100.000 of niets was originally part of another quiz show, Knal, wie vangt de bal?

In 1968 it returned to the screen, presented by Pros Verbruggen, Jan Theys and Rudy Samson.

On March 9, 1958, one candidate named Van Cuyck lost after giving only one wrong answer in a series of seven correct ones.

In comparison to present-day norms, many questions were phrased in an ambiguous manner and since every round the acceptance of dubious answers tended to differ at times.

[1] Female host Liliane Taelemans received a lot of criticism because her clothes were considered to be "too revealing".