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  • The Game Show Show The Answer Is... (Season 1, Episode 1)
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The Answer Is... (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | History, Reality-TV

The evolution of the quiz show provides a glimpse into the transformation of American culture, its shifting relationship with knowledge through changes to the kinds of questions hosts ask and the responses they garner.
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Editors
Dan Hawkes (additional editing) | Ben Kaplan | Baun Mah (additional editing) | Katie Mitchell (additional editing) | Nathan Shields (additional editing)
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Updated May 10, 2023

Release date
May 10, 2023 (United States)

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105 cast members
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Jack Barry
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Harry Belafonte
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Joyce Brothers
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Gary Burghoff
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John Carpenter
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Johnny Carson
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Peggy Cass
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Bennett Cerf
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Charo
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Dick Clark
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Terry Crews
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Billy Crystal
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Bill Cullen
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John Daly
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Richard Dawson
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Dan Enright
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Ralph Fiennes
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Fannie Flagg
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Art Fleming
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Aretha Franklin
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Martin Gabel
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Judy Garland
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Mark Goodson
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Gilbert Gottfried
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Merv Griffin
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Monty Hall
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Darrell Hammond
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Marjorie Harvey
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Steve Harvey
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Larry Hovis
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Leslie Jones
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Dorothy Kilgallen
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Larry King
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Mert Koplin
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Allen Ludden
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Paul Lynde
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Jayne Mansfield
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Peter Marshall
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Dick Martin
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Garry Moore
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Johnny Olson
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Keke Palmer
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Regis Philbin
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Gene Rayburn
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Ronald Reagan
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Charles Nelson Reilly
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Nipsey Russell
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Soupy Sales
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Samuel J. Seymour
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William Shatner
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Ronni Smith
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Snoop Dogg
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Brett Somers
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Herb Stempel
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Alex Trebek
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Arthur Trudeau
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Leslie Uggams
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Charles Van Doren
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Adam Wade
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Betty White
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Fred Willard
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Gene Wood
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