Who Knows? (game show)

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Who Knows?
Genrepanel quiz
Presented byJames Bannerman
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducerVincent Tovell
Original release
Network CBC Television
Release3 July (1959-07-03) –
25 September 1959 (1959-09-25)

Who Knows? is a Canadian television panel game quiz show which aired on CBC Television in 1959.

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Premise

James Bannerman hosted this show in which a panel attempts to guess the identity of an artifact from a gallery or museum. Archaeologists Walter Kenyon and John Lunn of the Royal Ontario Museum were regular panelists who were joined by a third guest panelist. [1] This concept was previously demonstrated during some episodes of Tabloid . [2]

CBC broadcast a similar panel game quiz program, What on Earth , from 1971 to 1975. [1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Fridays at 9 p.m. from 3 July to 25 September 1959.

References

  1. 1 2 Allan, Blaine (1996). "Who Knows?" (PDF). CBC Television Series 1952-1982. Queen's University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Blackburn, Bob (3 July 1959). "Television Previews". Ottawa Citizen. p. 25. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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