1970's tv
WKRP is set in this city?
What is Cincinnati? The show’s full title is WKRP in Cincinnati. WKRC, a real radio station in Cincinnati, benefited from the publicity;
This lime pie comes from the Florida Keys?
What is key lime? Key lime pie made with regular limes just doesn’t taste the same. Key limes are tart, seedier, and less acidic, making them more flavorful than regular limes.
All roads lead to this city.
What is Rome?
First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day is always held during this month?
What is April? A large oil spill in 1969 inspired the creation of the holiday
Though traditionally a word for a baby’s bed, in ’70s slang, this term means a home?
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Kristen shot J. R. on this show
What is Dallas? The “Who shot J. R.?” plotline riveted viewers in 1980. Other notable storylines include the 1986 season, in which producers brought J. R.’ s brother Bobby
The smell of bagels wafts through the early-morning air in this major East Coast city that never sleeps?
What is New York City? They say you haven’t had a bagel until you’ve had a bagel from New York City. Sandwiches made with bagels are a favorite New York lunch as well.
This Green Bay Packers coach is credited with saying, “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.”
Who is Vince Lombardi? He gets the credit, but it’s since been discovered that Vanderbilt University football coach Henry “Red” Sanders first uttered the saying in 1948, as recorded in The Birmingham News.
In 1980, Congress passed a conservation act to protect natural lands in this noncontiguous northern state?
What is Alaska? The act was designed to protect land and water of nationally significant value, whether scenic, historic, or scientific.
In the ’70s, boogie and get your groove on both meant to do this activity.
What is dance?
We keep abreast of the day-to-day life and adventures of the Ingalls family in this family-oriented TV drama?
What is Little House on the Prairie? The show’s set was built on rented land and was to be dismantled at the conclusion of production
Lobster roll is found in this “New” region of the United States?
What is New England? Good luck finding the “rolls,” sometimes called New England hot dog buns, in grocery stores outside of this region.
“Much ado about nothing” is a 16th-century expression from this playwright?
Who is William Shakespeare? Its meaning is similar to “making a mountain out of a molehill.”
In 1978, an act expanded the California national park that protects these big trees?
What are redwoods? The forests had seen significant logging damage on the outskirts of the park, prompting its expansion.
Although invented much earlier, this term for a crumbly breakfast cereal and yogurt topping became popular in the 1970s?
What is granola?
This detective series deviates from the norm of “whodunnits” by showing us early in the episodes who committed the crime. The rest of the show explores how it is done.?
What is Columbo? The Lt. Columbo character was originally created for an episode of The Chevy Mystery Show in 1960
This is Philadelphia’s signature sandwich?
What is a Philly cheesesteak? It’s made with thinly sliced steak, sautéed diced onions, and melted mild white cheese and served on a hoagie
This expression is boxing slang for getting out of serious trouble just in the nick of time?
What is saved by the bell? Though the expression has come to be associated with getting out of school work, it originated in boxing circles in the late 1800s as a way of saying a round ended just in time for a fighter to escape defeat
The Endangered Species Act of this year protects endangered species and their homes and environments. A) 1973 B) 1985 C) 1954 D) 1962
What is 1973? Because of the act’s strict regulations, it has saved 99 percent of the species it protects from extinction.
This term, meaning to be greedy or hog something, shares its name with a famous tough guy movie star?
What is Bogart? The term was originally meant to intimidate someone but evolved to its current meaning in the late ’60s.
Robert Guillaume stars in this sitcom, wherein his character works for the governor as his butler before becoming the state’s budget director, then lieutenant governor, and finally a gubernatorial candidate?
What is Benson? The show is a spinoff from Soap. Although Benson was a sitcom, it addressed the social and political issues of its day
If you order barbecue in one of these two states, you’ll get a side of mustard barbecue sauce?
What are North Carolina and South Carolina? The sauce is called Carolina Gold
“With malice for none, with [____] for all” is a quote from President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address in 1865?
What is charity? Lincoln delivered the address just 41 days before his assassination.
Throughout the 1970s, this brand’s catalog promoted environmental causes, not just its iconic fleece outerwear, because founder Hap Klopp was also an environmentalist?
What is the North Face? Causes promoted by the company include the use of solar energy and increasing sustainability.
Part of trucker slang used in the 1970s and ’80s, What’s your 20? means this?
What’s your location/where are you? The term comes from a police abbreviation, 10–20, meaning location.