| Twenty Questions | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:20_questions_1954.JPG) Photo from DuMont advertising the show, with 14-year-old Dick Harrison, Herb Polesie, Fred Van Deventer, Florence Rinard, and actor Aldo Ray as guest panelist (February 1, 1954) | |
| Created by | Fred van de Venter (1949-1955) Ron Greenberg by arrangement with Dick Rubin Ltd (1975 pilot) |
| Directed by | Roger Bower (1949–1955) Dick Sandwick (1949–1955) Harry Coyle (1949–1955) Bill McCarthy (1949–1955) Arthur Forrest (1975 pilot) |
| Presented by | Bill Slater (1949–1952) Jay Jackson (1952–1955) Jack Clark (1975 pilot) Dick Wilson (1989 pilot) |
| Narrated by | Frank Waldecker (1949–1955) John Gregson (1949–1955) Bob Shepard (1949–1955) Wayne Gossman (1975 pilot) Burton Richardson (1989 pilot) |
| Composer | Score Productions (1975 pilot) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Fred van de Venter (1949–1955) Ron Greenberg (1975 pilot) |
| Producers | Norman Livingston (1949–1955) Jack Wyatt (1949–1955) Duane McKinney (1949–1955) George Elber (1949-1955) Gary Stevens (1949–1955) |
| Production locations | New Amsterdam Theatre, New York (1949–1955) ABC Television Center, New York (1975 pilot) KTLA Studios, Hollywood (1989 pilot) |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production companies | Fred van de Venter Productions (1949–1955) Mutual Broadcasting System (1949–1955) Ron Greenberg Productions (1975 pilot) MCA-TV Ltd (1975 pilot) |
| Original release | |
| Network | WOR (1949) NBC (1949) ABC (1950–1951, 1954–1955) DuMont (1951–1954) |
| Release | November 2, 1949 – May 3, 1955 |
| Related | |
| 20Q (2009) | |
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Twenty Questions, based on the guessing game Twenty questions, started as a radio quiz show in 1946. The television series ran on NBC in 1949, on ABC from 1950 to 1951 and on the DuMont Television Network from 1951 to 1954.