def findTrend(trend, trendList):
    """ Finds a specific trend tuple within a list of tuples """
    # Assuming the lack of duplicates
    for tIndex in range(len(trendList)):
        if len(trendList[tIndex]) == 2:
            if trendList[tIndex][0] == trend:
                return tIndex, trendList[tIndex]
    return -1, ()