Quiz Children

RADIO: Brookfteld, IllinoisQuiz Children

"Five or six minutes of time given to a children's Bible quiz may be the help that a radio evangelist needs to keep his program alive with interest."

Brookfteld, Illinois

Five or six minutes of time given to a children's Bible quiz may be the help that a radio evangelist needs to keep his program alive with interest.

This proved to be a success as used on the "Faith for Our Day" broadcast in Chicago. This half-hour program was conducted every Sunday by Robert M. Whitsett and his associates, Brad ford Braley, organist, and Robert Link, soloist. The writer assisted with the quiz children, and this feature was a real asset to the program.

These children are chosen from the church schools in Chicago land. There are usually nine taking part. For some broadcasts they are chosen from grades seven and eight, other times grades four, five, six, then from all grades one to eight. Grades one, two, and three are interesting to have once or twice. These little folks will speak up surprisingly well and thrill the listening audience.

In order to have the listening audience take special interest, they are requested to send in sets of three questions and the answers or the texts where the answers may be found. These three questions are to be on any one subject and should be those requiring factual information, not long and involved theological arguments. Most of the questions sent in are interesting and can be used. A reward for each set sent in could be a Morning Watch booklet. When one question of the set is missed a small family Bible may be sent as a reward. It is surprising though how sharp these children are in answering Bible questions. Very seldom do they miss, and they love the experience of having part in a radio broadcast.

The children arrive about an hour before the program goes on the air, and for a few minutes during that time they are rehearsed in micro phone procedure, and line up to give their name, age, and grade, then take part in a lively warm-up quiz using any Bible questions de sired. They are never rehearsed on the questions to be used for the quiz. The three children who score highest come back for the next broad cast. It works well to have two or three judges appointed to keep score on the number of times hands are raised as well as the number of questions each one answers.

The listening audience send in questions such as these:

1. What bird is described in the Bible

a. as building her nest under the eaves of the barn?

b. as carrying its young on its wings? 

c. as gathering her brood under her wings? 

Answers—(a) swallow Prov. 26:2.

(b) eagle Deut. 32:11.

(c) hen Luke 13:34.

2. What well-known Biblical characters do you associate with these "fiery events"? 

a. A bush on fire (Moses). 

b. A chariot of fire (Elijah). 

c. A fiery furnace (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego).

This can be an interesting and lively part of any radio evangelist's program. You will find that the children study the Bible more carefully too, and it also affords a wonderful opportunity for the listener to request enrollment in the Bible correspondence course at the same time he sends in questions for the quiz children.

 

 

 


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Brookfteld, Illinois

October 1951

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