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Take a Number was a radio quiz show.

Broadcast (Mutual Radio)[]

Weekly: 6/5/1948 – 7/30/1949, 10/22/1949 – 3/3/1951, 4/10/1953 – 5/20/1955
Daily: 12/10/1951 – 2/1/1952

Host[]

Al "Red" Benson

Format[]

Listeners sent questions to the show. If they were accepted, the listener won a prize. If a player answered a question correctly, he/she won $5; if not, the listener won the money. The player with the most correct answers played a jackpot round by choosing a number from a board. If he/she correctly answered the difficult question associated with that number, he/she won the money that had be accumulated through the defeats of other players.

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