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...Journalist Peter Lance, who first raised these allegations in his book "The Stingray," likened the potential fallout to the quiz-show scandals of the 1950s. The rigging of shows like "Twenty-One" led to national disillusionment and the establishment of FCC rules forbidding the fixing of competitions. But not only does this not yet look like a Charles Van Doren-scale shocker, I'm not sure whether one is even possible anymore. One reason has to do with the kinds of game shows in prime time nowadays. The other has to do with the people watching them...
...reportage of that special stain on Monica Lewinsky's dress rubbed you the wrong way, now would be a good time to turn to the always hysterical News Quiz...O.K. Tennis great BORIS BECKER, target of a $4.8 million paternity suit filed by Russian model Angela Ermakova in a London court, is, according to numerous European press reports, preparing a defense that accuses Ermakova of impregnating herself with his sperm following an oral- sex rendezvous in the broom closet of a London restaurant. German and British reports also had Becker's attorneys trying to draw a link between Ermakova...
...starters, here's a pop quiz for those of you who decry Major League Baseball as an institution of clear-cut haves and have-nots...
Fortunately, this was a Kennedy School of Government (KSG) class and not a College lecture. Political wonks don't snooze when they get the chance to quiz three men caught up in the ballot maelstrom of South Florida...
CELEBRITY INVENTORS QUIZ...