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07/15/08 @ 10:43:40 AM MDT
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| Hello everyone and welcome again to Trivia Tuesday. For this week's edition, I'd like to focus on the years 1969 - 1974 (aka the Nixon Years). So let's slip into our bell bottoms, jump in the van and pop the music into our 8-track. On to trivia baby! |
| bco gal :: Trivia Tuesday - The Nixon Years |
During this time period, policies and actions that were enacted still reverberate today including:
- Extensive investigations by Senate Committees into the legality of domestic intelligence activities by the Nixon Administration, which led to the creation of FISA
- Roe v Wade handed down in 1973
- First Arab oil embargo takes place, forcing energy prices to sykrocket
- Establishment of EPA and NOAA as well as the creation of the first "Earth Day"
- Paris Peace Accords that put an end to U.S. military participation in the controversial Vietnam war
So our questions today, as you can imagine, address events that took place during those years. Rules as always - no looking up the answer on the internet and you can add your own questions below.
Good luck!
#1 - In 1972 what bond issue, rejected by Colorado voters, had international implications?
#2 - What was the name of the person who divulged to the Senate Committee that Oval Office conversations were being taped?
#3 - Name at least one Supreme Court justice nominated by Richard Nixon.
#4 - What government official in 1974 introduced the Comprehensive Health Insurance Act that would have mandated employers to purchase health insurance for their employees, and provide a federal health plan like Medicaid that any American could join by paying on a sliding scale based on income?
#5 - A landmark arms control treaty was developed with the Soviet Union that froze each country's arsenal of intercontinental missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. What was the name of that treaty? (Hint, it's an acronym).
#6 - What month and year did Richard Nixon resign? |
