RE: $64,000 Question

It was indeed the $64,000 Question and Dr. Joyce Brothers was a winner.
It was the show that the movie "Quizshow" was loosely based-upon.

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> From: 	Joachim Heck - SunSoft[SMTP:jheck@East.Sun.COM]
> Sent: 	Friday, April 04, 1997 7:51 AM
> To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject:	$64,000 Question
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> Slaan@aol.com writes:
> 
> @:) I believe the show was a 50s thing called "You Bet Your Life", and
> @:) the prize was actually $64.  Rampant inflation, I guess.
> 
>   I don't know if the show was actually called "The $64,000 Question"
> (I think it was) but I'm certain that there was such a question and
> that the prize for it was in fact $64,000.  This was during the peak
> of the quiz show hype when you could make pretty good money.	I don't
> know if many people answered the question, though.
> 
> -joachim
>