with Motown at just eleven years old and was billed as Little Stevie Wonder, and this Stevie Wonder quiz with answers follows his remarkable career. Learn about Fingertips, his 1970s run of classic albums, Songs in the Key of Life, synthesizers, his campaign for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and his 25 Grammys.
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Age
At what age did Stevie Wonder sign with Motown?
Fingertips
Which live song was his first number one?
Key
Which 1976 double album is often called his masterpiece?
Superstition
Which instrument drives Superstition's riff?
MLK
Which holiday did Stevie campaign for with Happy Birthday?
Grammys
How many Grammys has Stevie Wonder won?
Harmonica
Which instrument did Stevie famously play on many hits?
Album
How many times did Stevie win Album of the Year in the 1970s?
Oscar
Which song won Stevie an Oscar?
Synth
Which synthesizer setup did Stevie use in the 1970s?
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Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions
- Q1: At what age did Stevie Wonder sign with Motown?
Answer: 11
He was billed as Little Stevie Wonder.
- Q2: Which live song was his first number one?
Answer: Fingertips
He was 13.
- Q3: Which 1976 double album is often called his masterpiece?
Answer: Songs in the Key of Life
It debuted at number one.
- Q4: Which instrument drives Superstition's riff?
Answer: Clavinet
It was released in 1972.
- Q5: Which holiday did Stevie campaign for with Happy Birthday?
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
It became law in 1983.
- Q6: How many Grammys has Stevie Wonder won?
Answer: 25
He is one of the most awarded.
- Q7: Which instrument did Stevie famously play on many hits?
Answer: Harmonica
Fingertips featured it.
- Q8: How many times did Stevie win Album of the Year in the 1970s?
Answer: Three
Innervisions, Fulfillingness' and Key of Life.
- Q9: Which song won Stevie an Oscar?
Answer: I Just Called to Say I Love You
It was from The Woman in Red.
- Q10: Which synthesizer setup did Stevie use in the 1970s?
Answer: TONTO
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff built it.
Stevie Wonder Quiz β A Soul Genius
Stevie Wonder was born in Michigan in 1950, blind from shortly after birth, and signed with Motown at eleven as Little Stevie Wonder. At thirteen, his live harmonica-driven Fingertips became a number one hit.
In the 1970s, he gained creative control and released a string of classic albums including Talking Book, Innervisions and the double album Songs in the Key of Life. He used synthesizers like the huge TONTO system and won Album of the Year three times in the decade. Superstition's clavinet riff became iconic.
Wonder used his fame for causes, campaigning with his song Happy Birthday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which became law in 1983. He won an Oscar for I Just Called to Say I Love You and has won 25 Grammys.
What This Quiz Teaches
Music fans and musicians will enjoy these questions.
- When he signed with Motown
- What his first number one was
- Which album is his masterpiece
- Which holiday he championed
- How many Grammys he has
Did You Know?
- Isn't She Lovely celebrates his daughter.
- He was inducted into the Rock Hall in 1989.
- Sir Duke honors Duke Ellington.
- He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- Ebony and Ivory was a duet with Paul McCartney.
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