1979
Alternative rockers who had a hit with the song "1979" which was released as a single in 1996.
Who are The Smashing Pumpkins?
American figure skating champion who shares a name (sort of) with Borat?
Who is Sasha Cohen?
In 1987 this television series first appeared as shorts on the Tracy Ullman Show.
What is "The Simpsons"?
The Irish word from which the name Shannon derives.
What is River?
Child detective who's rarely used first name is Leroy.
Who is Encyclopedia Brown?
Man who was elected as Canada's youngest Prime Minister on June 4, 1979.
Who is Joe Clark?
Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were the victims of a judging scandal at the 2002 Winter Olympics held here.
What is Salt Lake City?
In 1993 a 51-day FBI siege in this city ended.
What is Waco, Texas?
Irish band who performed the song "The Broad Majestic Shannon".
Who are the Pogues?
Children's author who was also a songwriter and penned the popular songs "A Boy Named Sue" and "The Cover of the 'Rolling Stone'".
Who is Shel Silverstein?
Race that was televised for the first time on CBS in February of 1979.
What is the Daytona 500?
Number of rotations made in a Quadruple Axel?
What is four and a half?
Where the Boston Marathon bomber was found hiding in 2013.
What is inside a boat?
Canadian City where Alexander Keith's brewery is.
What is Halifax, Nova Scotia?
What is a wolf?
Legal drama directed by Robert Benton that was the top grossing film of 1979.
What is "Kramer vs. Kramer"?
Canadian figure skater who was favoured to win gold at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary but did not.
Who is Brian Orser?
Name that Joseph Ratzinger became better known by in 2005.
Who is Pope Benedict XVI?
Our Canadian Shannon Keith shares her name with an American Shannon Keith, a well-known activist in this area.
What is animal rights?
In "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" the children in the story hide out at this New York location.
What is the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the "Met")?
Device manufactured by Sony that was first released in 1979 (and Regi still has working one).
What is the "Walkman"?
Canadian figure skating pairs champions nicknamed "Fred" and "Herbie"?
Who are Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler?
In 2011 he resigned from the title he held since July 1961.
Who is Fidel Castro?
Gaelic (Scottish) and Celtic (Welsh) meaning of the name Keith?
What is wood or forest?
Canadian classic where Penny, Pamela, Peter, Patsy and Paul discover a mushroom world in their treehouse whose inhabitants have a language based on a single word.
What is the "Secret World of Og"?