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1. Senator Strom Thurmond, the FBI, Richard Nixon (and others, including Elvis Presley) were intent on quieting the increasingly vocal calls of a famous rock and roller. The calls involved, among other things, legalizing marijuana, ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam, supporting the aims of radical Native Americans, and appealing to the nation's youth to help accomplish these goals.
Who was this object of so much attention in 1972?
(Clue - lived for a time in New York City.)
2. I can't tell you what this man's job was, or this question would be far too easy to answer. I will, however, try to give you some information about him. His first name was John, and he did not have a birth certificate on file until he was 43 years old. President Calvin Coolidge appointed him to his role as director of a certain department, where he initially oversaw the work of about 650 employees. He died on May 2, 1972 at the age of 77.
Can you guess who this very famous man was? (Clue: think G-Man)
3. This young man, a native of Chicago, won the World Chess Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1972, beating out Boris Spassky of Russia. He later was arrested in Japan, over a flap regarding a revocation of his passport.
Now, do you recall his name?
4. Former Alabama governor, George Corley Wallace was shot and paralyzed from the waist down after a would-be assassin attacked him while he was campaigning for the U.S. presidency. The attack took place in Laurel, Maryland. Do you recall the name of the man who attempted to murder Wallace in 1972?
5. Born in Berkeley, California in 1972, this actor/director/producer and screenwriter, found fame in movies such as "Dogma", "Pearl Harbor" and "Good Will Hunting".
Can you recognize the name with which he was born?
6. Richard Nixon traveled to China in 1972 on a mission designed to normalize relations between that nation and the U.S.
With what important leader and founding father of the People's Republic of China did he meet during this historic visit, one that no other U.S. President had ever made?
7. On 4 August 1972, this man issued a decree ordering the expulsion of 60,000 Asians who were not citizens of the African nation of Uganda, during what he referred to as an "economic war".
What was the name of this despotic leader of Uganda?
8. What was the name of the pop-rock group that performed one of their early songs "People Need Love" in 1972?
Some of their later works include such hits as "Ring Ring", "Waterloo" and "Fernando".
9. They called themselves "Black September". They were responsible for killing 11 members of the Israeli Olympic Team in Munich, Germany, during the Olympic Games that were being hosted there in 1972.
Of what ethnicity were the members of this terrorist organization?
10. The Watergate Scandal that had its roots in 1972 rocked confidence throughout the U.S. as people began to really question the legalities of wiretapping political foes. During the Nixon administration, several men were involved in one way or another in the scandal. Can you tell me which name does NOT belong on the list of participants or those "in the know" of the scandal that occurred in Washington's Watergate Office Complex?
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