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In horse racing, what horse won the United States Triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes)?

Alydar
Ferdinand
Affirmed

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The members of the People's Temple religious cult committed mass suicide. Where did this event occur?

Jonestown, Guyana
Grantsburg, Haiti
Hillsboro, Thailand

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In 1978, the arcade video game industry had its first breakout hit. The game was "Donkey Kong".

False
True

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What was the average cost of a new house in 1978 in the US?

$100,000
$54,000
$75,000

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Which of the following TV series did not start in 1978?

Dallas
Honeymooners
Fantasy Island

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Which MLB team won the World Series in 1978?

The Oakland Athletics
The New York Yankees
The Boston Red Sox

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Ben & Jerry's opened their first ice cream parlor in which state in 1978?

Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont

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What movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1978?

Coal Miner's Daughter
Annie Hall
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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Not quite.

What country was the first to ban aerosol sprays that used chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as a propellant?

United Kingdom
Canada
Sweden

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Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated by poisoning. What was the method of delivery?

Pen
Ring
Umbrella

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Which of the following books, first published in 1978, was written by Herman Wouk?

The Stand
The World According to Garp
War and Remembrance

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Which of the following events did not occur in 1978?

Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States
The first "test tube baby" was born
Tuvalu became an independent nation

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Which of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals had its first performance in 1978?

Cats
Phantom of the Opera
Evita

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That was incorrect.

Who beat Leon Spinks to become world heavyweight boxing champion?

Joe Louis
Muhammad Ali
Joe Frazier

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Whose daughter wrote the book 'Mommy Dearest?'

Lana Turner
Rita Hayworth
Joan Crawford

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In horse racing, what horse won the United States Triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes)?

The members of the People's Temple religious cult committed mass suicide. Where did this event occur?

In 1978, the arcade video game industry had its first breakout hit. The game was "Donkey Kong".

What was the average cost of a new house in 1978 in the US?

Which of the following TV series did not start in 1978?

Which MLB team won the World Series in 1978?

Ben & Jerry's opened their first ice cream parlor in which state in 1978?

What movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1978?

What country was the first to ban aerosol sprays that used chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as a propellant?

Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated by poisoning. What was the method of delivery?

Which of the following books, first published in 1978, was written by Herman Wouk?

Which of the following events did not occur in 1978?

Which of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals had its first performance in 1978?

Who beat Leon Spinks to become world heavyweight boxing champion?

Whose daughter wrote the book 'Mommy Dearest?'

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