Quiz Kids 40-09-18 013 Can You Write A Four Line Poem Using Timbuktu

Summary

Podcast Summary: Harold's Old Time Radio – "Quiz Kids 40-09-18 013 Can You Write A Four Line Poem Using Timbuktu"

Release Date: April 7, 2025

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Introduction to the Episode

In this engaging episode of Harold's Old Time Radio, titled "Quiz Kids 40-09-18 013 Can You Write A Four Line Poem Using Timbuktu", host Joe Kelly leads a spirited competition among bright young minds. The show harkens back to the Golden Age of Radio, capturing the nostalgic atmosphere where families gathered around the radio to enjoy stimulating and entertaining programs.

Meet the Contestants

Joe Kelly introduces the returning champions and a newcomer, setting the stage for a competitive yet friendly battle of wits:

• Geraldine Hazel (14) from Evanston Township High School
• Jackie Lukal (13) from Oak Park High School
• Cynthia Klein (14) from Francis Parker School
• Jack Beckman (13) from St. Paul's High School
• Paul Kirk (13) from Leo High School (newcomer)

Additionally, four contestants from the previous week return to compete again, promising a "battle royale" as they vie for top honors.

Quiz Rounds and Key Interactions

1. Crafting a Four-Line Poem Using "Timbuktu"

• Timestamp [03:00]: Carrie M. Kish of Chicago challenges the kids to create a four-line poem with "Timbuktu" as the rhyme and theme.
• Notable Quote: Joe Kelly [19:23]: "A man once visited Timbuktu. Don't you wish you were there, too?"

2. Fairy Tale Characters' Demises

• Timestamp [04:05]: Questions about how characters like the wolf in "Little Red Riding Hood" and Cock Robin met their ends.
• Notable Interaction:
  • Geraldine Hazel [04:05]: "Chop his head off."
  • Joe Kelly [04:14]: "That's right."

3. Current Speaker and Senate Presiding Officer

• Timestamp [05:00]: Contestants are asked to identify the current Speaker of the House and the next presiding officer of the Senate.
• Notable Quote:
  • Geraldine Hazel [05:44]: "Representative Samuel Rayburn from Texas."

4. Identifying Classical Choruses

• Timestamp [06:18]: Identifying the Soldiers Chorus, Pilgrims Chorus, and Bridal Chorus from famous operas.
• Notable Quote:
  • Geraldine Hazel [07:12]: "The Bridal Chorus is from Lohengrin by Wagner."

5. Significance of Wearing Apparel in Literature

• Timestamp [08:41]: Linking items like a slipper, a coat, and a handkerchief to their respective books or plays.
• Notable Interaction:
  • Geraldine Hazel [08:44]: "The slipper is Cinderella."
  • Joe Kelly [09:12]: "The handkerchief from Shakespeare's Othello."

6. Naming State Capitals on the Missouri River

• Timestamp [10:32]: Contestants name state capitals situated along the Missouri River.
• Notable Quote:
  • Geraldine Hazel [11:09]: "Bismarck, North Dakota."

7. Job Assignments for Operatic Characters

• Timestamp [20:10]: Matching operatic characters like Figaro and Lieutenant Pinkerton to suitable jobs.
• Notable Interaction:
  • Geraldine Hazel [21:03]: "He was a barber in Seville."
  • Joe Kelly [21:26]: "Lieutenant Pinkerton was from Madame Butterfly."

8. Word Substitution with the Letter "Q"

• Timestamp [14:56]: Replacing words like fruit, traitor, coin, and bird with words starting with 'Q'.
• Notable Quote:
  • Geraldine Hazel [14:59]: "Quince is a fruit."

9. Associating Historical Events with Dates

• Timestamp [15:37]: Linking significant historical events to given dates such as 1620 and 1781.
• Notable Interaction:
  • Geraldine Hazel [16:02]: "The end of the Revolutionary War."

10. Recognizing Poetic Lines and Their Origins

• Timestamp [21:56]: Identifying a poem and its presence in an American story.
• Notable Line Requested: "Breathes there a man with soul so dead who never to himself hath said, this is my own, my native land."
• Note: This question was partially addressed before the segment was cut short.

Participants' Poems

As part of the quiz, contestants were tasked with creating original four-line poems incorporating "Timbuktu." Here's a glimpse into their creative expressions:

• Jack Beckman:

  "A man once visited Timbuktu.
  Don't you wish you were there, too?
  Forever, Jack.
  Timbuktu is mighty hot."

• Jackie Lukal:

  "I've never been to Timbuktu.
  I hear it's really like a zoo.
  Where they get the funny new,
  Lions and tigers too."

• Geraldine Hazel:

  "I've never been to Timbuktu
  But as far as the seas of sapphire blue
  Many a ship with a pirate crew
  Sailed with gold and silver too."

• Other Participants: Provided similar creative lines showcasing their poetic talents.

Final Scores and Results

After a series of challenging questions, the scores were tallied:

• Geraldine Hazel: 30 points
• Cynthia Klein: 25 points
• Jackie Lukal: 50 points
• Jack Beckman: 25 points
• Paul Kirk: 20 points

Geraldine emerged as the top scorer, followed by Cynthia and Jackie. Shoutouts to Jack Beckman and Paul Kirk for their impressive performances, despite not clinching the top spots.

Guest Observer’s Feedback

E. Hugh Matheson, Head of the Modern Languages Department at Lake Forest Academy, provided insightful commentary on the contestants and the show's impact:

• Timestamp [24:27]:

  "These youngsters look upon the whole thing as an exciting game and all the fun to be taken from the game with the questions known and answers prepared."

• Key Points:

  • Praised the authenticity and unrehearsed nature of the show.
  • Highlighted the contestants' diverse interests and innate curiosity.
  • Defended the younger generation against criticisms from older listeners, emphasizing their knowledge and charm.

Conclusion and Upcoming Challenges

Joe Kelly wrapped up the episode by congratulating the winners and announcing upcoming challenges. The top three contestants would return next week to face new competitors, including seasoned Quiz Kids veterans Gerard Darrow (8) and Van Dyke Tears (13) from Dolton, Illinois.

Notable Final Quote:

Joe Kelly [27:32]: "Friends, this is Joe Kelly dismissing the Quiz Kids class. Until next Wednesday at this same time. Good night, kids."

Listeners are encouraged to tune in next week for another round of intellectual fun and friendly competition among America’s brightest young minds.

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End of Summary

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Transcript

[Marvin Miller]

Presented by the makers of Alka Seltzer. We're on the air with the school kids questionnaire. Ladies and gentlemen, before we open the classroom door for the Quiz Kids. I'd just like to remind you that Alka Seltzer offers quick, pleasant relief for acid indigestion and upset stomach. And is also good for muscular fatigue. May I suggest the next time you suffer from one of these unpleasant ailments. That you ask your druggist for Alka Seltzer. And now for another exciting half hour with five swell youngsters, the Quiz Kids. The questions we are about to ask were sent in by you listeners. And selected for the program by Sidney L. James of the editorial staff of Time and Life magazine. We will award a fine Zenith portable radio. With patented detachable, built in wave magnet for each question used. And now, here's the chief quizzer himself, Joe Kelly.

[Joe Kelly]

Thank you, Marvin Miller, and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Before we proceed, I want to introduce our special guest observer for this evening. E. Hugh Matheson. Head of the Modern Languages Department of famous Lake Forest Academy. Mr. Matheson. Well, kids, win or lose tonight, you each get a $100 denomination United States savings Bond to apply on your future education. And the three with the highest scores will be invited back for next week's program. Of course, we said that last week. And four of you promptly made yourselves eligible to come back tonight. By turning in two sets of tie scores. So our four winners from last week. Geraldine.

[Geraldine Hazel]

I'm Geraldine Hazel. I'm 14 years old and I go to the Evanston Township High School.

[Joe Kelly]

And Jackie.

[Geraldine Hazel]

I'm Jack Lukal. I'm 13 years old and I go to Oak Park High School.

[Joe Kelly]

Who tied for first, incidentally? Friends. And Cynthia.

[Geraldine Hazel]

I'm Cynthia Klein. I'm 14 years old and I go to Francis Parker School.

[Joe Kelly]

And Jack.

[Geraldine Hazel]

I'm Jack Beckman, 13. I attend St. Paul's High School.

[Joe Kelly]

Who tied for second, incidentally. Now, the difference between the tie score for first and the tie scores for second was only 10 points. So with these four back again, we should have a battle royale tonight. And just to make it even tougher, we have a very capable newcomer. Paul. I'm Paul Kirk. I'm 13 and I go to Leo High School. All right, open the throttle on those bright young brains. Because here's the first question. Carrie M. Kish of Chicago, Illinois, who writes poetry when she isn't teaching school. Wants you quiz kids to write a four line poem. Using Timbuktu as the last word in one line and words that rhyme. With Timbuktu as the last word in the other three lines. The best poem will be graded on the basis of a four part question. Now, do you want me to read that over again or is that clear to you, boys and girls? Is it clear? All right, fine. I'll raise your hands when you have finished your poems. In the meantime, let's get along to the next question. Ms. Belle Iverson of Ames, Iowa, sends this one in. She wants you to tell us how the following fairy tale characters met their deaths. Now, listen carefully. The wolf in the Little Red Riding Hood. Jack Beckman, a woodcutter.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Chop his head off.

[Joe Kelly]

That's right. Incidentally, could you tell me who the woodcutter was? Jack.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Red Riding Hood's father.

[Joe Kelly]

That's right. All right, here's the next one. Cock Robin in who Killed Cock Robin? Paul? He was shot by Sperling. What? He was shot by a sparrow with his little bow and arrow. It's poetry, isn't it? That's right. Though now, the third one here. Humphrey and Rosie in Babes in the Woods. How did they meet their deaths? Humphrey and Rosie in Babes in the Woods.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Jackie, was it by a wolf?

[Joe Kelly]

No.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Cynthia, did they freeze to death?

[Joe Kelly]

Yes. And what else prompted their death? Jack Beckman.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Did they die of hunger?

[Joe Kelly]

That's right. Yes, Cold and hunger. So that takes care of that question. Now then, Hestane Weaver of Oak Park, Illinois. I want you to name the present speaker of the House of Representatives. And listen carefully, because this is tricky. Who will be the next presiding officer of the Senate? Jack Beckman.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Isn't it? Representative Martin?

[Joe Kelly]

No.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Well, the next one will be the vice president. The next vice president.

[Joe Kelly]

That's right. Can you tell me who the present speaker is now, Jackie?

[Geraldine Hazel]

Well, Speaker Bankhead. Do they want that answer or was the question sentence since he died?

[Joe Kelly]

This has been received since he passed away.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Well, isn't that Senator or Representative Samuel Rayburn from Texas?

[Joe Kelly]

That's right. That's correct. I was a little bit dubious about that, but the kids got the question. All right. Now then, Mrs. Gilda Kahnweiser of Newark, New Jersey, who is a musician herself, wants you kids to identify the Soldiers Chorus, the Pilgrims Chorus and the Bridal Chorus. All right, Cynthia.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Well, the Soldier Chorus is in. Is in the opera Tannhauser.

[Joe Kelly]

By whom?

[Geraldine Hazel]

By Fonder.

[Joe Kelly]

That's correct. All right. Oh, I. No, wait just a moment. I. Correction. The Soldiers Chorus. No, that's. That was an incorrect answer you gave me, Cynthia. Would you like to try that again? I know the song well, wait a minute. Did you say the Pilgrims Chorus or the Soldiers Chorus?

[Geraldine Hazel]

Well, now, I remember the Pilgrims Choruses in time like this.

[Joe Kelly]

That's correct. All right, the Soldiers chorus.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Jackie, the Soldiers chorus is from Faust by Gouno, I believe that's correct.

[Joe Kelly]

Let's see, the next one is the Bridal chorus.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Geraldine, The Bridal Chorus is from Lohengrin by Wagner, and it goes. And do you want to know the other two choruses?

[Joe Kelly]

Well, I'll tell you, Geraldine, you sort of stole a march on me here, Steve. But go ahead. We'll let it go.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Well, the Soldiers Chorus goes.

[Joe Kelly]

No, now, wait a minute. Let's give Cynthia a chance.

[Geraldine Hazel]

It goes.

[Joe Kelly]

Glory. That's it. That's it. All right. How about the Pilgrims Chorus? That's it. That's fine. Jack Beckman has his hand up. What is it, Jack?

[Geraldine Hazel]

Mr. Kelly, I finished my poem.

[Joe Kelly]

Oh, you have, huh? Well, swell. Tell you what you do. Now, you just hang on to it, and we'll wait until the rest of the quiz kids finish their poems, see, and then we'll have them in order. In the meantime, back to the questions. Nelly Smith of Chicago, Illinois, wants you to tell us in what three books or plays do the plots depend very largely on the following articles of wearing apparel, a slipper, a coat and a handkerchief.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Jackie, the slipper is Cinderella.

[Joe Kelly]

The slipper is Cinderella. Well, now, can you be a little more.

[Geraldine Hazel]

The slipper is from the story Cinderella.

[Joe Kelly]

That's right. All right. And we have the other two items. A coat and a handkerchief. A coat and a handkerchief. Jack Beckman.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Is that from, you know, the nursery rhyme? You know, the black sheep has some wool, and he won't give it to one guy. I mean, one fella, and he won't give it to another, so he gives it to his man and make himself a coat.

[Joe Kelly]

No, no, that isn't the answer that we want, Jack. How about the rest of your kids?

[Geraldine Hazel]

Paul Jacobs coat of any colors?

[Joe Kelly]

Whose? Jacobs? No, now, just a moment. Let's. Would you like to try that again, Paul, before we call on somebody else? No, I can't think of the name right now. All right, Jackie, that was Joseph's coat of many colors. That's right, son. And how about the handkerchief? The handkerchief played a very important part in a certain. Well, now, I can't. I'm not going to tell you. That is, unless I am obliged to. The handkerchief from Shakespeare's Othello. When Othello saw Cassio handling Desdemona's hanky, which he had found innocently Othello made up his mind the Deathdemona had been unfaithful and decided to kill her. So that's that. Now, Mr. A. Frederick Drahim of Detroit, Michigan is capitalizing on his knowledge of geography to get his portable radio set. He wants you to name the three state capitals that lie on the banks of the Missouri River. Two out of three. Three state capitals.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Geraldine, the capital of Missouri.

[Joe Kelly]

The three state capitals that lie on the banks of the Missouri River. I can't give you the state, you know, Paul. Would it be Jackson City, Missouri? That's one of them. Will you tell me that again? I didn't. Jackson City. Oh, I. I misunderstood you. No, that's incorrect. I'm sorry. Would you like to try it again, Paul? Jefferson City. Jefferson City. All right, let's continue.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Jackie, does Bismarck, North Dakota, is that on the Missouri River?

[Joe Kelly]

That's right. Of course, I'm asking the questions, you know. And of course, you kids forget that sometimes. That's all right, though. Now we got two out of three. And there's another one. I can tell you this one. Pierre, South Dakota. Well, that's a good beginning, kids. And now then, you can relax a moment because it's recess time.

[Marvin Miller]

While our youngsters are enjoying their relaxation, I'd like to ask you this question. How well do you relax? I mean, at the end of a long, hard day, how easy can you just sit back and relax? If you have been doing more physical work than you used to and your muscles are sore and aching, it's sometimes even hard to rest. Or your restlessness may be caused by an annoying headache or an upset stomach. Well, right then is the time for Alka Seltzer. Believe me, that's where Alka Seltzer shines. Yes, Alka Seltzer is just the thing for the dull, aching feeling of muscular fatigue and for headaches, acid indigestion, upset stomach and heartburn. Let Alka Seltzer help you in its quick, pleasant way to relax and enjoy a pleasant evening at home or with your friends. Drink a glass of sparkling, refreshing Alka Seltzer right now if you need it. If your supply is running low, see your druggist right away. Remember, Alka Seltzer is accepted and commended by the consumer service bureau of Parents magazine. Ladies and gentlemen, you are listening to the Quiz Kids, presented by the makers of Alka Seltzer. May I remind you that questions used are sent in by you listeners and that none of the children ever sees or hears any of the questions before the program. The sender of each question used receives a new Zenith portable radio with patented detachable built in wave magnet, which enables you to get perfect reception under conditions ordinarily impossible. The set has its own self contained battery or will operate on your direct or alternating electric light current. If you wish to try for one of these fine radios, send your original questions to the Quiz Kids, National Broadcasting Company, Chicago. Or if you're too busy to write, just step to the telephone and dictate your message to Postal Telegraph, which now has available special Quiz Kids Telegraph blanks at no low night telegram rates. We reserve the right to reword questions and if like questions are submitted, the first received will be used. All questions become the property of Quiz Kids.

[Joe Kelly]

Well, kids, we're ready for the second period. So far you've missed only one question and your individual scores at the halfway mark are Geraldine, 30 points, Cynthia, 25 points, Paul, 20 points, Jack Beckman, 25 points, and Jackie Lukal, 50 points. So let's get along now with the rest of the questions, many as we can answer. On the next question, you take your cue from Paul Coase of Chicago, Illinois. He wants you to substitute a word beginning with the letter Q for each of the following Fruit, traitor, coin and bird. Three out of four on this one.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Jackie Quince, Is that a fruit?

[Joe Kelly]

That's right, Cynthia.

[Geraldine Hazel]

The quarter is the coin.

[Joe Kelly]

That's good, Paul.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Would the bird be a quail?

[Joe Kelly]

It certainly would. And I guess that takes care of three out of four. The fruit, the coin and the bird. That's fine. Because you were so apt on the date question last week, Jesse MacArthur of Wilton Junction, Iowa, wants you to tell her with what historical events you associate the following dates. 1620.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Cynthia, that's when the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth rock.

[Joe Kelly]

That's good. 1781. 1781.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Jackie, some people say that that's when the Constitution was signed. Some other people say that it was signed in 1783.

[Joe Kelly]

Well, I'll tell you what let's do. We'll let them argue about that. See some people and 1781. We've got to. We must have a correct answer to this one.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Jack Beckman, the end of the Revolutionary War.

[Joe Kelly]

That's right. Correct. 1849. 1849.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Jack Beckman, the end of the Mexican War.

[Joe Kelly]

That's right. That certainly is. Mrs. S J Davies of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, found the following strange assortment of characters all in one book. Book. She wants you to name the book and the author. Now, I want you to withhold your hands until I give you the question. Completely A caterpillar who smokes. A rabbit who carries a fan and wears gloves. A lobster who dances. Cynthia.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Alice in Wonderland.

[Joe Kelly]

That's right. Lillian Mayer of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, wants you to identify a widow's peak, a widow's weeds and a widow's mite. Two out of three, Geraldine.

[Geraldine Hazel]

A widow's peak is some people's hair comes to a little point in the middle of their forehead.

[Joe Kelly]

Well, don't look at me now. My goodness.

[Geraldine Hazel]

And a widow's weeds are the clothes that she wears when she's in mourning.

[Joe Kelly]

That's correct.

[Geraldine Hazel]

What was the other one?

[Joe Kelly]

Widow's mite.

[Geraldine Hazel]

I don't know that.

[Joe Kelly]

Cynthia. Jackie. Paul.

[Geraldine Hazel]

No.

[Joe Kelly]

Jack.

[Geraldine Hazel]

No.

[Joe Kelly]

Well, a widow's mite is a small contribution of money from a widow. It's spelled M, I, T, e. Widow's Mite. E.B. leadhole Jr. Of Glendale, California. Says that a friend of his came back last year from a tour abroad with a pound, a franchise, a posada, a lira, a reichsmark and a krona in his pocket. Now, wait a minute now, kids. Can you name at least five countries he visited? Cynthia?

[Geraldine Hazel]

Well, he went to England and Germany.

[Joe Kelly]

Well, why would you say England?

[Geraldine Hazel]

Well, a pound.

[Joe Kelly]

Oh, I see. All right.

[Geraldine Hazel]

And the mark is used in Germany?

[Joe Kelly]

That's correct. Would you like to continue?

[Geraldine Hazel]

What were the others?

[Joe Kelly]

Well, let's see. The frank, peseta, lyra and krona. All right.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Well, the frank is in France.

[Joe Kelly]

That's good. And what else, Geraldine?

[Geraldine Hazel]

A pesita is from Spain.

[Joe Kelly]

That's correct.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Jackie isn't Alira or. What was that again?

[Joe Kelly]

Lyra.

[Geraldine Hazel]

That's Italy.

[Joe Kelly]

That's correct.

[Geraldine Hazel]

And Corona, Hungary. Hungry. Corona.

[Joe Kelly]

No Krona. K R O N. A Jack Beckman.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Norway.

[Joe Kelly]

That's right. How are you coming along with your poems now, kids? Geraldine, I see you're busy with your pencil and paper. All right, I'll tell you what we'll do. We'll start off with them. We'll start with Jack Beckman.

[Geraldine Hazel]

A man once visited Timbuktu. Don't you wish you were there, too? Although there isn't much to do. You could say you were there, couldn't you?

[Joe Kelly]

Forever, Jack. Pa. Oh, it's mighty hot in Timbuktu. There's humid days and insects too. I've never been there, nor wished to do. But adventure there may well lure you. All right. Well, Jackie.

[Geraldine Hazel]

I've never been to Timbuktu. I hear it's really like a zoo. It's where they get the funny new the lions and the tiger.

[Joe Kelly]

Too. Hi, Jackie. All right, Suzy.

[Geraldine Hazel]

I haven't gone to Timbuktu Nor have I been to Waterloo. But maybe before my life is through I'll go to bother this.

[Joe Kelly]

How about you, Geraldine?

[Geraldine Hazel]

I've never been to Timbuktu but as far as the seas of sapphire blue which many a ship with a pirate crew has sailed With a pirate cargo of gold and silver too.

[Joe Kelly]

Bye. A lot of folks haven't been to Timbuktu. I think we'll have to get some special excursion raids there. All right, let's get along. Now, Margaret Lenderink of Belding, Michigan wants you to imagine that you are operating an employment agency. Now, what sort of a job might the following operatic characters ask you to find for them? Listen carefully. Figaro. Geraldine.

[Geraldine Hazel]

He was a barber.

[Joe Kelly]

That's right. Where was he a barber?

[Geraldine Hazel]

In Seville.

[Joe Kelly]

Very good. All right, the next one. Coco. Jackie.

[Geraldine Hazel]

It was the. The Lord High something in the Mikado.

[Joe Kelly]

Well, now, you just put your thinking.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Cap over on the Lord High Executioner.

[Joe Kelly]

That's right, Jackie. All right, and the. Patience, Patience. And then we have the last item here. Lieutenant Pinkerton. Caroline.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Well, he was the admiral of ships in Madame Butterfly, Lieutenant.

[Joe Kelly]

Well, he wasn't an admiral. He couldn't have been one.

[Geraldine Hazel]

He was a US Destroyer.

[Joe Kelly]

All right. Well, well, Patience, we are getting a little impatient here. Maybe with time going along. Patience.

[Geraldine Hazel]

I'd get her a job singing.

[Joe Kelly]

Oh, you would, Jack? Well, Patience was in the opera by the same name. Patients by Gilbert and Sullivan. She was a very beautiful, but dumb milkmaid. So she'd be looking for Bothy, I guess. Now, the following lines are taken from a well known English poem and they are spoken in a well known American story. Ms. Dorothy Crust of Chicago, Illinois, wants you to identify the poem, identify the novel and tell by whom each was written. Now, do you recognize these lines? Breathes there a man with soul so dead who never to himself hath said, this is my own, my native land.

[Marvin Miller]

Joe, I hate to interrupt, but as long as we haven't answered any portion of this question, suppose we save it, eh? Because our time is nearly up.

[Joe Kelly]

All right, Marvin, go right ahead.

[Marvin Miller]

Well, that was the last question. And I know we're very proud of the way all of you came through tonight. We'll have the scores as soon as the judges finish checking them. Have you noticed how prevalent colds have been lately? Changeable weather, rain, muggy days, chilly nights. Now is the time to beware of cold if you're troubled with one. Now, if your throat feels cold, scratchy and raw. Take care of it. Get more rest than usual. Stay out of crowded, poorly ventilated rooms. Avoid overexertion. Eat light, easily digested food. Then, for that miserable, achy feeling, the headache and sore throat, do this. Dissolve two Alka Seltzer tablets in a glass of warm water and drink it. Then continue to take Alka Seltzer according to the directions in each package. It's the quick, pleasant way to relief from the misery of cold. See how much better it can make you feel when you have a sore throat with your cold. Try Alka Seltzer as a gargle. Dissolve two tablets in a quarter glass of warm water and gargle freely. Take care of that cold. Take Alka Seltzer. Get Alka Seltzer from your druggist and start taking it right away.

[Joe Kelly]

Before we read the scores, we should be pleased to hear from our special guest observer this evening. E. Hugh Matheson, head of the Modern Languages Department of Lake Forest Academy. Mr. Matheson, this evening I've had the.

[E. Hugh Matheson]

Privilege of meeting these amazing children personally. Chatting and generally visiting with them, one is struck at once by their delightful spontaneity, eagerness and gaiety. Moreover, it is quite obvious that the program is entirely unrehearsed. These youngsters look upon the whole thing as an exciting game and all the fun to be taken from the game with the questions known and answers prepared. Another happy surprise is the personality of the group. They are not myopic, narrow chested, precocious little bookworms. Far from it. These are healthy, wholesome, natural American kids, keen, alert, with a multiplicity of interest and possessing that which the old Greeks called the divine curiosity. As I sat there entranced, I hope that among you listeners are all those old sour pusses who constantly belittle the oncoming generation and bewail the destiny that awaits this country. When the children of today are the men and women of America. These pessimists have as their slogan now when I was a kid, implying that in those golden days children were far superior. Superior to the trash of the day. Now I was never famous for my modesty. Yet I am free to confess that when I was a kid I didn't know half as much as these children, nor have anything like as much charm. Another group of the ears should be glued to this program. Every Wednesday night is composed of the long faced gentry whose cry is what are schools coming to? All they do is to amuse the children. Now when I was at school we'd really learn something. The weekly performance of the Quiz Kids is, to me at least sufficient evidence that there's nothing wrong with the younger generation. Nor with the American educational system which has helped to produce the five young people who have entertained and instructed us this evening. Thank you.

[Joe Kelly]

Thank you, Mr. Matheson. And now for the final report cards. We asked 12 questions tonight, which means the 12 of you listeners will receive new Zenith portable radios with patented detachable, built in wave magnets within a day or two. The Quiz Kids missed only one question. The individual scores placed Geraldine first, Cynthia second, and Jackie Lucal third. I'll see you three back next week. And Jack Beckman and Paul Kirk. You boys did very well tonight. I'm really proud of you. And maybe you should be glad you lost. For next week. The three who won tonight will have to face two formidable Quiz Kids veterans brought back to our schoolroom by popular request. Gerard Darrow, 8 years old, of Chicago. And Van Dyke Tears, 13, of Dolton, Illinois. And now, in behalf of the makers of Alka Seltzer, I present each of you with a $100 denomination United States Savings Bond to help you in continuing your education. Friends, this is Joe Kelly dismissing the Quiz Kids class. Until next Wednesday at this same time. Good night, kids.

[Geraldine Hazel]

Good night, Mr. Gallilee.

[Marvin Miller]

The makers of Alka Seltzer present three programs each week. All of them on NBC networks. On Friday night, Alec Templeton time. On Saturday night, the famous Alka Seltzer National Barn Dance. And next Wednesday night, listen again to the Quiz Kids. For interesting variety entertainment, listen to the Alka Seltzer shows. Marvin Miller speaking.

[E. Hugh Matheson]

This is the National Broadcasting Company.