Movies 1975
Easily the most famous film of 1975 starred an animatronic great white shark.
What is Jaws
This is August's birthstone.
The year when the Des Moines water treatment plant flooded.
What is 1993?
The Fall of Saigon marked the end of this war.
What is the Vietnam war?
You had me at hello.
What is Jerry Maguire?
This 1975 film starring Jack Nicholson won the Oscar for Best Picture of the year 1976.
What is One Flew OVer the Cuckoos Nest?
The one of the 6 Friends from the TV show who never married.
Who is Joey?
The two rivers that flow through Des Moines.
What are the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers?
Dubbed the Thrilla in Manila, a boxing match between these two famed boxers.
Who are Joe Lewis and Muhammed Ali?
First you gotta do the truffle shuffle.
What is the Goonies?
This cult British classic centered on a King Arthur quest.
What is Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
The famous Barbadian (Baja) singer whose real name is Robyn Fenty.
Who is Rhianna?
The second floor system of walkways between downtown buildings in Des Moines is a notable aspect of the city.
What is the Skywalk?
The first episode of this late night sketch comedy showed aired in October of 1975.
What is Saturday Night Live?
Here's Johnny!
What is The Shining?
This British psychedelic jukebox musical fantasy film is about a deaf, mute and blind boy who becomes a pinball champion.
What is Tommy?
The Western Meadowlark is the state bird of which US state?
Des Moines is a hub for this business industry.
What is insurance?
This Rocket Man received a star on the Hollywood walk of Fame.
Who is Elton John?
What is Poltergeist?
This movie with a character named Frank-N-furter and an alien transvestite is famously still shown at midnight all around the country making it the longest running theatrical production in history.
What is the Rocky Horror Picture show?
The names of at least 3 of 4 of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's children.
Who are North, Saint, Psalm and Chicago?
This event taking place in Des Moines attracts more than 1 million attendees annually.
What is the Iowa State Fair?
Gordon Lightfoot sings about the sinking of this Great Lakes Freighter that sank in November 1975 resulting in the deaths of all crew members.
What is the SS Edmund Fitzgerald?
You talkin' to me?
What is Taxi Driver?