Game Show Interviewing
When I was growing up back in the Paleolithic period of commerce in the United States, there was a popular tv show called "College Bowl" hosted by Allen Ludden (you may know him better as Betty White's husband until he died).
On the show, a team of college students from a particular college competed against a team from another university to see which school won that week. America sat glued in front of the tv to see who won that week.
Over the course of its 17 years on air, 500 schools competed and shared in millions in prizes (it was in the 50's and a typical prize might be $500).
Before College Bowl, there was another game show, "21," that had viewers staring at their televisions hanging on every question and answer, until it was exposed as a fraud for giving some contestants the questions and answers
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