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Exploring the 1970s: A Decade of Change

Test your knowledge of the significant events, cultural shifts, and influential figures of the 1970s with this engaging quiz.

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1 The ________ caused a move towards smaller, fuel-efficient vehicles.

2 On July 28, 1976, the Tangshan earthquake flattened Tangshan,________, killing 242,769 people and injuring 164,851.

3 In 1970s European cinema, the failure of the ________ brought about nostalgic motion pictures such as István Szabó's Szerelmesfilm (1970).

4 Martial arts film reached the peak of its popularity largely in part due to its greatest icon, ________.

5 Minimalism also emerged, led by composers such as Philip Glass, Steve Reich and ________.

6 In 1978, Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel at ________ in the United States, ending outstanding disputes between the two countries.

7 UK dramas included ________ and Pennies From Heaven.

8 Other popular compact cars included the Toyota Corolla and the ________, in addition to other cars from those companies and others such as Subaru, Mitsubishi, and Mazda.

9 Major conflict between capitalist and communist forces in multiple countries, while attempts are made by the ________ and the United States to lessen the chance for conflict, such as both countries endorsing nuclear nonproliferation.

10 The "________" (1972) was also one of the decade's greatest successes and its first follow-up, The Godfather Part II (1974), was also successful for a sequel.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Canadian Parliament Buildings have housed several dozen stray cats since the 1970s.
  • during the 1970s the New York Philharmonic's Young People's Concerts were broadcast live on CBS during primetime and was syndicated in over 40 countries.
  • the historical painting called the Black Admiral (pictured), long thought to depict an African-American Revolutionary War officer, has now been discovered to be a 1970s fraud.
  • the rock group Foghat had five gold records in the 1970s and believes that the movie This Is Spinal Tap was based on their career.
  • while Aleksandra Pakhmutova composed pieces for the symphony orchestra and a ballet, her fame in the former Soviet Union rests primarily on 400 songs she composed back in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • between studying maths at Cambridge University and becoming a highly cited neuroscientist, Stephen Dunnett was a social worker in the London Borough of Southwark in the mid-1970s.
  • a graffiti artist from the Bronx named PHASE 2 invented the famous "bubble letter" style of graffiti writing when tagging trains on the New York City Subway system in the early 1970s.
  • Russian humor thrived even during the Soviet stagnation period of the 1970s and 1980s.
  • Television House on Kingsway in London served as the headquarters of Associated-Rediffusion, Independent Television News, the TV Times magazine, Associated TeleVision and Thames Television between 1955 and the early 1970s.
  • William Fawcett, a character actor in B-films and television from 1946 to the early 1970s, held a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska and was a drama professor at Michigan State University prior to the start of his acting career.
  • German rock band Grobschnitt (pictured) have incorporated pyrotechnics and sketch comedy into their extended performances since the mid-1970s.
  • Museum Wharf in Boston has a 40' (12 m) tall milk bottle (pictured) that was built during the Great Depression and transported to the wharf by barge in the 1970s.
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