FADS of the 70s
The textured material used for these pants made a swishing sound when you walk.
What are Corduroy pants?
This ballplayer breaks Babe Ruth's career home run record, in April 1974.
Who is Hank Aaron?
This 70s song, originally inspired by the death of Buddy Holly, is 8 minutes and 42 seconds long.
What is American Pie?
Steve Wozniak demonstrated the first prototype of this product in July 1976 at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, CA.
What is Apple Computer?
The soundtrack from this 1977 dance includes seven songs by the Bee Gees.
What is Saturday Night Fever?
This 70s fashion trend included wide ankle pants.
What are Bell Bottoms?
Richard Nixon resigns as U.S. President over one of the biggest political scandals in U.S. history.
What is Watergate?
This is the opening line to Queens' Bohemian Rhapsody.
What is "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?"
This item is widely used worldwide for tracking and scanning trade items in stores.
What is a UPC?
The release of this 1977 movie was the beginning of a multimedia franchise that has an estimated worth of $70 billion.
What is Star Wars?
Originally worn in South American cultures, this single large sheet of fabric with an opening in the center for the head gained popularity in the 1970s.
She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for dedicating her life to helping the poor.
Who is Mother Teresa?
This group held 4 of the top 5 positions in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week in March 1978.
Who are the Bee Gees?
Dr. Spencer Silver, a 3M scientist, discovered microsphere adhesive used to make this popular paper.
What are Post-It Notes?
Richard Dreyfuss plays a marine biologist in this 1975 thriller.
What is Jaws?
White fabric, rubber bands and bright colored fabric dye created these fun 70s clothes.
What are tie dye?
On March 28, 1979, the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history took place in Pennsylvania.
What is Three Mile Island?
Elvis Presley died in his Graceland home in August of this year.
What is 1977?
This portable music device, invented in the late 1970s, coincided nicely with the exercise craze of the 80s.
What is the Walkman?
The author of "The Fortunate Pilgrim" also wrote the Italian Mafia crime novel, The Godfather.
Who is Mario Puzo?
This casual polyester suit consisting of a shirt-like jacket and matching trousers often came in bright colors.
What is a Leisure suit?
This aircraft broke the sound barrier and cut flight times in half, making its debut flight from London to Paris in 1976.
What is the Concorde?
The Jackson Five consist of Jackie, Jermaine, Tito, Michael and this other brother.
Who is Marlon?
This device, invented in 1977, is often used to identify tumors or bone fractures that are too small for x-ray.
What is the MRI Scanner?
This 1973 movie based on the book by William Peter Blatty, about the demonic possession of 12 year-old girl.
What is the Exorcist?