Have You Heard The News? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Nashville

Oprah relocated to Nashville from her native Mississippi by way of Milwaukee as a young girl. She was still in high school when she began her broadcasting career at WVOL radio in Nashville, Tennessee. At age 19 she was the youngest person as well as the first African-American woman to anchor the news when she was with Nashville's WTVF-TV.

She then moved to Baltimore's WJZ-TV to co-anchor the "Six O'Clock News". She went on to become co-host of its local talk show, "People Are Talking". Her nationally syndicated shows were originally in a tabloid format but took a shift towards self-help and literature with a mixture of spirituality in the nineties.

Answer: Dave Garroway

With his co-host, a chimpanzee named J. Fred Muggs, Dave had a serious demeanor while dealing with the news stories of the day. He also hosted a Friday night variety series, "The Dave Garroway Show", from October 2, 1953 to June 25, 1954. From October, 1955 to June, 1958, he hosted NBC's Sunday afternoon live documentary "Wide Wide World". Dave Garroway got his start in radio while in the Navy.

His first television show was in 1949, when he hosted "Garroway At Large" for NBC in Chicago. NBC President Sylvester "Pat" Weaver personally selected Garroway as host for the fledgling "Today Show". Jack Paar was an early "Tonight Show" host.

Answer: Texaco

The program was also known as the "Texaco Huntley-Brinkley Report". Texaco is credited with saving the program by committing to sponsor the broadcast for a year. At first, the show was a 15-minute broadcast, expanding to 30 minutes in 1963. It was anchored by Chet Huntley in New York with David Brinkley in Washington.

It succeeded the "Camel News Caravan", which was anchored by John Cameron Swayze. Texaco also sponsored "Texaco Star Theater" which eventually became hosted by Milton Berle. He would use their slogan "you can trust your car to the man who wears the star" during live commercials.

Answer: Walter Cronkite

In the episode Cronkite meets with Lou Grant in Lou's office. Then Ted Baxter tries to convince Cronkite that he is actually Eric Sevareid and pleads with Cronkite to hire him for the network news. Walter Cronkite was a military reporter before his career in television news.

He was at the Battle of the Bulge and covered the Nuremberg trials. In 1950 Cronkite joined CBS News in its early television division, first covering the political conventions for the network and eventually becoming anchor for the nightly news.

He was also a staunch supporter of the space program and is remembered for his intense and emotional coverage during the 1963 Kennedy assassination. John Chancellor anchored the "NBC Nightly News" from 1970 to 1982.

Answer: Peter Jennings

Born in Toronto, Peter Jennings was the anchor of CTV's late night national news at age 23 in 1962. He was made ABC foreign correspondent in 1968, establishing the Beirut, Lebanon bureau. In 1972 Jennings covered his first major breaking news story, the Munich Olympics killing of Israeli athletes by Black September.

After winning a Peabody Award for a 1974 profile of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, Jennings returned to the United States. He became news anchor for ABC's new morning program "AM America", which became "Good Morning America" in 1975. Eight years later he returned to ABC's evening anchor desk. New Jersey native Brian Williams succeeded Jennings in 2004. South Dakota born Brokaw became the anchor of the "NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw" in September, 1983. Reynolds is best known as anchor of the "ABC Evening News" from 1968 to 1970.

Answer: Harry Reasoner

Reasoner teamed up with Mike Wallace to begin the "60 Minutes" news/magazine series. In 1970, he joined CBS TV as news co-anchor of the "ABC Evening News" with Howard K. Smith until 1976, when he became the sole anchor. During most of that period he and Smith alternated commentaries at the end of each newscast. From 1976 until 1978, Reasoner co-anchored the news with Barbara Walters.

The Reasoner/Walters co-anchored program ended in 1978 when Reasoner returned to CBS. He remained with CBS until he retired in May, 1991.

In 1970, he appeared on "The Dick Cavett Program" in an interview. Charles Gibson is also an ABC anchor.

Answer: Ted Koppel

"Nightline" began just four days after the Iran hostage crisis started on November 8, 1979. ABC News tried to compete against "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" by updating America on the latest news from Iran. At first the show was called "The Iran Crisis-America Held Hostage: Day xxx". "World News Tonight" anchor Frank Reynolds was the host when the program started. Shortly afterwards, Reynolds left the program and Ted Koppel took on the hosting duties.

The program was changed to "Nightline".

The show has been cited as a factor in the Jimmy Carter defeat by Ronald Reagan. After the crisis ended, English-born Koppel stayed on to host the show until 2005. Cokie Roberts, Robert Siegel and Daniel Schorr are all NPR news people.

Answer: Edward R. Murrow

Edward R. Murrow was a WWII correspondent based in London. He started with CBS in the 1930's and remained with the network throughout his entire career. At the end of one 1940 broadcast Murrow ended his segment with "good night, and good luck". It became his catch phrase.

He was initially skeptical of television news reporting. As the 1950s began, Murrow began appearing on CBS Television in editorial trailers on the "CBS Evening News" and doing coverage of special events. Murrow's last major TV milestone was reporting the "CBS Reports" installment "Harvest of Shame", a report on the plight of migrant farm workers. Bob Trout was an early NBC and CBS anchor. Journalist William L. Shirer was an early contemporary of Murrow's. Journalist Crocker Snow, Jr. was named director of the Murrow Center in 2005.

Answer: Charles Collingwood

Collingwood was a Rhodes Scholar who resigned from a teaching position to work with Edward R. Murrow during WWII. Collingwood reported directly from Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion. It was Collingwood who replaced Walter Cronkite when President Kennedy was assassinated after Cronkite was overcome with emotion. Collingwood at times also served as a "CBS Evening News" substitute anchor.

He was also a Vietnam War correspondent and anchored Jackie Kennedy's 1962 White House televised tours. Charles Kuralt hosted the long-running "On The Road" CBS TV series. Eric Sevaraid was also one of Murrow's war correspondents. From 1964 until he retired from CBS in 1977 he did a segment on the "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite".

Answer: Ruben Salazar

Salazar was the News Director for the Spanish language television station KMEX in Los Angeles. On August 29, 1970, he was covering the National Chicano Moratorium March protesting the disproportionate number of Chicanos being killed in Vietnam. The rally was broken up by the L. A. County Sheriffs Department using tear gas. Salazar was shot in the head at close range with a tear gas projectile while seated in a bar.

The shooting was ruled a homicide, but the police officer involved was never prosecuted. George Polk was a CBS journalist who disappeared in Greece in May, 1948, and was found dead a few days later shot in the back of the head. Walter Jacobson is a Chicago television news personality and former anchor. Terry Moran often anchored "World News", "Nightline", and other ABC News broadcasts.