Ready to test your knowledge? Anderson Cooper has 10 questions to get you warmed up for the “CNN Quiz Show: Famous Americans Edition” on Sunday, December 13, at 7 p.m. ET.

The big-money quiz show that spawned a rash of copycats in the mid-1950s was none other than "The $64,000 Question." The idea for the show came from the 45-year old Louis G. Cowan, who created ...

Corbis During the Depression, however, the quiz show caught on. The beloved big-band show, the sportscast, the mystery hour, even the soap opera, were transformed into some kind of prize-giving ...