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Although the Kids (Richard Williams, 13; Harve Fischman, 12; Ruthie Duskin, 8; Joel Kupperman, 6) won in a walk, the victory was no great credit to them or to their sponsors. Most of the questions were pedantically dull, and neither side made a respectable showing. No one knew what an "isometric equatorial projection of a loxodromic curve" was, or seemed to care...
Chicago Tax Shark. Star of the performance was Quiz Kid Kupperman of Chicago, a pale, sturdy, brown-eyed six-year-old who spoke somewhat juicily, thanks to a natural lisp and the recent shedding of three teeth. He had no trouble figuring the normal tax on $2,650 without pencil or paper. He also volunteered the belief that the United Nations were sure to win the war because he had so many friends and relatives...
This bruise was augmented by his encounter with the Fred Allen program later that night after the Kids vanquished the commentators. Comic Joe Besser hurtled off the stage and bowled the waiting Kupperman into the wings. The Kid came up weeping, but went on anyway. The incident did not halt his plea for a pet to take home with him. Deciding that rabbits "whelped too fast," he settled for a parrot ("It wouldn't eat too much or have to go out for walks...
Self-contained six-year-old Joel Kupperman, youngest of the radio Quiz Kids, took his first long train trip, was spellbound by the porter's berth-making technique. In Manhattan the Chicago prodigy told newsmen that he planned to be a farmer when he grew up. "I want to grow food and supplies for the Army for the next war," said he. This one, he thought, might...