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The U.S. Bicentennial - 1976 Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge about the people and events of the bicentennial year 1976.

A multiple-choice quiz by 81gaucho. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
81gaucho

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
152,252

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. Democratic Presidential nominee Jimmy Carter selected this man as his Vice Presidential running mate. Hint

Patrick Moynihan

John Anderson

Sargent Shriver

Walter Mondale

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Question 2 of 15

2. President Gerald Ford selected this man as his running mate. Hint

Nelson Rockefeller

Bob Dole

Ronald Reagan

George Wallace

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Question 3 of 15

3. Ronald Reagan, who was running against Gerald Ford for the Republican presidential nomination, took the unusual step of naming his running mate before the convention. Whom did he select? Hint

Hugh Scott

Richard Schweiker

George Romney

Howard Baker

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Question 4 of 15

4. What 1976 movie won the Academy Award for best picture at the awards ceremony in March 1977? Hint

Network

Rocky

All The President's Men

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

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Question 5 of 15

5. What album was awarded the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1976? Hint

Rumours (Fleeetwood Mac)

Face the Music (Electric Light Orchestra)

Hotel California (The Eagles)

Songs in the Key of Life (Steve Wonder)

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who hit the pennant winning home run for the Yankees in the bottom of the 9th inning in the decisive 5th game of the American League Championship series against the Kansas City Royals? Hint

Chris Chambliss

Thurman Munson

Reggie Jackson

Craig Nettles

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Question 7 of 15

7. President Gerald Ford ordered the nation's largest immunization program to date by ordering that vaccinations against this disease be made available to every American. Hint

Spanish Influenza

Swine Flu

German Measles

Chicken Pox

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Question 8 of 15

8. This was the highest rated regularly scheduled television show in the U.S. in 1976. Hint

Charlie's Angels

Laverne & Shirley

The Six Million Dollar Man

Happy Days

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Question 9 of 15

9. How was July 4th (the bicentennial) celebrated in New York City? Hint

Celebrations were canceled due to a blackout

The Statue of Liberty was adorned in thousands of red, white, and blue lights.

A Parade of Tall Sailing Ships in N.Y. Harbor

The worlds largest flag was flown from the Empire State Building

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Question 10 of 15

10. Gerald Ford narrowly lost the Presidential election to Jimmy Carter, and most political analysts believe one major mistake cost him the election. What was it? Hint

In a debate, he said Eastern Europe was not under the control of the Soviet Union

He gave an interview to Playboy magazine in which he said he lusted for other women

He pardoned former President Nixon for his Watergate Crimes

Unaware his microphone was on, he uttered a profanity about Jimmy Carter

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Question 11 of 15

11. Where were the Winter Olympics held? Hint

Lake Placid, New York

Innsbruck, Austria

Sapporo, Japan

Honolulu, Hawaii

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Question 12 of 15

12. Where were the Summer Olympics held? Hint

Munich

Moscow

Montreal

Mexico City

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Question 13 of 15

13. In the Summer Olympics, this woman became the first to ever score a perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition. Hint

Egg Foo Young

Olga Korbut

Nadia Comaneci

Mary Lou Retton

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Question 14 of 15

14. This American figure skater won Olympic gold and soon women and girls everywhere were getting their hair styled like hers. Hint

Peggy Fleming

Linda Fratianne

Janet Lynne

Dorothy Hamill

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Question 15 of 15

15. This popular singer was often called the "unofficial first lady of California" because of her friendship with its bachelor governor Jerry Brown. Hint

Linda Ronstadt

Maureen McGovern

Joan Baez

Judy Collins

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Democratic Presidential nominee Jimmy Carter selected this man as his Vice Presidential running mate.

Answer: Walter Mondale

Mondale, a Senator from Minnesota, later lost to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 Presidential election. Shriver was Democrat George McGovern's running mate in 1972, and John Anderson ran for President as an independent in 1980.

2. President Gerald Ford selected this man as his running mate.

Answer: Bob Dole

Dole later ran for President against Bill Clinton in 1996. Rockefeller was Ford's existing VP, but chose not to run. Wallace was a democrat. Reagan ran against Ford for the Republican nomination, and almost pulled of a historic upset when he narrowly lost to the incumbent Ford.

3. Ronald Reagan, who was running against Gerald Ford for the Republican presidential nomination, took the unusual step of naming his running mate before the convention. Whom did he select?

Answer: Richard Schweiker

Schweiker was a moderate Republican Senator from Pennsylvania who provided geographical and ideological balance to the conservative Reagan who was from California. He later served in Reagan's cabinet after Reagan became president in 1981.

4. What 1976 movie won the Academy Award for best picture at the awards ceremony in March 1977?

Answer: Rocky

Low budget Rocky, about a poor underdog Philadelphia boxer, was the surprise winner and launched the career of Sylvester Stallone.

5. What album was awarded the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1976?

Answer: Songs in the Key of Life (Steve Wonder)

Wonder won this award for the 3rd time in 4 years (He also won for "Innervisions" in 1973 and "Fulfillingness First Finale" in 1974). Rumours won the award in 1977, and the single "Hotel California" won Record of the Year in 1977.

6. Who hit the pennant winning home run for the Yankees in the bottom of the 9th inning in the decisive 5th game of the American League Championship series against the Kansas City Royals?

Answer: Chris Chambliss

The Royals tied the game on a 3-run homer by George Brett in the 8th inning before Chambliss connected for the game winner off Mark Littel. Reggie Jackson did not join the Yankees until 1977. The Yankees were then swept by the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series.

7. President Gerald Ford ordered the nation's largest immunization program to date by ordering that vaccinations against this disease be made available to every American.

Answer: Swine Flu

The CDC warned of an epidemic of Swine Flu, a particularly virulent form of influenza.

8. This was the highest rated regularly scheduled television show in the U.S. in 1976.

Answer: Happy Days

Happy Days, a sitcom about life in Milwaukee in the 1950s, starred Ron Howard and Henry Winkler.

9. How was July 4th (the bicentennial) celebrated in New York City?

Answer: A Parade of Tall Sailing Ships in N.Y. Harbor

Numerous ships of all sizes with majestic sails paraded through the harbor as fireworks lit up the sky. The great blackout came a year later in 1977.

10. Gerald Ford narrowly lost the Presidential election to Jimmy Carter, and most political analysts believe one major mistake cost him the election. What was it?

Answer: In a debate, he said Eastern Europe was not under the control of the Soviet Union

When the campaign began, Ford trailed badly in the polls. He built up momentum, but in the second televised debate with Carter, he made this statement about Eastern Europe. His poll numbers then stalled and he narrowly lost the election. Carter actually made the remark in Playboy, and Ford's pardon of Nixon came in 1974.

11. Where were the Winter Olympics held?

Answer: Innsbruck, Austria

Innsbruck hosted the Winter Olympics for the 2nd time in 1976. Sapporo hosted the games in 1972, and Lake Placid in 1980.

12. Where were the Summer Olympics held?

Answer: Montreal

The Canadian city incurred a huge financial deficit in staging the games. Mexico City hosted in 1968, Munich in 1972, and Moscow in 1980. Appparently the International Olympic Committee liked cities that began with the letter "M."

13. In the Summer Olympics, this woman became the first to ever score a perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.

Answer: Nadia Comaneci

Nadia Comaneci was from Romania. Korbut was the tiny Russian gymnast who exploded on the scene in 1972, but she never scored a 10. Mary Lou Retton scored a 10 for the USA in the 1984 games.

14. This American figure skater won Olympic gold and soon women and girls everywhere were getting their hair styled like hers.

Answer: Dorothy Hamill

Hamill's short straight hair style was widely copied and even became known as the "Hamill."

15. This popular singer was often called the "unofficial first lady of California" because of her friendship with its bachelor governor Jerry Brown.

Answer: Linda Ronstadt

Among her #1 hits was the song "Blue Bayou."

Source: Author 81gaucho

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