A sigh for bygone days when we had real I.Q. games
- Publication: News Letter
- Date: 1964-11-11
- Author: W.J.M.
- Page: 4
- Language: English
WHERE have they gone, those I.Q. games that were once all the rage on television? Our screens used to be measled with hosts of queer little figures that we had to place in order in a given time. Now we never see them.
A pity, for whether or not one believes in I.Q. tests as a guide to brain power they are fascinating to door attempt.
Produce an 11-Plus question in the office one day and you'll see what I mean!
Remember the I.Q. programme "Pit Your Wits" on B.B.C. a couple of years back? It was compered by Kenneth Kendall and Gwyneth Tighe, and people rushed home from work specially to see it,
Then there was UTV's "Pencil and Paper" with Shaw Taylor posing the problems, equally popular.
This was audience participation at its best. Intriguing. because the questions were real puzzlers-not like the ridiculous. things presented on programmes such as Michael Miles's "Take Your Pick."
Come on, you programme organisers, fill the gap. Give us another opportunity to see what we can do.
Children from 30 upwards are not at all pleased at what is happening in the current series of Dr. Who." It's been turned wholly into a children's programme, which is a bit thick, considering the number of parents who join junior to watch it.
The earlier series boasted the Daleks, the Sensorites and a great variety of other creatures. from the world of science fiction who held the adult imagination almost as much as the Juvenile one.
Too childish!
Unfortunately, the current series has nothing to catch the interest of either parents or children. The trouble is it's too childish! It gives the impression of being produced in a hurry, with little thought to content.
Children are tough critics, and if the B.B.C. don't send Dr. Who's space-time-ship Tardis zooming away from its present unconvincing land of giants the youngsters and oldsters will turn elsewhere for entertainment.
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- APA 6th ed.: W.J.M., W.J.M (1964-11-11). A sigh for bygone days when we had real I.Q. games. News Letter p. 4.
- MLA 7th ed.: W.J.M., W.J.M. "A sigh for bygone days when we had real I.Q. games." News Letter [add city] 1964-11-11, 4. Print.
- Chicago 15th ed.: W.J.M., W.J.M. "A sigh for bygone days when we had real I.Q. games." News Letter, edition, sec., 1964-11-11
- Turabian: W.J.M., W.J.M. "A sigh for bygone days when we had real I.Q. games." News Letter, 1964-11-11, section, 4 edition.
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