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1. This pioneering daytime talk show aired nationally for 26 years. What relatively mild mannered host generally stayed on the high road while the competition screeched tabloid headlines?
2. Morton Downey, Jr. was a forerunner of the "shouting match" talk show genre. To what disparagement did Downey not resort in order to get a rise out of his guests?
3. Who was the first woman to host a nationally syndicated audience participation talk show? She and her spectacles were a fixture on American television for 19 years.
4. What trash talk host suffered a broken nose when a near riot between his guests resulted in him being hit by a chair?
5. Whose controversy-packed talk show earned the nickname "The Home Of Out Of Control Teens"?
6. At just 24, who became the youngest-ever talk show host in 1993?
7. Which host of a long-running trash talk show married a woman in 1984 who has anchored news programs for all three American broadcast networks?
8. "Dr. Phil" is a spinoff of "The Oprah Winfrey Show".
9. For 20-plus seasons what highly rated ABC talk show has created much of its controversy by hiring and firing hosts?
10. After episodes such as "I Wanna Confront My Pimp", "Stripper Sex Turned Me Straight", and the classic "I Married A Horse" what show labelled by TV Guide "Worst Show in the History of Television" was cancelled in July of 2018?
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