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Pop Quiz: All About the 70s

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1.

Which 1970s vice president resigned after pleading no contest to charges of tax evasion?

Gerald Ford
Spiro Agnew
Walter Mondale

2.

This actor gave a performance as a sensitive football player in Bryan’s Song that was so moving it made millions weep:

Robert Redford
Billy Dee Williams
Dustin Hoffman

3.

The 1973 energy crisis was triggered by the decision of which organization to place an embargo on oil shipments to nations that had supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War?

NATO
OPEC
UN

4.

Which magazine, founded in 1972 by Gloria Steinem, became a beacon of light for women across the country?

Glamour
Mirabella
Ms.

5.

This New York nightclub was a popular hangout in the 1970s for various celebrities, including Truman Capote, Liza Minelli, and Margeaux Hemingway:

21
Studio 54
Sardi’s

6.

In 1975, this controversial leader of the Teamsters Union disappeared, never to be found:

James P. Hoffa
Ron Carey
Jimmy Hoffa

7.

In 1972, which brand of running shoes was first introduced on the market?

Nike
Converse
Keds

8.

One of the journalists who broke the Watergate story in the Washington Post was:

Mike Royko
Bob Herbert
Carl Bernstein

9.

1979 saw the partial meltdown of a nuclear reactor located at:

Purchase, New York
Missoula, Montana
Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania

10.

The Pentagon Papers were released to newspapers for partial publication in the year:

1979
1976
1971