RECORD WINNER LEAVES QUIZ
(N.Z. Press Association Copyright) NEW YORK, April 25. Ten-year-old Robert Strom, the United States record television quiz show winner* gave up on Wednesday night, having won 192.000 dollars.
Robert, who had answered questions in different scientific fields for many weeks on the programme, “The 64,000-dollar Question,” broke the record for quiz show winning last week. It was not much of a strain on Robert, his father said, but it was a terrific strain on his mother and father. Robert, who will get his winnings in three annual instalments, deposited in a trust fund, was asked by the programme compere how he felt about quitting the show. He replied: “Well—what can you do with parents?”
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28262, 27 April 1957, Page 12
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