Treasure Island Treasure Island, or the mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883, by Cassell & Co. An old sailor, calling himself "the captain"—real name Billy Bones—comes to lodge at the Admiral Benbow Inn on the West English coast during the mid-18th-century, paying the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a few pennies to keep a lookout for "a one-legged seafaring man". A former shipmate with intact legs, but lacking two fingers, shows up to confront Billy about sharing his treasure map. After running the stranger off in a
The Who, What, or Where Game or Edwin Newman at 12:55 p.m. (before a 30-minute affiliate break), "The Who, What, or Where Game" only ran 25 minutes each day, instead of the customary 30. Similar to "Jeopardy!", which preceded it at 12 Noon/11 a.m. Central, "The Who, What, or Where Game" proved to be an effective stablemate to its lead-in. "The Who, What, or Where Game" succeeded a short-lived show called "Name Droppers", hosted by Los Angeles-area disc jockeys Al Lohman and Roger Barkley; it was succeeded in turn by "Jackpot." Coincidentally, "The Who, What, or Where Game" announcer Darrow would later host a Canadian-produced revival