Evening star., 1945-12-03
Senators Are Bested
By Quiz Kids in
Victory Loan Battle

The four Quiz Kids last night
bested four Senators in a brain bat
tie by score of 102 to 100, accord
ing to the score card as kept by
Senator McKellar, president pro
judging quiz contests.
"It's your boys against mine, Sen
ator," said Quizmaster Joe Kelly
as the WMAL broadcast In support
of the District Victory Loan drive
got under way.
If the Senators can't win with
me keeping score the Tennessee
Senator replied, there will be a
special caucus in the cloakroom
Immediately after the broadcast"
Gets Fast Start.
The contest got of to- a fast
start with Quiz Kid Harve Fisch-
man. Is, and Senator Ball, Repub-
lican, Of Minnesota, respectively,
surmizing that President Buchanan
was bachelor and identifying the
real name Of Tokyo Rose.
Senator Taylor, Democrat, Of
Idaho, the Singing Cowboy" was
the star on the music questions and
was prevailed on to sing snatches
from Jesse James" and Rag time
Cowboy Joe" with borrowed guitar
The next question caused all four
lawmakers and three Of the Quiz
Kids to throw in the towel. Richard
Williams, Is, answered correctly and
you are welcome to try it some time
without reference book, pencil, paper
or prompting:
What landmark in Washington,
D. c., are you reminded of if you take
the height of the highest spot in
Utah and subtract from it the year
Kentucky was made State; add the
lowest elevation in Minnesota and
the number of electoral votes in
Idaho; then, by hypothetical act of
Congress interchange the last two
digits and finally multiply the result
ing square root by the number OF
stars President Truman says Ad-
miral Bull Halsey ought to have.
Any one in the same league with
young Williams would have arrived
at the number SIS, which the Lao
correctly deduced is the height OF
the Washington Monument.
Senators Lose Heart.
This seemed to take all heart out
Of the senatorial braintrust. Excep-
tions were the time Freshman Re.
publican Senator Stanfill of Ken
lucky ratified off the names Of two
States who have fewer Representa-.
tives than Senators, and the time
Senator Taylor filled in the second
line of couplet as follows:
People like their Senators anc
count on them a lot-but sometimes
(said Taylor the dear people fol
the Senators make it hot"
From then on the contest be.
longed to the adolescent faction
Quizzmaster Kelly, tongue in cheek
digressed to fire one question al
Senator Mcclellan.
Senator, what can you tell u.
about economic stabilization?"
I'm not sure can say any thing
about it." the veteran Tennessear
ad libbed, "but I've got a script here
that tells it very we'll" And, with
that, Senator McKellar read wha
the script writers had concocted fol
him.
1 Senators Offer Alibi.
After he announced the verdict IL
favor Of the Quiz Kids, Senator Nc.
Kellar's eyes twinkled as he Offered
an excuse for the defeat of the sen.
atorial detachment:
There is a difference Of 80 year!
and 8 months in the average ages o.
! tonight's contestants. So you see
my boys were under q handicap
The Senators had 80 years and
months to forget all they learned IL
j school,"
Il Other contestants were Senator
Murdock, Democrat, of Utah ant
Quiz Kids Robert Burke, IA, ans
!. Joel Kupperman, 8.