Sebastian Onciu
I have decided to dedicate my first quiz to the year 1977 for a significant reason: it’s my birth year. Let’s see how familiar you are with the events which happened in this special year for me. Good luck!
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Question of
Which major Eastern European city was shaken by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 which claimed the lives of more than 1,400 people in that city alone?
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Budapest
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Bratislava
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Bucharest
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Belgrade
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Question of
Which legendary footballer ended his playing career in 1977?
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Pele
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Johan Cruyff
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Mario Kempes
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Franz Beckenbauer
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Question of
Which African country gained independence from France and joined the United Nations in 1977?
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Mauritania
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Djibouti
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Senegal
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Mali
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Question of
France was the country in which the last execution by…. took place in 1977
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firing squad
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hanging
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guillotine
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lethal injection
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Question of
The highest-grossing movie in the US released in 1977 was:
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Saturday Night Fever
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A Bridge Too Far
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Cose Encounters of the Third Kind
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Star Wars
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Question of
Which of these rock and metal bands DID NOT release a studio album in 1977?
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Queen
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Judas Priest
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Deep Purple
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UFO
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Question of
Which “Lord of the Rings” star was born in January 1977?
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Viggo Mortensen
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Orlando Bloom
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Dominic Monaghan
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Elijah Wood
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Question of
The rings of which planet from our solar systen were discovered in 1977?
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Uranus
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Neptune
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Saturn
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Mars
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Question of
Where did Elvis Presley perform his last concert on June 26, almost two months before his death?
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Memphis
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Nashville
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Phoenix
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Indianapolis
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Question of
Where did the deadliest accident in aviation history, in which two passenger jets collided on the runway of the airport, killing 583 people, take place?
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New York
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Cape Town
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Lisbon
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Canary Islands
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Great quiz! I only got four out of ten, but that was a long time ago! I was only seven!
The fact that you enjoyed this quiz is more important than the score, so thanks for playing it!
only 3/10 … interesting quiz
Thanks for playing, I’m glad you found it interesting!
6/10. I lived through it, but it seems a very long time ago!
It was a long time ago, indeed!
10 out of 10.
Well done! Keep up the good work!
Four of ten in this quiz.
I hope you enjoyed playing it.
I enjoyed the challenge of tackling your quiz.
7/10. I was in my first professional job as a librarian in 1977, working for the British Council. That was the year in which I spent several weeks setting up a library at the British Embassy in Moscow – it was also the year in which I first got married!
It looks like 1977 was a fabulous year for you!
I remember 1977 because that was the year my twin daughters were born.
In that case, it is certainly a year which holds a special place in your heart!
You got 3 out of 10 right!
Could be better
Regardless of the score, I hope you found this quiz interesting.
got 5
Next time it will be 10!
Well, I knew four of them. That was a looong time ago.
Oh yes, four decades is quite a long time!