AARP Right Again! Trivia Contest 2021

[AARPTeri]

Do you love trivia?  Who doesn’t? Trivia games aren’t just fun – they also test your knowledge and help you learn new things! 

In our new AARP Online Community Right Again! Trivia Contest we’re looking for the best 70’s and 80’s Pop Culture Trivia from our community members like you. We’re talking music, movies, TV, fashion, dance crazes, games … even food.  To be entered in the contest, share your ideas for questions and answers and you’ll get a chance to win one of five (5) $50 VISA gift cards along with 50 AARP Rewards Points.  A panel of judges appointed by AARP will select the top five trivia question winners, which may be selected for use in AARP’s new Right Again! Trivia game, coming soon.

Contest Details

Reply to this discussion to share your 70’s and 80’s Pop Culture trivia question. Entries are accepted from Monday, September 6 until midnight September 25, 2021. Official Rules here. 

[Widowriter]

Bob Ross

I am still learning from him. I took up painting about a year and a half ago and he's the tutorial that I watch.

[zapatero]

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[Widowriter]

I may actually get this one wrong.

Was it the crown that ran from 72 to 77?

I know the crown is running again now. Just want a whole bunch of awards.

[WilliamJ624320]

How many people have walked on the moon?  (I've asked many people over the past 50 years and no one has ever given me the correct answer: 12, all men, all Americans, all between 1969 and 1972)

[postman29]

What TV private investigator had an office at 17 Paseo Verde in L.A.?

[Widowriter]

Joe mannix!

[zapatero]

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[2Papa]

Homer Simpson!

[Widowriter]

Oh my gosh,

Burt Reynolds!

[Merrill58]

Burt Reynolds

[LoisP361731]

Joe Namath

[zapatero]

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[Widowriter]

All in the family

That show was so far ahead of its time.

[Merrill58]

Archie Bunker

[LoisP361731]

All in the family

[TC598614]

Archie Bunker 

[t637312b]

What was the first country in the world to recognize the effect of aerosol sprays on the Ozone Layer and bans their sale.

Sweden

[TeresaS752067]

What spacecraft was the first to Saturn?

Pioneer 11

[Gahomegirl]

Who played the Father on "The Courtship of Eddie's Father"?

Bill Bixby, played widower Tom Corbett and Brandon Cruz played son, Eddie Corbett. In addition, Miyoshi Umeki played housekeeper, Mrs. Livingston.

[TDGreen1]

Which TV show debuted in 1972 to become one of the most popular and longest-running television shows of all time?

MASH

[Castlegirl1]

Who’s mom invented what came to be known as “liquid paper”? 

Mike Nesmith of the Monkees 

[ReTiReD51]

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A party favorite in the 70’s involved melting cheese and sometimes chocolate in a metal communal pot heated with steno fuel. Then using long-handled forks you could dip bread, precooked meat or fruit in the warm melted edible delicacy.  

What was this party favorite nourishment called?

Fondue, and what I wouldn’t give right now for a pot full of fondue and the Eagles playing in the 8 track.

[NicholasR346787]

I would enjoy joining the AARP Righht Again! Trivia Contest 2021. Is it too late?

Nick R

[AARPTeri]

It is not too late!  Contest ends 9/25!  Just post your question and answer here and you will be entered.

[NickC667271]

What song reached number 1 on the pop charts in the 50's, 60's and 70's for 3 different artists?

Answe:  Roll over Beethoven by Chuck Berry, The Beatles, and ELO.

[ReTiReD51]

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On July 1, 1971, our Nation ratified the 26th Amendment to the Constitution. What was this important amendment about?

It lowered the voting age to 18. Before then you had to be at least 21 to vote in federal, state and local elections.

[KerryO722609]

Electric Blue is the colour of David Bowie's room in what song from "Low"?

[TeresaS752067]

Sound and Vision

[DParker77493]

How old was Estelle Getty when she joined the Golden Girls & what role did she play?

[NancyC808799]

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@DParker77493 wrote:

How old was Estelle Getty when she joined the Golden Girls & what role did she play?

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56 and she played the character of Sophia.