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The Year Is 1970

Created by cag1970

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : 1970s History
The Year Is 1970 game quiz
"Traveling back in time, here's a short quiz about some things that happened in 1970. Have fun, and let me know how you liked the journey!"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Apollo 13 was on its way to the moon when, on April 13, an explosion crippled the command module Odyssey. What was the name of the lunar module, which the crew used as a lifeboat during their harrowing journey back to Earth?
    Snoopy
    Yankee Clipper
    Aquarius
    Challenger


2. Which team won Super Bowl IV, the last Super Bowl played before the NFL and the AFL merged?
    Kansas City Chiefs
    Dallas Cowboys
    Minnesota Vikings
    New York Jets


3. Which of the following TV shows did NOT end its run in 1970?
    Bewitched
    I Dream of Jeannie
    Get Smart
    The Survivors


4. Former astronaut John Glenn was elected to his first term as a US Senator, representing Ohio, in 1970.
    True
    False


5. The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 did which of the following?
    Created an 11-person Board of Governors
    Turned the Post Office Department into the US Postal Service
    Created a 5-person Postal Rate Commission
    All of these are true


6. Which TV show won the Emmy during the 1969-1970 season for Outstanding Comedy Series?
    The Mary Tyler Moore Show
    Hogan's Heroes
    Bewitched
    My World and Welcome To It


7. Which of the following "cookie-cutter" stadiums opened for business in 1970?
    Three Rivers Stadium
    Veterans Stadium
    Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
    San Diego-Jack Murphy Stadium


8. The 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature went to which famed author?
    Saul Bellow
    Patrick White
    Pablo Neruda
    Alexander Solzhenitsyn


9. A major earthquake, registering 7.8 on the Richter scale, shook up which South American country on May 31, 1970?
    Peru
    Argentina
    Brazil
    Uruguay


10. Which of the following hit songs was NOT released in 1970?
    Let It Be (The Beatles)
    ABC (Jackson 5)
    Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel)
    A Horse With No Name (America)


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