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Quiz kids : the radio program with the smartest children in America, 1940-1953 / Martin A. Gardner.
- Title
- Quiz kids : the radio program with the smartest children in America, 1940-1953 / Martin A. Gardner.
- Author
- Gardner, Martin A.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina ; London : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN1991.77.Q85 G37 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- v, 312 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- ""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"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780786439768 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786439769 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2013027019
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library