Radio's shrill-voiced, incredible pundits, the Quiz Kids, last fortnight took the Army aviation cadet "screening" test, averaged a score of 101. Passing score: 80. Commented Van Dyke Tiers, 15: "Some of the math and physics problems I recognized from school before I was halfway through them." His score was 131, only 12 below the highest ever registered at the Chicago recruiting office.
Last year, in a non-broadcast contest, the Kids roundly trounced five University of Chicago professors. Score: 140-to-275, in favor of the Kids. Smarting from this rout, the professors boned up for a...
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