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CBC Radio game quiz
"Obscure topic? Not to the many Canadians who depend on the CBC to keep them in touch, sea to sea to sea. This quiz will be specific to the AM service, now known as Radio 1."

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1. Who was the host of "Morningside" from 1982 to 1997?
    Peter Gzowski
    Michael Enright
    Timothy Findlay
    Arthur Black


2. Who was the first host of "Morningside"?
    Don Harron
    Alan Maitland
    Peter Gzowski
    Rex Murphy


3. Who were the regular members of the Tuesday political panel on "Morningside"?
    Brian Mulroney, Alice Munroe, Stephen Harper
    Frank Shuster, Kim Campbell, Stockwell Day
    Gwynne Dyer, Duart Farquarson, Mordecai Richler
    Dalton Camp, Eric Kierans, Stephen Lewis


4. Well, we could go on about "Morningside" all day (remember the interview with Elly Danica, in her former church in a small Saskatchewan town? or Dennis Kaye, the ALS victim with the great sense of humour?) but let's go on to something else. Who used to give, as a mnemonic for his show's postal code, "Make Five Wienies, I'll Eat Six"?
    Robin Brown
    Peter Brown
    Arthur Black
    Bill Richardson


5. What program was associated with the words "sad goat", and had, not only its own tartan, but its own "Goat of Arms", complete with Latin motto?
    The House
    Richardson's Roundup
    Global Village
    Roots and Wings


6. Prior to the creation in 1997 of "Richardson's Roundup", what was in the 2-4 pm weekday time slot?
    Disc Drive
    Between the Covers
    Gabereau
    This Hour has Seven Days


7. Who hosted a music program at Sunday lunchtime for over 40 years, retiring in 1997?
    Max Ferguson
    Lister Sinclair
    Clyde Gilmour
    Glenn Gould


8. "C'est La Vie" is a weekly program about?
    French cooking
    life in other French-speaking countries
    life in French-speaking Canada
    quirks of fate


9. Danny Finkleman, host of "Finkleman's Forty-Fives", started his career with the CBC on what show?
    This Country in the Morning
    As It Happens
    The Radio Show
    Basic Black


10. What is the name of the Sunday afternoon live phone-in, hosted by Rex Murphy?
    Q
    Cross Country Checkup
    Wild Rose Country
    Soiunds Like Canada


11. This segment of "This Morning" asked listeners to write in their own made-up words to fill in gaps and omissions in the English language.
    Sniggglepapa
    New Words
    Wanted Words
    It's Your Language!


12. This Sunday afternoon show, hosted by Lorne Elliott, started in 1996.
    What Else is On
    Madly Off in All Directions
    The Inside Track
    Quirks and Quarks


13. Lister Sinclair was the host for many years of this show.
    The Radio Show
    Defininitely Not the Opera
    Ideas
    Saturday Night Blues


14. This early evening current affairs show started in 1968. It has been hosted over the years by Barbara Frum, Michael Enright and Mary Lou Finlay.
    Answer: (Three Words)


15. What is the motto of "The Vinyl Cafe", the "World's Smallest Record Store"?
    we may not be big, but we're small
    open 24 hours
    all the music, all the time
    the world in a cardboard box

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