Created by Fred Van de Venter
Producers: Gary Stevens, George Elbes
US Game Show 1949-55
Host: Bill Slater (1949-52)
Host: Jay Jackson (1952-55)
Host: Jack Clark (1975 pilot)
Host: Dick Wilson (1989 pilot)
Announcers: John Gregson, Frank Waldecker
Regular Panelists included:
Fred Van DeVenter, Florence Rinard (Van DeVenter's Wife), Herb Polesie,
Johnny McPhee,
Bobby McGuire.
Trivia: "Twenty Questions" first broadcast on radio was on February 2, 1946
hosted by Bill Slater.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvGfOTOqRG4
################ 20 Questions ################
############## Season 1 1949-50 ##############
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WOR-TV (2Nov49-16Nov49) Wednesdays
NBC (26Nov49-) Saturdays 8-8:30pm
[01] 20 Questions [Premiere]
02Nov1949 WOR-TV Wed
Host Bill Slater
[02] 20 Questions
09Nov1949 WOR-TV Wed
Host Bill Slater
[03] 20 Questions
16Nov1949 WOR-TV Wed
Host Bill Slater
[04] 20 Questions
26Nov1949 NBC Sat
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll of New Jersey
[05] 20 Questions
03Dec1949 NBC Sat
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Wendy Barrie
[06] 20 Questions
10Dec1949 NBC Sat
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Dorothy Kilgallen
[07] 20 Questions
17Dec1949 NBC Sat
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Helen Jepson
[08] 20 Questions
24Dec1949 NBC Sat
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Santa Claus
[09] 20 Questions
31Dec1949
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Buddy Rogers
[10] 20 Questions
07Jan1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Mimi Benzell
[11] 20 Questions
14Jan1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Ilona Massey
[12] 20 Questions
21Jan1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Claire Trevor
[13] 20 Questions
28Jan1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Jack Smith
[14] 20 Questions
04Feb1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Guy Lombardo
[15] 20 Questions
11Feb1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Dr. Roswell Ham, President of Mount Holyoke College.
[16] 20 Questions
18Feb1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Johnny Desmond
[17] 20 Questions
25Feb1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Faye Emerson
[18] 20 Questions
04Mar1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Helmut Dantine
[19] 20 Questions
11Mar1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Irra Petina
[20] 20 Questions
18Mar1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Peter Donald
[21] 20 Questions
25Mar1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Macdonald Carey
[22] 20 Questions
01Apr1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Gene Sarazen
[23] 20 Questions
08Apr1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Gloria Swanson
[24] 20 Questions
15Apr1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Gil Hodges
[25] 20 Questions
22Apr1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Wilbur Shaw
[26] 20 Questions
29Apr1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Stuart Erwin
[27] 20 Questions
06May1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
John Loder
[28] 20 Questions
13May1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Johnny Johnston
[29] 20 Questions
20May1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Felix Knight
[30] 20 Questions
27May1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Lee Bowman
[31] 20 Questions
03Jun1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
James A. Michener
[32] 20 Questions
10Jun1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Jack Carson
[33] 20 Questions
17Jun1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Lucy Monroe
[34] 20 Questions
24Jun1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Irene Castle
[35] 20 Questions
01Jul1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Maj. George Fielding Eliot
[36] 20 Questions
08Jul1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Victor Jory
[37] 20 Questions
15Jul1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Bob Feller
[38] 20 Questions
22Jul1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Margo
[39] 20 Questions
29Jul1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Charles Coburn
[39] 20 Questions
05Aug1950
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Janis Paige
################ 20 Questions ################
############## Season 2 1950-51 ##############
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Fridays 8-8:30pm WOR-TV channel 9 New York
2.01 [40] 20 Questions [Season Premiere]
08Sep1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Dane Clark
2.02 [41] 20 Questions
15Sep1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Kathryn Murray
2.03 [42] 20 Questions
22Sep1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Florence Chadwick
2.04 [43] 20 Questions
29Sep1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Guy Kibbee
2.05 [44] 20 Questions
06Oct1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Nina Foch
2.06 [45] 20 Questions
13Oct1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Fritz Crisler
2.07 [46] 20 Questions
20Oct1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Nancy Kelly
2.08 [47] 20 Questions
27Oct1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Henry M. Chauncey
2.09 [48] 20 Questions
03Nov1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Kathleen Winsor
2.10 [49] 20 Questions
10Nov1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Nadine Connor
2.11 [50] 20 Questions
17Nov1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Jose Ferrer
2.12 [51] 20 Questions
24Nov1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Ann Rutherford
2.13 [52] 20 Questions
01Dec1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Bennett Cerf
2.14 [53] 20 Questions
08Dec1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Anita Louise
2.15 [54] 20 Questions
15Dec1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Chester Morris
2.16 [55] 20 Questions
22Dec1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Joan Blondell
2.17 [56] 20 Questions
29Dec1950 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
H.V. Kaltenborn
2.18 [57] 20 Questions
05Jan1951 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Eleanor Steber
2.19 [58] 20 Questions
12Jan1951 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Richard Arlen
2.20 [59] 20 Questions
19Jan1951 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Barbara Britton
2.21 [60] 20 Questions
26Jan1951 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Marjorie Lawrence
2.22 [61] 20 Questions
02Feb1951 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Guy Lombardo
2.23 [62] 20 Questions
09Feb1951 WOR-TV ch9 NY Fri
Guest
Jean Parker
2.24 [63] 20 Questions
16Feb1951
Guest
Victor Borge
2.25 [64] 20 Questions
23Feb1951
Guest
Eleanor Steber
2.26 [65] 20 Questions
02Mar1951
Guest
Freddy Martin
2.27 [66] 20 Questions
09Mar1951
Guest
Ilka Chase
2.28 [67] 20 Questions
16Mar1951
Guest
Mary Halloran
2.29 [68] 20 Questions
23Mar1951
Guest
Jane Wyatt
2.30 [69] 20 Questions
30Mar1951
Guest
Jackie Cooper
2.31 [70] 20 Questions
06Apr1951
Guest
Sammy Kaye
2.32 [71] 20 Questions
13Apr1951
Guest
Jerome Cowan
2.33 [72] 20 Questions
20Apr1951
Guest
Felix Adler
2.34 [73] 20 Questions
27Apr1951
Guest
Danton Walker
2.35 [74] 20 Questions
04May1951
Guest
Jack Bailey
2.36 [75] 20 Questions
11May1951
Guest
Blanche Thebom
2.37 [76] 20 Questions
18May1951
Guest
Johnny Mize
2.38 [77] 20 Questions
25May1951
Guest
Binnie Barnes
2.39 [78] 20 Questions
01Jun1951
Guest
Don McNeill
2.40 [79] 20 Questions
08Jun1951
Guest
Donald Preston
2.41 [80] 20 Questions
15Jun1951
Guest
Jeffrey Lynn
2.42 [81] 20 Questions
22Jun1951
Guest
Victor Jory
[--] 20 Questions
29Jun1951
pre-empted by Baseball game Yankees vs. Red Sox.
2.43 [82] 20 Questions
06Jul1951
Host Bill Slater
with
Fred Van Deventer
Florence Rinard
Herb Polesie
and Johnny McFee.
2.44 [83] 20 Questions
13Jul1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey
2.45 [84] 20 Questions
20Jul1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Robert Alda
2.46 [85] 20 Questions
27Jul1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Earl Wilson
2.47 [86] 20 Questions
03Aug1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Deems Taylor
2.48 [87] 20 Questions
10Aug1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Kyle MacDonnell
2.49 [88] 20 Questions
17Aug1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Coleen Gray
2.50 [89] 20 Questions
24Aug1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Sal Maglie
2.51 [90] 20 Questions
31Aug1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Bobby Maguire
################ 20 Questions ################
############## Season 3 1951-52 ##############
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Fridays 8-8:30pm WOR-TV channel 9 New York
3.01 [91] 20 Questions
07Sep1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Stuart Erwin
3.02 [92] 20 Questions
14Sep1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Peggy Lee
3.03 [93] 20 Questions
21Sep1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Patrice Munsel
3.04 [94] 20 Questions
28Sep1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
baseball pitcher Allie Reynolds
3.05 [95] 20 Questions
05Oct1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Mel Torme
3.06 [96] 20 Questions
12Oct1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Broderick Crawford
3.07 [97] 20 Questions
19Oct1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Melville Cooper
3.08 [98] 20 Questions
26Oct1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Joan Edwards
3.09 [99] 20 Questions
02Nov1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Roddy McDowell
3.10 [100] 20 Questions
09Nov1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Martha Stewart
3.11 [101] 20 Questions
16Nov1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Bobby Maguire
3.12 [102] 20 Questions
23Nov1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Martha Scott
3.13 [103] 20 Questions
30Nov1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Norman Rockwell
3.14 [104] 20 Questions
07Dec1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Dick Kazmaier
3.15 [105] 20 Questions
14Dec1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Ilona Massey
3.16 [106] 20 Questions
21Dec1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Jan Struther
3.17 [107] 20 Questions
28Dec1951
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Walter Abel
3.18 [108] 20 Questions
04Jan1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
William L. Shirer
3.19 [109] 20 Questions
11Jan1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Charlton Heston
3.20 [110] 20 Questions
18Jan1952
Host Bill Slater
Panelists
Fred Vandeventer
Florence Rinard
Herb Polesie
and Johnny McPhee
Guest
Eleanor Steber
https://archive.org/details/TwentyQuestionsjanuary181952
3.21 [111] 20 Questions
25Jan1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Johnny Johnston
3.22 [112] 20 Questions
01Feb1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Bobby Maguire
3.23 [113] 20 Questions
08Feb1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
John Loder
3.24 [114] 20 Questions
15Feb1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Bill Goodwin
3.25 [115] 20 Questions
22Feb1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
James A. Farley
3.26 [116] 20 Questions
29Feb1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Charles Caldwell, Princeton Football Coach
3.27 [117] 20 Questions
07Mar1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Pat Frank
3.28 [118] 20 Questions
14Mar1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
3.29 [119] 20 Questions
21Mar1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Geraldine Fitzgerald
3.30 [120] 20 Questions
28Mar1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Ann Sheridan
3.31 [121] 20 Questions
04Apr1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Freddy Martin
3.32 [122] 20 Questions
11Apr1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
William Hillman
3.33 [123] 20 Questions
18Apr1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Gil MacDougald
3.34 [124] 20 Questions
25Apr1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Paula Stone
3.35 [125] 20 Questions
02May1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Don McNeill
3.36 [126] 20 Questions
09May1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
John Hodiak
3.37 [127] 20 Questions
16May1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Ralph Kiner
3.38 [128] 20 Questions
23May1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Lee Bowman
3.39 [129] 20 Questions
30May1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Gene Raymond
3.40 [130] 20 Questions
06Jun1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Macdonald Carey
3.41 [131] 20 Questions
13Jun1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Barbara Britton
3.42 [132] 20 Questions
20Jun1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Robert Vogeler
3.43 [133] 20 Questions
27Jun1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Dick Button
3.44 [134] 20 Questions
04Jul1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Bobby Maguire
*time change to 8:30-9pm.
3.45 [135] 20 Questions
11Jul1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Scott Forbes
3.46 [136] 20 Questions
18Jul1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Commodore Harry Manning
3.47 [137] 20 Questions
25Jul1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Peter Donald
3.48 [138] 20 Questions
01Aug1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Vivien Kellems
3.49 [139] 20 Questions
08Aug1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Peggy Ann Garner
3.50 [140] 20 Questions
15Aug1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
H. Allen Smith
3.51 [141] 20 Questions
22Aug1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Nancy Van Deventer
3.52 [142] 20 Questions
29Aug1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Vanessa Brown
################ 20 Questions ################
############## Season 4 1952-53 ##############
##############################################
Fridays 8-8:30pm WABD-TV channel 5 New York
Time slot change October 24, 1952 to 10-10:30pm Fridays on WABD channel 5 New
York.
4.01 [143] 20 Questions
05Sep1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
H.R. Baukhage
4.02 [144] 20 Questions
12Sep1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Sigmund Spaeth
4.03 [145] 20 Questions
19Sep1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
William L. Shirer
4.04 [146] 20 Questions
26Sep1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Ann Rutherford
4.05 [147] 20 Questions
03Oct1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Gene Woodling
4.06 [148] 20 Questions
10Oct1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
George Price
4.07 [149] 20 Questions
17Oct1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Edith Fellows
4.08 [150] 20 Questions
24Oct1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Faith Baldwin
* Timeslot change to 10-10:30pm.
4.09 [151] 20 Questions
31Oct1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Maurice Zolotow
4.10 [152] 20 Questions
07Nov1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Chester Morris
4.11 [153] 20 Questions
14Nov1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Patty Berg
4.12 [154] 20 Questions
21Nov1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Chester Morris
4.13 [155] 20 Questions
28Nov1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Stuart Erwin
4.14 [156] 20 Questions
05Dec1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
4.15 [157] 20 Questions
12Dec1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Roddy McDowell
4.16 [158] 20 Questions
19Dec1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Jane Pickens
4.17 [159] 20 Questions
26Dec1952
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Betsy Von Furstenberg
4.18 [160] 20 Questions
02Jan1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Harold Hoffman
4.19 [161] 20 Questions
09Jan1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Nadine Conner
4.20 [162] 20 Questions
16Jan1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
4.21 [163] 20 Questions
23Jan1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Earl Wilson
4.22 [164] 20 Questions
30Jan1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Gregory Ratoff
4.23 [165] 20 Questions
06Feb1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Nancy Van Deventer
4.24 [166] 20 Questions
13Feb1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Kurt Baum
4.25 [166] 20 Questions
20Feb1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Sammy Kaye
4.26 [167] 20 Questions
27Feb1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Martha Scott
4.27 [168] 20 Questions
06Mar1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Rep. Emanuel Celler
4.28 [169] 20 Questions
13Mar1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
4.29 [170] 20 Questions
20Mar1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Marguerite Piazza
4.30 [171] 20 Questions
27Mar1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Bert Lytell
4.31 [172] 20 Questions
03Apr1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Lanny Ross
4.32 [173] 20 Questions
10Apr1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Blanche Thebom
4.33 [174] 20 Questions
17Apr1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
George Stevens
4.34 [175] 20 Questions
24Apr1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Gene Woodling
4.35 [176] 20 Questions
01May1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Lanny Ross
4.36 [177] 20 Questions
08May1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Don McNeill
4.37 [178] 20 Questions
15May1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Jack O'Brian
4.38 [179] 20 Questions
22May1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Igor Gorin
4.39 [180] 20 Questions
29May1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Frederic Raubenger
4.40 [181] 20 Questions
05Jun1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Patricia Neal
4.41 [182] 20 Questions
12Jun1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Peter Donald
4.42 [183] 20 Questions
19Jun1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Robert Alda
4.43 [184] 20 Questions
26Jun1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Earl Wrightson
4.44 [185] 20 Questions
03Jul1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Joe E. Brown
4.45 [186] 20 Questions
10Jul1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Harvey Beffa
4.46 [187] 20 Questions
17Jul1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Nick Kenny
4.47 [188] 20 Questions
24Jul1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Dr. Theodore A. Dristler
4.48 [189] 20 Questions
31Jul1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
James Michener
4.49 [190] 20 Questions
07Aug1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Nicholas Monsarrat
4.50 [191] 20 Questions
14Aug1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
4.51 [192] 20 Questions
21Aug1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
4.52 [193] 20 Questions
28Aug1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
4.53 [194] 20 Questions
04Sep1953
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Danton Walker
* "Chance of a Lifetime" hosted by Dennis James premieres on September
11, 1953 in this timeslot.
################ 20 Questions ################
############## Season 5 1953-54 ##############
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Mondays 8-8:30pm WOR-TV channel 9 New York
5.01 [195] 20 Questions
14Sep1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
5.02 [196] 20 Questions
21Sep1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Carl Erskine
5.03 [197] 20 Questions
28Sep1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Dorothy Gordon
5.04 [198] 20 Questions
05Oct1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Ann Rutherford
5.05 [199] 20 Questions
12Oct1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Hartnett Kane
5.06 [200] 20 Questions
19Oct1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
5.07 [201] 20 Questions
26Oct1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Earl Wilson
5.08 [202] 20 Questions
02Nov1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Gen. George Kenny
5.09 [203] 20 Questions
09Nov1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guests
Marge and Jeff
5.10 [204] 20 Questions
16Nov1953
Host Jay Jackson
Panelists
Fred Vandeventer
Florence Rinard
Herb Polesie
and Dick Harrison
Guest
Russell J. Humbert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLdoySpd7rk
5.11 [205] 20 Questions
23Nov1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Janet Blair
5.12 [206] 20 Questions
30Nov1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
5.13 [207] 20 Questions
07Dec1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
5.14 [208] 20 Questions
14Dec1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Licia Albanese
5.15 [209] 20 Questions
21Dec1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Aldo Ray
5.16 [210] 20 Questions
28Dec1953
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Lou Little
5.17 [211] 20 Questions
04Jan1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Jack Kramer
5.18 [212] 20 Questions
11Jan1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Major david F. MacGhee
5.19 [213] 20 Questions
18Jan1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
5.20 [214] 20 Questions
25Jan1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Barbara Ann Scott
5.21 [215] 20 Questions
01Feb1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Mrs. Lillian B. Patterson
5.22 [216] 20 Questions
08Feb1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guests
Marge and Jeff
5.23 [217] 20 Questions
15Feb1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Sheldon M. Roper
5.24 [218] 20 Questions
22Feb1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Frank Coniff
5.25 [219] 20 Questions
01Mar1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Dr. Jordan Larson
5.26 [220] 20 Questions
08Mar1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Rhonda Fleming
5.27 [221] 20 Questions
15Mar1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Horace Heidt
5.28 [222] 20 Questions
22Mar1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Phyllis Kirk
5.29 [223] 20 Questions
29Mar1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
5.30 [224] 20 Questions
05Apr1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
*Note: "Dollar A Second" takes over "20 Questions" timeslot on Mondays.
5.31 [225] 20 Questions
11Apr1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
*Note: Moves to Sundays at 10-10:30pm.
5.32 [226] 20 Questions
18Apr1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
5.33 [227] 20 Questions
25Apr1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
5.34 [228] 20 Questions
02May1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
5.35 [229] 20 Questions
09May1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Billy de Wolfe
5.36 [230] 20 Questions
16May1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Rube Goldberg
5.37 [231] 20 Questions
23May1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
John Hodiak
5.38 [232] 20 Questions [Final show of the season]
30May1954
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Guy Lombardo
################# 20 Questions ###############
############## Season 6 1954-55 ##############
##############################################
ABC Tuesday 8:30-9:00pm
6.01 [233] 20 Questions [Season Premiere]
06Jul1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Freddy Martin
6.02 [234] 20 Questions
13Jul1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Barbara Britton
6.03 [235] 20 Questions
20Jul1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Eva Gabor
6.04 [236] 20 Questions
27Jul1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Carl Erskine
6.05 [237] 20 Questions
03Aug1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
6.06 [238] 20 Questions
10Aug1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
General George C. Kenney
6.07 [239] 20 Questions
17Aug1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Beatrice Fairfax
6.08 [240] 20 Questions
24Aug1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Tony Trabert
6.09 [241] 20 Questions
31Aug1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Chester Morris
6.10 [242] 20 Questions
07Sep1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Georgie Price
6.11 [243] 20 Questions
14Sep1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Herb Sheldon
6.12 [244] 20 Questions
21Sep1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Lee Ann Meriwether, Miss America of 1955.
6.13 [245] 20 Questions
28Sep1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
6.14 [246] 20 Questions
05Oct1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Tommy Dorsey
6.15 [247] 20 Questions
12Oct1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Roger Price
6.16 [248] 20 Questions
19Oct1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Harnett Kane
6.17 [249] 20 Questions
26Oct1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Constance Bennett
6.18 [250] 20 Questions
02Nov1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Ilka Chase
Florence Rinard
Fred Van Deventer and others.
6.19 [251] 20 Questions
09Nov1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Herman Hickman
6.20 [252] 20 Questions
16Nov1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Ilona Massey
6.21 [253] 20 Questions
23Nov1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Roddy McDowell
6.22 [254] 20 Questions
30Nov1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
6.23 [255] 20 Questions
07Dec1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
James Michener
6.24 [256] 20 Questions
14Dec1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
James Milton
6.25 [257] 20 Questions
21Dec1954 ABC Tue
Host Jay Jackson
Guest
Peggy Ann Garner
6.26 [258] 20 Questions
28Dec1954 ABC Tue
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Deems Taylor
6.27 [259] 20 Questions
04Jan1955 ABC Tue
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Ben Gross
6.28 [260] 20 Questions
11Jan1955 ABC Tue
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6.29 [261] 20 Questions
18Jan1955 ABC Tue
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Marguerite Piazza
6.30 [262] 20 Questions
25Jan1955 ABC Tue
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Jack Carter
6.31 [263] 20 Questions
01Feb1955 ABC Tue
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Dr. Samuel Brownell
6.32 [264] 20 Questions
08Feb1955 ABC Tue
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Martha Scott
6.33 [265] 20 Questions
15Feb1955 ABC Tue
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Peter S. Ford
6.34 [266] 20 Questions
22Feb1955 ABC Tue
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H.V. Kaltenborn
6.35 [267] 20 Questions
01Mar1955 ABC Tue
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Wendy Barrie
6.36 [268] 20 Questions
08Mar1955 ABC Tue
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Frank Land, Shriners' Imperial Potentate.
6.37 [269] 20 Questions
15Mar1955 ABC Tue
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Denise Darcel
6.38 [270] 20 Questions
22Mar1955 ABC Tue
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Jerome Hines
6.39 [271] 20 Questions
29Mar1955 ABC Tue
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6.40 [272] 20 Questions
05Apr1955 ABC Tue
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Sally Ardrey
6.41 [273] 20 Questions
12Apr1955 ABC Tue
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Van Wyck Mason
6.42 [274] 20 Questions
19Apr1955 ABC Tue
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Whitey Ford
6.43 [275] 20 Questions
26Apr1955 ABC Tue
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Jack Dempsey
6.44 [276] 20 Questions
03May1955 ABC Tue 8:30pm NY
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