How the first major Flemish TV quiz ‘100,000 or nothing’ had an immense impact: “The whole neighborhood came to watch when the truck delivered the prizes”

Arguing professors. Candidates who were snatched from the train. And parliamentary interventions. The impact of the first major Flemish TV quiz, 100,000 or nothing, is immense in the late 1950s. The winner also received 100,000 francs worth of electrical appliances to take home. “We last used the parquet scrubber a few years ago 100,000 or nothing-piece to the container park”, says the daughter of the first winner, who was then described in the newspaper as – yes – “the smartest person”.

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