Worksheets1970s Trivia!
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The line “Houston, we’ve had a problem” was famously uttered aboard what troubled spaceflight?
Skylab 2
Gemini 12
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
What show set a record when it had nearly 100 million people (almost half the US population) tune in for its finale on Jan. 30, 1977?
M*A*S*H
Dallas
Roots
All in the Family
In 1972, what car surpasses Ford’s iconic Model T to become the most highly produced car in the world?
Chevrolet Impala
Volkswagen Beetle
Ford Escort
Chrysler Avenger
What toy debuted in 1975, almost completely vanished by 1976, and came with a lengthy set of instructions on how to care for and train it?
Pound Puppies
Baby Alive
Evel Knievel Action Figure
Pet Rock
What 1979 film co-starred a ginger-haired cat named Jones?
Alien
Annie Hall
Norma Rae
Coming Home
When copyrighted in 1971, what was the original phrase that accompanied the smiley face logo?
Have a nice day!
Have a great day!
Have a happy day!
Oh happy day!
Which of the following describes the Watergate Scandal in 1972?
Nixon was having an affair with a White House intern
The US sold weapons to Iran and gave money to the Contras
Nixon ordered a break-in a the Democratic HQ and a cover up
Nixon secretly ordered Cambodia bombed
How did the oil embargo effect the U.S. during the 1970s?
The U.S. used it own energy reserves to fight the embargo
The U.S. was forced to abandon its support of Israel as prices went down
Prices of everything increased and gas shortages happened
It caused the stagflation outbreak in the U.S.
What is the purpose of the EPA, founded in 1970?
It creates and enforces regulations for pollution in the U.S.
It researches diseases and health in the U.S.
It manages an emergency oil supply in the U.S.
It oversees the National Parks Service
What Supreme Court decision in 1973 is still being aggressively argued today?
Roe v. Wade
Loving v. Virginia
Terry v. Ohio
United States v. Lopez
Which college football team died when its plane crashed into a mountain in 1970?
Virginia
Allegheny
Marshall
New York State
Which woman tennis player beat Bobby Riggs at the Houston Astrodome in 1973, during the match labeled the "Battle of the Sexes"?
Chris Evert
Billie Jean King
Martina Navratilova
Venus Williams
What was the highest grossing movie of the 1970s?
Jaws
The Godfather
Star Wars
Grease
Which item cost less than $1 in the 1970s?
Gallon of milk
Gallon of gasoline
movie ticket
All of the above
Which popular comic strip animal debuted in 1978?
Snoopy
Garfield
Scooby-Doo
Courage
