The Trivia Hound

1,064

2007-10-10T00:33:00.000-05:00

1,064. Bombay, 1971

Jim got #1,063!

Next we have a simple banker who's getting pulled into the Indo-Pakistani conflict.

1,063

2007-10-06T19:59:00.000-05:00

1,063. China, 1971

Jim got #1,062!

OK, then... let's start with a young lady with a taste for French literature.

1,062

2007-10-04T22:21:00.000-05:00

1,062. California, Dec. 1971

Jim got #1,060!

Let's have an easy one.

Jim and Amy, since you're the only ones playing lately, would you like some foreign films set in 1971, or just move on to '72? Cast your vote!

1,061

2007-10-02T20:01:00.000-05:00

1,061. California, Dec. 1971

Jim got #1,060!

He makes Wednesday look like a cheerleader.

1,060

2007-09-29T09:27:00.000-05:00

1,060. Nevada, Dec. 1971

Jim got #1,059!

A bodyguard, of sorts.

1,059

2007-09-23T14:45:00.001-05:00

1,059. California; Nov. 1971

Amy got #1,058!

An obsessed fan.

1,058

2007-09-18T22:49:00.000-05:00

1,058. Fort Polk, LA; Nov. 1971

Jim got #1,057!

Sorry it took me so long to get the next one up! Soldiers in training...

1,057

2007-09-12T05:53:00.000-05:00

1,057. L.A.; Oct. 1971

#1,056 went unidentified!

All aboard for hippest trip in America!

1,056

2007-09-08T19:09:00.000-05:00

1,056. Vietnam; Oct. 1971

Jim got #1,055! He's 6 in a row!

There are rumors of attempts to create a super-soldier serum.

1,055

2007-09-07T20:37:00.000-05:00

1,055. Virginia; Sept. 1971

Jim got #1,054! He's 5 in a row!

Football season...

1,054

2007-09-05T09:16:00.000-05:00

1,054. Los Angeles; Sept. 1971

Jim got #1,053! He's 4 in a row!

"Just one more thing..."

1,053

2007-09-03T10:27:00.000-05:00

1,053. San Francisco; Sept. 1971

Jim got #1,052!

Many women like their men tall; I guess so they can reach the cabinet above the refrigerator.

1,052

2007-09-02T11:15:00.000-05:00

1,052. U.S.; Aug. 1971

Jim got #1,051!

Here's an unlikely couple.

1,051

2007-09-01T10:08:00.001-05:00

1,051. Arizona; Aug. 1971

Nora & Jim got #1,050!

Here's a Native American veteran and defender of the innocent who finds himself on the wrong side of the law. Starting tomorrow we'll check out the new fall TV lineup!

1,050

2007-08-31T18:06:00.000-05:00

1,050. New York; July 1971

#1,049 was a forgotten film!

He's a complicated man;
no one understands him but his woman.

1,049

2007-08-29T22:48:00.000-05:00

1,049. Portland; 1971

Amy & Jim recognized #1,048!

He and his little band spend their time robbing drugstores.

1,048

2007-08-28T18:43:00.000-05:00

1,048. Indiana; July 1971

Jim got #1,047!

This air conditioning repairman dreams of racing, but it's not NASCAR he's into.

1,047

2007-08-25T13:11:00.000-05:00

1,047. England; June 1971

Amy got #1,046!

This bratty kid will soon get her just desserts.

1,046

2007-08-24T09:30:00.000-05:00

1,046. Central America; Apr. 1971

Jim got #1,045!

An unlikely dictator.

1,045

2007-08-23T16:16:00.001-05:00

1,045. New Mexico; Mar. 1971

Amy got #1,044!

These scientists are trying to figure out what pathogen killed an entire community--and whether they can stop it.

1,044

2007-08-22T22:46:00.000-05:00

1,044. Nevada; Mar. 1971

Jim got #1,043!

Our second road trip is in a 1970 Dodge Challenger. Its driver is a delivery man from Denver with nothing to lose. Can you name it without seeing any actors?

1,043

2007-08-21T18:00:00.000-05:00

1,043. Nevada; Mar. 1971

Jim got #1,042!

March is road-trip month! We have a pair of road-trip movies, and the first one is road-trippy.

1,042

2007-08-19T22:16:00.000-05:00

1,042. NY; Feb. 1971

Amy got #1,041!

A doctor tries to help a man under the delusion that he is a famous fictional character.

1,041

2007-08-17T14:22:00.001-05:00

1,041. Queens, NY; Jan. 1971

Jim got #1,040!

He has a little trouble now and then with his father in law...

1,040

2007-08-15T22:48:00.000-05:00

1,040. Jan. 1, 1971

Jim got #1,039!

Virginia Slims is airing the last legal ad for cigarettes on TV tonight. It's the end of an era. Sure their products destroy your health, but you gotta respect their marketing machine! Even Fred and Wilma smoked! To commemorate the end of smoking ads on TV, who can tell me which cigarette(s) this ad might be for:

Come to where the flavor is, where particular people congregate. Our cigarettes are made by tobacco men, not medicine men, so they taste good like a cigarette should! In fact, our cigarettes are so alive with pleasure it's as if they are crying out, "Taste me, taste me, c'mon and taste me!" You'd walk a mile for one of these, even if it is just a silly millimeter longer, and you'd rather fight than switch. That's right, you've come a long way, baby. You got taste, and this cigarette is pure gold.

1971

2007-08-14T22:51:00.000-05:00

Welcome to 1971

Stay tuned as the Trivia Hound takes you through 1971, the year cigarette ads disappeared from TV and America gave teenages the vote! We didn't exactly stay on a daily schedule in 1970; my new year's resolution is to do better in 1971.

Born this year: Shawn Wayans, Rachel Weisz, Ewan McGregor, Shannen Doherty, Mark Whalberg, Carla Gugino, Luke Wilson, Wynona Ryder, and Jared Leto!

1,039

2007-08-12T23:44:00.000-05:00

1,039. Dec., 1970

Nora got #1,038!

We're reaching the end of 1970! What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died? That she was nominated for an Oscar, won a Golden Globe, and saved Paramount from bankruptcy?

1,038

2007-08-10T17:00:00.000-05:00

1,038. Dec., 1970

Jim got #1,037!

Kitten on the Keys

1,037

2007-08-08T00:33:00.000-05:00

1,037. 1970

Nora got #1,036!

Who are these kids?

1,036

2007-08-04T13:07:00.000-05:00

1,036. West Virginia, Nov. 1970

Jim got #1,035!

These two are dealing with a tragic situation--and I'm not talking about that jacket!

1,035

2007-08-01T23:45:00.000-05:00

1,035. Conn., Oct. 1970

Amy got #1,034!

Although not our usual fare, I can't miss the opportunity to mark the first syndicated appearance of these new roommates, friends for life.

1,034

2007-07-30T20:55:00.000-05:00

1,034. Sept. 1970

Yusuf got #1,033!

When her mom becomes ill, she seeks out the brother she never knew.

1,033

2007-07-29T19:14:00.000-05:00

1,033. Sept. 1970

Jim got #1,032!

In memoriam.

1,032

2007-07-26T10:41:00.000-05:00

1,032. New York, 1970

Nora got #1,031!

One more TV show before moving on...

1,031

2007-07-25T08:32:00.000-05:00

1,031. U.S., Sept. 1970

Jim recognized #1,030!

Destined to be a classic.

1,030

2007-07-23T18:26:00.000-05:00

1,030. U.S., Sept. 1970

Thanks Jim, Yusuf, and Nora for #1,029!

She's the original WYSIWYG.

1,029

2007-07-20T17:59:00.000-05:00

1,029. Minneapolis, Sept. 1970

Nora got #1,028!

News reporters sometimes think they're celebrities.

1,028

2007-07-18T05:32:00.000-05:00

1,028. California, Sept. 1970

Jim got #1,027!

So you want to be a rock and roll star?
Then listen now to what I say:
Just get an electric guitar,
Then take some time and learn how to play.
- The Byrds (1967)

1,027

2007-07-17T06:27:00.000-05:00

1,027. Turkey, 1970

Jim got #1,026!

Drug smuggling is frowned upon heavily by the Turks.

1,026

2007-07-16T18:33:00.001-05:00

1,026. At the Movies, Summer, 1970

Nora & Jim got #1,025!

This is the first film that I know of to tackle the touchy subject of gender modification. For all the efforts this film made to be controversial--and there were many--it has largely been forgotten.

1,025

2007-07-14T11:22:00.001-05:00

1,025. New York, Summer, 1970

Jim got #1,024!

Under hypnosis, she has a startling story to tell.

1,024

2007-07-13T06:24:00.000-05:00

1,024. Indiana, Summer, 1970

Jim recognized #1,023!

Here are some girls doing girl stuff.

1,023

2007-07-12T06:24:00.000-05:00

1,023. DC, Summer, 1970

Jim got #1,022!

This bus driver and his wife learned their son is MIA in Vietnam.

1,022

2007-07-11T06:29:00.000-05:00

1,022. Mississippi, May 1970

Jim got #1,021!

Less than two weeks after the violence in Ohio, another college erupts into chaos. Again, authorities fired on students. The FBI estimates more than 460 rounds hit this dormitory. Remarkably, only two students died (12 more were injured). One has to wonder if we're not facing another revolution.

1,021

2007-07-10T05:55:00.000-05:00

1,021. Ohio, May 1970

Nora got #1,020!

Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming.

1,020

2007-07-08T23:57:00.000-05:00

1,020. Houston, Apr. 1970

Jim got #1,019! Will he dominate the '70s as well has he did the '60s?

The flat-top stype haircut popularized in the 1950s and early 60s apparently still has adherents in 1970. "Houston, we..." oh, you know.

1,019

2007-07-07T12:59:00.000-05:00

1,019. Pennsylvania, Jan. 1970

Jim got #1,018!

It's the '70s! Over the next few months, stay tuned as the TriviaHound takes you through a tour of the Decade of Disco. We begin with these sweethearts. Who are they?

1970s

2007-07-05T23:22:00.000-05:00

1,018

2007-07-02T22:39:00.000-05:00

1,018. Dec. 1969

Jim got #1,017!

Star-crossed lovers...

1,017

2007-07-01T09:15:00.000-05:00

1,017. D.C., Dec. 1969

Jim got #1,016!

This is a lottery you didn't want to win.

1,016

2007-06-30T09:25:00.000-05:00

1,016. U.K., Nov. 1969

Jim got #1,015!

He looks wholesome in this picture, but his new show is somewhat, well, raunchy. So much so that American audiences won't see it for ten years--and even then it will be bowdlerized.

1,015

2007-06-26T21:38:00.000-05:00

1,015. New York, Nov. 1969

Jim got #1,014!

Here's a new face that will become familiar to millions.

1,014

2007-06-25T22:31:00.000-05:00

1,014. Florida, Nov. 1969

Nora got #1,013!

This man just entered his plea of not guilty...

1,013

2007-06-24T11:32:00.000-05:00

1,013. Brooklyn, 1969

Jim got #1,012!

Here's a doctor whose research helped a number of patients -- at least temporarily.

1,012

2007-06-21T22:19:00.000-05:00

1,012. Saigon, 1969

Jim got #1,011!

We take a short journey east, and find this soldier, who has asked a local woman to return with him to America.

1,011

2007-06-20T05:43:00.000-05:00

1,011. Cambodia, 1969

Jim got #1,010!

No introductions needed...

1,010

2007-06-19T05:53:00.000-05:00

1,010. UCLA, Oct. 1969

Jim got #1,009!

This log entry records a monumental event. There should have been reporters present, but 30 years must pass before its import will be fully realized.

1,009

2007-06-17T23:12:00.000-05:00

1,009. U.K., Oct. 1969

Jim got #1,008!

One more quirky show.

1,008

2007-06-16T08:26:00.000-05:00

1,008. NBC, Sep. 1969

Nora & Jim got #1,007!

This show was bizarre, even for 1969...

1,007

2007-06-14T21:13:00.000-05:00

1,007. ABC, Sep. 1969

Jim got #1,006!

Here's an old favorite for many...

1,006

2007-06-13T05:28:00.000-05:00

1,006. L.A., Sep. 1969

Jim got #1,005!

Oh look, here's another doctor show!

1,005

2007-06-12T05:41:00.001-05:00

1,005. ABC, Sep. 1969

#1,004 was a forgotten program.

Here's yet another doctor show!

1,004

2007-06-10T20:23:00.000-05:00

1,004. L.A., Sep. 1969

Nora #1,003!

Back to school!

1,003

2007-06-07T23:52:00.000-05:00

1,003. On TV, Sep. 1969

Jim got #1,002!

We're up to September, and a new kids' show started up called Scooby Doo, Where Are You? (Come on, you didn't think the question would be that easy, did you?) So. Since we haven't had a multiple choice in a while, which of these six is not a Scooby villain?

1,002

2007-06-07T06:02:00.000-05:00

1,002. New York, Aug. 1969

Nora & Jim got #1,001!

Who are they? Where are they?

1,001

2007-06-06T05:58:00.000-05:00

1,001. New York, Aug. 1969

Jim is eleven in a row.... Come on people, give him some competition!

Sure they look cozy now, but she's having a fling with a peddler.

1,000

2007-06-05T18:08:00.000-05:00

1,000. Australia, July 1969

Jim is ten in a row!

This is it; the TriviaHound's fabulous 1,000th post! We started waaay back in the Age of Dinosaurs, and now we're on the moon! Only problem is, NASA's satellite receiver is out. (Wouldn't ya know it? They shoulda used digital cable!) Now there's no way to receive the lunar module's broadcast of the historic moonwalk. Can the Aussies help?

999

2007-06-04T21:17:00.000-05:00

999. Mass., July 1969

Jim is nine in a row!

She wasn't famous, but people will be talking about her death for a generation. Who's this?

998

2007-06-03T18:48:00.000-05:00

998. Texas, July 1969

Jim is eight in a row!

You'd best not get pulled over in this man's town!

(And no, it's not Cool Hand Luke, which was set twenty years ago!)

997

2007-06-02T18:12:00.001-05:00

997. New York, July 1969

Jim got #996! He's seven in a row!

He left Texas in hopes of landing a rich woman, but everything went wrong.

996

2007-06-01T14:37:00.001-05:00

996. U.S., July 1969

Jim got #995! He's six in a row!

Road trip!

995

2007-05-30T05:57:00.000-05:00

995. On TV, June 1969

Jim got #994! He's five in a row!

Who remembers this character and what he represents?

994

2007-05-28T08:39:00.000-05:00

Happy Memorial Day!

994. VietNam, May 1969

Jim got #993! He's four in a row!

This one is kind of a downer for Memorial Day, but the timing is right. Their mission is to take the hill. Its strategic importance? The Enemy is there. Tensions are high.

993

2007-05-27T10:59:00.000-05:00

993. California, May 1969

Jim got #992!

He doesn't speak, make eye contact, or seem to hear, but if you put him in front of a pinball game, he's a wizard!

992

2007-05-26T14:48:00.001-05:00

992. California, Mar. 1969

Jim got #991!

This man makes art out of used car parts. (Hey, we should introduce him to Stanley Marsh!)

991

2007-05-25T20:18:00.001-05:00

991. Amsterdam, Jan. 1969

Jim got #990!

What a way to start the year! Maybe it was just a media farce, but at least we got a good song out of it.

1969

2007-05-25T08:58:00.000-05:00

Welcome to 1969!

We're moving on! Check back daily, as the TriviaHound takes you on a four-week tour of 1969!

Born this year: Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, Terrence Howard, Connor Trinneer, Renee Zellweger, Cate Blanchett, Kim Rhodes, Jennifer Lopez, Edward Norton, Christian Slater, Matther Perry, Jack Black, Hal Sparks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Matthew McConaughey, and Ellen Pompeo!

990

2007-05-24T14:00:00.000-05:00

990. Beverly Hills, Nov. 1968

Roy got #989!

That male hairstylist sure has a way with the ladies!

989

2007-05-23T19:43:00.000-05:00

989. At the Movies, Nov. 1968

Jim got #988!

It's absolutely amazing. But under the right circumstances, a producer could make more money with a flop than he could with a hit.

988

2007-05-21T23:14:00.000-05:00

988. San Francisco, Oct. 1968

Jim got #987!

This man's partner was killed guarding a witness who was going to testify against a mobster. Now he's on the trail.

987

2007-05-21T06:14:00.001-05:00

987. Mexico City, Oct. 1968

Roy & Jim got #986!

Many reacted with anger. Some, with sympathy. Either way, this incident was a slap in the face seen 'round the world... Who are these guys?

986

2007-05-18T21:45:00.000-05:00

986. Maine, Sep. 1968

Jim got #985! He's sweeping up the '60s!

Back to movies!

985

2007-05-17T05:37:00.000-05:00

985. CBS, Sep. 1968

Jim got #984! He's seven in a row!

Of all the shows that premiered in 1968, this one had the most staying power.

984

2007-05-16T05:46:00.000-05:00

984. ABC, Sep. 1968

Jim got #983! He's six in a row!

They don't look much like the police, do they?

983

2007-05-15T06:18:00.000-05:00

983. CBS, Sep. 1968

Jim got #982! He's five in a row!

This movie actress got a new TV show.

982

2007-05-13T09:15:00.000-05:00

982. NBC, Sep. 1968

Jim got #981! He's four in a row!

Happy Mother's Day from TriviaHound and... ?

981

2007-05-12T09:32:00.000-05:00

981. At the Movies, Sep. 1968

Jim got #980! He's got shut-outs three in a row!

This actress brought her Broadway role of a famous comedienne to the big screen.

Starting tomorrow we'll take a look at what you were watching on TV in the fall of 1968.

980

2007-05-11T07:42:00.000-05:00

980. Prague, Aug. 1968

Jim got #979!

Back in January, a program of liberalization brought new freedoms in Czechoslovakia. Of course, their Soviet overseers could not tolerate this. After eight short months, the tanks rolled in.

979

2007-05-10T06:20:00.000-05:00

979. U.S., Aug. 1968

Jim got #978!

Who are these guys? Not individually, but collectively?

978

2007-05-09T06:13:00.000-05:00

978. At the Movies, Aug. 1968

#977 was a collaberative effort! Thanks, Nora, Jim, Roy and Amy!

Can this widow successfully blend her family of three children with the man she wants to marry? Audiences don't care; they saw the same premise in #975 two months ago. Plus the title sounds like a racial stereotype. After twenty years of acting, this actress is dropping out to focus on TV.

977

2007-05-07T18:27:00.000-05:00

977. L.A., June 1968

Roy got #976!

Lightning strikes twice in the American royal family.

976

2007-05-06T10:48:00.000-05:00

976. New York, May 1968

Roy got #975!

Good friends don't always make good roomates.

975

2007-05-05T10:34:00.000-05:00

975. Connecticut, Apr. 1968

Jim got #974!

Here's a devoted dad with a house full of kids...

974

2007-05-04T05:35:00.000-05:00

974. New York, Apr. 1968

Jim got #973!

Some draftees are determined not to go.

973

2007-05-03T05:33:00.000-05:00

973. Vietnam, Jan. 1968

Jim got #972!

If captured, soldiers could expect harsh treatment from the enemy.

972

2007-05-02T05:40:00.000-05:00

972. NBC, Jan. 1968

Nora & Jim got #971!

This frenetic and offbeat show includes some strange characters, and that's the truth!

1968

2007-05-01T05:49:00.000-05:00

Welcome to 1968!

America was simmering, simmering, simmering. 1968 brought us to a boil. (Apologies to Walt Whitman.)

Born this year: Cuba Gooding Jr., LL Cool J, Chad Lowe, Edward Burns, Gary Coleman, Jeri Ryan, Daniel Craig, Lucy Lawless, Ashley Judd, Gillian Anderson, Eric Bana, Debra Messing, Rachael Ray, Will Smith, James Caviezel, Hugh Jackman, Owen Wilson, and Lucy Liu!

971

2007-04-30T05:47:00.000-05:00

971. L.A., Dec. 1967

Jim got #970. He's five in a row!

Here's one of the most unlikely pairings in cinematic history.

Be sure to come back tomorrow as the TriviaHound takes you back to 1968!

970

2007-04-29T08:07:00.000-05:00

970. Hollywood, Dec. 1967

Jim got #969. He's four in a row!

For this starlet, success leads to temptation, then to tragedy.

969

2007-04-27T06:18:00.000-05:00

The Trivia Hound

1,064

1,064. Bombay, 1971

Jim got #1,063!

Next we have a simple banker who's getting pulled into the Indo-Pakistani conflict.

1,063

1,063. China, 1971

Jim got #1,062!

OK, then... let's start with a young lady with a taste for French literature.

1,062

1,062. California, Dec. 1971

Jim got #1,060!

Let's have an easy one. Jim and Amy, since you're the only ones playing lately, would you like some foreign films set in 1971, or just move on to '72? Cast your vote!

1,061

1,061. California, Dec. 1971

Jim got #1,060!

He makes Wednesday look like a cheerleader.

1,060

1,060. Nevada, Dec. 1971

Jim got #1,059!

A bodyguard, of sorts.

1,059

1,059. California; Nov. 1971

Amy got #1,058!

An obsessed fan.

1,058

1,058. Fort Polk, LA; Nov. 1971

Jim got #1,057!

Sorry it took me so long to get the next one up! Soldiers in training...

1,057

1,057. L.A.; Oct. 1971

#1,056 went unidentified!

All aboard for hippest trip in America!

1,056

1,056. Vietnam; Oct. 1971

Jim got #1,055! He's 6 in a row!

There are rumors of attempts to create a super-soldier serum.

1,055

1,055. Virginia; Sept. 1971

Jim got #1,054! He's 5 in a row!

Football season...

1,054

1,054. Los Angeles; Sept. 1971

Jim got #1,053! He's 4 in a row!

"Just one more thing..."

1,053

1,053. San Francisco; Sept. 1971

Jim got #1,052!

Many women like their men tall; I guess so they can reach the cabinet above the refrigerator.

1,052

1,052. U.S.; Aug. 1971

Jim got #1,051!

Here's an unlikely couple.

1,051

1,051. Arizona; Aug. 1971

Nora & Jim got #1,050!

Here's a Native American veteran and defender of the innocent who finds himself on the wrong side of the law. Starting tomorrow we'll check out the new fall TV lineup!

1,050

1,050. New York; July 1971

#1,049 was a forgotten film!

He's a complicated man;no one understands him but his woman.

1,049

1,049. Portland; 1971

Amy & Jim recognized #1,048!

He and his little band spend their time robbing drugstores.

1,048

1,048. Indiana; July 1971

Jim got #1,047!

This air conditioning repairman dreams of racing, but it's not NASCAR he's into.

1,047

1,047. England; June 1971

Amy got #1,046!

This bratty kid will soon get her just desserts.

1,046

1,046. Central America; Apr. 1971

Jim got #1,045!

An unlikely dictator.

1,045

1,045. New Mexico; Mar. 1971

Amy got #1,044!

Let's have an easy one.

Jim and Amy, since you're the only ones playing lately, would you like some foreign films set in 1971, or just move on to '72? Cast your vote!

He's a complicated man;
no one understands him but his woman.