I'll Take What's Behind Door #2 Quiz

Answer: Michael Miles

"Take Your Pick" was the first game show to be broadcast on commercial television in Britain. It was also the first to offer cash prizes. If contestants got through the "Yes - No" interlude, where they were not allowed to say yes or no when answering questions such as "are you married", they then picked a key to a locked box, which the host tried to buy from them. In the box were prizes ranging from holidays or a household appliance down to booby prizes like a bag a sweets. The show ran from 1955 to 1968.

Alex Dane banged the gong in the "Yes - No" section of the programme if either of the forbidden words were said.
Bob Danvers-Walker was the announcer.
Bob Monkhouse hosted many successful British game shows.

Answer: The Golden Shot

The show had a simple format. A crossbow was attached to a T.V. camera and a viewer guided the blindfolded cameraman to go left, right, up, down until the target, an apple, was in the sights when the instruction was given to fire.
The catchphrase "Bernie, the bolt" was the instruction to load the crossbow, although there was no actual loader named Bernie.

Being able to see the T.V. whilst on the phone was crucial for the contestants, and there is a legendary tale of a contestant guiding the crossbow from a public telephone box whilst watching a T.V. in a showroom on the other side of the road. All went well until a sales assistant changed the channel.

Answer: 1,000 pounds

Running from 1955 until 1968 and hosted by Hughie Green, who positively oozed sincerity, this was a simple general knowledge game show where contestants answered questions starting at £1 and doubling their money with each question up to £32. They could then come back the next week and go on the "Treasure Trail" where they could win up to £1,000.

The very first "Treasure Trail" contestant was the magnificently named Mr Plantaganet Somerset Fry, who won £512 and overnight fame.

Answer: Bingo

Hosted by Bob Monkhouse, the show required contestants to complete a bingo card by answering general knowledge questions over three rounds. For round one they had to complete the four corners, round two the middle row, and round three remove all remaining numbers.

The winning contestant then had one minute to answer 15 questions, each question revealing either money or a letter on a special bingo card. The letters made up the name of a holiday destination and one of the features of the show was Bob Monkhouse's blatant help to get the contestant the holiday.

Answer: Bullseye

Bullseye" was a darts based game show in which pairs of contestants, one throwing darts and one answering questions, competed to go through to the final prize round where a variety of goods ranging from a speedboat or holiday down to minor household appliances could be won. The main prize was sometimes wildly inappropriate, for example someone living in a flat miles from the sea winning a speedboat.

Jim Bowen was a stand up comedian and had never presented a T.V. show before, and in the early years "Bullseye" was noted for his gaffes. He would do a brief chat with the contestants before the game started and frequently said something very inappropriate to them, such as "great" to one contestant who said his wife had died earlier in the year.

Answer: Ask The Family

"Ask The Family" ran for seventeen years and was presented by Robert Robinson for its entire run. It was a very simple format of two teams, each consisting of mum, dad and two children answering general knowledge questions. Sometimes the questions were for the whole family, sometimes for mum and youngest child, or children only, or any mix out of the four people.

The families were invariably middle class and slightly smug.

Answer: University Challenge

Competed for by teams from United Kingdom universities, "University Challenge" first started in 1962. Various famous people have appeared on it in their university team including Stephen Fry, Clive James and Miriam Margolyes. Two teams per week compete on a knock out basis, the winning finalists receiving a trophy, but no cash or prizes.

The questions can be fiendishly difficult and most average viewers feel lucky to be able to answer a handful of them.

Answer: Countdown

"Countdown" was the first show broadcast on Channel 4, and is one of the world's longest running game shows. Two contestants vie to see who can make the longest word out of a string of random letters, or get nearest to a total figure from five random numbers. Hosted by Richard Whiteley for over 20 years, with Carol Vorderman as his assistant, it struggled to find its new identity after his untimely death.

After both Des Lynam and Des O'Connor had short stints as hosts, Jeff Stelling and Rachel Riley took over in 2009.

Answer: Sale of The Century

Hosted by Nicholas Parsons, "Sale of The Century" had three contestants answering questions to earn money. The value, and difficulty, of the questions increased with each round. A correct answer earned them money, but the value of the question was deducted for an incorrect answer.

At various times during the show they were offered the chance to buy an item, usually a small domestic item such as electric kettle, toaster etc. The person who accumulated most money was the winner and had the chance to buy whatever they could afford out of a selection of four or five larger prizes, quite often including a car. If they had amassed enough then they could buy every single item on offer.

Answer: Face The Music

"Face The Music" was the gentlest of quiz shows with no points and no winner. The panel, consisting of three celebrities were asked various classical music questions by Joseph Cooper, including rounds where he played a contemporary song in the style of a classical, composer and asked for name of tune and composer imitated, and the dummy keyboard, where he played a piece of music on a silent piano keyboard, the panellists having to identify the piece just from the hand movements. Regular panellists included Joyce Grenfell, Robin Ray and Richard Baker.

The show ran for thirteen years from 1966.