History
Richard Nixon
Which Olympic athlete set the record in 1972 by winning seven gold metals?
Mark Spitz
Which video game system debuted in the 1970s and featured now iconic games like Pong and Pac Man?
Atari
Ayatollah Khomeini
What hide was the first used to cover baseballs in 1975?
Cowhide
During Which Apollo Space flight did an oxygen tank explode, putting the crew in server danger in though they managed to survive?
Apollo 13
What major sports award did Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett win in 1970?
Heisman
Which book about a bird on a journey of self-discovery topped The New York Times bestseller list for 38 weeks in 1970?
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
What newspaper hieress took part in a San Fransico bank robbery in APril 1974?
Patty Hearst
Which singer-songwriter, considered by many to be the greatest electric guitar of all time died in 1970?
Jimi Hendrix
Which Pennsylvania nuclear genterating plant suffered a partial meltdown in 1979?
Nadia Comaneci
Which music genre peaked with the 1977 release of the film Saturday Night Fever?
Disco
WHo leaked the Pentagon papers in 1971?
Daniel Ellsberg
What was the top selling song of 1970 decade?
American Pie (Don Mclean)
What war ended in 1979 with the fall of Saigon?
Vietnam
Who was the first member of the Negro Legue inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Which 70s TV series aired Saturday mornings and taught children lessons about math, grammar, government and more?
School House Rock
Right to Vote!!
Who beat Babe Ruths home run record in 1974?
Hank Aaron
Legionnaires' Disease
In 1979, who became the first man to win the Daytona 500 six times?
Richard Petty
What was the name of the character played by Herve Villechaize in the TV series, Fantasy Island?
Tattoo
Pate Allan & Bill Gates founded what company in 1975?
Microsoft
What movie in the 1970s made many people afraid to go swimming in the ocean?
JAWS