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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
10872

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (10/10), Guest 82 (9/10), Guest 136 (9/10).

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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

Newsweek

Cosmopolitan

Playboy

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which British prime minister resigned? Hint

Edward Heath

Anthony Eden

Margaret Thatcher

Harold Wilson

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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

Israel

United States

Britain

France

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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

Johannesburg

Nairobi

Cape Town

Durban

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Question 7 of 10

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

Mary Tyler Moore Show

M.A.S.H.

Charlie's Angels

Dallas

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Question 8 of 10

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

Saturn

Venus

Mars

Jupiter

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who won the Nobel prize for literature? Hint

Saul Bellow

William Golding

Heinrich Boll

Patrick White

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Question 10 of 10

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

Melbourne

Munich

Montreal

Moscow

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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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