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P.D.Q.
| P.D.Q. | |
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| Premiere | September 6, 1965 |
| Finale | September 26, 1969 |
| Creator | Merrill Heatter, Bob Quigley |
| Host | Dennis James |
| Network/Provider | Syndication |
| Style | 30-minute game show |
| Company | Heatter-Quigley |
| Seasons | 4 |
| Episodes | 5 per week |
| Origin | USA |
P.D.Q. was a syndicated game show of identifying phrases.
Two teams, each of a celebrity and a civilian, participated. One member of each team is in a soundproof booth. As the opponent's booth is shut off, the other's partner is shown a phrase and puts up three letters on a rack. The object was for the player in the booth to identify the phrase. A signal told the partner to add a letter. Once the phrase is identified, the opposing team plays the same phrase. The team using the least number of letters scores points based on the difference between how many letters the other team used.
The winning team won $100 for each point by which they defeated their opponent and vied to identify words from three-letter clues for $50 per word.
P.D.Q. was revived in 1973 as Baffle, airing on NBC.
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