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Medium 70s Trivia Questions
The medium questions from our 70s set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
Keys 1-4 pick an answer, Enter moves on. Nothing is saved to an account.
The medium questions ask you to place things in the right year or attach the right artist to the right album. Skylab, Concorde's rivals, Happy Days, Songs in the Key of Life. This band separates people who remember the decade in general from people who remember its order.
14 medium 70s trivia questions with answers
Pink Floyd released The Dark Side of the Moon in which year?
Answer: 1973 It stayed on the US album chart for well over a decade.
Which 1978 film musical starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John?
Answer: Grease It was adapted from a stage musical of the same name.
Apple Computer was founded in which year?
Answer: 1976 Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne signed the founding papers.
The Vietnam War ended with the fall of which city in 1975?
Answer: Saigon The city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City afterwards.
Which 1977 film made John Travolta a disco-era star?
Answer: Saturday Night Fever Its soundtrack was largely written and performed by the Bee Gees.
Which pair of NASA probes launched in 1977 to survey the outer planets?
Answer: Voyager 1 and 2 Both carried a gold-plated record of sounds and images.
The 1979 revolution that overthrew the Shah took place in which country?
Answer: Iran Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile that February.
Stairway to Heaven appeared on a 1971 album by which band?
Answer: Led Zeppelin The album itself was released with no title printed on the sleeve.
Which US space station was launched in 1973?
Answer: Skylab It fell back to Earth over Australia in 1979.
The sitcom Happy Days, set in Milwaukee, premiered in which year?
Answer: 1974 It began as a segment on an anthology series.
Which 1976 boxing film won the Best Picture Oscar?
Answer: Rocky Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay and starred in it.
Who became British prime minister in 1979?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher She was the first woman to hold the office.
Songs in the Key of Life, released in 1976, was recorded by whom?
Answer: Stevie Wonder It was his third consecutive album to win the Grammy for Album of the Year.
Which late-night sketch show debuted on NBC in 1975?
Answer: Saturday Night Live Its first cast was billed as the Not Ready for Prime Time Players.
Answer key
- 1973
- Grease
- 1976
- Saigon
- Saturday Night Fever
- Voyager 1 and 2
- Iran
- Led Zeppelin
- Skylab
- 1974
- Rocky
- Margaret Thatcher
- Stevie Wonder
- Saturday Night Live
How to play
- Pick a mode: multiple choice, true or false, a 60-second sprint, or the daily quiz.
- Answer with a tap, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard. The right answer appears straight away with a line explaining it.
- Finish the round to see your score, copy the result grid, and step up a difficulty.
- Hosting a night? The full 70s list and a separate answer key are printed below, and the print layout drops the game and keeps the paper.
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