Quiz kids : the radio program with the smartest children in America, 1940-1953 /
""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 nucl...
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| Language: | English |
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Jefferson :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. Children on My Mind; 2. The Brains Behind the Brains; 3. How to Become a Quiz Kid; 4. The Whirlwind Begins; 5. The Quiz Kids-Selected Short Subjects; 6. Rising Stars; 7. Hooray for Hollywood; 8. Soldiering On; 9. Box 1100; 10. Quiz Kids, Too?; 11. Any Bonds Today?; 12. Don't You Know There's a War On?; 13. Peace; 14. Kids Will Be Kids; 15. Goodbye, Mr. Kelly; Appendix A: Questions and Answers; Appendix B: The Quiz Kids, Programs and Guests; Appendix C: Quiz Kids Program Chronology; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index