Inventions
In 1972 the first commercially successful video game was launched.
What is Pong?
This rom-com TV series that ran from 1977 to 1986 took place on the MS Pacific Princess.
What is the Love Boat?
The political controversy that happened in 1972 while Richard Nixon was President.
What is Watergate?
This movie that premiered in 1976 starred Sylvester Stallone depicted that life of underdog boxer who wins the world heavy-weight championship.
What is Rocky?
In 1973 the first test of this device dubbed "The Brick" was made.
What is the handheld mobile phone?
This crime drama TV series that ran from 1977 - 1983 followed the lives of two motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol.
What is CHiPs?
In 1979 she became the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Who is Margret Thatcher?
This 1977 movie starring John Travolta popularized disco music.
What is Saturday Night Fever?
In 1976 this personal device that used to take up a whole room was released.
What the Apple computer.
This TV series ran from 1972 - 1983 was set in Korea and depicted the lives of a group of doctors and support staff.
What is MASH?
In 1979 this partial nuclear meltdown happened near Harrisburg, PA.
What is Three Mile Island?
This 1979 musical comedy produced by Jim Henson, was the first theatrical film to feature puppets.
What is the Muppet Movie?
In 1975 this device was developed by Eastman Kodak engineer Steven Sasson in Rochester, New York.
What is the digital camera?
This TV show ran form 1973-1978 is about about USAF Colonel Steve Austin, who crashed in a test flight accident, and is rebuilt with bionic implants that give him superhuman strength, speed and vision.
What is the Six Millions Dollar Man?
This President survived two assassination attempts in 1975.
Who is Gerald Ford?
In 1978, this first of 4 films based on a DC Comics character was released.
What is Superman?
In 1977 the first test run of this equipment on a live human being drastically changed the process of diagnosing cancer.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging?
This TV series that ran from 1975 - 1979 is about a high-school teacher and a racially and ethnically diverse remedial education class called the "Sweathogs."
What is Welcome Back Kotter?
This conflict in Asia which lasted 20 years, from 1955-1975, was a major battle between the north with communist allies and the south with the U.S. and non-communist allies.
What was the Vietnam War?
This first of nine films, released in 1977 and spanning 42, became a pop culture phenomenon depicting adventures taking place "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away." (must have the exact name)
What is Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope?