1970 Fads and Fun
This popular 1970s skateboarding trend often involved empty backyard pools.
What is pool skating?
This type of energy became a focus in the 1970s due to the oil crisis, leading to advancements in solar and wind power.
What is renewable energy?
This super heroine spun into action to fight crime in a red, white, and blue costume.
What is Wonder Woman?
This arcade game released in 1978 involved shooting down rows of aliens.
What is Space Invaders?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution, passed in 1971, lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
This craze involved spinning a plastic hoop around your waist, arms, or legs.
What is hula hooping?
This 1970 mission famously had an oxygen tank explosion, but all astronauts returned safely.
What is Apollo 13?
This sci-fi TV series featured a spaceship named the Enterprise and its crew exploring space.
What is Star Trek?
This bright yellow smiley face with the slogan “Have a Nice Day” became a popular symbol in the 1970s.
What is the smiley face?
This crisis in the 1970s caused gas shortages and long lines at gas stations.
What is the energy crisis?
These fuzzy, wide-brimmed hats became a groovy accessory for many 1970s outfits.
What are floppy hats?
This mission marked the last time humans walked on the Moon, in 1972.
What is Apollo 17?
This family comedy featured Archie Bunker and was known for tackling serious issues.
What is All in the Family?
This dance style, popular in the 1970s, is associated with flashy outfits and spinning disco balls.
What is disco?
This war ended for the U.S. in 1975 when Saigon fell.
What is the Vietnam War?
This brightly colored cube puzzle invented in the 1970s became an iconic brain teaser.
What is The Rubik’s Cube
This NASA project in 1975 was a joint mission between American and Soviet astronauts.
What is Apollo-Soyuz?
This long-running show about a military medical unit in the Korean War ended in 1983 but began in 1972.
What is MASH?
This movie, released in 1977, introduced the world to Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.
What is Star Wars?
This U.S. president resigned in 1974 after the Watergate scandal.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This electronic game, released in 1972, was one of the first widely popular video games.
What is Pong?
This U.S. spacecraft landed on Mars in 1976, becoming the first to do so successfully.
What is Viking 1?
This animated series about a group of teenagers and their talking dog solved mysteries in a van.
What is Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!?
This music genre, popular in the 1970s, featured bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and The Eagles
What is rock?
This leader of the Civil Rights Movement was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the 1970s.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?