While calling the following panelist for a question, John Daly mistakenly called Bennett Cerf as "Mr. Allen", giving the identity of the "mystery guest" away for the first time in the show's history.
Betty Caywood (1931-2020), the first contestant to appear, was one of the first female Major League Baseball sportscaster, providing color commentary on radio broadcasts for the Kansas City Athletics in September 1964.
The second contestant to appear, Mrs. Pearl Keyser, was a ticket saleslady at Broadway's Morosco Theatre's box office, where Arlene Francis would premiere in the play 'Beekman Place' (1964) the following Wednesday. The production ran for 29 performances.