70's Sports
In what park was the New York City Marathon run until 1970?
Central Park
Which video game system debuted in the 1970s and featured now iconic games like Pong and Pac Man?
Atari
Which president resigned in 1974 over the Watergate scandal?
Richard Nixon
The 2000 U.S. presidential election was officially decided by a controversial Supreme Court decision following a recount of votes in what state? The recount determined that George W. Bush had defeated Al Gore in that state by a mere 537 votes.
Florida
Flamingos are born with gray or white feathers, and only turn pink after eating ______ and blue-green algae.
brine shrimp
Who beat the Babe Ruth’s home run record in 1974?
Hank Aaron
What musical genre peaked with the 1977 release of the film Saturday Night Fever?
Disco
Paul Allen and Bill Gates founded what company in 1975?
Microsoft
The 2003 California gubernatorial recall election resulted in the replacement of Gray Davis with what star of "The Terminator" and "Total Recall?"
Arnold Schwarzenegger
About ______ million turkeys are prepared for Thanksgiving in America each year?
46
What hide was first used to cover baseballs in 1975?
Cowhide
Which 70s TV series aired Saturday mornings and taught children lessons about math, grammar, government and more?
School House Rock
In June 1971, the 26th Amendment passed giving 18-year-olds what right?
Right to vote
The election of 1912 was the first one to feature the 48 contiguous states, thanks to Arizona and New Mexico joining the union prior to the election. Both of those states went to which eventual winner?
Woodrow Wilson
Polar bears have ______ skin covered with two thick layers of fur. The color of their skin helps them absorb more sunlight, which heats their bodies.
Black
What major sports award did Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett win in 1970?
Heisman
What movie from the 1970s made many people afraid to go swimming in the ocean?
Jaws
What war ended in April 1975 with the fall of Saigon?
Vietnam
Former President Theodore Roosevelt formed the Progressive Party in 1912 after he lost the Republican presidential nomination to his former protégé William Howard Taft. The new party was nicknamed after an animal because Roosevelt boasted that he felt "strong as a ______ ______".
Bull Moose
Bananas are berries, but strawberries and raspberries aren't. Strawberries and raspberries are _____ fruits, which means they come from a single flower with more than one ovary.
aggregate
Which Olympic athlete set a record in 1972 by winning seven gold medals?
Mark Spitz
What was the name of Stephen King’s first published novel that came out in 1974?
Carrie
During which Apollo space flight did an oxygen tank explode, putting the crew in severe danger even though they managed to survive?
Apollo 13
They’d have to wait until 1920 in the USA and 1971 in Switzerland! Thanks to the work of Kate Sheppard, among others, New Zealand was the first country in the world to give votes in national elections to what group of people?
Women
on average ______ calories are consumed, per person, at Thanksgiving dinner?
4,500
In 1979, who became the first man to win the Daytona 500 six times?
Richard Petty
What was the top selling song of the 1970s decade?
American Pie (Don Mclean)
Which Pennsylvania nuclear generating plant suffered a partial meltdown in 1979?
Three Mile Island
Which president one the only election in United States history in which the candidate with the most electoral votes actually lost?
John Quincy Adams
______ in New York City is larger than the entire country of Monaco.
Central Park
Which athlete was the first to earn a perfect score in the history of Olympic gymnastics?
Nadia Comaneci
What singer-songwriter, considered by many to be the greatest electric guitar player of all time died in 1970?
Jimi Hendrix
What is the name of the deadly disease that struck a convention in Philadelphia in July 1976 and was named for the convention where it struck?
Legionnaires’ disease
Andrew Jackson won the first U.S. presidential election in which more than one million votes were cast. Who won the first election in which more than one HUNDRED million votes were cast?
Bill Clinton
About ____ percent of Americans skip turkey on Thanksgiving?
12
Who was the first member of the Negro League inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Leroy “Satchel” Paige
Who created the Muppets?
Jim Henson
Who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971?
Daniel Ellsberg
"Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow" was a Super PAC founded by what US comedian who raised awareness of Super PACs in his late-night television program during 2012?
Stephen Colbert
Honey doesn't spoil because of its______ and ______, which prevents bacteria and other microorganisms from growing. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still edible.
low water content and natural acidity
In 1972, Franco Harris put the Steelers in the AFC Championship game with a miracle catch. What was that catch called?
Immaculate reception
What was the name of the character played by Herve Villechaize in the TV series, Fantasy Island?
Tattoo
What newspaper heiress took part in a San Francisco bank robbery in April 1974?
Patty Hearst
The 2008 Presidential election featured the major party tickets of Obama-Biden and McCain-Palin. It also featured a few independent candidates, including which man and consumer advocate, who ran for President in 1996, 2000 and 2004 under the Green and Reform party lines?
Ralph Nader
Sarah Josepha Hale, who campaigned for Thanksgiving to be a national holiday, wrote _____ a famous song for children.
"Mary Had a Little Lamb"
The first back-to-back Triple Crown winners in horse racing history happened in 1977 and 1978. What horses won?
Seattle Slew (1977) Affirmed (1978)
Which book about a bird on a journey of self-discovery topped The New York Times best-seller list for 38 weeks in 1970?
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Who replaced the Shah of Iran in 1979?
Ayatollah Khomeini
Al Gore sought the Democratic nomination for US President in 1988 as the junior senator from which state?
Tennessee
The Eiffel Tower was originally made for _______.
Barcelona