Here’s a ’70s Pop Culture Quiz
Take a deep dive into the 70s and test out exactly what you know or remember from the era known as the 70s thorugh this exciting quiz.
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When it comes to the 70s pop-culture, it has leaked its way into modern pop-culture for sure.
It set a lot of new standards we know and love today and brought us a wide array of music, movies, and other sorts of media that we adore to this very day.
As such, this quiz will take us into a deep dive filled with nostalgia as if we happened to be alive during that era, and if not, hey, we might learn something new in the process.
1. Which tv show was the most popular one in the 70s?
“All in the Family” is touted as the series that brought reality to prime-time TV entertainment.
2. During the ‘70s, Terry Bradshaw was a winning quarterback in what team?
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
3. In 1977, which band released an album titled “Rumours“?
Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967.
4. “Blazing Saddles“ whas a movie in what genre?
5. Which musical, with high school students grew in the 70s?
While vacationing in Australia, Danny and Sandy indulge in a passionate love affair with each other.
6. Which clothing fabric was most popular in the 1970s?
7. In 1973, which NFL team became the first and only undefeated team in league history?
The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area.
8. Which 1970 Ford model was popular in the US?
9. Which of the following artists released two of the top-selling albums of the decade?
Sir Elton Hercules John CH CBE is an English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer.
10. What sort of facial hair was very common?
11. In the ‘70s, Jack Nicklaus was dominating which sport?
Golf is a game played on a large open-air course, in which a small hard ball is struck with a club into a series of small holes in the ground.
12. The Pontiac _____ was a very popular sports car in the 1970s.
13. In 1972, the actor known as Marlon Brando starred in which iconic Mafia Movie?
The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
14. A rock opera titled ______ took Broadway by storm in the ‘70s.
Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.
15. In 1977, which Chevrolet became a best-seller?
16. Who won a boxing match against George Foreman?
Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist.
17. Which famous actor died in 1973?
Lee Jun-fan, commonly known as Bruce Lee, was a Chinese, Hong Kong American actor, director, martial artist, martial arts instructor and philosopher.
18. Which musical artist died in 1977?
Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician and actor.
19. What was the name of the ’70s toy that used colorful pegs and lights?
20. Which song was #1 in 1970?
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” is a pop/soul song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson.
21. What scandal happened in the United States in the 1970s?
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States.
22. Which popular car in the ’70s was used in the movie “The Italian Job“?
Mini is a British automotive marque founded in 1969.
23. What was the name of Stephen King’s first published novel?
Carrie is an epistolary horror novel by American author Stephen King.
24. What movie from the 1970s shook the world from oceans?
25. The Muppets were created by _____.
James Maury Henson was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, filmmaker, and screenwriter.
26. What was the top selling song of the 1970s?
“American Pie” is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean.
27. What singer-songwriter died in 1970?
James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix was an American musician, singer, and songwriter.
28. Which 70s TV series aired Saturday mornings and taught children lessons?
29. Which popular music group broke up in 1970?
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.
30. Which pro baseball team won three consecutive World Series titles in the 1970s?
The Oakland Athletics, often referred to as the A’s, are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California.
31. In 1972, Neil Young released an album known as ____.
Neil Percival Young OC OM is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist.
32. In 1970, Diana Ross decided to take up a solo career, but which band did she disband from?
The Supremes were an American female singing group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.
33. Which college basketball team dominated in the 1970s?
34. What was the name of film that made Mark Hamill famous and was set in space?
35. Muhammad Ali lost his heavyweight boxing title to which boxer?
Joseph William Frazier, nicknamed “Smokin’ Joe”, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1965 to 1981.
36. What was the name of the team that beat the Vikings in Super Bowl IV?
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri.
37. What horror movie was released in 1973?
An actress notices dangerous changes in the behavior and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter in this movie.
38. Which video game system debuted in the 1970?
Atari is a brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972.
39. Which book about a bird on a journey of self-discovery topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1970?
This is a fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection.
40. What musical genre took a new light in the 1977 release of the film Saturday Night Fever?
