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The 1970s Time Capsule

Cassettes on the move, punks on the King's Road and a pet that was literally a rock. Crack open the 70s and see what you remember.

🎉 Pop Culture medium 20 questions ~7 min
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What this quiz asks

  • Which device did Sony launch in 1979, letting people carry their music around on headphones?
  • Which US president resigned in August 1974 because of the Watergate scandal?
  • Which 1975 craze was simply a stone sold in a cardboard box with a training manual?
  • Did Elvis Presley die during the 1970s?
  • The supersonic airliner Concorde began carrying fare-paying passengers in the 1970s.
  • Which band's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon shows a prism splitting a beam of light on its cover?
  • Nadia Comăneci scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics in 1976. Which country did she represent?
  • Select ALL of these TV shows that premiered in the 1970s.
  • Which airline flew the first passenger service with the Boeing 747 jumbo jet in 1970?
  • Which home video format did JVC launch in 1976, eventually beating Sony's Betamax?
  • In which city did Muhammad Ali beat George Foreman in the 1974 fight known as the Rumble in the Jungle?
  • The first Earth Day was held in 1970.
  • Which pope, elected in 1978, was the first non-Italian pope in more than 450 years?
  • Which London punk band was managed by Malcolm McLaren?
  • The environmental group Greenpeace was founded in 1971 in which city?
  • Louise Brown, the world's first baby conceived through IVF, was born in 1978 in which country?
  • Select ALL of these events that took place in the 1970s.
  • In 1974 the first product ever scanned with a supermarket barcode went through a till in Ohio. What was it?
  • How many gold medals did swimmer Mark Spitz win at the 1972 Munich Olympics?
  • Put these 1970s moments in order, earliest first.