Posted By: soot
Trivia - 1970s - 06/16/13 06:54 PM
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?
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?
