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Nixon, Ford, or Carter H2O Ping Pong 51-50 Peace?

I was never a Vice-President.

Jimmy Carter

I was a Democrat.

Jimmy Carter

I played football at Michigan.

Gerald Ford

I beat Ford and lost to Reagan.

Jimmy Carter

I lost a presidential election…and won two presidential elections.

Richard Nixon

What were the reporters names who continued to write about the

Watergate scandal?

Woodward & Bernstein

The Watergate scandal took place before which presidential election?

(Year)

1972

What was the name of the hotel into which five burglars broke in during

the Watergate scandal?

The Watergate Hotel

During the investigation, who resigned from the office of Vice-

President?

Spiro Agnew

When Nixon fires key people who could oppose him, this was known as

the _________ _________ Massacre.

Saturday Night

This Chinese leader met with Nixon in 1972

Mao

Who was US president when the United States officially recognized

China?

Jimmy Carter

The __________ Revolution was going on in China from 1966—1976.

Cultural

When Nixon visited China, what war was going on?

The Vietnam War

What was the name of the US ping-pong player who broke the ice with the Chinese by getting on the wrong

bus?

Glenn Cowan

Where were the Olympic games held when the Soviets defeated the US

51-50 in the gold medal game?

Munich

What Soviet leader followed Khrushchev?

Brehznev

What was the name of the treaty that sought to limit intercontinental

ballistic missiles? (It might be on your dinner table.)

SALT

Name one of the nations the Soviets retained through the Helsinki

Accords.

Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia

Which country did the Soviet Union invade at the end of the decade?

Afghanistan

How long did the Six-Day War last?

6 days

This terror group was responsible for the kidnap and the murder of 11

Israelis at the 1972 Olympic games.

Black September

The United States let Shah Reza Pahlavi into the US for medical treatment when a revolution was

going on in what country?

Iran

The Camp David Accords struck a deal between Israel and __________.

Egypt

This war was launched by Arabs in retaliation for Israel’s gains in the

Six-Day War.

October War or Yom Kippur War