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Guess What! No. 2
How do you tell your bearskin from your busby? Answers to this and other puzzlers in a light-hearted war-time trivia quiz.
Overview
Calling all trivia lovers! Recognise your bearskin from your busby? A whizz at music, sports and geography questions? Test your knowledge and powers of observation in this entertaining quiz for cinema audiences with celebrated BBC presenter, producer and puzzle-master, Ronnie Waldman.
A familiar voice and name to war-time audiences, Ronnie Waldman hosted the popular BBC radio magazine show 'Monday Night at Eight' which ran from 1937 for over a decade. Later programmes in the series included a regular feature known as 'Puzzle Corner', on which this filmed trivia quiz is based.
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