Guess What

Guess What may refer to:

  • Guess What (Canadian TV series), a Canadian game show, 1983–1987
  • Guess What (U.S. TV series), an American game show, 1952
  • "Guess What" (song), a song by Syleena Johnson
  • Guess What? a 1990 picture book for children
  • Guess What (Canadian TV series)

    Guess What is a Canadian game show that aired from 1983 to 1987. The show was created by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir, the pair behind The Newlywed Game and a series of long-running Canadian productions such as Definition, and was a production of Glen-Warren Productions for CTV. Robin Ward served as the host while Nick Hollinrake announced.

    Guess What originally was taped at CFCF-TV in Montreal, CTV's owned and operated station in the largest city in Quebec, with production later moving to CFTO-TV, CTV's Toronto-based flagship.

    Main game

    Guess What was played between two family teams with three players on each side. One was usually a returning champion.

    Multiple Choice Questions

    In each round, host Ward read a series of three questions, each with six possible answers displayed on the show's gameboard. Only one of these was correct, and control alternated between the teams one player at a time until someone guessed the correct answer. The value of each question started at sixty points, with ten being deducted for each wrong guess. Some of the questions featured audio or visual content.

    Guess What (U.S. TV series)

    Guess What? was a game show broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network.

    Broadcast history

    Guess What? aired from July 8, 1952 to August 26, 1952. The show was hosted by Richard Kollmar (1910-1971), husband of columnist Dorothy Kilgallen from 1940 to her death in 1965, and featured guest stars such as Mark Hanna, Audrey Christie, and Quentin Reynolds. Kollmar and Kilgallen also co-hosted the WOR-AM morning radio show Breakfast With Dorothy and Dick from 1945 to 1963.

    Episode status

    As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist.

    See also

  • List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
  • List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
  • References

    Bibliography

  • David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
  • Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
  • Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Guess What

    by: JFA

    I am Sally the gossip queen
    I lie about everything that I've seen
    I only see what I want to see
    so don't deny what you hear from me
    Guess What guess who fucked up
    guess who went to bed
    guess who loves you
    guess who hated your guts
    guess who adores you
    Nothing can escape my eyes
    you can't fool me with your lies
    there's not a story I haven't heard
    the latest scoop I know every word
    Isn't it true
    that you
    fucked
    you know who




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