Statistics for 1970s Decade Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Country that replaced its shah with an ayatollah	Iran	93%
Country that became a democracy after the death of Generalísimo Franco	Spain	78%
Scandal that took down Richard Nixon	Watergate	77%
Brutal dictator who seized power in Cambodia	Pol Pot	72%
Organization that banned oil sales to the U.S. in 1973–74	OPEC	71%
Country that became independent from Pakistan	Bangladesh	69%
Asian city that hosted a "thrilla" between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier	Manila	68%
The first commercially successful video game, it featured a ball bouncing back and forth across the screen	Pong	64%
Country in which Augusto Pinochet seized power	Chile	63%
City that hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics, marred by a terrorist attack against Israeli athletes	Munich	62%
Phrase which often accompanied a yellow smiley face	Have a {Nice} {Day}	57%
City which fell to communists on April 30, 1975	Saigon	55%
Beverage which followers of cult leader Jim Jones used to commit mass suicide	Flavor-Ade	53%
Presidential retreat where Israel and Egypt signed a peace accord	Camp David	52%
British disco group which had the most #1 hits in the decade	The Bee Gees	52%
1972 novel about submissive, zombie-like wives	The {Stepford} Wives	52%
In 1973, it became the world's tallest building	{Sears} Tower	48%
New York City's most famous nightclub	Studio {54}	45%
Author of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"	Hunter S. Thompson	24%
Type of futuristic building which Buckminster Fuller promoted	{Geodesic} Dome	17%