Countries by Leader
In the ’70s, this country was led by Chairman Mao Zedong.
What is China?
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association is better known as this
What is FIFA?
The 1980s biopic Raging Bull centers around the life of Jake LaMotta, a star in this high-contact sport.
What is boxing?
In 1985 sports news, Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm were inducted into this Hall of Fame.
What is the Baseball Hall of Fame?
In 1979, Dr. Sylvia Earle set a deep-diving record off the coast of Oahu in this U.S. state.
What is Hawaii?
The 1979 Nobel Prize in this category went to Odysseus Elytis for his poetry, “which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts... modern man’s struggle for freedom and creativeness.”
What is literature?
He was the original host of Wheel of Fortune and also hosted Love Connection and Scrabble.
Who is Chuck Woolery?
Leaders in this South Asian nation included Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi
What is India?
1991 saw the first World Cup for these players
Who are women?
) Based on a book by Tom Wolfe, this ’80s film portrays the Mercury 7 astronauts.
What is The Right Stuff?
On January 19, 1985, his single “Born in the U.S.A.” peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard charts
Who is Bruce Springsteen?
A hallmark in ocean exploration was Dr. Robert Ballard’s 1985 discovery of this sunken vessel.
What is Titanic?
A trio won in this category in 1978, “for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics.”
What is medicine?
Big names in this country’s history include Georges Pompidou, François Mitterrand, and Jacques Chirac
What is France?
Due to increased usage, FIFA tightened regulations around the use of these during the 1980s
What are performance-enhancing drugs/steroids?
Al Pacino, John Cazale, and Penelope Allen star in this 1975 flick about amateur bank robbers
What is Dog Day Afternoon?
In April, Coca-Cola introduced this now-famous flop
What is New Coke?
A 1992 project began mapping the ocean surface by using these devices in orbit around the planet.
What are satellites?
This nun won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
Who is Mother Teresa?
Prime ministers from this island nation have included John Malcolm Fraser, Robert Hawke, and Paul Keating.
What is Australia?
In 1971, this Brazilian soccer legend retired from international soccer.
Who is Pele?
George C. Scott stars in this 1970 biopic of a controversial general, also named George.
What is Patton?
His final appearance as James Bond was in A View to a Kill.
Who is Roger Moore?
This organization, abbreviated NOAA, was founded in 1970.
What is National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration?
This leader of the Buddhist faith was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1989
Who is Dalai Lama?
Leaders in this nation since 1970 have included Pierre Trudeau and Joe Clark.
What is Canada?
In 1986, Diego Maradona of this South American nation gave the greatest individual performance in a World Cup.
What is Argentina?
This 2017 film deals with Washington Post owner Kay Graham and an exposé on government deception.
What is The Post?
On June 27, this iconic route from Chicago to Santa Monica was decertified.
What is Route 66?
In the 1980s, underwater studies were improved by the advancement of AUVs, otherwise known as Autonomous these
What are Autonomous Underwater Vehicles??
The prize in economic sciences was established in 1968 in memory of this Nobel Prize founder.
Who is Alfred Nobel?
Václav Havel served as president of this European nation during the 1990s.
What is Czechoslovakia?
The 1994 World Cup was played in this nation, the first time it had been held outside of Europe or South America.
Who is the United States?
The 2018 film On the Basis of Sex tells the story of this U.S. justice appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
In September, Nintendo introduced this video game, featuring main characters Mario and Luigi.
What is Super Mario Bros?
These hot water vents were discovered in 1977.
What are hydrothermal vents?
Henry Taube won in 1983 in this category, one of the sciences, “for his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes.”
What is chemistry?