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Originally published August 6, 2007 at 12:00 AM | Page modified August 6, 2007 at 2:02 AM

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Take our Stevie Wonder quiz

Tickets to Stevie Wonder's Aug. 31 concert at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville go on sale at 10 a.m. today at ticketmaster ticketmaster.com...

Seattle Times staff reporter

Tickets to Stevie Wonder's Aug. 31 concert at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville go on sale at 10 a.m. today at ticketmaster.com or 206-628-0888.

And since the legendary singer/songwriter hasn't played in the Seattle area since 1986, we thought a short quiz on material he wrote or performed might help set the mood.

1. In his breakout hit, "Fingertips (Part 2)," the artist then known as Little Stevie Wonder urged his listeners to clap their hands:

a) Until they hurt

b) And stamp their feet

c) Just a little bit louder

d) To activate an early version of "The Clapper"

2. For once in my life:

a) I will sing at a winery

b) I am frightened of nothing

c) I can play Texas Hold 'em

d) I have someone who needs me

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3. When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer:

a) Paranoia

b) Superstition

c) Schizophrenia

d) Through another Sonics season

4. You must have known that I was lonely, because you came to my:

a) "My Space" page

b) Rescue

c) Backyard

d) Bar Mitzvah

5. Wonder's Academy Award-winning song, "I Just Called to Say I Love You" was in the movie:

a) "The Woman in Red"

b) "Pretty Woman"

c) "Reds"

d) "Sleepless in Seattle"

6. Which of these is not in the lyrics of "I Just Called to Say I Love You"?

a) No warm July

b) No pink champagne

c) No Libra sun

d) No Halloween

7. The voice of Wonder's daughter, Aisha, can be heard at the beginning of:

a) "Nothing's Too Good for My Baby"

b) "For Once in My Life"

c) "I Was Made to Love Her"

d) "Isn't She Lovely?"

8. In a 1972 performance at the Seattle Center Coliseum, Stevie Wonder was the opening act for:

a) Billy Graham

b) The Rolling Stones

c) Ray Charles

c) President Jack Kennedy

9. My cherie amour, distant as:

a) The Milky Way

b) The Taj Mahal

c) The Ballard Locks

d) The month of May

10. Heaven help the roses:

a) If the violets are blue

b) If they lie beneath the snow

c) If the bombs begin to fall

d) If the aphids come to call

Answers: 1: c, 2: d, 3: b, 4: b, 5: a, 6: b, 7: d, 8: b, 9: a, 10: c

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