El Centro History Department Presents
HISTORY 1302 TREASURE HUNT - SINCE 1975
Directions: Place the letter of the correct identification next to
the event/term/person it describes. 1/2 point each (1/4 point for bonus).
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IDENTIFICATIONS/DEFINITIONS (Answers)
EVENTS/TERMS/PERSONS:
1976:
_____ 1. Jimmy Carter _____ 6. Patty Hearst
_____ 2. Year-long celebration _____ 7. Death penalty
_____ 3. "Streaking" _____ 8. North & South
Vietnam
_____ 4. Legionnaires disease _____ 9. Concorde
_____ 5. Smokey the Bear _____10. U.S. Air Force
Academy
1977:
_____11. Amnesty granted _____15. Gary Gilmore
_____12. Department of Energy _____16. Seabrook Nuclear
Power Plant
_____13. Panama Canal Treaty _____17. New York City
_____14. Elvis _____18. Voyager I & II
1978.
_____19. Camp David Agreement _____22. Bakke case
_____20. Cleveland, Ohio _____23. People's Temple
_____21. Muhammed Ali _____24. Iran
_____25. Harvey Milk
1979:
_____26. Iranian Hostage Crisis _____29. Three Mile Island
_____27. China _____30. Margaret Thatcher
_____28. Chrysler Corporation
1980:
_____31. Afghanistan _____36. Mary Decker
_____32. Hunt family of Dallas _____37. Miami, Florida
_____33. Mt. St. Helens _____38. Summer of 1980
_____34. John Lennon _____39. MGM Hotel
_____35. "Who Shot J.R.?" _____40. Ronald Reagan
1981:
_____41. 25% Tax Cut _____47. Solidarity
_____48. Bob Marley
_____42. Atlanta Child Murders ______49. John Paul II
_____43. Ted Bundy _____50. John Hinckley
_____44. Hyatt Regency Hotel _____51. Charles & Diana
_____45. PATCO _____52. Personal Computer
_____46. Sandra Day O'Connor _____53. Anwar Sadat
1982:
_____54. Falkland Islands _____57. $110 billion
_____55. Equal Rights Amendment _____58. Vietnam Memorial
_____56. 14% and 10% _____59. lethal injection
1983:
_____60. Sally Ride _____63. "Star Wars"
_____61. Grenada _____64. Ethiopia
_____62. Lebanon _____65. Martin Luther King,
Jr.
1984:
_____66. Republican Convention _____70. Bhopal, India
_____67. AIDs _____71. Thriller
_____68. Marvin Gaye _____72. Geraldine Ferraro
_____69. Vanessa Williams _____73. 70 U.S. banks
failed
1985:
_____74. Bernard Goetz _____78. South Africa
_____75. Coca-Cola _____79. "Crack"
_____76. MOVE _____80. Largest debtor
nation
_____77. Rock Hudson _____81. Mikhail Gorbachev
1986:
_____82. Challenger _____85. Chernobyl
_____83. Tylenol _____86. Iran-Contra
_____84. Libya _____87. Ozzy Osbourne
1987:
_____88. AZT _____90. Lockerbie, Scotland
_____89. Jim Bakker _____91. Bill Gates of
Microsoft
1988:
_____92. Yellowstone National Park _____95. Savings and Loan
companies
_____93. Willie Horton _____96. Galaudet College
_____94. USS Vincennes _____97. The Satanic Verses
published
_____98. "no new taxes"
1989:
_____99. Tianamen Square _____103. Colin Powell
_____100. Manuel Noriego _____104. Communism
_____101. Exxon Valdez _____105. San Francisco
_____102. Pete Rose _____106. Douglas Wilder
1990:
_____107. Kuwait _____110. Marion Barry
_____108. Nelson Mandella
_____109. Americans with Disabilities Act
1991:
_____111. Desert Storm _____114. David Duke
_____112. Clarence Thomas _____115. Luby's Cafeteria
_____113. Boris Yeltsin
1992:
_____116. Rodney King _____119. Bill Clinton
_____117. Ross Perot _____120. Somalia
_____118. Ruby Ridge
1993:
_____121. Branch Davidians _____122. World Trade Center
1994:
_____123. Haiti _____126. Whitewater
_____124. NAFTA/GATT _____127. O.J. Simpson
_____125. Tanya Harding _____128. Republicans
1995:
_____129. Oklahoma City _____132. Prime Minister
Rabin
_____130. Selena _____133. Former Yugoslavia
_____131. Million Man March _____134. Susan Smith
1996:
_____135. Unabomber _____139. Saudi Arabia
_____136. Freemen _____140. Ron Brown
_____137. FBI Files _____141. TWA Flight 800
_____138. Atlanta, Georgia _____142. Jack Kemp
1997:
_____143. Walker Railey _____150. Republic of Texas
_____144. Darlie Routier _____151. Timothy McVeigh
_____145. Madeleine Allbright
_____146. Cadet Murder _____152. Mike Tyson
_____147. Heaven's Gate _____153. Jimmy Stewart
_____148. The Goldmans & Browns _____154. Paula Jones
_____149. Tiger Woods _____155. Mars
_____156. Bill Cosby
_____157. Andrew Cunanon
_____158. Paparazzi
_____159. El Nino
1998:
_____160. Monica Lewinsky _____164. Frank Sinatra
_____161. Kenneth Starr _____165. Phil Hartman
_____162. Africa _____166. The Titanic
_____163. Skiing accidents _____167. China
_____168. Tanzania and Kenya
_____169. Washington D.C.
_____170. Sudan and Afghanistan
_____171. Mark McGuire
_____172. 2nd largest loss in
history
_____173. Hurricane Mitch
_____174. Articles of Impeachment
_____175. John Glenn
1999:
_____176. Janet Reno _____179. Mountain Gorillas
_____177. Joe DiMaggio _____180. Jasper, Texas
_____178. Al Gore, Bill Bradley, _____181. Y2K
Pat Buchanon, George Bush,
Lamar Alexander, Dan Quayle, _____181. Kosovo
and Elizabeth Dole
_____182. Tornado Alley
_____183. Columbine High
School
_____184. Wedgewood Baptist Church
_____185. Payne Stewart
_____186. Egypt Air 990
_____187. Texas A&M
2000:
_____188. Elian Gonzalez
_____189. The Millenium
_____190.Election of 2000
_____191. Harry Potter
_____192. Ronald D. Jones
2001:
193. September 11
194. War in Afghanistan
195. Failing economy
196. Anthrax scare
197. Mideast conflict
198. Stem cell research / cloning
199. Milosevic handed over to The Hague
200. Senate switch
201. American Airline crash (tie)
202. The case of Chandra Levy (tie)
203. Enron
2002:
_____204. Winter Olympics
_____205. Washington Snipers
_____206. Afghanistan
_____207. "Survivor"
_____208. Brittany Spears
2003:
_____209. War in Iraq
_____210. The Shuttle Columbia
_____211. Howard Dean and General Wesley Clark
_____212. "American Idol"
_____213. Kobe Bryant
______214. Lacy Peterson
_____215. Robert Blake
2004:
_____216. Mars Rover
_____217. Martha Stewart
_____218. John Kerry
_____219. Madrid
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