Meaning of quiz kid | Babel Free

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A very intelligent or accomplished child or young person, especially one who demonstrated his or her knowledge and quick thinking on radio or television programs in the mid-20th century.

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“Brown recalled: I went up to read⟳ for her, and this forbidding lady said, "You think⟳ you're smart, you Quiz Kid you! What did Shakespeare mean⟳ by the phrase, bearded like⟳ the pard?" And I said, "Leopard, bearded like⟳ the leopard". It was a guess⟳, a wild guess⟳. And she said, "By golly, yes! You are smart!"”

“Through the next two debates, Kerry never lost that quiz-kid sharpness. He seemed to have⟳ an answer⟳ for everything.”

“Schlesinger never stopped seeming like⟳ the brightest student in class, "the eternal Quiz Kid," in Time magazine's phrase.”

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