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Hundreds of people storm the networks every week with ideas for new TV programs. Most of them come suggesting quiz shows. Says CBS's Hubbell Robinson Jr., vice president in charge of TV programming: "Everybody thinks he can do a quiz. There are more amateurs running wild in this area than in any other. They're absolutely undaunted by the difficulties...
Barzun's dislikes range from the standardization of U.S. life to the hero worship of scientists. He thinks the post-office service is terrible and Hollywood movies an abomination. He cannot abide quiz programs, and he would like to see oldfashioned, full-length hand brakes returned to cars. His harshest words are reserved for New York City as a place to live and work. He hates its noise and dirt; he condemns its schools, its houses, its transportation. In fact, says Author Barzun, "we would settle for Hell as our next stopping place: living conditions could be no worse...
...task: recording the results of another of TIME'S annual Current Affairs Contests for high-school and college students. The department was busy checking the winners in each school class and noting the choice in prizes. The student who scored highest in his class on the 105-question quiz had the choice of a book, a world globe or an inscribed bronze medal...
...correct answers to the 105 questions in the News Quiz are printed below. You can rate yourself by comparing your score with the scale: Below ?50 Poorly informed...
...Pierre made a pilgrimage to a quiz program, Quitte ou Double (Double or Nothing). He was accepted as a contestant and after a few questions had a stack of francs. Yes, he said, he would try another question. "What is the meaning of F.A.O.?" the master of ceremonies asked. "Food and Agriculture Organization," answered the priest. "Right. Do you want to go on?" asked the M.C. Abbé Pierre made a rapid calculation. "No," he said. The Abbé had 256,000 francs ($730), and the junk business had its first truck...