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Quiz Kids: The Radio Program with the Smartest Children in America, 1940-1953 by Martin A. Gardner (Paperback, 2013)

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Quiz Kids was a network radio programme aired from 1940 to 1953 featuring smart children answering difficult questions submitted by listeners throughout America. Part of radio history during its golden age, and set within the backdrop of dramatic changes in America - social, cultural and political - Quiz Kids thrived during this period spanning a time from home delivery of milk by horse and wagon to the nuclear age. Almost immediately after its debut, the programme made radio history. Audiences marvelled at the speed with which the Kids answered the most difficult questions. The show went beyond the producers' wildest expectations. It was a national phenomenon. Eleanor Roosevelt invited the Kids to the White House to meet with them. Their appearance at the Senate is discussed in the Congressional Record. During World War II, they toured America and raised $120,000,000 in war bonds. They were in demand at military bases, hospitals, fund raising events, national conventions. They were guests on Jack Benny's radio show for three consecutive weeks. Walt Disney, Bob Hope, Fred Allen, the Lone Ranger, Gene Autry and other famous people were on their programme.

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Publisher
Mcfarland & Co Inc
ISBN-13
9780786439768
eBay Product ID (ePID)
184222304

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Book Title
Quiz Kids: the Radio Program with the Smartest Children in America, 1940-1953
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Author
Martin A. Gardner
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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Title_Author
Martin A. Gardner
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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