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Charles Van Doren

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Charles Lincoln Van Doren (born February 12, 1926) is an American academic, writer, and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. [1]

67 relations: A History of Knowledge, American Heritage (magazine), Annapolis, Maryland, Aristotle, Arkansas, Associated Press, Astrophysics, Bachelor of Arts, Carl Van Doren, Columbia University, Dan Enright, Dartmouth College, Dave Garroway, David Halberstam, Dorothy Graffe Van Doren, Editing, Encarta, Encyclopædia Britannica, Falls Village, Connecticut, Herb Stempel, High School of Music & Art, House Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight, How to Read a Book, Humanities, Jack Barry (game show host), Jeffrey Hart, John Turturro, Julian Krainin, Liberal arts education, Mark Van Doren, Michael Lawrence (filmmaker), Mortimer J. Adler, National Review, NBC, New York (state), New York City, Nicomachean Ethics, Novelist, Oren Harris, PBS, Poet, Pulitzer Prize, Quiz Show (film), Ralph Fiennes, Richard N. Goodwin, Robert Redford, St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe), Steven Derounian, The Fifties (book), The Glory and the Dream, ..., The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Tic-Tac-Dough, Time (magazine), Today (U.S. TV program), Torrington, Connecticut, Twenty One (game show), United Kingdom, United States, United States Congress, University of Cambridge, University of Connecticut, Walter Karp, Wide Wide World, William Manchester, 1950s quiz show scandals. Expand index (17 more) »

A History of Knowledge

A History of Knowledge (1991) is a book on intellectual history, with emphasis on the western civilization, written by Charles Van Doren, a former editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica.

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American Heritage (magazine)

American Heritage is a magazine dedicated to covering the history of the United States of America for a mainstream readership.

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Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County.

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Aristotle

Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs,; 384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidiki, in the north of Classical Greece.

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Arkansas

Arkansas is a state in the southeastern region of the United States, home to over 3 million people as of 2017.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Astrophysics

Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that employs the principles of physics and chemistry "to ascertain the nature of the astronomical objects, rather than their positions or motions in space".

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (BA or AB, from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, sciences, or both.

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Carl Van Doren

Carl Clinton Van Doren (September 10, 1885 – July 18, 1950) was an American critic and biographer.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Dan Enright

Daniel "Dan" Enright (August 30, 1917 – May 22, 1992) was an American television producer, primarily of game shows.

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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States.

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Dave Garroway

David Cunningham "Dave" Garroway (July 13, 1913 – July 21, 1982) was an American television personality.

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David Halberstam

David Halberstam (April 10, 1934April 23, 2007) was an American journalist and historian, known for his work on the Vietnam War, politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, and later, sports journalism.

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Dorothy Graffe Van Doren

Dorothy Graffe (May 2, 1896 – February 21, 1993) was an American novelist.

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Editing

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information.

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Encarta

Microsoft Encarta was a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft Corporation from 1993 to 2009.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Falls Village, Connecticut

Falls Village is a village and census-designated place in the town of Canaan in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

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Herb Stempel

Herbert Milton Stempel (born December 19, 1926) is an American television game show contestant and subsequent whistleblower on the fraudulent nature of the industry, in what became known as the quiz show scandals.

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High School of Music & Art

The High School of Music & Art, informally known as "Music & Art", was a public high school at 443-465 West 135th Street, New York, New York, USA, that existed from 1936 until 1984, when it merged into the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & the Arts.

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House Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight

The House Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight was a special subcommittee of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, responsible for the oversight of federal regulatory agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission.

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How to Read a Book

How to Read a Book is a 1940 book by Mortimer Adler.

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Humanities

Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture.

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Jack Barry (game show host)

Jack Barry (born John Barasch; March 20, 1918 – May 2, 1984) was an American television personality and executive who made a name for himself in the game show field.

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Jeffrey Hart

Jeffrey Peter Hart (born April 22, 1930) is an American cultural critic, essayist, columnist, and Professor Emeritus of English at Dartmouth College.

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John Turturro

John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an Italian-American character actor, writer and filmmaker known for his roles in the films Do the Right Thing (1989), Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), Quiz Show (1994), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) and four entries in the ''Transformers'' film series, most recently ''The Last Knight'' (2017).

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Julian Krainin

Julian Krainin (born January 24, 1941) is an American film producer, film director, cinematographer and scriptwriter, winner of a 1974 Academy Award for best documentary short film for Princeton: A Search for Answers.

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Liberal arts education

Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") can claim to be the oldest programme of higher education in Western history.

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Mark Van Doren

Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) was an American poet, writer and critic.

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Michael Lawrence (filmmaker)

Michael R. Lawrence is an American filmmaker and screenwriter living in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Mortimer J. Adler

Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an American philosopher, educator, and popular author.

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National Review

National Review (NR) is an American semi-monthly conservative editorial magazine focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nicomachean Ethics

The Nicomachean Ethics (Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια) is the name normally given to Aristotle's best-known work on ethics.

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Novelist

A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction.

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Oren Harris

Oren Harris (December 20, 1903 – February 5, 1997) was a U.S. Representative and United States District Judge from El Dorado, Arkansas.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

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Poet

A poet is a person who creates poetry.

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Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

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Quiz Show (film)

Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical film produced and directed by Robert Redford, and written by Paul Attanasio, based on Richard N. Goodwin's memoir Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties. It stars John Turturro, Rob Morrow, and Ralph Fiennes, with Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria, and Christopher McDonald appearing in supporting roles.

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Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (. The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2008 born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer and director.

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Richard N. Goodwin

Richard Naradof Goodwin (December 7, 1931 – May 20, 2018) was an American writer and presidential advisor.

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Robert Redford

Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor, director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, and philanthropist.

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St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)

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Steven Derounian

Steven Boghos Derounian (April 6, 1918 – April 17, 2007) was a Republican Congressman of Armenian-American descent.

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The Fifties (book)

The Fifties (1993) is a historical account by David Halberstam about the decade of the 1950s in the United States.

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The Glory and the Dream

The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972 is a 1,400-page social history by William Manchester, first published in 1974.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Tic-Tac-Dough

Tic-Tac-Dough is an American television game show based on the paper-and-pencil game of tic-tac-toe.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Today (U.S. TV program)

Today, also called The Today Show, is an American news and talk morning television show that airs on NBC.

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Torrington, Connecticut

Torrington is the largest city in Litchfield County, Connecticut and the Northwest Hills region.

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Twenty One (game show)

Twenty One is an American game show originally hosted by Jack Barry which aired on NBC from 1956 to 1958.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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University of Connecticut

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land grant, National Sea Grant and National Space Grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, United States.

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Walter Karp

Walter B. Karp (May 14, 1934 – July 19, 1989) was an American journalist, historian, and writer who published in magazines such as American Heritage and Horizon, and was also a contributing editor for Harper's Magazine (edited by friend Lewis H. Lapham), which re-published some of his political history books in 2003.

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Wide Wide World

Wide Wide World was a 90-minute documentary series telecast live on NBC on Sunday afternoons at 4pm Eastern.

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William Manchester

William Raymond Manchester (April 1, 1922 – June 1, 2004) was an American author, biographer, and historian.

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1950s quiz show scandals

The American quiz show scandals of the 1950s were a series of revelations that contestants of several popular television quiz shows were secretly given assistance by the show's producers to arrange the outcome of an ostensibly fair competition.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Van_Doren

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