Quiz Kids: The Radio Program With The Smartest Children In America, 1940-1953

Synopsis

Quiz Kids Was A Network Radio Program Aired From 1940 To 1953 Featuring Smart Children Answering Difficult Questions Submitted By Listeners Throughout America. Quiz Kids Thrived During This Period Spanning A Time From Home Delivery Of Milk By Horse And Wagon To The Nuclear Age. The Show Went Beyond The Producers' Wildest Expectations To Be A National Phenomenon-- Children On My Mind -- The Brains Behind The Brains -- How To Become A Quiz Kid -- The Whirlwind Begins -- The Quiz Kids-selected Short Subjects -- Rising Stars -- Hooray For Hollywood -- Soldiering On -- Box 1100 -- Quiz Kids, Too? -- Any Bonds Today? -- Don't You Know There's A War On? -- Peace -- Kids Will Be Kids -- Goodbye, Mr. Kelly -- Appendix A: Questions And Answers -- Appendix B: The Quiz Kids, Programs And Guests -- Appendix C: Quiz Kids Program Chronology. Martin A. Gardner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.