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2002 Barry Took, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman

1979 Allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64

1970 Mira Sorvino, born in Tenafly, New Jersey, actress, Quiz Show, Norma Jean and Marilyn

1968 "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV

1964 Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35

1964 Ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64

1959 Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-"21," was fixed

1959 Joe Kelly, TV host (Quiz Kids), dies at 57

1949 1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale and Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win

1940 "Double or Nothing," a radio quiz show, 1st heard on Mutual Radio Net

1940 "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio

1938 Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network

1936 "Professor Quiz," 1st radio quiz show premieres

1932 John Barrymore, Jr., born in Beverly Hills, California, actor, Pantomine Quiz

1928 Barry Took, born in Muswell Hill, North London, England, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman

1927 Tom Kennedy, born in Louisville, Kentucky, quiz host, You Don't Say, Name That Tune

1913 David Hunt, British diplomat/quiz winner

1907 Froelich Rainey, born in Wisconsin, quiz moderator, What in the World

1904 Clifton Fadiman, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV host, Information Please, Quiz Kids

1899 Ralph Dumke, Indiana, actor, Movieland Quiz


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