History Series / The64000Question

** In April 2000, CBS piloted a revival from Dick Clark Productions to cash in on the success of ''Millionaire'' with a top prize of $1,028,000, but it was scrapped. The pilot has been seen by a select few outside the network (such as [[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=64000Question2000 this review]]), and is generally considered terrible. CBS ultimately ordered a U.S. version of ''Series/WinningLines'' -- a series from the creators of ''Millionaire'' -- instead.

** In April 2000, CBS piloted a revival to cash in on the success of ''Millionaire'' with a top prize of $1,028,000, but it was scrapped. The pilot has been seen by a select few outside the network (such as [[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=64000Question2000 this review]]), and is generally considered terrible: for starters, they apparently didn't learn their lesson about rigging (although to be fair, pilots are sometimes rigged in order to produce a desired result so it'd be presentable to relevant executives).
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!!GameShowTropes in use:

* Personnel:
** GameShowHost: Hal March hosted the original TV run; Sonny Fox and then Ralph Story hosted the ''Challenge'' spin-off. Mike Darrow hosted the first season of the 1970s revival, with [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} Alex Trebek]] replacing him on the second. Greg Gumbel[[note]]elder brother of former NFL on NBC and Series/{{Today}} host and then-current Early Show on Creator/{{CBS}} host Bryant and (after hosting the CBS "NFL Today" pregame show for the final four seasons of CBS having [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFC coverage]] (1990-93); then after CBS lost the NFL to Creator/{{FOX}} in 1994; jumped over to NBC, where he hosted NBC's NFL pregame show from 1994 until NBC lost AFC coverage rights to CBS, and thus [[TheBusCameBack returning to CBS]] as the lead play-by-play broadcaster for that sport at the time of the pilot[[/note]] hosted the unsold 2000 attempt.
*** The CBS radio show was hosted by Bob Hawk (1940-1941) and Phil Baker (1941-1947). The NBC run was hosted by [[Series/IveGotASecret Garry Moore]] (1947-1949), Eddie Cantor (1949-1950), [[Series/TheTonightShow Jack Paar]] (from June 11, 1950 to March 1951, and from December 1951 to cancellation on June 1, 1952) and Baker again (March-December 1951).

* SoundProofBooth: Used on the higher-level questions. Sponsored by Revlon!
** StudioAudience
* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: It's clear that ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' can be viewed as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Question'' in more ways than one - money ladder with checkpoints, thousands of dollars on the line, a glitzy set, and suspense. ''Millionaire'' may have codified the modern version of a big-money quiz show, but it has a lot to owe to ''Question''. Michael Davies, an ABC producer, originally wanted to produce a revival of ''Question'' before learning about the impending premiere of ''Millionaire'' -- awestruck over the intricacy and detail of its presentation. He went as far as asking multiple colleagues in Britain to send him VCR recordings of the premiere so he could see what all the hype was about.
** In April 2000, CBS piloted a revival to cash in on the success of ''Millionaire'' with a top prize of $1,028,000, but it was scrapped. The pilot has been seen by a select few outside the network (such as [[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=64000Question2000 this review]]), and is generally considered terrible: for starters, they apparently didn't learn their lesson about rigging (although to be fair, pilots are sometimes rigged in order to produce a desired result so it'd be presentable to relevant executives).
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* BroadcastLive: As was common practice at the time.

On April 21, 1940, the Creator/{{CBS}} radio network premiered a simple little quiz show called ''Take It or Leave It''; answer correctly, and you won $1. You could "take it" and stop, or answer another question to double the money, losing what you earned if you answered incorrectly. A contestant could keep going until they reached the seventh and final question, which awarded the [[GameShowWinningsCap grand prize]] of $64. The show became ingrained in the pop culture of the time; the notion of the "$64 question" was a popular metaphor for an important question or decision, and even the StudioAudience's [[CatchPhrase warning]] about what would happen if you answered wrong ("You'll be ''SORRY!''") was notable enough to be referenced in a few ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts, namely the game-show inspired ''WesternAnimation/TheDucksters''. It moved to Creator/{{NBC}} in 1947 and was renamed ''The $64 Question'' in 1950; the show ended in 1952.

On April 21, 1940, the Creator/{{CBS}} radio network premiered a simple little quiz show called ''Take It or Leave It''; answer correctly, and you won $1. You could "take it" and stop, or answer another question to double the money, losing what you earned if you answered incorrectly. A contestant could keep going until they reached the seventh and final question, which awarded the [[GameShowWinningsCap grand prize]] of $64. The show became ingrained in the pop culture of the time; the notion of the "$64 question" was a popular metaphor for an important question or decision, and even the StudioAudience's [[CatchPhrase warning]] about what would happen if you answered wrong ("You'll be ''SORRY!''") was notable enough to be referenced in a ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short. It moved to Creator/{{NBC}} in 1947 and was renamed ''The $64 Question'' in 1950; the show ended in 1952.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Rev. Charles E. "Stoney" Jackson, a Tennessee preacher who had won $16,000 on ''Question'' answering questions about was "the world's great lovers," was invited back to participate on ''Challenge'' and won $4,000 answering a question that producer Shirley Bernstein ([[Music/LeonardBernstein Leonard's]] sister) had given him the answer to before the show. He hadn't realized the show was rigged until the question came up during the game, and afterward refused to accept his winnings. He even went to the print media with the intention of blowing the whistle on the show, but this was before the Herb Stempel incident on ''Series/TwentyOne'' and no one took Jackson seriously.
** StudioAudience

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Rev. Charles E. "Stoney" Jackson, a Tennessee preacher who had won $16,000 on ''Question'' answering questions about was "the world's great lovers," was invited back to participate on ''Challenge'' and won $4,000 answering a question that producer Shirley Bernstein ([[Music/LeonardBernstein Leonard's]] sister) had given him the answer to before the show. He hadn't realized the show was rigged until the question came up during the game, and afterward refused to accept his winnings. He even went to the media with the intention of blowing the whistle on the show, but no one took him seriously.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Rev. Charles E. "Stoney" Jackson, a Tennessee preacher who had won $16,000 on ''Question'' answering questions about was "the world's great lovers," returned to participate on ''Challenge'' and won $4,000 answering a question that producer Shirley Bernstein ([[Music/LeonardBernstein Leonard's]] sister) had given him the answer to before the show. He hadn't realized the show was rigged until the question came up during the game, and afterward refused to accept his $4,000 check. He even went to the media with the intention of blowing the whistle on the show, but no one took him seriously.