Q 01/05

Which 1978 musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John follows the seniors of Rydell High School?

A) Xanadu

B) Grease

C) Hair

D) Fame

Answer · why

B) Grease

Grease was the highest-grossing film of 1978 and took the record for biggest film musical from The Sound of Music, which had held it for 13 years.

Q 02/05

Which comic strip created by Jim Davis made its debut in 41 American newspapers on June 19, 1978?

A) Garfield

B) Heathcliff

C) Marmaduke

D) Ziggy

Answer · why

A) Garfield

Garfield went on to hold the Guinness World Record as the world's most widely syndicated comic strip, running in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals...

Q 03/05

Which arcade game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado did Taito release in Japan in the summer of 1978?

A) Asteroids

B) Galaxian

C) Space Invaders

D) Missile Command

Answer · why

C) Space Invaders

Space Invaders reached the rest of the world later that year through Midway, and its octopus-like aliens were inspired by the novel The War of the Wor...

Q 04/05

In which country was Louise Brown, the first baby conceived by IVF, born at Oldham General Hospital in July 1978?

A) Australia

B) Sweden

C) Denmark

D) England

Answer · why

D) England

Louise Brown was born in England after a procedure developed by Patrick Steptoe, Robert Edwards and Jean Purdy. Edwards won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Me...

Q 05/05

Which cartoon character turned 50 in November 1978 and became the first to receive a Hollywood Walk of Fame star?

A) Bugs Bunny

B) Mickey Mouse

C) Woody Woodpecker

D) Donald Duck

Answer · why

B) Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse got his star in November 1978, fifty years after Steamboat Willie premiered at the Colony Theater in New York on November 18, 1928.