A TRIVIAL MATTER. Most evenings, Tuesday Night Trivia at The Baggot Inn is a lighthearted affair. But occasionally the proceedings erupt in riotous controversy. Such was the case yesterday, when contestants were asked to identify the longest-running television program that involves fiction (or something to that effect). Moderator Todd insisted that the answer was The Simpsons, but that just wasn't right. The correct answer: The Guiding Light, the soap opera that premiered on CBS-TV on June 30, 1952 and remains on the air. Don't believe it? Check Guinness World Records, which deems The Simpsons the longest-running animated TV series and the longest running prime-time series still producing new episodes.

Trivia this: What do The Simpsons and The Guiding Light have in common? [See comments for an answer.]