Gameplay
Not much is known about the format of CBS Television Quiz, however it has been noted for giving the contestants the answers and requiring the questions, which would predate the 1964 debut of Merv Griffin's Jeopardy! As Griffin was a teenager in San Francisco at the time Quiz was airing, it is unlikely he was aware of it, although his future wife Julann may have seen it. According to Griffin, she had originally suggested the "answer-and-question" idea to him.
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