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What was the first grand prize in "Pyramid"?

What was the first grand prize in "Pyramid"?
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Bob Stewart pitched CBS executives on his brilliant new game show idea: "Let's get six random Americans to shout increasingly panicked word clues at each other while Dick Clark watches." Somehow they bought it, and "Pyramid" joined TV's cash-flinging game show titans of 1973. But just how much money would make someone yell random categories at complete strangers?