Theater of the Mind
The Quiz Kids
76 episodes · 1941–1951 · NBC, Blue Network, ABC · Variety & Music
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Quizmaster Joe Kelly put hard questions to a panel of very bright children. The show began in 1940 and ran on NBC, the Blue Network and ABC, sponsored for most of its life by Alka-Seltzer and One-A-Day vitamins.
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Episodes
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19411 episode
- Guest: Jack Benny (1941)
Opening question: "Would you drink 'Aqua Fountus'?"
19433 episodes
- Guest: Sister Elizabeth Kenny
Sister Elizabeth Kenny speaks from New York. Opening question: "Would you be pleased or displeased if 'varicella' paid you a visit?" - Guest: Jack Benny (1943)
Opening question: "Would a bathtub drain quicker if you continue to sit in the tub after pulling the plug?" - Guest: Fred Allen
From New York, with Fred Allen as the official judge. Opening question: "Name these famous people, identified by their first names only."
19462 episodes
- What Husband Gave His Wife Her Only Name
Opening question: "What husband gave his wife the only name she ever had?" - Guest: Vanessa Brown
From Hollywood, a former Quiz Kid interviews Vanessa Brown. Opening question: "If a brick weighs one pound plus one-half brick, how much does the brick weigh?"
19473 episodes
- Ambassador Wilhelm Morgenstierne
The guest is Norway's ambassador, Wilhelm Morgenstierne. Opening question: "Where would you find a troop of 'Hope' Indians?" - From Denver, Colorado
From Denver, for a fund-raiser. Opening question: "If you dug a hole from Denver to sea level, and jumped in, how long would it take you to hit bottom?" - Three Explorers Names La, De, Da
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
194831 episodes
- Who Hopes to Whip Cream in June
Opening question: "Who hopes to whip cream in June?" - Easter Bunny Visits
An Easter show. Opening question: "How do you know that eating carrots helps your eyes?" - From Dearborn, Michigan
From Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan. Opening question: "The city of Detroit has grown very rapidly during the past forty years, but in what field does Detroit hope to be especially proud of its growth (Groat) in 1948?" - What Animal Has Always Had the New Look
Opening question: "We've been hearing a lot about 'The New Look' in the last year, but what wild animal has always has the new look?" - What City Has a New Jack in the Box
Opening question: "What city can be said to have a new 'Jack-In-The Box'?" - The Quiz Kids Mothers
A Mother's Day show: the Quiz Kids' mothers join in. Opening question: "If you combined the symbols for molybdenum, thorium and erbium, what would you have?" - Visitors to Pittsburgh
Opening question: "What riddle has prevented a lot of visitors to Pittsburgh this year from going to home?" - A Nymph with a Telescope Looking at a Comet
Opening question: "Where might you find a nymph with a telescope, looking at a comet?" - Baseball Dessert
Opening question: "What popular American dessert would you get if you joined up the last name of a leading 1948 pitcher of the Cleveland Indians with the nickname of the 1927 third baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates?" - The Quiz Kids Fathers
The Quiz Kids take on their fathers. Opening question: "Why would Pennsylvania and protactinium remind you of the third Sunday in June?" - Eighth Anniversary Show
The eighth-anniversary show. Opening question: "How might you write the number 2000 so it would suggest one of the Quiz Kids?" - Celebrating Independence Day
Opening question: "What U.S. president's birthday is celebrated in every state and territory, other than George Washington?" - Two Names That Mean a Damp Rabbit Home
Opening question: "What combination of two names, seen in the news recently, would mean a damp home for a rabbit?" - Popular Song is Name of Explorer
Opening question: "When you give the title of a currently popular song, you pronounce the first name, the middle initial and the last name of a famous explorer." - Tom Dick and Harry Were in the News
Opening question: "Tom, Dick and Harry were in the news lately, do you know where and why?" - A Monarch Recently Turned Indian
Opening question: "A prominent monarch recently turned Indian. Can you explain?" - What Skin Makes the Best Slippers
Opening question: "What kind of skin makes the best slipper?" - Wear into the White House
Opening question: "If Dewey is elected, what is it that he will wear into the White House that no other president has had, for how many years?" - Sign Name for Hershey
Opening question: "If you buy a chocolate bar tomorrow, you'll have to spend your pennies. But why will thousands of people simply sign their names for a Hershey?" - Who is the Most Recent Queen for a Day
Opening question: "We're all familiar with the expression 'King for a Day.' But who is the most recent 'Queen for a Day'?" - The Railroad Fair
Lenox Lohr speaks about the Chicago Railroad Fair. Opening question: "How to handle women has been a problem from time immemorial. Looking to nature for an answer, how does the great pied hornbill handle this problem?" - If Hawaii is the Forty-ninth State
Opening question: "If Hawaii is entered as the forty-ninth state, will Delaware then be the smallest state?" - Fish and the General's Name
Opening question: "The name of what fish, spelled backwards, is the name of a famous general?" - A President's Name Is an Indian Tribe
Opening question: "What president's name is the same as the name of an Indian tribe?" - From St. Louis, Missouri
From St. Louis, a benefit for the Malcolm Bliss Hospital. Opening question: "If you dropped the first letter from the name of an article every one of you listeners possesses, it becomes in its plural form, "Goodbye" in another language." - A Mousetrap a Buttonhook and the Statue of Liberty
Opening question: "At what place might you see a mousetrap, a button hook, and the Statue Of Liberty in action?" - Thanksgiving Poem
A Thanksgiving show. Opening question: "Write an original Thanksgiving poem about things to be grateful for." - There Really is a Santa Claus
Opening question: "What are the best reasons you can think of to prove that there really is a Santa Claus." - Two Buckets at Different Temperatures
Opening question: "In two buckets of water, one at 25 degrees and the other at 50, you drop a silver dollar into each at the same time. In which will it reach bottom first?" - Christmas Party
A Christmas party at quizmaster Joe Kelly's home. Opening question: "Can you say 'Merry Christmas' in any language other than English?" - Similar Name
Opening question: "In all probability, you will run into names similar to the following in a publication at the first of the year."
19498 episodes
- Fish Spelled Backwards Is General
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title. - Atomic Numbers
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Outstanding Man Who Was PM then MP
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title. - Al Capp
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “4 Blind Mice and Number of Men on a Dead Man's Chest.” - A Hackle and a Ginger Quill
Opening question: "If someone gave you a gray hackle and a ginger quill, what would you do with them?" - The Achilles of Baseball
Opening question: "Who is the Achilles of baseball?" - Diego Rivera
Opening question: "Diego Rivera sounds like a nice spot, but why isn't it listed in any travel folder?" - Class of People in Washington, D.C.
Opening question: "What class of people in the nation's capitol still ride in carriages and like it?"
195021 episodes
- The Quiz Kids vs. the Professors
The Quiz Kids against professors from Northwestern University. Opening question: "What is the significance of the number 82070?" - Farm Questions
Delayed by a news bulletin from Korea. Every question is about farming, and there's a pig-feeding contest. - Voting to Music
Opening question: "What key of music might suggest a person too young to vote?" - International Trade Fair
Opening question: "Can you give a greeting in any other language other than your own?" - Geographical Delegate
Opening question: "Judging by his name alone, what delegate to the United Nations could you locate geographically?" - Hiawatha and Minnehaha
Opening question: "Hiawatha was interested in Minnehaha, who would be more interested?" - Gambusia Affinis
Opening question: "Why would you be wise to choose a spot for your Labor Day picnic near a good supply of Gambusia affinis?" - Pack Mule or CINCPAC
The first show of the eleventh season. Opening question: "What is a CINCPAC?" - Kiwanis Club International
A National Kids Day show with guests from Kiwanis. Opening question: "You've heard of the E.C.A. and the E.R.P., but what does A.R.E. stand for?" - Betty MacDonald's First Book
Opening question: "Judging by his name alone, what famous writer should have written Betty McDonald's first book?" - Tallahassee Is the Capital
Opening question: "What is the capitol of a certain state, starting with the same three letters that end the state that has Tallahasee for its capitol?" - A Nursery Rhyme Seventh US President and a Pier
Opening question: "A 'verbal charade': the answer to which is the three word title of a nursery rhyme." - The Fraternal Order of Eagles
Opening question: "Have you ever met a Halacudous Lutocephillis?" - First Landing Across the Atlantic
Opening question: "What country does not print its name on its postage stamps?" - He Threw off His Bird Cage and Ran Past the Woodpile
Opening question: "Where might you see the following: he threw off his birdcage and ran past the woodpile?" - A Mammal's Life Span
Opening question: "Judging by its life span, what mammal could tell us about the landing of the Pilgrims if it were able to talk?" - My Sugar is So Refined
Opening question: "The name of what college football player does this song suggest?" - Rotary International
Opening question: "What is the significance of the number 71113?" - 4-H Club Members
Opening question: "Name the famous farmers in American history from the following clues..." - Lions Club
Opening question: "What yellow flower that you dig up and throw away describes six men, all brave and stout?" - Elks Club
Opening question: "When was the first talking movie?"
19517 episodes
- Moses' Father-in-Law
Opening question: "On what baseball team would you find a player with the same last name as Moses' father-in-law?" - Noah Playing Canasta on the Ark
Opening question: "Why didn't Noah play Canasta on the ark?" - Twins from Syracuse
Opening question: "What other twins from Syracuse can you recall?" - Walker Bulldogs
Opening question: "If a man deals in Boston Bulldogs, he is probably a kennel owner, but what is his occupation if he deals in Walker Bulldogs?" - St. Patrick's Day Diamond
A St. Patrick's Day show. Opening question: "Why does an imitation diamond remind you of St. Patrick's Day?" - American Legion Women's Auxiliary
Opening question: "We find many fairyland cities in fairy stories, but where might we find a story city?" - Live from the Shamrock Hotel
From the Shamrock Hotel in Houston. Opening question: "What kind of Easter hat is most appropriate for the ladies of Texas to wear?"