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quiz kid

noun

Informal.
  1. an unusually intelligent child.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of quiz kid1

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
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A sympathetic professor, understanding how he could not escape being a Quiz Kid in the United States, told him, “You need to get out of the country.”

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They documented every broadcast schedule, photograph and celebrity encounter of Joel Kupperman’s life as a Quiz Kid.

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In addition to his wife and son, survivors include another child, Charlie Kupperman of San Francisco; a sister, Harriet Moss, who was briefly a Quiz Kid in her youth, of Palo Alto, Calif.; and a grandson.

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Joel’s older sister was also briefly a Quiz Kid.

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Kupperman’s graphic memoir about his Quiz Kid father, “All the Answers,” is surprisingly moving.

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