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    TV Shows - 1950s Variety 1 Min Read

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    Contestants on this Thursday night summer quiz show from CBS were aided by members of a celebrity panel to identify something known only to the moderator and the audience.

    Each contestant started with $150. As they looked on, the panel asked questions of the moderator to determine the identity of the mystery object with $5 deducted from the $150 each time one of their questions received a “yes” answer.

    The contestant won whatever was left of the original $150 after the money for the “yes” answers was subtracted – hence the need to guess as quickly as possible.

    The contestant could take a maximum of four guesses, and if the entire $150 was used up – either by 30 “yes” answers or if the contestant had made four incorrect guesses – there were no winnings at all.

    Moderator
    John K M McCaffery
    Panellists
    Margaret Lindsay
    Ernie Kovacs
    Dorothy Hart
    John Crawford
    Robin Chandler
    Hans Conried

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