Who was Bob Barker?
A: Robert William Barker is an American retired television game show host.
He is known for hosting what TV show?
A: The Price Is Right from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running
daytime game show in North American television history.
He is also known for hosting what other show?
A: Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1975.
Where was Bob Barker born?
A: In Darrington, Washington.
Where did Barker spend most of his youth?
A: On the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Mission,
South Dakota.
The U.S. Indian Census Rolls, 1885–1940, list Barker as
what?
A: An enrolled member of the Sioux tribe.
His mother, Matilda Valandra worked as a what?
A: As a schoolteacher.
His father, Byron John Barker, was the foreman on what?
A: The electrical high line through the state of Washington.
Barker's father was one-quarter Sioux, and his mother
was not, so Barker was what?
A: One-eighth Sioux.
Where did Barker go to school?
A: To the Sioux school in Mission.
He once said, I've always bragged about being part
Indian, because they are what?
A: A people to be proud of.
Where did Barker meet his future wife, Dorothy Jo
Gideon?
A: At an Ella Fitzgerald concert while he was attending high school in
Missouri.
How old was he when they began dating?
A: He was 15.
He attended Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, on
what?
A: A basketball athletic scholarship.
He was a member of what fraternity?
A: The Epsilon Beta chapter of Sigma Nu at Drury.
He joined the United States Navy Reserve in 1943 during
World War II to train as a what?
A: A fighter pilot but did not serve on active duty.
During leave from the military, he married Dorothy Jo
on what date?
A: January 12, 1945.[8]
After the war, he returned to Drury to finish his
education, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in what?
A: Economics.
While attending college in Drury, where did Barker work
his first media job?
A: At KTTS-FM Radio in Springfield.
He and his wife left Springfield and moved where?
A: Lake Worth Beach, Florida, and he was news editor and announcer at nearby WWPG 1340 AM in Palm Beach.
In 1950, he moved to California to do what?
A: To advance his broadcasting career.
He was given his own radio show, The Bob Barker Show,
which ran for how long?
A: The next six years.
When did Barker start hosting Truth or Consequences?
A: On December 31, 1956 and continued with the program until 1975.
In early 1972, Mark Goodson and Bill Todman began
shopping a modernized revival of what?
A: The Price Is Right to stations, with Dennis James as host.
CBS expressed interest in the series, on what one
condition?
A: Instead of James, Barker would be installed as host.
On what date did Barker begin hosting the CBS revival
of The Price Is Right?
A: On September 4, 1972.
On October 15, 1987, Barker did what?
A: He renounced hair dye and began wearing his hair gray, which was its
natural color by that time.
On October 31, 2006, Barker made what announcement?
A: That he would retire from The Price Is Right in June 2007.
When did he tape his final episode?
A: On June 6, 2007, with the show airing twice on June 15.
After his retirement, Barker made how many return
appearances to The Price is Right?
A: Three.
He first appeared on the episode that aired on April
16, 2009, to do what?
A: To promote his new autobiography, Priceless Memories.
Barker made another guest appearance on the show to
celebrate what?
A: His 90th birthday, which aired on December 12,
2013.