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Host
Art Fleming
Contestants
see below
Announcer
Don Pardo
Broadcast
September 28~October 2, 1964
Packager
Sony Pictures Television

Contestants[]

Rank Season Name Wins TW Results WC
1 1 John Murphy 5 $6,890
2 Terry Thompson $6,080
3 Rosemary Taubert $4,750
4 Phyllis Gallo $4,090
5 Madeline Von Koch $3,370
6 Ruth Lind $3,325
7 Pat McDermott $3,290
8 Sid Kramer $2,570
9 Helen Beck $2,490

Game Summary[]

Game Air Date Name Score Name Score Name Score
SF #1 September 28, 1964 Helen Beck $2,490 John Murphy $6,000 Rosemary Taubert $4,750
SF #2 September 29, 1964 Phyllis Gallo $4,090 Pat McDermott $3,290 Madeline Von Koch $3,730
SF #3 September 30, 1964 Terry Thompson $5,080 Sid Kramer $2,570 Ruth Lind $3,325
Final October 1, 1964 Phyllis Gallo ? John Murphy ? Terry Thompson $1,510
October 2, 1964 ? ? ?
Total ? ? ?

Notes[]

  • This was the first ever ToC in the Fleming era.
  • No final score information is given, so the winner is not determinable from the Master Books log. However, a contemporaneous article unearthed after Arthur Chu's run confirms that Swarthmore graduate Terry Armstrong Thompson was the winner. (See below in this thread.) The article corroborates her 5-day total of $5,080. Presumably, her cumulative score over her ToC appearances was $2,510, since the article reports that her ToC cash take was $3,510. Since we know her winning semifinal score was $1,000, her two-day finals total must have been $1,510. The record indicates that 3 brand new contestants appeared in the following game.

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