Herbert Stempel In The Movie Quiz Show

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In the movie Quiz Show as well as in history Charles Van Doren was a college professor and was a challenger to the champion Herbert Stempel on Twenty One on November 28, 1956. Herbert Stempel was somewhat unpopular with the viewers. Unlike in the movie where they only played one round and herb lost on the one question he got wrong Van Doren and Stempel played a series of four tied games. In history and in the film Herbert Stempel did get "What motion picture won the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture for 1955?" Question wrong and Stempel did know that the answer to the question was Marty for it was one of his favorite films. However, the producers ordered him to answer the question with On the Waterfront. Stempel did answer incorrectly

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