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"Pay That Lady!" If the contestant misses, Doctor I.Q.'s voice drops to a consoling "Oh, I'm so sorry, but I think you'll find salad days are those of youthful inexperience. But a box of Milky Way candy bars [consolation prize] to that lady!" A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Doctor I. Q. | 8/7/1944 | See Source »

Also each contestant should bring two soft lead pencils and a good eraser. Students must declare which service they wish to enter before taking the test, it being understood that taking the test does not constitute enlistment in the armed forces nor does it oblige the entrant in any way...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Admission Forms Must Be Obtained for Service Test | 3/14/1944 | See Source »

The latter is not quite so easy as 47 year-old Baker makes out. The audience is encouraged to heckle Baker and the contestant. If the audience thinks the contestant is not equal to, say, the $32 question, they warn him to pocket his money and leave, chanting: "You'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: $64 Question | 3/6/1944 | See Source »

Con You Top This? is predicated on the sure-fire principle that every man has an irresistible urge to tell his favorite wheeze. The program is nothing but jokes, good, bad and indifferent, and there is nothing quite like it on the U.S. air. Some 10,000,000 steady listeners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Have You Heard This One? | 10/11/1943 | See Source »

Although his team only came in third, Warner Wilcox of Dartmouth received 56 points, the largest number won by any individual contestant. David C. Noyes '44 with 52 1/2, was the second highest individual scorer.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIT Crew Wins Annual Wood Trophy Regatta | 10/19/1942 | See Source »

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