5 Quotes by Rob Daviau

Pop culture knowledge is kind of like the new social currency for America. If you ask most people who the mayor of San Francisco is, they won't know. But if you ask them what the 'San Francisco treat' is, 99 percent of them will know it. We are a culture that loves things that are unimportant.

The Academy Awards is a TV show that gives awards to movies. Now there are magazines that talk about the TV show that gives awards to movies.

The assumption with Trivial Pursuit is never that one person would know all the answers, because it would be a very short game. The assumption is that one person should know half the answers.

This list enables everyone to take a lighthearted look back at 2005. We laughed at Tom Cruises' shenanigans on Oprah's couch and cringed when we learned of the Pitt/Aniston break up. From Washington to Hollywood, this was a roller coaster year that provided great material for our current list.

I don't think the word nostalgia really even fits what's going on right now. I'd use the term 'look-back' or 'retrospective' instead.