Trivia Quiz on 1970s History

1. What monarch observed a jubilee in 1977

A) Queen Victoria

B) Queen elizabeth

C) King George VI

D) Queen Elizabeth I

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2. Operation Thunderbolt was the nickname given to which raid

A) Israeli raid on Entebbe

B) Iran hostage rescue attempt by the United States (Operation Eagle Claw)

C) British raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis

D) U.S. invasion of Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury)

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3. Who did squeaky fromme try to assassinate

A) Ronald Reagan

B) Gerald ford

C) John F. Kennedy

D) Lyndon B. Johnson

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4. Who did Christina Onassis grudgingly give $25 million to, in 1977

A) Jacqueline Onassis

B) Elizabeth Taylor

C) Jacqueline onassis jackie onassis

D) Marilyn Monroe

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5. Who led 900 followers in a mass suicide in 1979

A) Jim jones

B) Charles Manson

C) David Koresh

D) Marshall Applewhite

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6. What country lifted a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare & Dickens in 1978

A) China

B) Czechoslovakia

C) Iran

D) France

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7. He led 900 followers in a mass suicide in 1979.

A) Jim Jones

B) David Koresh

C) Charles Manson

D) Shoko Asahara

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8. *What creature attacked President Jimmy Carter in a boat in 1979?*

A) Goose

B) Pelican

C) Duck

D) Seagull

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9. What was the rank of Mark Phillips when he was married to Princess Anne in 1973?

A) Second Lieutenant

B) Captain

C) Lieutenant

D) Major

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10. In what year did Lord Lucan leap into obscurity

A) 1972

B) 1973

C) 1974

D) 1980

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11. By who was Gerald Ford almost assassinated?

A) Squeaky Fromme

B) Sara Jane Moore

C) John Hinckley Jr.

D) Lee Harvey Oswald

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12. This U.S. Secretary of State won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973

A) Colin Powell

B) Warren Christopher

C) Kissinger

D) John Kerry

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