What Decade Was It?
Artists By Works
Fruits de Mer
Memorable Lines
1970s Innovations
Power Couples
200
Women gaining the right to vote and a devastating Wall Street crash open and close this decade of American history.
What is the 1920s?
200
Works associated with this Saturday Evening Post artist include Boy with Baby Carriage and Freedom of Speech.
Who is Norman Rockwell?
200
Fruits de mer means this.
What is “fruits of the sea”? It’s French for “seafood.”
200
“Play it, Sam” is from this film.
What is Casablanca?
200
These are installed in homes to alert owners to fire.
What are smoke alarms?
200
In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Americans were captivated by the romance between Jacqueline Kennedy and this shipping magnate.
Who is Aristotle Onassis?
400
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The first use of the written word internet to describe a tech phenomenon is recorded.
What is the 1970s?
400
Associated with floral works of art and portrayals of the American Southwest, some of her paintings include Ladder to the Moon and Red Canna.
Who is Georgia O’Keeffe?
400
A tip for the home chef, you can defrost fish in this liquid to make it more flavorful.
What is milk?
Milk contains enzymes that break down protein, making the fish tender and giving it a fresh-caught flavor.
400
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” comes from this book, chapter, and verse of the Bible.
What is Genesis 1:1?
400
In 1973, the first communication from this device was completed.
What is cell phone?
400
While dating this musician in 1989, Kim Basinger reportedly recorded an unreleased album with him.
Who is Prince?
800
The Cold War is formally ended at Camp David.
What is the 1990s?
800
Some of his sculptural works include Balloon Dog, Seated Ballerina, and Made in Heaven.
Who is Jeff Koons?
800
Fear not, Flipper! Mahi mahi comes from this fish, not the marine mammal.
What is the dolphinfish?
800
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union” is the preamble to this document.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
800
In the 1970s, McDonald’s introduced this jolly menu item that is still going strong today.
What is the Happy Meal?
800
Through romantic ups and downs, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham’s relationship inspired the music of this group.
Who is Fleetwood Mac?
1200
The one in which the final episode of Friends airs and Joey gets a spin-off.
What is the 2000s?
1200
Keith Haring’s bold works, like Ignorance and Fear and Monkey Puzzle are in this genre, along with works by Andy Warhol and others.
What is pop art?
1200
When you devein shrimp, you’re not removing a vein; you are actually removing this.
What is the intestinal tract?
1200
“Love means never having to say you’re sorry” comes from this book, later adapted to the 1970 film.
What is Love Story?
1200
In 1979, Sony released this device for playing cassette tapes.
What is the Walkman?
1200
Iconic in French culture as well as globally, her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg began as costars in the film Slogan.
Who is Jane Birkin?
1600
Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall,” opening Eastern Europe to various reforms.
What is the 1980s?
1600
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In addition to colorful paintings, Peter Max has created advertising art for this car brand and maker of the Sebring and Town & Country.
What is Chrysler?
1600
Of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, it’s the one more often found in oily fish.
What are omega-3s?
Omega-3s are good fatty acids and are more abundant in fatty fish, such as salmon. We still need omega-6 fatty acids in our diet, however. The perfect ratio is 2:1 omega-3 to omega-6.
1600
“Marley was dead to begin with” comes from this book.
What is A Christmas Carol?
1600
This was the first kind of computer disc.
What is floppy?
1600
This former power couple and parents of Alexa Ray Joel still host Christmas sing-alongs together.
Who are Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel?
2000
Jonas Salk invented a polio vaccine.
What is the 1950s?
2000
This trailblazing artist worked in earthworks and minimalist sculpture, like Spiral Jetty and Broken Circle.
Who is Robert Smithson?
2000
Put fish in a pot of water. If it does this it is fresh and ready to be prepared to eat.
What is the float?
2000
This ancient philosopher said, “He who has never learned to obey can never be a good commander.”
Who is Aristotle?
2000
This was the first video arcade game, introduced in 1974.
What is Pong?
2000
This is the surname of socialites Diane and Egon, a jet setting power couple of the 1970s.
What is Von Furstenberg?