Music
This serendipitously named song is played at exactly 100 bpm, matching the ideal rhythm for CPR
What is Stayin' Alive
Bowling is the game, but this is Sam’s middle name
What is James
This slothful, sardonic, lasagna loving beast was unleashed upon the nation in 1978
What is Garfield
Gene Hackman plays a titular stand-offish man in this Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 thriller
What is The Conversation
This device, invented in 1979, revolutionized music by letting people carry their tunes wherever they choose
What is the Sony Walkman
This 1979 album by The Clash brought the British punk rock scene to the United States.
What is London Calling?
Ringo is the evil star of Rowan’s life, this is the number of pets Rowan has owned in their entire life
What is ~23 pets
(an answer above 20 but below 30 is acceptable)
This famous australopithecus aferensis was uncovered in Ethiopia in 1974
This is a 1976’s biographical movie about Watergate
What is All The President's Men
When the first digital camera surfaced in the 1970s, its intended use was for this purpose
What is Military/scientific/medicine/news applications
This hit 1978 single by Gloria Gaynor would spend three non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top 100 songs.
What is I Will Survive?
She’s the best driver in town, but Maren was this age when she got her drivers licenses
What is 20 (her sophmore year)
Following a military coup, in the mid-1970s this nation granted independence to all of its colonies except Macau
What is Portugal
Put on the boxing gloves and headphones for 1976’s Rocky. This is the name of its iconic theme song
What is "Gonna Fly Now"
Introduced in the '70s to replace steel belting on high-speed tires, it's called stronger than steel and lighter than nylon
What is Kevlar
At the beginning of his music career Sir Elton Hercules John changed his name from this
What is Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Tall and strong, Damien is well loved and known. This is the location where he was born
What is D.C.
This “launch pad” for scientific research orbited Earth, but it wasn’t exactly a permanent home
What is Skylab
The 1974 Oscars winner for best adapted screenplay, The Exorcist, had an iconic stair scene filmed in this neighborhood in the DMV.
Georgetown, D.C.
The world record for this game, invented in 1972 is 63,326 kicks
What is Hacky sack