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The March of Games was a juvenile radio game and quiz show.

Broadcast[]

CBS Radio: 4/25/1938 – 7/13/1941

Hosts[]

Anthony Ross
Arthur Ross

Drum Major[]

Sybil Trent

Premise[]

All contestants on this show were children, answering questions, saying tounge twisters, and solving puzzles for prizes of $5 and books from the show. The listening audience sent the questions to the show, and sets of the Junior Encyclopedia were given for the best.

Trivia[]

Originally, the show was broadcast twice-weekly at various times. By October 1939, the show aired on Sunday at 10:30 A.M., and after June 23, 1940, at 1:30.

At the time of the first broadcast, Arthur Ross was only 14 years old, earning him the nickname "the youngest emcee in radio".

Sybil Trent introduced the show's quizzes through rhyme.

Many people who appeared on this show were part of the cast of another popular juvenile radio show, Let's Pretend.

Merchandise[]

A book was released by Greenberg Books in 1938, authored by Natalie Purvin Prager titled The March of Games Quiz and Fun Book.

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