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Trivia Game



Trivia Game

Test your 70′s memory here…. GOOD LUCK!

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1. Who was the top selling album artist of the 1970′s according to Billboard?

Elton John

2. The Sony Walkman was created in what year?

1978

3. What sci-fi tv show of the 60′s became a Filmation cartoon in the 70′s?

Star Trek

4. Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford became household names after starring in what 1970′s blockbuster film?

Star Wars

5. Who was the first female Prime Minister? and What year?

Margret Thatcher, 1979

6. What did Archie Bunker call his son-in-law?

Meathead

7. The first MRI image was published in what year?

1973

8. What was invented in 1975 and is now found on all our soft drink cans?

Push through/pop-up tab

9. Name some of the women who led the feminist movement in the 70′s.

Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Betty Ford, Shirley Chisolm, Bella Abzug, Robin Morgan, Kate Millet, Elizabeth Holtzman

10. On Happy Days, what animal did Fonzie jump his motorcycle over?

A shark

11. Architects competed to build the tallest buildings in the world during the 1970′s. Name the two that were built in the US at that time.

The World Trade Center in NY, and the Sears Tower, in Chicago

12. The first face-lifts were attempted in what year?

1970

13. Name the six different actresses who played an angel on ‘Charlie’s Angels’.

Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Shelly Hack and Tanya Roberts.

14. What was the highest selling album in 1973?

Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon

15. What was invented in 1974 by Arthur Fry of 3M, that allows us to temporarily attach notes to documents, walls, desks, etc.?

Post-It notes

16. Name all six Brady kids and their approximate ages in the first season?

Greg, 13; Marcia, 12; Peter, 10; Jan, 9; Bobby, 7; Cindy, 6

17. Name the two successful musical artists who died within eight weeks of each other in 1977?

Elvis Presley and Bing Crosby

18. What Children’s TV show of the 1970′s had a “Magic Mirror”?

Romper Room

19. What was the name of the maid on The Jeffersons?

Florence

20. What year did the Vietnam War come to a close?

1974

21. What were Reed and Malloy’s names on ADAM-12?

Jim Reed And Pete Malloy

22. On Emergency! what hospital did Johnny and Roy transport patients to?

Rampart

23. Which 70′s vocal artist sang the song that VH1 lists as the greatest dance single of all times?

Gloria Gaynor (song was “I will Survive”)

24. What were Laverne & Shirley’s last names?

Laverne DeFasio and Shirley Feeney

25. Who was the President in 1974?

Nixon

26. What popular magazine today was first published in March,1974?

People Magazine

27. Who wrote the 1977 TV mini-series Roots?

Alex Haley

28. What bald actor coined the phrase ‘Who loves ya baby!’

Telly Savales, aka “Kojak”

29. What item from All In The Family went to the Smithsonian Institute?

Archie Bunker’s famous lounge chair that he was always chasing Mike out of.

30. What was the term novelist Tom Wolfe coin in New York magazine in 1976?

The “Me” Decade

31. What year did Motorola transmit the first cell phone call?

1973
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