Putnam 1962 B6

Let $$f(x) =\sum_{k=0}^{n} a_{k} \sin kx +b_{k} \cos kx,$$ where $a_k$ and $b_k$ are constants. Show that if $|f(x)| \leq 1$ for $x \in [0, 2 \pi]$ and there exist $0\leq x_1 < x_2 <\ldots < x_{2n} < 2 \pi$ with $|f(x_i )|=1,$ then $f(x)= \cos(nx +a)$ for some constant $a.$