minutes later, van doren would take over as the face of twenty one. "that's your answer? adequalpa?" "that's right." then you scored 21 points!" a fate that wasn't a consequence of chance but instead, one carefully scripted. a changing of the guard for an audience that had grown tired of stempel's reign. something the show's sponsor "geritol" deduced from the dip in ratings. van doren quickly asserted himself in pop culture answering his way to thousands of dollars and turning "twenty one" into must-see tv. meanwhile, a bitter herb stempel, forced to leave the spotlight became bent on exposing the show's fraud. he'd finally succeed in 1958, as a handul of other quiz shows came crashing down. "tic-tac dough" "dotto" "the 64-thousand dollar challenge" and "twenty one", all eventually admitted to building their shows on lies. feeding contestants answers or pressuring others to lose on purpose. "charles van doren arrives to apologize and attempt to explain to the millions whose friendship and respect he had won." a deceived nation turned its back on quiz shows forcing a stapl