In Search of Knowledge
HIS has been truthfully called the Age of the Quiz, and the ancient: philosopher who claimed that "Knowledge is Virtue" would be somewhat disturbed to-day to learn that Knowledge is Hard Cash, and may be converted thereto at your local Quiz session. And he would be startled at the high price set on it. ‘The half-crowns were flying at 3ZB the other eveningone for placing a quotation, another for naming an ambassador, another for knowing. where caraway seed comes from. I suppose sheer knowledge has never been so well rewarded since three riddles answered won the hand of the princess in marriage. Only these days the prince works on a cash basis. And that appears to be the one and only justification for the Quiz — it~ provides cash value for otherwise useless information. I have always had a lot of sympathy for the Great Man who could never remember whether the earth went round the sun or the sun round the earth, and who did his best to forget when told because he "saw no sense in cluttering up his mind with useless facts." In our present enlightened age any information may bring you in the price of a crust. The only snag is that you may starve while waiting to be asked for it.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 427, 29 August 1947, Page 9
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219In Search of Knowledge New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 427, 29 August 1947, Page 9
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