Charles Van Doren

Charles Van Doren

Charles Lincoln Van Doren (born February 12, 1926) is an American intellectual, writer, and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. In 1959 he confessed before the United States Congress that he had been given the correct answers by the producers of the show Twenty One.

Read more about Charles Van Doren:  Background, Quiz Show Star, Quiz Show Scandal, Aftermath, Film Version, "All The Answers", Further Reading

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