Some crazy shenanigans went down at this D.C. hotel in 1972
What is the Watergate
100
How would you characterize US public support towards the military and government post Vietnam and post Watergate?
What is "it was very low"
100
Mr. Weidner's first concert, he wore a hat matching one of the performers.
Who was the Captain and Tenille
100
Nixon ended this long difficult armed conflict, really the only war we ever lost.
What is Vietnam
100
Reagan did this to taxes
What is cut them
200
President elected at the end of the 1960s, wanted to restore order to America
Who is Richard Nixon
200
Congress demanded Nixon give these to investigators
What are tapes
200
Cable TV channel that debuted in 1981, on their first day played Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" about 3 times an hour, now they don't play music videos at all.
What is MTV
200
The US boycotted the 1980 Olympic games over the invasion of this country by the Soviet Union
What is Afghanistan
(Hey, didn't we invade Afghanistan in 2001?..... I'm droning on and on)
200
This resource experienced shortages in 1973 and 1979. People had to line up and wait just to purchase it.
What is gasoline (oil)
300
Never elected VP or President, yet served in both positions,
also Pardoned Nixon, which smelled fishy to many Americans
Who is Gerald Ford
300
President born and raised in Dixon Illinois
Who is Ronald Reagan
300
This type of TV allowed consumers numerous channels
What is Cable TV
300
The U.S. and Soviet Union had about 40,000 of these, though they were never used by either side. Thankfully.
What are nukes
300
Economic growth was strong in the mid to late 1980s. Reagan would have looked back at his achievements and been proud, except he couldn't because he had this
What is Alzheimers
400
Dark Horse Peanut Farmer/ Governor of Georgia, he wins the White House for the Democrats in 1976
Who is James Earl Carter
400
Soviet Leader that instituted Glasnost and Perestroika, actually got along with Reagan.
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev
400
Dance and music craze of the late 70s, fashion and music of the time were heavily influenced by the sounds of the Bee Gees and the movie Saturday Night Fever
What is Disco
400
The arms race was won by the USA after the Soviet Union did this trying to keep up.
What is went broke
400
People that performed these types of jobs discovered they were no longer available in large numbers in the US
What is manufacturing
500
Ronald Reagan's VP that became president, so did his son for 2 terms
Who is George H.W. Bush
500
Which president stepped out of the box during the Cold War and visited a Communist Country?
Who is Nixon
500
Not as popular as they are today, Americans began to purchase these items in the early 1980s, though they could not yet "go online."
What is a personal computer.
500
The US Embassy was invaded and hostages were held for 444 days in this country
What is Iran
500
The term "Stagflation" was invented to explain the economy experiencing these two things at the same time.