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🗓️ 6 July 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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0:00.0 | This podcast is intended for mature audiences. |
0:03.9 | Listener discretion is advised. |
0:29.4 | On May 17, 1938, people tuning into the radio heard something a bit different from the typical news of the day. |
0:36.1 | It was the first time that a game show was aired, and it would go on to revolutionize the broadcast entertainment industry. |
0:43.4 | The quiz show was called Information Please, and it aired on NBC radio stations for almost 13 years. |
0:46.0 | Information Please. |
0:51.6 | Presented each week at this time by Canada Drive, famous the world over for its fine beverages. |
0:56.8 | Wake up America, time to stop the experts. |
1:04.4 | The concept of the show was basic. A panel of experts were given a list of questions provided by the audience. If the experts could not answer the question correctly, the listener who submitted |
1:09.6 | the question won $5, |
1:11.7 | almost $100 today. A listener would receive $2 if their question was used in the show. |
1:18.9 | Over the years, the quiz show raised the amount of the prize money and included a set of encyclopedias |
1:23.9 | to keep things interesting. |
1:33.2 | Two weeks after the U.S. premiere the first radio game show, the United Kingdom became the first country to air a televised quiz show. At 10 p.m. on May 31st, 1938, viewers were treated |
1:40.5 | to a 15-minute showdown between celebrities and contestants in a program called |
1:45.0 | Spelling Bee. While that show only lasted four episodes, its popularity demonstrated the category's |
1:51.7 | potential. A year later, in April, 1939, a show called Dr. IQ launched on both television and radio stations in the U.S. |
2:02.1 | The program, which saw audience members win silver dollars if they correctly answered questions, |
2:07.4 | was considered the first commercially successful quiz show. |
2:10.9 | It was followed by shows like Truth or Consequences, |
2:14.3 | which was the very first quiz show aired on broadcast television. |
2:36.3 | Truth or Consequences premiered in July, 1941, and gave players two seconds to try and answer absurd trivia questions. The high-speed, high-pressure question-and-answer format became a hit |
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