The Quiz Kids was TV game show that began on NBC during the earliest days of television in 1949. Host Joe Kelly would pose difficult questions to five teenager with exceptional IQs and academic records. The top three contestants would continue to the next week, where they would be joined by two new teens. All of the contestants were under 16 years of age. "Quiz Kids" began as a radio program in 1940. After the first TV version went off the air in 1953, later versions include a 1956 Quiz Kids with host Clifton Fadiman and a 1978 version with Jim McKrell.