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  2. The $64,000 Question - Wikipedia

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    The Honeymooners: "The $99,000 Answer" (first aired January 28, 1956); Ralph becomes a contestant on a quiz show, but nervously answers his first question incorrectly. The Phil Silvers Show: "It's for the Birds". Bilko discovers one of his platoon is an expert on birds. He signs Pvt. Honnegan (played by Fred Gwynne) up for The $64,000 Question ...

  3. The $64,000 Question (British game show) - Wikipedia

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    The $64,000 Question was a British quiz show based on the American format of the same name.The show originally ran from 19 May 1956 to 18 January 1958 produced by ATV and was originally hosted by Jerry Desmonde, and called simply The 64,000 Question with the top prize initially being 64,000 sixpences (£1,600), later doubling to 64,000 shillings (£3,200).

  4. 1950s quiz show scandals - Wikipedia

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    In late 1956, Herb Stempel, a contestant on NBC's Twenty-One, was coached by Enright.While Stempel was in the midst of his winning streak, both of the $64,000 quiz shows (The $64,000 Question and its spin-off, The $64,000 Challenge) were in the top-ten rated programs but Twenty-One did not have the same popularity.

  5. The $64,000 question: Could you live in an 800-square ... - AOL

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  6. Take It or Leave It (radio show) - Wikipedia

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    When he is chosen as a contestant on the radio quiz show, the prize money is increased beyond the usual $64. [citation needed] The program was the basis for the later television program, The $64,000 Question. [6] In the summer of 1943, the show's audience was estimated at 23 million, making it the highest-rated quiz program on radio. [7]

  7. American game show winnings records - Wikipedia

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    During the early quiz show boom of the mid-1950s, Richard McCutcheon set the first major winnings record by winning the title prize on The $64,000 Question on September 13, 1955, [12] matched shortly thereafter by Joyce Brothers on December 3, [13] despite producers attempting to give her questions they thought she could not answer. [14]

  8. Charles Van Doren - Wikipedia

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    Charles Lincoln Van Doren (February 12, 1926 – April 9, 2019) [1] was an American writer and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. In 1959 he testified before the United States Congress that he had been given the correct answers by the producers of the NBC quiz show Twenty-One.

  9. Fox News Digital's News Quiz: February 21, 2025 - AOL

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    President Trump called a world leader a “dictator without elections," and one state declared a "state of emergency" due to bird flu. See if you know the details in this week's News Quiz.