70s History
This president resigned in 1974 over the Watergate scandal.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This Olympic athlete set a record in 1972 by winning seven gold medals.
Who is Mark Spitz?
This video game debuted in the 1970s and featured now iconic games like Pong and Pac Man.
What is Atari?
In the late ’40s, spread was the “Best buy for bread and budget”?
What is Parkay Margarine?
This Pennsylvania nuclear plant suffered a partial meltdown in 1979.
What is Three Mile Island?
Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett won this major sports award in 1970.
What is the Heisman Trophy?
This musical genre featuring a driving eight beat spawned a cultural phenomenon that peaked with the 1977 release of the film "Saturday Night Fever".
What is Disco?
This was a “Sign of Good Taste” in 1958?
What is Coca Cola?
This deadly disease struck a convention in Philadelphia in July 1976 and was named for the convention is struck.
What is Legionnaires' Disease?
This athlete was the first to earn a perfect score in the history of Olympic gymnastics.
Who is Nadia Comaneci?
This character was played by Herve Villechaize in the TV series "Fantasy Island".
Who is Tattoo?
This once popular chewing gum was named for a game of chance.
What is Black Jack?
Paul Allen and Bill Gates founded this company in 1975.
What is Microsoft?
This race car driver was the first man to win the Daytona 500 six times.
Who is Richard Petty?
This singer-songwriter, considered by many to be the greatest electric guitar player of all time, died in 1970.
Who is Jimmy Hendrix?
The name of the Atomic bomb drill that consisted of hiding under your desk and covering your head with your arms.
What is "Duck and Cover"?
This newspaper heiress took part in a San Francisco bank robbery in April 1974.
Who is Patty Hearst?
The first member of the Negro league to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Who is Leroy "Satchel" Paige?
This 1970s movie made people afraid to swim in the ocean.
What is Jaws?
This singer left his heart in San Francisco.
Who is Tony Bennett?