Remembering the 70s - 1976 Americana Quiz

Answer: Over the septic tank

An American humorist, Bombeck's newspaper column, "At Wit's End", ran twice weekly in over 700 newspapers. She was also a best-selling author with a string of humorous books about the family, kids and everyday life.

Answer: Ho Chi Minh City

In an obvious insult to the defeated American forces in Vietnam, the victorious North Vietnamese wasted no time in changing the name of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City, in honor of their Communist leader who had died in 1969.

Answer: Wozniak

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak met as teenagers, and on April Fool's Day, 1976 released the Apple I and started Apple Computers. Wozniak's engineering talent and Jobs' ingenuity and marketing instincts were the ingredients that tuned Apple into a billion-dollar company. In a six years, Apple became the youngest firm to be listed in the "Fortune 500".

Answer: Stevie Wonder

Most critics agreed that Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life" was his and most ambitious collection of songs. Released as a two-LP set, it touched on nearly every issue under the sun. Many fans proclaimed that it was some of the best performances of Wonder's career.

Answer: Philadelphia

Legionnaire's disease is an acute respiratory infection caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila. It can cause a broad spectrum of disease from mild cough and fever to a serious pneumonia. The first known outbreak of the disease was at a convention for ex-service personnel in Philadelphia. USA, in 1976.

A total of 221 people contracted the disease. Most of those that died were Legionnaires and that's how the disease got it's name.

Answer: New York Yankees

George Steinbrenner purchased the Yankees in 1972, and had them back in World Series in 1976 after a long drought. Unfortunately, the Bronx Bombers weren't ready for Cincinnati Manager Sparky Anderson's "The Big Red Machine" with the likes Tony Perez at first, Joe Morgan at second, Pete Rose at third, Dave Concepcion at shortstop and George Foster, Cesar Geronimo and Ken Griffey in the outfield.

Answer: Barbara Walters

If Walter Cronkite was America's most trusted man of his time, Barbara Walters was certainly his female counterpart. Walters was the "Today" show's first female host, and her top rated "Barbara Walters Specials" have been a television mainstay for thirty years.

Answer: K.C. & the Sunshine Band

All of the other answers were groups with number one hits in 1976. Rick Dees did "Disco Duck", Wild Cherry performed "Play that Funky Music" and Miller recorded "Rock 'n Me". The disco craze was relatively short lived.

Answer: King Kong

Although "Rocky" won the Best Picture Oscar, Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway won acting Academy Awards for their performances in "Network". The Kong of 1976 had learned little from the original Kong of 1933, as both made the fatal mistake of climbing a tall, New York City building.

While the original swatted bi-planes from the Empire State Building, the remake had to deal with attack helicopters and jet fighters from atop the World Trade Center.

Answer: Viking I

NASA's Viking Mission to Mars was composed of two spacecraft, Viking 1 and Viking 2, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander. The primary mission objectives were to obtain high resolution images of the Martian surface, characterize the structure and composition of the atmosphere and surface, and search for evidence of life.