Twenty One (game show)

Twenty One was one of the most infamous American game shows on record — a popular, yet thoroughly rigged, quiz show that spawned the single most popular contestant of the quiz show era, and which nearly caused the demise of the entire genre in the wake of Senate investigations. The 1994 movie Quiz Show is based on these events.

Foreign versions

In the United Kingdom, there was a version on ITV during the 1950s. As stated below (see the external link), this version also was pulled off due to quiz show scandals.

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United Kingdom - ITV

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A version on RTL in Germany aired from 2000 to 2001, hosted by Hans Meiser.

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Germany - 2000 - 2001

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Starting in September 2004, a French-language version has been airing on the TVA network based in Quebec and available across Canada. It is called Vingt-et-un, the French translation of twenty-one. The program is 30 minutes long, and each game consists of three rounds of questions, as opposed to five on the recent NBC version. The questions are still worth from one to 11 points. The prize money builds: $250, $500, $1,500, $3,500, $5,500, $12,500, and $20,000 more for a seventh win, all in CDN. Perfect 21 is played for up to $2,100. The host is Guy Mongrain, a popular Quebec television personality.

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2004 - French - TVA - Quebec - Canada - CDN - Guy Mongrain

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The top winner on the Canadian version is Simon Dufour-Turbis, with $49,700 in seven victories, and is the reigning champion. Olivier Lameroux won $47,200 in ten victories, the most on the Canadian version.

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