Trivia - 1970s
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06/16/13 01:54 PM
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Here are some trivia teasers to challenge your wits .. circa the 1970s when the age of aquarius and disco dancing ruled most roost. Hmm, wasn't that... = 1. Which President released Patty Hearst by executive clemency? = 2. The author of the bestselling Sexual Politics was a US feminist? = 3. Who was convicted of shooting Governor George Wallace? = 4. The first black contestant in the Miss America Pageant was Cheryl Adrenne Brownie, Miss ... ? = 5. In 1972, the ordination of S.J. Priesand raised controversy because the rabbi was? = 6. The first native-born American saint, canonized in 1975? = 7. In 1971, he became the first Communist leader ever to meet officially with the Pope? = 8. How many terms did Richard Daley win as mayor of Chicago? = 9. The 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature went to the author of Humboldt's Gift and The Adventures of Augie March. = 10. This former New York Governor participated in the Paris peace talks? = 11. In the 1976 presidential campaign, Ronald Reagan announced his running mate to be? = 12. Who was the first woman conductor of the Metropolitan Opera? = 13. This person succeeded Harold Wilson as British Prime Minister in 1976? = 14. This member of the British royal family competed in the 1976 Olympics? = 15. To whom did President Nixon tender his resignation? = 16. Congress did not restore full citizenship to this Confederate leader until 1975 because his signature on the oath of allegiance had been mislaid?
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Re: Trivia - 1970s
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06/16/13 02:38 PM
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Re: Trivia - 1970s
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06/16/13 04:39 PM
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Re: Trivia - 1970s
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06/16/13 08:59 PM
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Not George Bob .. try again Not Bill Michele .. try again All other solutions are spot on gang .. well done
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