Statistics for Events of 1974

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
President Nixon resigns as a result of this scandal.	Watergate	99%
This man regains his boxing title in a bout in Zaire.	Muhammad Ali	90%
A new airport opens in Paris, named after this leader.	Charles de Gaulle	84%
The speed limit on this German highway system is reduced.	Autobahn	83%
This author publishes the scary novel “Carrie.”	Stephen King	82%
This Hungarian professor patents a cubic puzzle.	Ernő Rubik	81%
This sitcom begins its long run. Clue: Fonzie.	Happy Days	80%
This Mel Brooks movie is released. Clue: farting cowboys.	Blazing Saddles	66%
Haile Selassie is deposed as emperor of this country.	Ethiopia	65%
This Asian nation detonates its first nuclear weapon.	India	65%
General Augusto Pinochet becomes president of this country.	Chile	62%
This group’s BBC comedy series ends.	Monty Python	59%
Magician Penn Jillette meets this shorter man.	Teller	55%
This “lucky” aviation pioneer dies.	Charles Lindbergh	54%
A crazy French guy tightrope-walks between these new towers.	World Trade Center	50%
U.S. first-class postage is raised to this many cents.	10	49%
This magazine debuts. Clue: “sexiest man alive.”	People	49%
This cartel ends its painful 5-month embargo.	OPEC	48%
This baseball player passes Babe Ruth’s HR record.	Hank Aaron	41%
This 3-million-year-old Australopithecus skeleton is discovered.	Lucy	39%
This talented Yankees shortstop is born.	Derek Jeter	31%
This now-ubiquitous symbol is first printed on a product.	UPC	28%
This big-band leader & composer dies. “Take the A Train.”	Duke Ellington	17%