Greatest hits from the 70's to the 2010's! Jeopardy Template

The 70's

The 80's

The 90's

The 2000's

The 2010's

100

November 1972, the first commercially successful video game is created named:

A. PONG

B. DOOM

C. Call of Duty

D. Halo

A. PONG

100

This Sony music player revolutionized music letting people listen to cassette tapes portably:

A. iPod

B. Betamax

C. Walkman

D. Blu-ray

C. Walkman

100

This Nintendo portable game system line featured 90's hits such as Pokémon Red and Blue Version:

A. Switch

B. Gameboy

C. Xbox

D. DS

B. Gameboy

100

This video hosting platform took off in 2005 and would become the largest video hosting website in the world:

A. Netflix

B. Vimeo

C. Bing

D. YouTube

100

In 2010, Apple announced the first in this line of devices that is still producing new models today:

A. Airpods

B. iPhone

C. iPad

D. Macbook

C. iPad

200

This artist/group wrote the 1972 single "Starman", reaching the top 10 of the UK singles chart:

A. Led Zepplin

B. David Bowie

C. Queen

D. Michael Jackson

B. David Bowie

200

This artist who asked us to imagine all the people sharing all the world and was killed outside his NYC apartment in 1980:

A. Paul McCartney

B. Gene Simmons

C. Elvis Presley

D. John Lennon

200

Nirvana brought grunge to the forefront of pop culture with this top 100 hit, articulating teenage angst:

A. Kids in America

B. Kung Fu Fighting

C. Gangsta's Paradise

D. Smells Like Teen Spirit

200

The single "What I've Done" was used for the end credits of the first Michael Bay Transformers film, written by this alternative rock group:

A. Linkin Park

B. Green Day

C. Foo Fighters

D. Radiohead

A. Linkin Park

200

This Korean pop song took the world by storm in 2012:

A. Walkin' on Sunshine

B. All Star

C. Gangnam Style

D. Hey There Delilah

C. Gangnam Style

300

This 1979 Ridley Scott film warned that in space, no one can hear you scream:

A. Star Wars: A New Hope

B. Jaws

C. Alien

D. The Predator

C. Alien

300

This 1984 film showcased Arnold Schwarzenegger as a ruthless killing-machine:

A. Terminator 2: Judgement Day

B. Total Recall

C. Eraser

D. The Terminator

D. The Terminator

300

A "chosen one" must escape his mundane life and break out of the system to reach his true potential in this 1999 sci-fi blockbuster:

A. The Fifth Element

B. The Matrix

C. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

D. Forrest Gump

B. The Matrix

300

This 2000's epic won 11 oscars including best picture, tying it only with Ben-Hur and Titanic for most oscars ever won:

A. The Dark Knight

B. Spider-Man 2

C. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

D. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

D. Return of the King

300

This popular book trilogy was adapted into a quadrilogy beginning in 2012 starring Jennifer Lawrence:

A. Harry Potter

B. Divergence

C. The Hunger Games

D. Twilight

C. The Hunger Games

400

The scandal that would have gotten Richard Nixon impeached if not for his resignation:

A. Teapot Dome Scandal

B. Watergate Scandal

C. Iran-Contra Affair

D. Woodstock

B. Watergate Scandal

400

This illness created an epidemic which killed tens of thousands during the 1980's. Only recently have some patients with the illness been cured.

A. Ebola

B. COVID-19

C. Malaria

D. HIV

400

The collapse of this coalition changed the geopolitical landscape in ways still felt today.

A. The Soviet Union

B. The United States

C. The United Nations

D. The Warsaw Pact

A. The Soviet Union

400

People were frightened that when computer dates rolled over from 1999 to 2000, computers would shut down, economies collapse, and the the world would face a major crisis. What was this called?

A. The Silicon Valley Affair

B. Y2K

C. Computergeddon

D. Judgement Day

B. Y2K

400

The ten-year manhunt for Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader behind the 9/11 terror attacks, ended in May of this year:

A. 2016

B. 2019

C. 2011

D. 2013

C. 2011

500

I spied on Democrat opponents by planting listening devices in their hotel rooms:

A. John F. Kennedy

B. Robert Kennedy

C. Richard Nixon

D. Ronald Reagan

C. Richard Nixon

500

I got in trouble because my top officials facilitated the sale of weapons to Iran:

A. Ronald Reagan

B. Margaret Thatcher

C. Jimmy Carter

D. Mikhail Gorbachev

A. Ronald Reagan

500

I was impeached for perjury during my second term as president, overshadowing the rest of that term.

A. Jimmy Carter

B. Bob Dole

C. Ross Perot

D. Bill Clinton

500

I falsely claimed Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime possessed weapons of mass destruction and ordered an invasion.

A. Barack Obama

B. Al Gore

C. George W. Bush

D. George H. W. Bush

C. George W. Bush

500

I was president during Occupy Wallstreet, a major movement against income inequality and corporate profits centered in NYC:

A. Hilary Clinton

B. Barack Obama

C. Joe Biden

D. Mitt Romney

B. Barack Obama