1971 Trivia-2

Courtesy of Dave Littleton, the following information is a great walk back in time.  A few may be repeated on the 1971 History/Videos page, but Dave's list was so long, I decided to create a new webpage.  Enjoy...and thanks Dave!!

This may bring back some memories -

Casey Kasem's top 10 songs for 1971 as compiled by Billboard were:

1: JOY TO THE WORLD - THREE DOG NIGHT

2: MAGGIE MAY - ROD STEWART

3: IT'S TOO LATE - CAROLE KING

4: ONE BAD APPLE -  THE OSMONDS 
5: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - BEE GEES 
6: INDIAN RESERVATION - PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS 
7: GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL - DONNY OSMOND 

8: TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS - JOHN DENVER WITH FAT CITY 
9: JUST MY IMAGINATION (RUNNIN' AWAY WITH ME) - TEMPTATIONS  
10: KNOCK THREE TIMES - TONY ORLANDO & DAWN

During our senior year, the top box-office grossing films were: 

1: Love Story  (heck, I think the whole planet saw that movie)

2: Airport

3: Billy Jack

4: MASH

5: Fiddler on the Roof

6: Patton (Best Picture of 1970)

7: The Aristocrats

8: Valley of the Dolls

9: James Bond and Diamonds are Forever

10: The French Connection (Best Picture of 1971)

Other popular movies of 1971 included -

Dirty Harry

Clockwork Orange

Andromeda Strain

Last Picture Show

Play Misty for Me

Shaft

Klute

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Best Actor for '71 was Gene Hackman (The French Connection)

Best Actress for '71 was Jane Fonda (Klute)

Best Actor for '70 [awarded in Feb of '71] was George C Scott (Patton)

Best Actress for '70 was Glenda Jackson (Women in Love)

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Other stats:  price of

a loaf of bread - $0.25

a gallon of milk - $1.18

a dozen of eggs - $0.53

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Government stats:

Unemployment:   4.9%

Federal spending:   $210.17 billion
Federal debt:   $408.2 billion

Population:  207,660,677

Life expectancy: 71.1 years

 

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Sports:

Superbowl  VI  :  Dallas 24  -  Miami 3  (Pro MVP:  Alan Page, Minnesota, DT)

World Series -

NBA Championship - Milwaukee wins series over Baltimore Bullets (4-0)

 

 

Pittsburgh wins series over Baltimore (4-3)
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