1977 by RobinJRichards

Champion(s):

PeskinK


Runner(s)-Up:

BarkerC
"We fight for better days."


Quiz Description

Answer the following about things 40 years ago (AKA things this smith is actually older than but not by much)

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 25 46 63 10 23 47 34 10 94 08 10 76
1 PeskinK 506 99 15
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2 BarkerC 446 97 15
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3 BarthR 438 96 15
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4 LuskT 395 94 15
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5 LorinBurte 392 93 15
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6 Egantx7 327 90 15
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6 HallR 327 90 15
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8 WeikleB 326 87 15
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8 OBrienJ 326 87 15
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8 Kloefkorn 326 87 15
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11 HowellT3 318 84 15
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12 StahlhutJ 314 82 15
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13 KaufmanK 301 81 15
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14 MyrowitzJ 298 79 15
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15 BeningoS 287 78 15
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16 ChrisRosenberg 286 76 15
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17 tdalesan 267 75 15
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18 FrankensteinP 262 72 15
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18 RichmondJ 262 72 15
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20 HomerS 259 70 00
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21 Vintsanity 255 68 15
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22 Timm 248 67 15
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23 BringMoreLegos 247 65 00
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24 GrahamJ 246 63 15
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24 EverettJ 246 63 15
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26 RautY 245 61 15
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27 chc 244 59 00
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28 WatsonG 241 58 15
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29 GoodmanDL 240 56 15
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30 MatherV 237 55 15
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31 HightB 236 53 15
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32 JonesRW 232 52 15
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33 GeorgeSpelvin 231 50 15
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34 IngramB 230 49 15
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35 LearyField 229 47 15
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36 BradburnA 228 46 00
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37 Bup 219 44 15
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38 Commodore 218 43 15
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39 Berek 216 41 15
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40 rouquinne 207 40 15
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41 Nicole 198 38 00
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42 LiptonM 188 36 00
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42 KromerM 188 36 15
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44 randalleng 187 34 15
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45 MercureT 181 31 15
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45 RufusTDog 181 31 15
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47 ChengB 173 29 00
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48 DreyfusB 171 28 15
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49 akambour 168 25 15
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49 KleinJ 168 25 15
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51 SochackiA 167 23 15
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52 WhitmireS 164 21 00
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53 ElendilPickle 156 20 00
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54 BillPennington 154 18 15
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55 RubensteinM 153 17 15
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56 MangaserA 152 15 15
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57 BednarczukJ 150 14 00
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58 bmrafferty 143 12 15
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59 Crow-T-Robot 127 11 15
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60 Vendy12 126 8 00
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60 DouglasLovesVixey 126 8 00
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60 ScrosatiS 126 8 00
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63 FeitelD 119 5 15
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Questions:

JAN 20: Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th President by THIS CHIEF JUSTICE.

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Warren Burger

Feb 18: The first of many tests began for THIS SPACE SHUTTLE, the only one never to go to space. On this date, it flew on the back of its 747 carrier before being released for landing tests.

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Enterprise [It was originally the "Constitution" until Star Trek fans petition to have the name changed]

March 27: The worst air disaster in history took place on the island of Tenerife when two 747s from two different airlines collided on the runway. NAME EITHER AIRLINE INVOLVED.

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KLM or Pan Am(erican)

Apr 7: On this date, two MLB teams made their debuts. One hosted the Chicago White Sox (which they won 9-5) while the other hosted the California Angels (which they lost 2-0). One is in the AL East and the other the AL West. NAME EITHER TEAM.

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Toronto Blue Jays or Seattle Mariners

May 27: Two years after its more famous Florida sibling, THIS RIDE opened up at Disneyland. Contrary to popular belief, no one has died on this ride (except maybe the dummy used to test it out).

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Space Mountain

Jun 26: Little did anyone know at the time, but Elvis Presley would hold his final concert at Market Square Arena in THIS CITY.

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Indianapolis

Jul 19-20: History once again repeated for THIS US TOWN as a massive flood wiped out most of it. This time, though, Henry Clay Frick's social club couldn't be blamed for this one.

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Johnstown

Aug 4: President Carter signs into law the creation of THIS CABINET DEPARTMENT. Its soon to be new head wanted to get rid of it in 2011 (or maybe not since he forgot about this one....ooops).

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Dept. of Energy

Sep 28: At the Geneva Auto Show, THIS MODEL OF PORSCHE made its debut. It would be built until its retirement in 1995.

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928

Oct 26: The last naturally occurring case of THIS DISEASE (Variola minor) was diagnosed. It would be officially eradicated three years later.

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Smallpox

Nov 19: THIS EGYPTIAN LEADER made the first ever visit by an Arab leader to Israel, meeting with their PM who would later stand in front of the White House with him and shake his hand alongside President Carter.

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Anwar Sadat

Dec 1: Lockheed's Have Blue prototype airplane, which would later be built as THIS MILITARY AIRCRAFT, made its maiden flight. Its unique shape also gave it the nickname "The Hopeless Diamond."

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(F117) (Nighthawk) (Stealth Fighter)