1970s
This disco film starring John Travolta was released in 1977.
Saturday Night Fever
This yellow cartoon family lives in Springfield.
The Simpsons
This creature eats termites and its Spanish name means "little armored one"
What is an armadillo?
This woman is famous for being the 2nd female Supreme Court Justice in the United States. She is known for advancing women's rights through the court of law.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
This planet is covered in red rust and is nicknamed "the red planet."
What is Mars?
This scandal led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974.
Watergate
This board game asks players to solve a murder mystery involving suspects like Colonel Mustard.
Clue
This bird can run at speeds of up to 20 miles per hour.
What is a roadrunner?
This man, gave a famous speech called "I Have a Dream" and organizing protests for equal rights for Black Americans.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
If you eat too many of these, your skin can turn orange.
What are carrots?
This blockbuster 1977 movie introduced audiences to Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.
Star Wars
This snack’s slogan says it “melts in your mouth, not in your hands.”
M&Ms
This lizard can run across water at speeds up to five miles per hour, generating enough upward thrust to support its own body weight.
What is a basilisk (Jesus lizard)?
This woman is famous for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The slang word "snirt" means snow combined with this.
What is dirt?
In 1978, this agreement between Jimmy Carter, Anwar Sadat, and Menachem Begin aimed to bring peace to the Middle East.
Camp David Accords
This legendary detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle lives at 221B Baker Street and is known for his brilliant deductive reasoning.
Sherlock Holmes?
This three-hearted, blue-blooded creature has instant camouflage abilities and an ink defense mechanism.
Octopus
This girl led the French army to victory in 1429, and there is a statue of her in the Laurelhurst neighborhood of Portland, OR.
Who is Joan of Arc?
In the book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's shoes were not ruby, but instead this color.
What is silver?
In 1979, this nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania experienced the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history.
Three Mile Island accident
Released in 1985, this time-travel movie features the DeLorean time machine.
Back to the Future
This creature can swim 15 miles an hour and can jump completely out of the water to catch it's prey.
What is a great white shark?
This man is best known for inventing calculus and the theory of gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
In Japanese, the word "tsundoku" refers to this habit.
buying books and leaving them unread in stacks