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Pursuing Trivia with Ken Jennings
HISTORY This Week
The American Quiz Shows Have a Spin
In november 19 56, an english instructor named charles van doran comes on the show as a contestant to challenge the in champ, herbert stemple. After a series of dramatic ties, van doren finally beats stemple and goes on to win more than a hundred thousand dollars. He's a real public darling. But then van doren retracts. He torneor denials of getting any assistance. Doran later confesses to cheating. And a congressional investigation finds that this is a widespread practice on the popular t v quiz shows. To the quiz watching public, this is a huge blow. I don't think americans had ever been lied to by television,
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