Can you name the countries in which these 1970s events occurred? by Hejman

#	Country	Event
1		Kent State massacre
2		Aswan High Dam completed
3		Beatles break up
4		Munich Olympics massacre
5		Roe v. Wade decided
6		U.S. withdraws
7		Terra cotta army discovered
8		Nixon resigns
9		Pol Pot takes power
10		Ashe wins Wimbledon

#	Country	Event
11		Civil War erupts
12		Comeneci's perfect 10
13		Star Wars opens
14		John Paul II becomes Pope
15		Jonestown massacre
16		Camp David accords
17		Khomeni returns
18		Mother Teresa wins Nobel
19		Thatcher first female P.M.
20		3 Mile Island disaster

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1970s in pictures (images) Quiz

by Hejman

Created Nov 7, 2011 in History
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	floydpink:	Nov 7th, 2011 at 06:09 GMT		0 points
	Some great choices here. However, #4 should definitely accept West Germany, as that was the country Munich was located in at that time. I would also argue that Mother Teresa "won" the Nobel when she was in India; she only accepted it in Sweden.

	MSUKent:	Nov 7th, 2011 at 09:52 GMT		4 points
	Based on my score, I was apparently partaking of too many illegal substances in the 70s.

	Hejman:	Nov 7th, 2011 at 13:19 GMT		1 point
	@floydpink- I've added West Germany, though, to be highly (and perhaps unreasonably) technical, there never was a country named 'West Germany'. That name was a creation of English speakers. The country was the 'Federal Republic of Germany' when that photo was taken in 1972 and remains the 'Federal Republic of Germany' today. The awarding of the Nobel Prize takes places in Sweden, the presentation of the prize takes place in Sweden and the photo was taken in Sweden, thus Sweden is the correct answer for that photo. If the image was of Mother Teresa engaging in the good works that led to her winning the prize then India would be the answer.

	SecretMike:	Nov 8th, 2011 at 03:02 GMT		1 point
	@Hejman 'West Germany' certainly wasn't the name the West Germans chose, but as a matter of practicality you couldn't refer to Germany and assume people knew which one you meant. If the Koreas united, we'd be right to call that country Korea, but there's no country around now that you could call Korea. The same was true in Germany until 1990.

	tardis:	Nov 8th, 2011 at 03:21 GMT		0 points
	Aswan "Damn?"

	HippieSlay:	Nov 8th, 2011 at 10:43 GMT		3 points
	there are too many US answers it makes the quiz dumb...

	Kronjyden:	Nov 8th, 2011 at 13:37 GMT		4 points
	#18: happened in Norway; the Peace Prize is handed out by the norwegian Nobel Comitee, not the swedish. "2: didn't happen in the 70's; it happened on May 14th, 1964

	Hejman:	Nov 8th, 2011 at 13:51 GMT		2 points
	@Kronjyden- You are correct about the Nobel Prize award, however, the Aswan Damn opening in July of 1970.

	floydpink:	Nov 8th, 2011 at 14:46 GMT		-1 points
	@Hejman: The formal name of the nation hardly seems germane to me, as both sporcle and the world at large invariably follow common usage. If not, then the answer to #7--to take one example--should be the People's Republic of China. As regards Mother Teresa, my remark was not geared toward the answer, but to the descriptor. I stand by my statement--she may have received or been awarded the prize in Norway, but she won it in India.

	Hejman:	Nov 8th, 2011 at 15:55 GMT		1 point
	@floydpink- The name isn't germane, I was just having a Cliff Claven moment. As for Mother Teresa, I stand by the answer. The question asks where the event occurred. The event is the presentation of the award, which did not occur in India. (Of course, neither did it occur in Sweden, so any way you look at it, I messed it up the first time around!)

	gnatural:	Nov 8th, 2011 at 17:03 GMT		2 points
	I love this series, Hejman, and look forward to more. I'd agree that there are too many US events here. Some of that is history, of course, but surely there are some notable and photograph-worthy events to replace a few of these, aren't there?

	kennyb:	Nov 8th, 2011 at 19:53 GMT		1 point
	Can anyone help answer why my browser doesn't show me the right hand column of photos?

	Hejman:	Nov 8th, 2011 at 20:00 GMT		1 point
	@gnatural- I'd be happy to accept suggestions! The problem is that the event has to be reasonably known in the western world and able to be captured in a single photograph. @kennyb- It depends on your browser and on your screen settings. If you have the screen set to a very large resolution, you're likely to miss the right half. If you have an older version of Internet Explorer you are also more likely to lose a portion of the image.

	kennyb:	Nov 8th, 2011 at 20:48 GMT		1 point
	@Hejman, thanks, but no, I am using IE8 and have the resolution set to the recommended smallest. If I change the browser encoding to "right-to-left document" though, I get the last column OK but lose most of the first column. And the pictures of the 80s quiz does not have the same problem.

	Kronjyden:	Nov 9th, 2011 at 18:28 GMT		2 points
	@Hejman: you're correct that the Aswan Dam openeded in 1970; the picture in #2 however is not from the opening, but from construction start; the very confusing element in the picture is the participation of Khrushchev, since he was "retired" by 1970...

	Hejman:	Nov 9th, 2011 at 21:07 GMT		1 point
	@Kronjyden- Ahh! Well you got me there. I'll search for a new picture and make the change. Thanks for following up on that.

	Hejman:	Nov 11th, 2011 at 14:58 GMT		1 point
	Image swap made. No more Kruschef. I mean Kruschyev. Uh... Khruscheyvf... well, you know who I mean.

	Azrael:	Nov 15th, 2011 at 21:25 GMT		1 point
	As a quiz on the '70s, there should be less US and more USSR, and at least one China. I'm recalling that there's a good picture of Nixon meeting with the Chinese leaders somewhere out there.