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The $64,000 Question was an American game show broadcast in primetime on CBS-TV from 1955 to 1958, which became embroiled in the 1950s quiz show scandals. Contestants answered general knowledge questions, earning money which doubled as the questions became more difficult.
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The $64,000 question. | Grammarist. | Usage. The $64,000 Question was an American game show, broadcast in the late 1950s, in which contestants got the chance to win $64,000 for correctly answering a series of questions.
One of the most fabled of all quiz shows was The $64,000 Question, which aired on television (see entry under 1940s—TV and Radio in volume 3) from 1955 to 1958. In its prime years, the program was an instant hit, earning the top spot in the ratings. During the notorious game-show scandals of the late 1950s, the show's reputation was tarnished ...
the sixty-four thousand dollar ˈquestion. (also the million dollar ˈquestion) a very important question which is difficult or impossible to answer: The sixty-four thousand dollar question for modern astronomy is ‘Is there life elsewhere in the universe?’. This phrase originated in the 1940s as ‘the sixty-four dollar question’.
30. Okt. 2018 · This American-English phrase originated in the question posed at the climax of Take It or Leave It, a U.S. radio quiz for a prize of sixty-four dollars, first broadcast on CBS from 1940 to 1947, then on NBC from 1947 to 1950. The $64,000 Question, inspired by Take It or Leave It, was first broadcast on CBS television on 7 th June 1955.
noun. /ðə ˌsɪksti fɔr ˌθaʊznd ˌdɑlər ˈkwɛstʃən/ (informal) the thing that people most want to know, or that is most important It's a great plan, but the $64,000 question is: Will it work? From the name of a U.S. television show of the 1950s that gave prizes of money to people who answered questions correctly.
5. Nov. 1989 · By HOWARD ROSENBERG. Nov. 5, 1989 12 AM PT. <i> Rosenberg, a Pulitzer Prize winner, is the Times television critic. </i> IT WAS THE best and worst of times, the age of wisdom and folly, the epoch...
