"Quiz Show", Let's play "Twenty One"!

Answer: Tic Tac Dough

Once Al Freedman spots Charlie auditioning he immediately pulls him in as the next contestant on "Twenty One". When asked why he was auditioning for "Tic Tac Dough", Charlie says it seemed more feasible.

Answer: Harvard

Dick Goodwin loves to brag about this. Multiple times during the film does he qualify himself by bragging that he graduated first in his class at Harvard. Charlie tells him later in the movie that if he'd graduated first in his class he'd get a tattoo.

Answer: Joe DiMaggio

During the scene when the producers are trying to get a feel as to whether Charlie would be agreeable to getting the answers in advance, they question the amount of money he gets paid as a teacher. Charlie confesses he wanted to be Joe DiMaggio when he was a little boy.

Answer: Geritol

The sponsor is called out when the story broke that the show was rigged. During a confrontation between Dick Goodwin and the President of NBC, Dick accuses NBC of fraud and states that Geritol made money off of a deception to the country.

Answer: A television set

At the birthday party attended by the entire Van Doren family and Dick Goodwin, his father unwraps his new television set. He looks around and says, "I guess I'm surrounded," suggesting he was the last holdout in the family to get a television.

Answer: On The Waterfront

Herbert Stemple spends the rest of the film in outrage that he collapsed under the pressure from the producers to throw the game. He had told several people that "Marty" was this favorite movie and that he saw it multiple times in the theater when it came out.

Answer: Martin Scorsese

Just before the hearings Dick Goodwin and Martin Rittenhome (Scorsese) have a discussion about how many executives in NBC knew about "Twenty One" being rigged. He warns Dick to be careful during the hearings because he has a bright future, a veiled threat.

Answer: The drums

During Dick Goodwin's first talk with Stemple, his son can be heard upstairs wailing away on his drums. Stemple finally turns to his wife and tells her to tell their son to take five.

Answer: Egregious

In an attempt to make himself feel less guilty for cheating, Charlie asks for the questions in advance instead of the answers. He tells Al Freedman that would be less egregious. Al has to ask Dick Enright what the word means.

Answer: True

According to the movie this isn't the result of a confrontation between Charles Van Doren and the school administrators. It's told to Charlie and his father after Charlie testifies in front of congress by a reporter.

Answer: The McCarthy Hearings

Dick and his wife get into a heated argument about the legitimacy of the hearings while entertaining one of Dick's co-workers because she thinks it's McCarthy-ism. Dick's wife gets so mad she says to his friend Bob, "How would you like Dick's steak cooked Bob?"

Answer: His uncle's affair

This scene has a great line when Dick says that his uncle finally admitted to his aunt he had an affair. Dick asks him, "Why did you tell her> You got away with it." His uncle replies, "It was the getting away with it part I couldn't live with."

Answer: The Greenwich Village Beatnik

Before Dick discloses his evidence, Enright refers to Snodgrass as The Greenwich Village Beatnik, to which Dick replies, "Why is he a beatnik? Because he's not Charles Van Doren?" Once Dick shows Dan the evidence, the wind is let out of his sails.

Answer: Plagiarizing a comic strip

Mark Van Doren shows his disapproval early on for the absurdity of game shows and people cheating on them. His visible shock and disappointment when he finds out that his son also cheated is heartbreaking.

Answer: Chrysler

The film opens with Dick Goodwin looking at a sleek new model Chrysler while a fast talking salesman tries to close the deal. Later on Dick's wife mentions that he brought home a Chrysler catalog.