TV & Movies
Everyday life Back Then
Decades Challenge
The 1970s
Music & Entertainment
100

This black-and-white sitcom featured Lucy Ricardo.

What is I Love Lucy?

100

Families often gathered around this device before televisions became common.

What is the Radio?

100

This war ended in 1945

What is World War II

100

These shoes with tall heels became wildly popular in disco culture.

What are platform Shoes

100

This singer was famous for “Jolene” and “9 to 5.”

Who is Dolly Parton?

200

Dorothy, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow appeared in this movie.

What is The Wizard of Oz?

200

Milk was once commonly delivered to homes in these.

What are glass bottles?

200

These restaurants became famous for burgers and milkshakes served by carhops.

What are Drive ins?

200

This movie featured a giant shark terrorizing beachgoers.

What is Jaws?

200

This TV host often said, “Come on down!”

Who was Bob Barker?

300

This cowboy actor was famous for Western films.

Who is John Wayne?

300

This kitchen appliance became popular in the 1950s for quick meals.

What is a Microwave

300

1960 - This movement fought for equal rights for African Americans. 

What is the Civil Rights Movement?

300

This TV sitcom starred the Bunker family.

What is All in the Family?

300

This singer performed “Like a Virgin.”

Who is Madonna?

400

Here’s looking at you, kid” came from this classic movie.

What is Casablanca?

400

Before smartphones, people used these books to find phone numbers.

What are Phone Books?

400

This dance style became popular with disco music.

What is Disco Dancing?

400

This singer was known as the “King of Pop.”

Who was Michael Jackson?

400

This actor played Indiana Jones.

Who is Harrison Ford?

500

This long-running TV host asked, “How’s everybody?”

Who was Ed Sullivan?

500

These cost only a few cents and were popular at soda fountains.

What are Milkshakes?

500

This game system made Nintendo a household name.

What is the Nintendo Entertainment System?

500

This dance and music style exploded after the movie Saturday Night Fever.

What is Disco?

500

This singer was known as “The Queen of Soul.”

Who was Aretha Franklin?