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Professor Quiz, a well-known authority on questions and answers, will battle with Harvard again tomorrow night when a Freshman, Gerald D. Rosenbloom of Matthews Hall and Kansas City, Missouri is a contestant on his weekly show...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sage of Matthews Set to Take Professor Quiz's $25 | 6/4/1941 | See Source »

Rosenbloom, commonly called the "sage of Matthews," has been practicing during recent quiz shows, and expects to walk off with the $25 first prize money. "I am more confident now than before my History I exam," Harvard's own quiz kid said last night as he boarded the train for New York and his big moment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sage of Matthews Set to Take Professor Quiz's $25 | 6/4/1941 | See Source »

Harvard's own Congressman, Thomas H. Eliot '28, proved to be the star performer when he appeared on CBS's Saturday afternoon quiz program, "No Politics," along with three other members of the House of Representatives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Tom" Eliot Broadcasts on "No Politics" Quiz Program | 4/28/1941 | See Source »

Neatly rigged to permit Benny & friends to triumph, the Jell-O quiz was repeated this week. Posing as a nine-year-old wizard on a quiz board composed of William Shakespeare, aged 6, Isaac Newton, 7, Lady Godiva, 6, and Fred Allen, 8, Benny made a great to-do about coaxing the Quiz Kids into telling him what sort of questions he will be asked when he shows up on their show later. As guest of the Quiz Kids, Benny will be primed on gags but not on questions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Benny & Masterminds | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

Taking Hollywood by storm, the Quiz Kids were entertained with a party at Walt Disney's studios, kowtowed to by many a star. Special favorite of Benny is eight-year-old Gerard Darrow, who will make another appearance with his chums on the Jell-O show next week. Like all the Quiz Kids, Gerard was slightly miffed to find his autograph in such demand that he had a hard time expanding his own collection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Benny & Masterminds | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

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