So They Took The $64,000 And -- Marine Capt. Richard McCutchen, and his father and adviser, retired Navy Capt. John C. McCutchen hold check for $64,000-the most fabulous prize in the history of radio and television giveaway shows -- after the young officer knocked off a complicated question about a state dinner at Buckingham Palace. He had previously advanced through stages answering culinary questions until he earned the opportunity to try for the top pay-off. Show was telecast from a Manhattan studio tonight. September 13, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).