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  2. 1950s quiz show scandals - Wikipedia

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    The other quiz show with a sustained run during the post-scandal era of the 1960s, one with the high-difficulty questions associated with the quiz show format, was GE College Bowl, in which college students competed on behalf of their universities (and the institutional goodwill those schools provided); competing teams were limited to five ...

  3. Herb Stempel - Wikipedia

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    In 1956, after tuning in to a new program, Twenty-One, he was intrigued by the questions and wrote to Dan Enright, the show's producer, asking to be a contestant.The qualifying trivia test took a grueling three-and-a-half hours; Stempel got 251 out of 363 questions right, which he claimed was the highest score ever achieved.

  4. Category:1950s American game shows - Wikipedia

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    Take a Chance (American game show) Take It or Leave It (radio show) The Talent Shop; Think Fast (1949 game show) Tic-Tac-Dough; Time Will Tell (game show) To Tell the Truth; Truth or Consequences; Twenty Questions (American game show) Twenty-One (game show)

  5. The best and worst game show moments - AOL

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    Fans of "Wheel Of Fortune" are probably already familiar with Pat Sajak's mini meltdown back in November when two contestants made similar (and totally insane) guesses, but game shows have been ...

  6. 10 Fashion Trends From the 1950s That Are Making a Comeback - AOL

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    “The 1950s fashion embraced femininity with A-line dresses, matching sets, puffy skirts, and romantic details like softer shoulders, lace, and delicate patterns,” says Tali Kogan, a personal ...

  7. The $64,000 Question - Wikipedia

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    The $64,000 Question is an American game show broadcast in primetime on CBS-TV from 1955 to 1958, which became embroiled in the 1950s quiz show scandals. Contestants answered general knowledge questions, earning money which doubled as the questions became more difficult.

  8. The New Quiz Show Scandal: FCC Investigates Fox's 'Our ... - AOL

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    Don't say you didn't see this one coming. The Federal Communications Commission is investigating whether producers for a Fox trivia-game show called Our Little Genius fed answers to young contestants.

  9. Charles Van Doren - Wikipedia

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    Charles Lincoln Van Doren (February 12, 1926 – April 9, 2019) [1] was an American writer and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. In 1959 he testified before the United States Congress that he had been given the correct answers by the producers of the NBC quiz show Twenty-One.