Pop culture in the 70s was groovy, baby. It was a time of peace, love, round granny glasses, and tie-dye. ‘Jaws’ was at the top of the box office. The first ‘Star Wars’ movie made its debut, too! Bands like Pink Floyd, ABBA, David Bowie, and Led Zeppelin boomed in popularity. The Vietnam war was coming to a close, and the Women’s rights movement continued to grow.
An improvement in technology brought on a Digital Revolution. This decade saw the beginning of microwaves as a common household item and the beginnings of the “Apple” company. PONG, the first video game to meet commercial success, was also gaining popularity during the 70’s.
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Pharrell Williams was born in which year?
1973
1993
1983
1963
The 1977 police drama ‘Chips’ was set in which city?
New York
Boston
Chicago
Los Angeles
How old was Agatha Christie when she died in January 1976?
95
105
85
55
How old was fashion designer Coco Chanel when she died in 1971?
47
67
107
87
In tennis, in which decade was the tiebreak introduced to decide the outcome of a set?
1980s
1950s
1970s
1960s
King Faisal of which country was assassinated in 1975?
Norway
Chile
Saudi Arabia
Japan
Two men who shared what first name founded Apple Computers in 1976?
Dave
Steve
Brian
Tom
Jon Voight and Jane Fonda won Golden Globes for which film in 1979?
Manhattan
Midnight Express
Norma Rae
Alien
In 1979, politician Airey Neave was killed by a bomb in the car park of which famous London building?
Tower of London
Buckingham Palace
St Paul’s Cathedral
Houses of Parliament
Valery Giscard d’Estaing became President of which country in 1974?
Switzerland
France
Netherlands
Denmark
How old was Tracy Austin when she won the US Open tennis in 1979?
19
12
16
33
Greenland was granted autonomy from which European country in May 1979?
Norway
France
Iceland
Denmark
In 1970, the first Glastonbury music festival was held in which part of the UK?
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
England
US Vice President Spiro Agnew was convicted of which offence in 1973?
Tax Evasion
Murder
Kidnap
Fraud
Daniel arap Moi became President of which African country in 1978?
Kenya
Egypt
Malawi
South Africa
Six Red Army Faction terrorists seized the West German embassy in which city in 1975?
Stockholm
Oslo
Berlin
Helsinki
The 1970 rock opera ‘Tommy’ was written by which group?
The Monkees
The Who
The Beatles
Rolling Stones
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined which 70’s group in January 1975?
Jackson 5
Fleetwood Mac
ABBA
Eagles
How many million US citizens were counted in the 1970 census?
203 million
403 million
73 million
303 million
In 1979, the Sandinista rebels were active in which central American country?
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Brazil
Cheryl Ladd replaced Farrah Fawcett on which show in 1977?
MASH
Alien
Dallas
Charlie’s Angels
Pope John Paul I was pope for only how many days in 1978?
33
55
22
88
Thorbjörn Fälldin replaced Olof Palme as Prime Minister of which country in 1976?
USSR
Spain
Sweden
Norway
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi fled Iran for which country in January 1979?
France
Canada
Egypt
Israel
The Sears Tower in which US city became the world’s tallest building in 1973?
Los Angeles
Boston
Chicago
New York
The Comoros islands gained independence from which country in 1975?
West Germany
France
Finland
Portugal
The 1972 winter Olympics were held in which country?
Spain
USSR
Canada
Japan
The ‘Happy Meal’ was introduced by which fast food chain in June 1979?
Burger King
Wendy’s
Subway
McDonald’s
Popular now as in the 70’s, what sort of singer is Dolly Parton?
Country
Soul
Disco
Punk
The Olympic decathlon was won by Bruce Jenner in the 70’s – what was his nationality?
Canadian
American
British
Australian
Lord Mountbatten was killed by a terror group from which country in 1979?
France
Spain
Ireland
Switzerland
Lisa Halaby became Queen Noor of which country in 1978?
Denmark
Spain
Jordan
Belgium
What became the official language of Quebec in August 1977?
Spanish
Italian
French
German
In the 70’s, what was a ‘TR7’?
Car
Boiled sweet
Flashing pogo stick
Tape recorder
Ulrike Meinhof was an extremist and terrorist from which country, active in the early 1970s?
Greece
Italy
Finland
West Germany
Pop group Abba, winners of the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, were from which country?
Sweden
Netherlands
West Germany
Italy
Saddam Hussein become president of Iraq at the end of which decade?
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
The Derby horse race in the UK celebrated which birthday in 1979?
10th
100th
50th
200th
Joseph Clark replaced Pierre Trudeau as Prime Minister of which country in 1979?
Ireland
New Zealand
Canada
South Africa
Bo Derek made them popular in the 1970s, and hip hoppers brought them back in the 1990s. What are cornrows?
Golden rings
A belt buckle
A hair style
High heel shoes
Jura was designated the 26th canton of which country in 1979?
Netherlands
France
Spain
Switzerland
Papua New Guinea became independent from which country in 1975?
Canada
New Zealand
Spain
Australia
In 1993, Which artist revived the 70’s hit ‘Disco Inferno’?
Tina Turner
Dannii Minogue
Madonna
Janet Jackson
Peter Gabriel quit which famous rock band in 1975?
The Who
Beatles
Genesis
Rolling Stones
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi became the leader of which country in 1970?
Algeria
Nigeria
Ghana
Libya
The 1974 World Cup was held in which country?
France
Netherlands
West Germany
Sweden
In 1979, who became the first pop star to perform in Israel?
Paul McCartney
David Bowie
Michael Jackson
Elton John
Berni Flint had a 70’s hit with ‘I Don’t Want to Put a Hold On You’. On which TV show did he find fame?
Opportunity Knocks
New Faces
Junior Showtime
The Big Time
Guillermo Vilas, winner of the Australian open tennis in 1979, was from which country?
Canada
Brazil
Mexico
Argentina
John Curry won a Winter Olympic gold in which sport for the UK in 1976?
Slalom
Ski Jumping
Ice Hockey
Figure Skating
Rings were discovered around which planet in 1977?
Uranus
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
Rock band U2 formed in which city in 1976?
Cambridge
London
Edinburgh
Dublin
Before winning the Presidential election in 1976, Jimmy Carer represented which US state?
Florida
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Sting turned down the role of the baddy in which 70’s Bond movie?
Live and Let die
For Your Eyes Only
Moonraker
The Spy Who Loved Me
The BBC Open University started in January 1971 in which country?
Canada
United Kingdom
Italy
Australia
Complete the title of Redbone’s 70’s hit: ‘… Queen of New Orleans’?
Zombie
Horror
Voodoo
Witch
Okinawa was returned to Japan in 1972 after 27 years of occupation by which country?
Spain
USSR
China
United States
The Rosenkowitz sextuplets were born in 1974 in which country?
Australia
Canada
Brazil
South Africa
In May 1973, the Mounted Police of which country celebrated their centenary?
Canada
China
Spain
Italy
Djiboutie gained independence from which European country in 1977?
Portugal
Greece
Italy
France
In which year was the first ‘Star Wars’ film released?
1972
1970
1975
1977
The film ‘MASH’, the first Glastonbury festival, ‘Spirit in the Sky’ was released and IBM launched floppy discs in which year of the 1970s?
1973
1970
1972
1971
How old was singer Janis Joplin when she died in September 1970?
18
37
27
32
The UK, Ireland and which other country joined the EEC in 1973?
Italy
Denmark
Greece
Spain
Name the act that took ‘Mouldy Old Dough’ to a UK No.1 in the 70’s?
Major Swan
Sergeant Sparrow
Colonel Magpie
Lieutenant Pigeon
What 1979 Ridley Scott movie starred Sigourney Weaver?
Apocalypse Now
Alien
Caligula
Mad Max
In the 70’s, which of these would you most associate with the baby Louise Brown?
Fume cabinet
Bunsen burner
Conical flask
Test tube
A group called Milk and Honey won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1979 with a song called ‘Hallelujah’?
Israel
Spain
Norway
Switzerland
Kurt Waldheim became Secretary-General of which organization in 1972?
NATO
World Bank
United Nations
EEC
The 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear disaster took place in which US State?
Maine
California
Florida
Pennsylvania
Seve Ballesteros, who won the British Open Golf in 1979, was from which country?
Spain
France
West Germany
Finland
The early 70’s single ‘Wand’rin Star’ came from which film?
The Sting
The Graduate
Butch Cassidy…
Paint Your Wagon
The Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan was uncovered in which city in 1978?
Mexico City
Athens
Rio de Janeiro
Cairo
Be quiet, big boys don’t cry’ is a whispered vocal from which 70’s smash hit?’
One of These Nights
Bohemian Rhapsody
I’m Not in Love
Tie a Yellow Ribbon
The Official IRA declared a ceasefire in which part of Europe in 1972?
Switzerland
Spain
Norway
Northern Ireland
In 1970, the first commercial Boeing 747 jumbo jet flight was from New York to which city?
London
Paris
Madrid
Sydney
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart’ was the first US No 1 hit for which group?
Bee Gees
Blondie
Beach Boys
One Direction
On which 70’s hit are members of the Average White Band providing the backing?
School’s Out
Crocodile Rock
Ring My Bell
My Ding-a-Ling
The 1976 Winter Olympics were held in which country?
France
Austria
Italy
USSR
Jacques Chirac resigned as Prime Minister of which country in 1976?
France
Italy
Spain
Greece
Monty Python’s controversial 1979 movie was about the life of someone called what?
Brian
Stuart
Colin
Dave
The Rubik’s Cube was invented in which country in 1974?
Hungary
USSR
Norway
Switzerland
How were Bob and Terry known on TV in the 60’s and 70’s?
The Champions
The Professionals
The Protectors
The Likely Lads
The 1970s band Can were formed in which country?
Australia
Germany
Holland
France
The 1972 ‘Bloody Sunday’ shootings happened in which part of the UK?
Northern Ireland
Scotland
England
Wales
11 athletes from which country were mirdered at the 1972 Olympics in Munich?
Israel
India
Japan
Brazil
A tunnel opened in 1970 under the Pyrenees linking France with which country?
Switzerland
Spain
Belgium
Netherlands
Cameron Diaz, Gwenyth Paltrow and Toni Colette were all born in which year?
1966
1976
1972
1970
The UN designated 1979 as International year of the what?
Environment
Animal
Horse
Child
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn of which country was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970?
Canada
Japan
USSR
Australia
The unarmed ‘Guardian Angels’ organization started in which US city in 1979?
New York
Baltimore
Chicago
Detroit
Nelly Furtado and Katie Holmes were born in the same year. Which year was it?
1978
1972
1974
1966
Ben E King’s ‘Stand By Me’ was a 70’s hit for which artist?
Elton John
John Lennon
Phil Collins
Dave Edmunds
Menachem Begin formed a government in which country in 1977?
Israel
Italy
Spain
Syria
In June 1972, the Black Hills Flood in which US state killed 238?
Nevada
California
Idaho
South Dakota
Former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of which country was hanged in 1979?
China
Jordan
Nigeria
Pakistan
In 1978, which European country was the first in the world to ban aerosols?
Sweden
France
Spain
Denmark
Malcolm McLaren was manager of which 70’s punk group?
Bay City Rollers
Sex Pistols
ABBA
The Kinks
66 football fans were crushed to death at a match in which city in 1971?
London
Liverpool
Glasgow
Belfast
José López Portillo became President of which country in 1976?
Brazil
Mexico
Panama
Argentina
Antonio Eanes was President of which country in the 70’s and 80s?
Portugal
Canada
France
USA
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