I was just sitting here thinking about Getúilio Vargas-there was a man, don’t you think?. “Have another dessert, sure, you bet, it’s on the network tab. Apparently, in many cases, players didn’t even know they were getting the answers at lunch with one of the producers, the conversation would amiably meander into some arcane topic, as it often does at lunch.
It didn’t have to be heavy-handed, though. Some of them answered anyway.Īs necessary, contestants received the answers in advance. In that era, quiz shows in America asked questions that were impossible for many contestants to answer. Things were different in the mid-1950s, however. On British shows, the contestant lists the Brazilian presidents in order, includes their spouses, names their mistresses or gigolos, also in order, and wins a five-pound note. On a counterpart American show, the contestant gets a new truck for knowing whether Brazil is in Australia. A person never feels more truly American than when sitting stone-faced and silent through a British quiz show. The difficulty of that question may come as a shock, especially to anyone who has had the enlightening experience of watching British quiz shows recently. Joyce Brothers maintained that she was a winning contestant by her own merits on the gameshow "The $64,000 Challenge." Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons On November 15, 1955, a woman in her twenties made national news by appearing on a quiz show in a New York studio to answer a question written especially for her: “What are the ring names of the four heavyweight boxing champions whose real names are Rocco Marchegiano, Arnold Raymond Cream, Joseph Paul Zukauskas, and Noah Brusso?”ĭespite cheating allegations, Dr.
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