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This song was release by the famous band the Bee Gees, it has since been used in many first aid courses as an example of how fast CPR compressions should be made. They play the chorus of the song in order for people to easily follow along with the speed of their compressions.
Stayin' Alive
100
What show taglined the quote "In a galaxy far, far away"?
Star Wars
100
This classic game was originally played with just a scrap piece of paper and a pencil. However, the first tabletop version of this game was released in 1976. It is a guessing game for two or more players. One player thinks of a word, phrase, or sentence, and the others try to guess it by suggesting letters.
Hangman
100
Continuing the hippie trends from the 60's, this colourful shirt style remained popular all throughout the 70's.
Tie-dye
100
The famous singer dubbed the "King of Rock" died at the age of 42.
Elvis Presley
100
Name this product
The Floppy Disk
200
This lady has been described as a "country music legend" and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling female artists of all time. She is also know for her long, blonde, bouncy curls.
Dolly Parton
200
This 11 season American sitcom was recognized as one of the most successful series of the 1970s. With hilarious characters such as Fonzie, it's no surprise that the show continues to gain fame even after the show had ended.
Happy Days
200
This board game was released in 1974. It is a two-player game where players must take turns dropping coloured tokens into a vertically suspended grid. The pieces fall straight down, occupying the lowest available space within the column. The object of the game is to be the first to form a line of four with your own coloured tokens.
Connect 4
200
The 1960's and 70's liberalism began to flourish. The people became loud advocates for the environment and thus the Enviromental Movement was born. What day was celebrated for the first time in April of 1970?
Earth Day
200
The first female Prime Minister in the UK was elected, what is her name?
Margaret Thatcher
200
Portable Cassette Player
300
This musician re-entered the music industry during the glam rock ear with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego named Ziggy Stardust.
David Bowie
300
A suburban widow Shirley and her kids tour the country in a wildly painted bus performing music as a family. Their agent Reuben hates kids, so Danny gives him a bad time. Shirley, Keith, Laurie, Danny, Tracy, and Chris.
The Partridge Family
300
This game consists of 16 dice with different letters on each, the player must try to find as many words as they can from the lettered dice within a set time limit.
Boggle
300
These two historical architecture buildings were completed in 1973 and remained in use until their destruction due to a terrorist attack in 2001.
The Twin Towers
300
America was being terrorized by a serial killer who would ruse his victims by pretending to be disabled or impersonating as police officers and firefighters to gain the trust of women. When he was caught he was sentenced to death by electric chair, by that time he had confessed to 30 murders.
Ted Bundy
300
This device weighed 28 grams, had a total of 19 buttons, and took 10 hours to charge.
The Cell Phone
400
This female actress and singer starred in the musical film Grease, which was the highest-grossing musical film at the time, and whose soundtrack remains as one of the world's best-selling albums.
Olivia Newton-John
400
This late-night show was launched in 1975 and has remained as one of the most popular and long-lasting comedies in television history.
Saturday Night Live
400
This table tennis themed arcade sport video game featured the player controlling a paddle by moving it vertically across the screen while hitting a ball back and fourth.
Pong
400
This famous sports personality became a hockey legend and the youngest NHL Hall of Famer at the age of 31. He also signed the first million-dollar contract in NHL history.
Bobby Orr
400
A breakup of a legendary Rock band happened in this decade. The band broke up because of personal, business, and musical differences.
The Beatles
400
This device became more affordable and reliable in the 1970's. It allowed you to record television and watch it at a later time, even recording up to 3 episodes on one tape.
The VCR
500
This singer/songwriter was born as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, but was known around the world by his stage name. He legally changed his name after that, he was inspired by two of his previous band mates name but took his new middle name "Hercules" from a horse that belonged to a popular British sitcom.
Elton John
500
This 1976 American sports drama film starred Sylvester Stallone. This was the first installment of a franchise of these movies. In the film a poor small-time club fighter gets an unlucky shot at the world heavyweight championship.
Rocky
500
This 1978 "shoot 'em up" arcade game was made in Japan and brought overseas for distribution. The goal is to defeat wave after wave if descending aliens with a horizontally moving laser to earn as many points as possible.
Space Invaders
500
Throughout the decade what heavy weight champion dominated boxing? He was nicknamed "The Greatest" and is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the century.
Muhammad Ali
500
What themed amusement park opened in 1971, where the estimated cost to build the park was $400 million, and now attracts an average of 25 million visitors annually.
Disney World
500
This came out in 1970 and changed the way we tell time. They were cheap and cost less than $20, however they have skin greatly increased in price and quality.
The Digital Wristwatch
