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Do You Remember 1976? Trivia Quiz

1976. An Olympic year. The year Mao Zedong died, Barbara Walters became the first US woman to be a news anchor, and Bjorn Borg beat Nastase at Wimbledon without losing a set. What else happened?

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
minch

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
31,088

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
10723

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. In his presidential campaign Carter gave a series of interviews to a magazine. Which magazine? Hint

People

Playboy

Cosmopolitan

Newsweek

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which British prime minister resigned? Hint

Harold Wilson

Margaret Thatcher

Edward Heath

Anthony Eden

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who won a gold medal for figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics? Hint

Peggy Fleming

Linda Fratianne

Janet Lynn

Dorothy Hamill

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which nation's commandos freed the hostage from a hijacked plane at Entebbe? Hint

Britain

France

United States

Israel

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which low budget movie featuring a then unknown actor won the Oscar for Best Picture at the Academy Awards held in March 1977?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. There were riots in Soweto. Outside which African city is Soweto found? Hint

Cape Town

Johannesburg

Nairobi

Durban

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these TV shows was first seen in 1976? Hint

M.A.S.H.

Mary Tyler Moore Show

Dallas

Charlie's Angels

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Question 8 of 10

8. A Viking spacecraft sent back the first surface picture of a planet.Which planet? Hint

Venus

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who won the Nobel prize for literature? Hint

Patrick White

Heinrich Boll

Saul Bellow

William Golding

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Question 10 of 10

10. Where were the Summer Olympics held in 1976? Hint

Munich

Melbourne

Moscow

Montreal

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In his presidential campaign Carter gave a series of interviews to a magazine. Which magazine?

Answer: Playboy

2. Which British prime minister resigned?

Answer: Harold Wilson

3. Who won a gold medal for figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics?

Answer: Dorothy Hamill

In Innsbruck, Austria

4. Which nation's commandos freed the hostage from a hijacked plane at Entebbe?

Answer: Israel

It was an Air France plane, taken by Palestinian hijackers

5. Which low budget movie featuring a then unknown actor won the Oscar for Best Picture at the Academy Awards held in March 1977?

Answer: Rocky

Written by its star Sylvester Stallone it was made in 28 days on a budget of under a million dollars.

6. There were riots in Soweto. Outside which African city is Soweto found?

Answer: Johannesburg

7. Which of these TV shows was first seen in 1976?

Answer: Charlie's Angels

M.A.S.H {1972;} Dallas {1978;} Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970

8. A Viking spacecraft sent back the first surface picture of a planet.Which planet?

Answer: Mars

9. Who won the Nobel prize for literature?

Answer: Saul Bellow

They all won Nobel prizes. Bellow was the 1976 winner, Boll in 1972, Golding in 1983 and White in 1973.

10. Where were the Summer Olympics held in 1976?

Answer: Montreal

It was at these Olympics that 14 year old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10. (In the uneven bars event)

Source: Author minch

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