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    Can you name the first TV quiz show in the UK and who was the presenter?

    Question #36332. Asked by mochyn. (Jul 18 03 4:56 PM)


    Siskin

    		Was it 'What's My Line' with Eammon (sp)Andrews?

    Jul 18 03, 5:22 PM
    mk2norwich

    		Just checked it out, Jennie - 'Eamonn' (one 'm', two 'n's) is correct. How time flies - Sixteen years he's been gone now. A bonus point if you can name his only UK chart hit.

    Jul 18 03, 5:50 PM
    MaggieG 5

    		Shifting whispering sands Jan 1956


    Jul 18 03, 5:54 PM
    fosse4

    		Earliest one I can find is "What do you know?" hosted by Wilfred Pickles in 1952.

    Jul 20 03, 2:47 PM

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