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The Iron Road | Primary Source

Have students consider which modes of transportation they might use to travel from New York to San Francisco and how long each journey would take.

The Quiz Show Scandal | Article

"And here is your host, Bill Fox." I stood there for a moment until somebody said, "That's you."

The Quiz Show Scandal | Primary Source

The headline of this Los Angeles Times article reads "President Wants TV Scandals Cleaned Up." Published November 5, 1959.

The Quiz Show Scandal | Quiz

When Charles Van Doren faced these questions on the NBC quiz show "Twenty One," he held a hidden advantage.

The Quiz Show Scandal | Timeline

Timeline of 100 years of crime from 1896 to 1996.

The Quiz Show Scandal | Article

Beginning in radio, Enright had worked with Jack Barry to create and produce a series of successful quiz shows.

The Quiz Show Scandal | Article

aAs the man who helped expose Charles Van Doren, the most famous quiz show contestant of all, Stempel earned a place in television history.

The Quiz Show Scandal | Article

One sponsor clearly implicated was the cosmetics company, Revlon, operated by Charles Revson.

The Quiz Show Scandal | Article

Perhaps no other figure involved in the television quiz shows of the 1950s had a more meteoric rise and fall than Charles Van Doren.

The Quiz Show Scandal | Article

As television moved into millions of homes in the 1950s, the popular quiz shows followed.

The Quiz Show Scandal | Article

The big-money quiz show that spawned a rash of copycats in the mid-1950s was none other than "The $64,000 Question."