Can you name the significant events of 1974?

Date	Answer	Clue
January 15		Sitcom about life in the 1950s and 1960s begins an 11-year run on ABC
January 16		This novel by Peter Benchley is published
February 4		The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnap this heiress
March 8		Airport named for this French leader opens in Paris
April 2		This actress becomes the youngest ever to win a competitive Academy Award
April 5		This book, Stephen King’s first published novel, is released
April 6		ABBA’s performance of this song wins them the 1974 Eurovision Contest
April 8		This slugger breaks Babe Ruth’s Major League record for most career home runs
April 25		The Carnation Revolution overthrows the authoritarian regime in this European country
May 18		This country becomes the sixth nation to detonate a nuclear device
June 17		A bomb planted by this para-military organization detonates at the Houses of Parliament in London
July 6		The first live broadcast of this radio program began on Minnesota Public Radio
July 7		This country wins the FIFA World Cup on its own soil
July 20		Turkey begins an invasion of this island nation
August 7		Philippe Petit tightrope walks for 45 minutes at this location in New York City
August 8		This US president announces his resignation.
September 8		This daredevil fails in his attempt to jump across Snake River Canyon
October 4		This artist's only American solo #1 single 'Whatever Gets You thru the Night' is released
October 30		Muhammad Ali defeats this boxer in the “Rumble in the Jungle”
November 24		This 3.2 million year-old skeleton is found in Ethiopia
November 25		This former UN Secretary General dies of lung cancer at age 65
December 5		The final episode of this sketch comedy is broadcast on BBC 2
December 24		This Australian city is nearly completely destroyed by Cyclone Tracy
December 25		Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks join this rock band

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1974 Quiz

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	Dysart:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 15:54 GMT		0 points
	Fewer than 20% got John Lennon???

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	amwoods13:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 16:09 GMT		16 points
	Fleetwood Mac did not form then. That was when Nicks and Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac, which had been around since the '60's.

	InsertCleverName:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 16:13 GMT		4 points
	Too Portgual-centric!

	Derek_Agony:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 16:22 GMT		0 points
	You could probably accept the English as well as the American spelling for the WTC.

	DougButcher:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 16:28 GMT		-3 points
	Less than 90 percent knew the PRESIDENT WHO RESIGNED IN 1974!

	canuckliz:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 16:53 GMT		9 points
	The IRA is a terrorist organization, not a military one. Para-military would be closer.

	hollabackitsobi:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 17:00 GMT		-2 points
	The tagline for this quiz is extremely lame.

	dancastro:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 17:12 GMT		6 points
	@Sporcla: you mean Isabel Perón or Isabelita (her real name was María Estela Martínez de Perón). Eva Perón (Evita) had died in 1952. And yes, women presidents weren't so common on those days.

	midlifecrisis:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 17:19 GMT		2 points
	I'm surprised with 19 correct I was in the 95th percentile! Then again, stats show the biggest sporcle demographic is 18-23, so they weren't even a glimmer in their parent's eyes in 1974. LOL

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	davroslovechild:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 17:26 GMT		-4 points
	World Trade Center should be taken also as Centre for us Brits who spell words correctly! :)

	icenine:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 17:31 GMT		13 points
	Good quiz. For the record, (Just Like) Starting Over hit number one in the U.S. for John Lennon in 1980, so Whatever Gets You Thru the Night was not his only number one in the States.

	Tommy_C:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 17:52 GMT		-4 points
	Struggled with the spelling of Evel Knievel for at least 2 minutes before I got close enough to catch one of the alternates. Then I sat there thinking, "It's that girl who played Ryan O'Neal's daughter in Paper Moon" without remembering it was actually his daughter. Would it be too much to ask for "That Norwegian Guy" as an alternative to U Thant?

	DragonNo4:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 17:58 GMT		27 points
	Considering he was Burmese, I think it would.

	TorontoMike:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 18:17 GMT		28 points
	The World Trade Center is a proper name with one spelling (note the capital letters). I use the UK/Canadian spelling for "shopping centre" etc. but you don't get to just change the name of things based on where you live.

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	Hampshire:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 21:41 GMT		6 points
	Myitbos, how could you possibly say that Darwin is in Western Australia. It is right at the top, in the middle, and is the capital of Northern Territory.

	myitbos:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 22:11 GMT		-3 points
	Hampshire...did you see a capital W in the word western? Didn't think so. But I knew I would catch someone by using the geographical term western. You people are so eager to "catch" mistakes, that you overlook what is simple and obvious. Cyclones only strike western Australia via the Indian Ocean. Typhoons form in the Pacific.

	devilsfan15:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 22:26 GMT		18 points
	Why not also accept the Twin Towers for the World Trade Center? Those of us who lived nearby always called it by that.

	jaymc:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 22:48 GMT		6 points
	I got Darwin but not because I knew anything about cyclones or typhoons; it was just the next city in Australia I thought of after guessing eight others.

	NUguy514:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 23:05 GMT		3 points
	Actually, myitbos, "typhoon" is the term for tropical cyclones occurring only in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. "Cyclone" is, in fact, the correct term for tropical cyclones occurring in the southern Pacific Ocean.

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	Cat_Girl:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 23:46 GMT		3 points
	Garrison Keillor was obviously not the name of the radio program, and Lake Wobegon Days was the book he wrote based on the radio program. The clue specifically asks for the name of the program, and all good Sporclers pay attention to the exact wording of clues.

	thetroll:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 23:50 GMT		2 points
	this is stupid everyone knows WW2 happened this year

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	kbelle:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 00:45 GMT		8 points
	No I idea how I got so many! Lots of really good guesses and a lot of time typing in the names of all the soccer-centric countries I know. I agree that the Twin Towers should be accepted since that's really where he was. The World Trade Center consisted of 7 buildings.

	juviejay:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 00:57 GMT		6 points
	Couldn't accept twin towers for world trade center?

	quent1979:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 02:18 GMT		-4 points
	Lennon's only number one solo hit was (Just Like) Starting Over. Whatever Gets You Through The Night was a duet with Elton John.

	quizpanda:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 02:39 GMT		2 points
	you should accept Australopithecus Afarensis

	featherfish81:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 03:04 GMT		0 points
	Why do I always blank and forget that Germany wasn't a country for a lot of years?

	floydpink:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 06:29 GMT		-4 points
	Well, Cat_Girl, since you obviously know everything, then surely you know that in Europe, the show is called Garrison Keillor's Radio Show. I assume that "Howard Stern" would be an acceptable answer if one was trying to identify "The Howard Stern Show" or that "Jay Leno" would be ok in lieu of "The Jay Leno Show." This being the case, Garrison Keillor should be an acceptable alternative.

	plytzylmyk:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 06:39 GMT		-3 points
	Rush's First Album?! I do believe a most important historical event from 1974!

	dje:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 06:42 GMT		5 points
	i agree with those saying "twin towers" should be accepted

	Bouchkilele:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 11:38 GMT		4 points
	@Quent1979 - "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" was credited to John Lennon only, even though it's well known Elton sang back-up. However, "(Just Like) Starting Over" was also credited to John Lennon only, even though the album was "Double Fantasy" by John Lennon/Yoko Ono.

	chrispaz:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 12:13 GMT		2 points
	@myitbos, Fremantle is also a City in (W)western Australia. Saying that, there aren't many major cities in Australia so i'm very surprised that Darwin is the least guessed answer.