Trivia Quiz on 1970s History

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

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Travel back to the turbulent and transformative 1970s with this fast-paced history challenge. From royal jubilees to daring raids and Cold War headlines, see how much your team remembers about the decade that changed the world.

Get your group together and relive the drama, diplomacy, and pop-culture pivots of the 1970s in a lively, team-based quiz. Perfect for online meetings and live streams on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, YouTube Live, Twitch, Kick, and more, this trivia session fits neatly into a team icebreaker, virtual happy hour, classroom review, or community game night. Split into teams, pick creative team names, and race the clock through multiple-choice questions that span global events, political flashpoints, and memorable moments of the decade. Keep score round-by-round, add bonus points for speedy correct answers, and crown your champions at the end—ideal for 15–25 minutes of friendly competition and nostalgia.

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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QuizWithStreamAlive is a set of ready-made quiz templates you can duplicate and run in your own live sessions. It’s built on StreamAlive, so you’ll create (or auto-create) a StreamAlive account to use them. Almost everything is free to start. Your audience doesn’t need to sign up or go anywhere else. quizzes run directly inside Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and other platforms via their chat.

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Pretty much anywhere you host: Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, LinkedIn Live, YouTube, Twitch, Kick, Airmeet, and more. Works for remote, hybrid, and in-person events: the interaction runs through the platform’s chat, so your audience stays exactly where they already are.

How is QuizWithStreamAlive related to StreamAlive?

StreamAlive is the engine; QuizWithStreamAlive is the curated library of quiz templates on top of it. You get StreamAlive’s reliable, real-time chat integration and scale, while starting fast with prebuilt quizzes you can run immediately.

Can I bring my own questions, add branding, and get results?

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