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Disco Years Factoids

Guy
What were the hippest 1970s TV shows?
Laugh-In
The Flip Wilson Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
All in the Family
M*A*S*H*
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Bionic Woman
Charlie’s Angels
Mork and Mindy

Best-selling Books of the 1970s
Love Story
Wheels
Jonathon Livingston Seagull
Centennial
Ragtime
Trinity
The Silmarillion
Chesapeake
The Matarese Circle

Who were the top box office stars of the 1970s?
Paul Newman
Clint Eastwood
John Wayne
Barbra Streisand
Robert Redford
Ryan O’Neal
Burt Reynolds
Dustin Hoffman
Sylvester Stallone
John Travolta
Woody Allen


Fads of the 1970s
wigs
jogging
health food
transcendental meditation
CB radios
streaking
skateboarding
mood rings
Farrah posters
disco dancing
toga parties
roller disco

Guy
Top Albums of the 1970s
Bridge Over Troubled Water
by Simon and Garfunkle
Jesus Christ Superstar
by various artists
American Pie
by Don Mclean
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
by Elton John
Elton John – Greatest Hits
by Elton John
Physical Graffiti
by Led Zeppelin
Songs in the Key of Life
by Stevie Wonder
Rumours
by Fleetwood Mac
Saturday Night Fever
by various artists
Bad Girls
by Donna Summer

It First Appeared in the 1970s…
child-proof pill bottles
postal strikes
snowmobiles
pocket calculators
girls in Lttle League
female mayors
word processors
TV tampon ads
no-name products

Important Firsts: Scientific Discoveries of the 1970s
Floppy Discs
Genetic Engineering
CAT scans
Microprocessors
Neutron Bombs
Test-tube babies

Guy
What famous Canadian couple married in 1971?
Pierre and Margaret Trudeau

How much did a trip to the corner store cost in the 1970s?
Eggs
61 cents
Milk
33 cents a quart
Bread
24 cents a loaf
Butter
87 cents a lb

What was the average life expectancy in the 1970s?
Males
67 years
Females
75 years


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