Editing Twenty questions (section)

===United States===
In the 1940s, the game became a popular radio panel quiz show, ''[[Twenty Questions (American game show)|Twenty Questions]]'', first broadcast at 8&nbsp;pm, Saturday, February 2, 1946, on the [[Mutual Broadcasting System]] from New York's [[Longacre Theatre]] on West 48th Street. Radio listeners sent in subjects for the panelists to guess in twenty questions; [[Winston Churchill]]'s cigar was the subject most frequently submitted. On the early shows, listeners who stumped the panel won a lifetime subscription to ''[[Pageant (magazine)|Pageant]]''. From 1946 to 1951, the program was sponsored by [[Ronson (company)|Ronson]] [[lighter]]s. In 1952–1953, [[Wildroot Cream-Oil]] was the sponsor.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunning |first1=John |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0195076783 |pages=685–686 |url=https://archive.org/details/onairencyclop00dunn/page/685/mode/1up/ |access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref>

As a television series, ''Twenty Questions'' debuted as a local show in New York on [[WWOR-TV|WOR-TV]] Channel 9 on November 2, 1949. Beginning on November 26, the series went nationwide on [[NBC]] until December 24, after which it remained dormant until March 17, 1950, when it was picked up by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] until June 29, 1951.{{Citation needed |date=November 2024}} Some of the early TV episodes were simulcast on WOR-TV, WNBT-TV and Mutual radio.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Franken |first=Jerry |date=December 17, 1949 |page=10 |title=Twenty Questions |magazine=Billboard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4kQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA194&dq=%22Eloise%20McElhone%22&pg=PA194#v=onepage&q=%22Eloise%20McElhone%22&f=true |accessdate=December 8, 2024 }}</ref> 

Its longest and best-known run, however, is the one on the [[DuMont Television Network]] from July 6, 1951, to May 30, 1954. During this time, original host [[Bill Slater (broadcaster)|Bill Slater]] was replaced by Jay Jackson. After this run ended, ABC picked up the series once again from July 6, 1954, to May 3, 1955. The last radio show had been broadcast on March 27, 1954.