And can this be explained without resorting to the phrase dumbing down or alluding to the questions on that Who Wants a Big Bucket of Money quiz show being multiple choice about the Brady Bunch , not like in the old days , when quiz show questions were so hard that you had to cheat to win , and presidential candidates all spoke in full sentences , in iambic pentameter , in Latin , while wearing complicated wigs and fancy hats and several layers of underwear with fastenings so elaborate you had to be like a genius just to undress for one of your Naked Fireside Chats from the Aero White House , a giant dirigible moored to Zelda Fitzgerald .
Quiz show questions were considered by some to be so hard that cheating was necessary .