Colombo Quotes

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Colombo Quotes is a Canadian quiz and panel television series which aired on CBC Television in 1978.

Premise

In the quiz show portion of each episode, secondary school students were to indicate the person who made a given quotation. This was followed by a general discussion of the quotation in question. Episodes were recorded in various Canadian cities.{{cite web | url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1074 | first=John | last=Corcelli |date = August 2005| title=Colombo Quotes | publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation | accessdate=7 May 2010 }}

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 12:00 noon (Eastern time) from 2 April to 4 June 1978. Each episode was rebroadcast the following Thursday at 4:00 p.m. during this time.

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