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This game is based on the very popular radio game "Brain Gymnastics" which was broadcast by the AVRO from 1938 to 1992, with an interruption during the Second World War. It is considered the oldest regular quiz program in the world. The score was kept in the post-war years by announcer Mieke Melcher. The question "How is the score, Mieke?" became a winged word. The board game was first released in 1940 under the name "Brain Gymnastics" and was for sale for f3.50. The cards of "Family Quiz" contain new texts and the 800 questions in the 142 page booklet are composed by Jan Boots. In addition to this question booklet, the content consists of 6 cardboard pawns that had to be put together, two sets of 20 cards (EXAM and BEHAVIOR), two dice and a game board depicting a school class full of benches and a blackboard. The dating of this spelled can be deduced fairly accurately from some questions in the booklet. One of the questions is: "In 1960, the 29th of February falls on Monday. On what day does this Leap Day fall in 1964?". The word use "falls" indicates a date before 1960 and probably also after 1956, other was used as a reference that year. In addition, 1 of the questions refers to the television announcers Tanja Koen and Vertie Dixon, who were both already married to TV directors, Peter Koen and Jack Dixon. This must in any case be from after 1951, because that's when Dutch television started.
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