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Dr. I.Q.
4 episodes · 1939–1948 · NBC · Variety & Music
Dr. I.Q., the Mental Banker, had no studio of his own: the show traveled to big theaters and concert halls from city to city, and the doctor paid silver dollars to people in the audience who answered his rapid-fire questions. Lew Valentine started it on the Blue Network on April 10, 1939; Jimmy McClain and Stanley Vainrib later played the doctor, and the radio show ran on NBC and ABC until November 29, 1950. Its announcer recalled that once "I have a lady in the balcony, doctor" caught on, they knew they had a hit.
Sources: Wikipedia: Dr. I.Q.; RadioGOLDINdex
Episodes
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1939
- Current Name of Peking
Lew Valentine's Dr. I.Q. comes from the Chicago Theatre. An opening question asks Peking's current name, and one contestant names Alfred Smith from the very first clue.
1942
- West Point of the Air
Dr. I.Q. (Lew Valentine) broadcasts from Shay's Buffalo Theatre in Buffalo, New York; the opening question asks what and where the West Point of the Air is. - Pearl Harbor Attack in the Philippines
Lew Valentine's quiz comes from a Kansas City theater; the opening question asks what the date was in the Philippines when Pearl Harbor was attacked.