英语词汇$64 question的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

$64 question. On the radio quiz program “Take It or Leave It,” which premiered in 1941 and was emceed by Bob Hawk, topics were chosen by contestants from the studio audience and questions on these topics answered by each contestant on seven levels. The easiest question was worth two dollars and the questions progressed in difficulty until the ultimate $64 Question was reached. The popularity of the show added to the language the expression the $64 question, “any question diffi- cult to answer,” and inspired a slew of similar quiz shows. A de- cade later came television’s “$64,000 Question” with its plateaus instead of levels, its isolation booth, and its scandals involving prominent contestants who cheated in cahoots with the pro- ducers. Then, after a long hiatus, there was the “$128,000 Ques- tion,” but despite these programs with their inflated prizes, $64 question retains its place in the national vocabulary.

词汇	$64 question
词源	$64 question. On the radio quiz program “Take It or Leave It,” which premiered in 1941 and was emceed by Bob Hawk, topics were chosen by contestants from the studio audience and questions on these topics answered by each contestant on seven levels. The easiest question was worth two dollars and the questions progressed in difficulty until the ultimate $64 Question was reached. The popularity of the show added to the language the expression the $64 question, “any question diffi- cult to answer,” and inspired a slew of similar quiz shows. A de- cade later came television’s “$64,000 Question” with its plateaus instead of levels, its isolation booth, and its scandals involving prominent contestants who cheated in cahoots with the pro- ducers. Then, after a long hiatus, there was the “$128,000 Ques- tion,” but despite these programs with their inflated prizes, $64 question retains its place in the national vocabulary.
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