TASK DEFINITION: Given an trivia question precisely answer the question with a word/phrase/name. External resources such as Wikipedia could be used to obtain the facts.
PROBLEM: Who played detective Virgil Tibbs in the 1967 film 'In the Heat of the Night'?

SOLUTION: sidney poitier

PROBLEM: What is the name of the Hound in the 1981 movie The Fox and the Hound?

SOLUTION: copper

PROBLEM: An Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska, Johnny Carson, who died on Jan 23, 2005, hosted what NBC show from 1962 to 1992?

SOLUTION:
the tonight show