Radio: Five Little Thinkers

Fortnight ago, a quintet of children filed into the studios of Chicago's WMAQ, proceeded to make the wizards of Information Please look like a bunch of backward spratlings. Ranging in age from seven to 14, the five little thinkers played the title roles in a new NBC show called the Quiz Kids, sponsored by Alka-Seltzer. Standing up under a fierce grilling on mythology, ornithology, spelling, music, breeds of dogs, the Chicago prodigies left listeners awed with the scope of their learning, a trifle doubtful that the program was entirely unrehearsed. Snorted Variety: "If...

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