Trends and Fads from the 70s
Classic Pop Culture
Sweets & Treats
Trailblazers
Ancient History
100
What shiny, reflective glass sphere hung over dance floors during the peak of the 70s dance craze?
Disco ball
100
What colorful, wide felt skirt decorated with a specific animal patch became a staple fashion trend for teenage girls at high school dances?
Poodle skirt
100
First made in 1847 and carried by Union soldiers during the Civil War, this treat comes packed as a roll of thin, circular disc-shaped candies in eight pastel colors and flavors, taking its name from the acronym for the New England Confectionery Company.
What are Necco Wafers?
100
Wearing number 42 for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, this legendary infielder broke Major League Baseball's modern color barrier and went on to win the Rookie of the Year award.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
100
Sweeping out of Macedonia in 334 BC, this 20-year-old king conquered the Persian Empire and established one of the largest empires in ancient history before dying mysteriously at age 32.
Who is Alexander the Great?
200
What piece of jewelry used heat-sensitive liquid crystals to supposedly tell what emotion you were feeling?
Mood ring
200
What informal school-chaperoned dances required teenagers to take off their shoes to avoid scuffing up the gymnasium floor?
Sock hops
200
Introduced by Breaker Confections in 1972, this sweet and tangy candy is shaped like metal crown metal lids and comes in sweet soda flavors like root beer, cola, cherry, grape, and orange.
What are Bottle Caps?
200
On July 20, 1969, this former Navy test pilot stepped off the Lunar Module Eagle onto the Sea of Tranquility, uttering a sentence heard live by over 600 million people on Earth.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
200
Discovered almost completely intact in 1922 by archaeologist Howard Carter, the gold-filled tomb in the Valley of the Kings belonged to this young Egyptian pharaoh.
Who is King Tut (Tutankhamun)?
300
What towering footwear featured extra-thick soles and high heels to give wearers several extra inches of height?
Platform shoes
300
What famous 1969 three-day music festival in upstate New York became the defining musical gathering of the counterculture generation?
Woodstock
300
First created in 1917 at the Chattanooga Bakery for Tennessee coal miners, this circular, dark-chocolate-coated snack consists of a soft marshmallow filling sandwiched between two round graham cookies.
What is a MoonPie?
300
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, this track-and-field superstar defied Adolf Hitler's propaganda by winning four gold medals across the 100m, 200m, long jump, and 4x100m relay.
Who is Jesse Owens?
300
According to myth, Greek soldiers hid inside a massive, hollow wooden animal to sneak past the impenetrable walls of Troy and win the Trojan War.
What is the Trojan Horse?
400
What trading stamps were collected at grocery stores and gas stations, pasted into booklets, and redeemed for household merchandise?
S&H Green Stamps
400
What arcade phenomenon featuring a yellow circle-shaped character navigating mazes while dodging ghosts swept the nation starting in 1980?
Pac-Man
400
Concocted in 1939 by Kellogg's home economist Mildred Day for a Camp Fire Girls fundraiser, this gooey, square-cut bar is made by binding crispy puffed rice cereal with melted butter and marshmallows.
What are Rice Krispies Treats?
400
Because American flight schools refused to admit Black or Native American women in the 1920s, this Texas-born barnstormer learned French, traveled to Paris, and in 1921 became the first African American woman to earn an international pilot's license.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
400
This Thracian gladiator famously escaped a training school in Capua in 73 BC and led a major slave uprising that threatened the Roman Republic.
Who is Spartacus?
500
These jackets — often worn by high‑school athletes — featured big chenille letters and became a symbol of school pride and teen dating culture.
Letterman jacket (or Varsity jacket)
500
What line of squishy-faced plush dolls released in 1983 came with individual birth certificates and adoption papers, triggering madness in toy stores?
Cabbage Patch Kids
500
Popularized in the early 20th century, these thin, white chalky sugar sticks featured pink-dyed tips to mimic glowing embers and were sold in miniature flip-top cardboard boxes designed to look like adult tobacco packaging.
What are Candy Cigarettes?
500
Nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, this El Paso-born judge and former Arizona state senator was unanimously confirmed by the Senate as the first female Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
500
Standing as the highest mountain peak in Greece, this rugged peak was believed by the ancient Greeks to be the heavenly home of Zeus and the 12 Olympic gods.
What is Mount Olympus?
