1970s Music
This singer released the hit song “American Pie” in 1971, an 8½-minute folk-rock epic.
Who is Don McLean?
This 1977 space opera launched one of the biggest film franchises in history.
What is Star Wars (OR Episode IV: A New Hope)?
This U.S. president created the Department of Energy and oversaw the Camp David Accords during the late 1970s.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
“Stairway to Heaven” was released by this legendary rock band in 1971.
Who is Led Zeppelin?
This sports drama won Best Picture in 1976 and featured a boxer from Philadelphia.
What is Rocky?
One of the first commercially successful video games where players had to hit a square ball back and forth across the screen
What is Pong?
The band that put out the 1977 album Rumours, which became one of the best-selling albums of all time
Who is Fleetwood Mac?
This TV show about an African-American family living in Chicago featured the catchphrase “Dy-no-mite!”
What is Good Times?
This international conflict ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon.
What is the Vietnam War?
Known as the “Queen of Disco,” she released hits like “Last Dance” and “Hot Stuff.”
Who is Donna Summer?
Jack Nicholson starred as R.P. McMurphy in this 1975 film based on a Ken Kesey novel.
What is One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest?
This New York City newspaper headline famously declared “Ford to City: Drop Dead” in 1975.
What is the New York Daily News?
This New York nightclub, which opened in 1977, became the symbol of the disco era.
What is Studio 54?
This 1973 horror film was so shocking that some theaters provided barf bags.
What is The Exorcist?
This scientific breakthrough in 1978 marked the birth of the world’s first “test-tube baby.”
What is in-vitro fertilization (Louise Brown was the baby)?