Quiz Kids
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
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1940–1953 · NBC Blue / ABC / CBS
Quiz Kids
Five children who could out-answer any adult in the room
The joke that made the show work was that Joe Kelly, the host, had almost no formal education and could not have answered a single question — so he read them off the card and let the children be brilliant. It ran for thirteen years, produced several genuinely famous alumni, and sits at an interesting angle to the rest of quiz radio: an unashamedly intellectual programme aimed squarely at families, sponsored by a cereal, and enormously popular.
76 broadcasts · 8 years held · Chicago
76 surviving broadcasts, indexed by programme number and guest. Recordings held by the Internet Archive.
19411
19433
Quiz Kids
The one everybody argues about.
Quiz Kids
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
Quiz Kids
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
19462
19473
Quiz Kids
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
Quiz Kids
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Quiz Kids
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
194831
Quiz Kids
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Quiz Kids
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
Quiz Kids
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
Quiz Kids
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
Quiz Kids
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Quiz Kids
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
Quiz Kids
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
Quiz Kids
The one everybody argues about.
Quiz Kids
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
Quiz Kids
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Quiz Kids
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
Quiz Kids
The one everybody argues about.
Quiz Kids
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
Quiz Kids
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Quiz Kids
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
Quiz Kids
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Quiz Kids
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
Quiz Kids
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
Quiz Kids
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
Quiz Kids
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Quiz Kids
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
Quiz Kids
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
Quiz Kids
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
Quiz Kids
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
Quiz Kids
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Quiz Kids
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
Quiz Kids
The one everybody argues about.
Quiz Kids
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
Quiz Kids
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Quiz Kids
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
Quiz Kids
The one everybody argues about.
19498
Quiz Kids
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
Quiz Kids
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
Quiz Kids
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
Quiz Kids
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Quiz Kids
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
Quiz Kids
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
Quiz Kids
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
Quiz Kids
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
195021
Quiz Kids
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Quiz Kids
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
Quiz Kids
The one everybody argues about.
Quiz Kids
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
Quiz Kids
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Quiz Kids
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
Quiz Kids
The one everybody argues about.
Quiz Kids
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
Quiz Kids
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
Quiz Kids
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
Quiz Kids
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Quiz Kids
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
Quiz Kids
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
Quiz Kids
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
Quiz Kids
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Quiz Kids
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
Quiz Kids
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
Quiz Kids
The one everybody argues about.
Quiz Kids
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
Quiz Kids
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Quiz Kids
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
19517
Quiz Kids
The one everybody argues about.
Quiz Kids
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
Quiz Kids
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Quiz Kids
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
Quiz Kids
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Quiz Kids
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
Quiz Kids
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.