Can you guess how much these items at McDonalds cost in 1972?

Who remembers how much a Big Mac used to be?

McDonald's is as American as, well, the apple pie they serve there. Can you guess how much these menu items cost at the nation's largest burger chain in 1972? You might have to dig back deep in your memory to figure it out. Good luck!
  1. Big Mac
    Wikipedia
  2. Large French Fries
    McDonald's
  3. Quarter Pounder with Cheese
    Wikipedia
  4. Vanilla Milkshake
    Fox News
  5. Coffee
    Huffington Post
  6. Cheeseburger
    McDonald's
  7. Filet-O-Fish
    Wikipedia
  8. Apple Pie
    Wikipedia
  9. Ice Cream Cone
    Yelp
  10. Large Coca-Cola
    McDonald's

Can you guess how much these items at McDonalds cost in 1972?

Your Result...

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169 Comments

MalachiCrunch 9 months ago
4/10 The only one I had more than a pure guess at was the cheeseburger. There was a Burger Chef within walking distance and I bought my fair share of cheeseburgers from them.

I do want to try a triple ripple cone!
David37643 11 months ago
The 70's were wonderful in many ways, great music, cheap gas, inexpensive fast food..even great TV at times.....it's fun to look back.....
smith927 11 months ago
Born in 1972. Only got 4 outta 10. Oh well. I'm lovin' it!
TheSentinel 12 months ago
Something else to add - thanks to upsizing, a large Coke back in '72 would be today's medium Coke.
TheSentinel 12 months ago
4/10 - was only two years old in '72 so I wouldn't have eaten there then.
327053 12 months ago
4/10. I was not alive in 72 🤷‍♂️
CH65 12 months ago
I was a kid. I wasn't paying attention to the cost of things. And it showed on this quiz: 2 out of 10!
Michael CH65 12 months ago
Isn't it more like you weren't paying? If I had to pay as a kid, I'd be more attentive.

Though, of the things I bought as a kid, I onky remember prices in a vague way. Candy and comic books, I don't even remember buying my own potato chips. How & Why Wonder Books, and Tom Swift Books.
JimmyD 12 months ago
5/10 All guesses. I don't think there was one anywhere near me in 1972.
TheOnlyONE 12 months ago
10/10. Frisch's, Burger Chef and A&W were better.
Lillyrose 12 months ago
4 out of 10. All guesses; I was 2 in 1972.
TheDavBow3 12 months ago
As a teenager, I used to work at a family owned business called Wright's Dairy-Rite. I was a car hop and it was the most fun working there. Served all the usual ice cream favorites as well as burgers, dogs, fries, onion rings, etc.... Home of the Super Burger and "Broasted" Chicken! 🤤 Still in business after 70 years! Hey Mr. Cash!! 😊
TheDavBow3 12 months ago
Missed the coffee, cheeseburger and ice cream cone. Pretty good. All guesses. I was 7. Back then, my hamburgers had to be plain. I have certainly changed my tune now! 😊
JERRY6 12 months ago
never ate there back then A+W was the place to eat with service to the car
Filmnoirfan 12 months ago
8/10 - of course, having dined there every Friday after elementary school for several years I should at least have a vague memory of the costs
trogg888 12 months ago
we had tastee freeze and dairy queen in my town
TheDavBow3 trogg888 12 months ago
Me too! I loved Tastee Freeze. I still see a Dairy Queen and call it a Tastee Freeze.
LousCannon trogg888 12 months ago
We had a Dairy Queen and a Wendy's. The nearest micky D's was 25 miles away.
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