"WHAT are the names of the Ministers Plenipotentiary in New Zealand for Russia and France?" Faced with this question from the quiz-master, John Melville, of Dunedin, aged 14 years (above right), replied, "Ziabkin and Gazel," and spelt their names. Thus he became "Quiz Kid of New Zealand," winning a junior quiz contest conducted recently by the ZB stations. He is a student at the Otago Boys’ High School and intends to study for the law. The runner-up was James Sampey (left), a 13-year-old pupil at the Northcote High School, Auckland, whose sister, Betty, stayed with him through some of the elimination heats. Melville and Sampey were South Island and North Island champions respectively when they met in the final test for the New Zealand title. The Junior Quiz general session is on the air from the ZB stations every Monday and Wednesday at 5.0 p.m.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 391, 20 December 1946, Page 19
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145"WHAT are the names of the Ministers Plenipotentiary in New Zealand for Russia and France?" Faced with this question from the quiz-master, John Melville, of Dunedin, aged 14 years (above right), replied, "Ziabkin and Gazel," and spelt their names. Thus he became "Quiz Kid of New Zealand," winning a junior quiz contest conducted recently by the ZB stations. He is a student at the Otago Boys’ High School and intends to study for the law. The runner-up was James Sampey (left), a 13-year-old pupil at the Northcote High School, Auckland, whose sister, Betty, stayed with him through some of the elimination heats. Melville and Sampey were South Island and North Island champions respectively when they met in the final test for the New Zealand title. The Junior Quiz general session is on the air from the ZB stations every Monday and Wednesday at 5.0 p.m. New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 391, 20 December 1946, Page 19
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