A Question of Sport A Question of Sport A Question of Sport is a British sports quiz show created by Nick Hunter for the BBC. The show centres on a light-hearted contest involving two teams of three sports stars, each with a regular resident team captain, competing for points by answering questions on their own and other sports over several sports-themed quiz rounds. Captains have also been playing sports-themed games alongside the quizzes in later series. The show premiered on BBC One in January 1970, 13 months after Stuart Hall hosted a pilot episode, and was originally hosted by David Vine with Cliff Morgan
CBS Television Quiz teenager in San Francisco at the time, it is unlikely he was aware of it, although his future wife Julann may have seen it. According to Griffin, she had originally suggested the "answer-and-question" idea to him. Televised game shows prior to the debut of "CBS Television Quiz" were "test episodes" for experimental purposes; one of these was "Truth or Consequences" (NBC Radio, July 1, 1941), while a show called "Spelling Bee" was broadcast (BBC, 1938). "Quiz" was the first regularly scheduled quiz program, but not the first to be sponsored, and aired on Wednesdays at 8:30 PM EST. On October