2006-06-24 21:08:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
There was an old radio show called "The $64 Question". Yes, $64 was the top prize! This was later adapted for television as "The $64,000 Question".....but the original was so ingrained into the language (at least in North America) that the expression is still used today.
2006-06-24 21:13:49 · answer #1 · answered by missinglincoln 6 · 15⤊ 2⤋
It's from an old radio (and then TV) game show from the 40s and 50s, "The $64 Question." It later became "The $64,000 Question." The show was similar in format to "Who Wants to be a Millionaire."
2006-06-24 21:11:54 · answer #2 · answered by m137pay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the $64,000 Dollar Question, which was an old Radio game show where the top prize was $64,000. It worked like the TV show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
2006-06-24 21:13:20 · answer #3 · answered by net_at_nite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from one of the first game shows on TV, that became very popular... It was a series of questions leading up to the last worth $64,000... It was hyped into a really big deal, showcasing these extremely bright people and all... Then they discovered, that most of them really didn't know the, " square root of E=Mc squared+Pi... They had been given the answers... And yes, I am old enough to have been watching at the time...
2006-06-25 00:32:29 · answer #4 · answered by RIBMASTER 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't you mean $64,000 question? That's because there was once a very popular quiz show with that name on TV and the most valuable and most difficult question was worth $64,000 if you got it right - at least this is what I've always assumed the reason was.
2006-06-24 21:11:56 · answer #5 · answered by pollux 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a reference to an old game show where the final question was the most difficult to answer and was worth $64 (although i think the actual amount was $64,000), nowadays, the amount is often scaled-up to $64,000,000.
2006-06-25 09:33:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Economist have determined that $64 is price for each importan question asked. Unimportant questions are worth half as much.
2006-06-24 21:15:09 · answer #7 · answered by sentrasersr20de 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people just repeat the same crap that they've heard their parents and grandpappies say. It's some old BS Radio show from the 1800's that people still refer to. I personally think it's a dumb#ss phrase.
2006-06-24 21:13:38 · answer #8 · answered by liljomo1234 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think was from the game show Pyramid that the top question was worth $64,000 if you answered correctly.
2006-06-24 21:10:06 · answer #9 · answered by Oriental Delight 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always thought the million dollar question was better...
2006-06-24 21:45:57 · answer #10 · answered by Boom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋