Dateline: 1970

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. One of the saddest events in American history occurred on May 4, 1970. National Guardsmen on a college campus fired into a crowd of protesting students, killing four. At which college did this occur? Yale Penn State UCLA Kent State

2. In 1970, this man was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. William Golding Saul Bellow Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Samuel Beckett

3. 1970 was not a good year for music. The Beatles broke up, and both of these musicians died drug-related deaths. John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix Patsy Cline and Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison

4. On May 31, 1970, an earthquake killed more than 60,000 people in this country. Japan Peru Mexico China

5. On November 9, 1970, this former head of state died at the age of 79. Golda Meir Charles DeGaulle Indira Gandhi Nasser

6. In 1970, Salvador Allende was elected president of this country. Chile Mexico Peru Spain

7. Six days after I was born, on January 19, US President Nixon nominated this man to the Supreme Court; however, he was rejected by the Senate on April 8. Robert Bork Harry Blackmun Clarence Thomas G. Harrold Carswell

8. On May 15, 1970, this nation was officially barred from all Olympic events by the International Olympic Committee. South Africa China USSR East Germany

9. I have to get a hockey question in. In 1970, this NHL defenseman set a record by scoring 20 points. Mark Messier Rob Blake Bobby Orr Bobby Hull

10. This 1970 film won seven Academy Awards, among them Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. Answer: (one word)