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What is Vietnam?
The last American combat troops were withdrawn from this country.
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What is a yellow ribbon?
Billboard’s Number #1 song for the year had Tony Orlando & Dawn tying this round the ole oak tree.
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Who was James Bond?
The eighth in a highly successful series, “Live and Let Die” starred Roger Moore as this dashing British agent with a license to kill.
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What are sled dogs?
The Iditarod, first held in 1973, is a race between Anchorage and Nome, Alaska run by what animals?
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What is “All in the Family”?
Archie and Edith Bunker, were the main characters on this #1 show.
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What is the World Trade Center?
This complex of seven buildings in lower Manhattan, including two iconic towers, officially opened with a ribbon cutting
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What is “You’re So Vain”?
Carly Simon’s hit was Number 1 on the Billboard chart for the first three weeks of 1973. You probably think it’s about you.
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What is The Exorcist?
This supernatural horror film follows the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother’s attempts to help her with the assistance of priests.
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Who is George Foreman?
Now better known for his indoor grill, this boxer captured the World Heavyweight Championship by knocking out Joe Frazier.
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What is “The Waltons”?
This multi-generational family drama is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia during the Depression.
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What is OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)?
Arab members of this group announced they would restrict the flow of crude oil to countries supporting Israel, causing the price of oil to increase by 200%.
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Who is Pink Floyd?
This band’s album “The Dark Side of the Moon” was released in 1973 and spent 736 non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.
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Who is Marlon Brando?
Sacheen Littlefeather took the stage & declined the Best Actor Oscar that this actor received for his role in “The Godfather”.
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What is the designated hitter?
First proposed in 1906 but only approved for the first time in 1973, this baseball position swings the bat in place of the pitcher.
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Who are Sonny & Cher?
This husband and wife duo’s comedy hour always ended with them singing “I Got You Babe”.
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Who was Spiro Agnew?
He resigned as U.S. Vice President, pleading no contest to charges of tax evasion.
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What is Georgia?
This state’s name was in two big hits of the year: “Midnight Train to…” and “The Night the Lights Went Out” here.
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Who is Charles de Gaulle?
The Day of the Jackal is a political thriller that has the French criminal underworld planning to assassinate this President of the Fifth Republic.
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Who is Billie Jean King?
She defeated Bobby Riggs in a “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match in front of 90 million TV viewers.
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What is Schoolhouse Rock?
Debuting in 1973, this series of animated educational & music shorts were created to teach kids history, civics, math, grammar, science and more.
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Who is Joe Biden?
First sworn in as a freshman in 1973, he became the longest-serving Senator in Delaware’s history.
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Who is Bruce Springsteen?
This NJ singer-songwriter and his band released their debut album “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.”
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Who is Tatum O’Neal?
This actor is the youngest to ever win an Academy Award, for her role alongside her real-life father in Paper Moon.
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Who was Secretariat?
This racehorse won the Triple Crown with a record 31 length victory in the Belmont Stakes.
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Who is Uri Geller?
In his 1973 appearance on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, this Israeli’s claimed psychokinetic power to bend spoons with his mind failed completely.
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