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Easy 70s Trivia Questions
The easy questions from our 70s set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The easy band is the decade at its most familiar: the biggest film of 1977, the band that broke up in 1970, the toy a Hungarian architect invented, the president who resigned. Most of these have stayed in circulation ever since, so players who were not alive at the time usually still know them.
14 easy 70s trivia questions with answers
Bohemian Rhapsody, released in 1975, was recorded by which band?
Answer: Queen It spent nine weeks at number one in the UK on first release.
Which 1977 space adventure was directed by George Lucas?
Answer: Star Wars Its special effects work led to the founding of Industrial Light and Magic.
Which Swedish group won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974?
Answer: ABBA Their winning entry was named after a Napoleonic battle.
Which US president resigned from office in 1974?
Answer: Richard Nixon He remains the only American president to resign.
Which 1975 Steven Spielberg film centred on a great white shark?
Answer: Jaws The mechanical shark broke down so often that it barely appears on screen.
Which dance music style dominated late-1970s nightclubs?
Answer: Disco Its four-on-the-floor beat was built for continuous dancing.
Which 1972 crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola won Best Picture?
Answer: The Godfather Marlon Brando refused the Best Actor award he won for it.
Which band officially broke up in 1970?
Answer: The Beatles Their final released album appeared in the same year.
Which puzzle toy was invented by a Hungarian architect in 1974?
Answer: Rubik's Cube It reached international shops at the start of the following decade.
Which Apollo mission suffered an oxygen tank explosion on the way to the Moon?
Answer: Apollo 13 The crew used the lunar module as a lifeboat and returned safely.
Which trouser style, narrow at the thigh and wide below the knee, defined 1970s fashion?
Answer: Bell-bottoms They were often paired with platform shoes.
Which company released the arcade game Pong in 1972?
Answer: Atari It was one of the first commercially successful video games.
Which 1979 science fiction horror film was directed by Ridley Scott?
Answer: Alien Sigourney Weaver's role was originally written for a man.
Which city hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Munich The Games were overshadowed by an attack on the Israeli team.
Answer key
- Queen
- Star Wars
- ABBA
- Richard Nixon
- Jaws
- Disco
- The Godfather
- The Beatles
- Rubik's Cube
- Apollo 13
- Bell-bottoms
- Atari
- Alien
- Munich
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