Questions about American Old-Time Radio:

1. What was the original name of Amos 'n' Andy?

2. Who wrote the famous Mercury Theater 'War of the Worlds'?

3. Which First Lady was often heard on radio?

4. Which early morning show on CBS ran for 27 years, from 1945-1972?

5. An engagement at which of New York's Theaters led to Bob Hope's initiation on the air?

6. What were the full names of the presenters of 'Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick' on WOR?

7. What was the name of the hero of the crime drama series, 'Call the Police'?

8. What was the name of the bear belonging to Judy and Jimmy Barton which comes alive in the children's story, 'The Cinnamon Bear'?

9. Who wrote 'We Hold These Truths'?

10. Who was known as the 'radio priest'?

11. What was the name of the comedy series in which Jim Jordan played an incurable windbag and teller of tall tales?

12. In 1941, 14 major American writers attempted to counter what was seen as a tide of foreign propaganda infiltrating the American press and radio. What did they call themselves?

13. Who created the comedy drama 'The Goldbergs'?

14. 'Stairway to the Sun' in 1942 was broadcast as part of which serial?

15. What was the name of the actor who often fluffed on air, with hilarious consequences, on the Jack Benny Program?

16. In which state was The Lone Ranger first broadcast?

17. Cecil B DeMille hosted which radio drama show based on popular films?

18. Who was 'America's mother of the air'?

19. The soap opera 'The Romance of Helen Trent' ran for how many years?

20. Which famous crime melodrama was created by Walter B Gibson?

Answers to these questions can be found in the book: 'On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio' by John Dunning, available from Amazon.com - or you can click here!

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