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Friday, March 05, 2004

This week's Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer tests your knowledge of the year 1974. Answers here

1. Which song won the Eurovision Song Contest for Abba in 1974?
2. Which American film star was born in 1974 and starred in the film "Titanic"
3. Which American president resigned on 9 August 1974?
4. Which boxer beat George Foreman in the 1974 match known as the "rumble in the jungle"?
5. In 1974, which Iberian country embraced democracy after 50 years of dictatorship?
6. Which famous jazz composer and bandleader, who wrote "Satin Doll" and "Mood Indigo", died in 1974?
7. In 1974, Haile Selassie was deposed as emperor of which country?
8. In 1974, which daughter of an American newspaper tycoon was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army?
9. In 1974, Robert M. Pirsig wrote his best-known book, called "Zen and the Art of..." - what?
10. Which Italian film director, famous for the film "Bicycle Thieves", died in 1974?

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