Trivia From 1978 - Questions And Answers From The Year of 1978
The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping
changes to what?
A: United States copyright law.
Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes
into what?
A: The Ocean near Bombay, killing 213.
Whose body lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda, following
his death from cancer?
A: Former U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
Federal Appeals Court Judge William H. Webster is appointed
to what position?
A: FBI Director.
Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere,
scattering debris where?
A: Over Canada's Northwest Territories.
Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convicted
prisoners to do what in the history of the Republic of
Ireland?
A: Marry in prison
Hollywood film director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees
to France, after pleading guilty to what?
A: Charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.
The People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by what
authors?
A: Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
Where was Serial killer Ted Bundy captured?
A: In Pensacola, Florida.
The Hillside Strangler, a serial killer prowling
Los
Angeles, claims a what?
A: Tenth and final victim.
Electrical workers in Mexico City find the remains of what?
A: The Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan in the middle of the city.
What happened to Charlie Chaplin's remains?
A: They were stolen from Cosier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland.
California Jam II is held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in
Ontario, California, attracting more than how many fans?
A: 300,000 fans.
The TV soap opera Dallas debuted on what TV network?
A: CBS.
Where were the 50th Academy Awards held?
A: At the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
Who won Best Picture?
A: Annie Hall.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter decides to postpone production
of the what?
A: Neutron bomb – a weapon which kills people with radiation but leaves
buildings relatively intact.
The U.S. Senate votes 68–32 to do what with the Panama
Canal?
A: Turn it over to Panamanian control on December 31, 1999.
Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds gets his what?
A: 3,000th major league hit.
Where was Charlie Chaplin's coffin found?
A: About some 15 km from the cemetery from which it was stolen, near Lake
Geneva.
Sarajevo is selected to host the what?
A: The 1984 Winter Olympics.
California voters approve Proposition 13, which does what?
A: Slashes property taxes nearly 60%.
Serial killer David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam," is
sentenced to what?
A: 365 years in prison.
What comic strip makes its debut?
A: Garfield.
Argentina defeats the Netherlands 3–1 after extra time to
win the what?
A: 1978 FIFA World Cup.
The Solomon Islands become independent from whom?
A: The United Kingdom.
How many tourists die in an explosion of a tanker-truck at
a campsite in Costa Daurada, Spain?
A: More than 200.
Louise Brown, the world's first test tube baby, is what?
A: Born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK.
Pope Paul VI dies where?
A: In Castel Gandolfo.
Who succeeds Pope Paul VI as the 263rd Pope?
A: Pope John Paul I.
Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter, and Menachem Begin meet where?
A: On the Aspen Cabin patio at Camp David.
The Camp David Accords are signed between what two
countries?
A: Israel and Egypt.
Pope John Paul I dies after how long as Pope?
A: 33 days.
President Carter signs a bill that authorizes what?
A: The minting of the Susan B. Anthony dollar.
President Carter signs a bill into law which allows what?
A: Home brewing of beer in the United States.
Who succeeds Pope John Paul I as the 264th pope?
A: Pope John Paul II.
He is the first pope in history from where?
A: Poland.
The New York Yankees clinch their 22nd World Series
championship, defeating what team 7–2 in Los Angeles and winning the Series 4
games to 2?
A: Dodgers.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin win what?
A: The Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a
Middle East
accord.
Rioters sack the British what in Tehran?
A: Embassy.
California voters defeat the Briggs Initiative that would
have prohibited what?
A: Gay school teachers.
In Guyana, Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple cult in a
mass what?
A: Murder–suicide that claims 918 lives in all, 909 of them at Jonestown itself,
including over 270 children.
In San Francisco, Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor
Harvey Milk are what?
A: Assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White.
Dianne Feinstein succeeds the murdered George Moscone, to
become the what?
A: The first woman mayor of San Francisco.