How Well Do You Know the Year 1978?

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

• Affirmed

• Ferdinand

• Alydar

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

• Grantsburg, Haiti

• Jonestown, Guyana

• Hillsboro, Thailand

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

• True

• False

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

• $100,000

• $54,000

• $75,000

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

• Fantasy Island

• Honeymooners

• Dallas

Which MLB team won the World Series in 1978?

• The Oakland Athletics

• The New York Yankees

• The Boston Red Sox

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

• Maine

• Vermont

• New Hampshire

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

• Close Encounters of the Third Kind

• Coal Miner's Daughter

• Annie Hall

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

• United Kingdom

• Canada

• Sweden

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

• Ring

• Umbrella

• Pen

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

• War and Remembrance

• The Stand

• The World According to Garp

Which of the following events did not occur in 1978?

• The first "test tube baby" was born

• Tuvalu became an independent nation

• Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States

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

• Evita

• Phantom of the Opera

• Cats

Who beat Leon Spinks to become world heavyweight boxing champion?

• Joe Louis

• Joe Frazier

• Muhammad Ali

Whose daughter wrote the book 'Mommy Dearest?'

• Rita Hayworth

• Lana Turner

• Joan Crawford