1:17:12
[ Barry Over Kinescope ]
That would be our most difficult
question on American Literature.
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For 11 points, l'll read you lines
from America's greatest poets.
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You must identify the author.
First:
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''l hear America singing
the very carols l hear.''
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That would be...
Walt Whitman.
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That's right.
Second:
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''l shot an arrow in the air.
lt fell to earth l know not where.''
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- [ Contestant ]
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
- Right again, Jim !
1:17:38
Finally: ''Hope is the thing with
feathers that perches in the soul.''
1:17:42
[ Jim ] That is, uh... actually
by one of my favorite poets,
1:17:46
Emily Dickinson.
1:17:48
l'm sorry, Jim. Did--
Did you say Emily Dickinson ?
1:17:53
Oh ! Well, yes !
All right !
1:17:57
[ Kinescope Stops, Rewinds ]
1:18:02
- ...Dickinson.
- l'm sorry, Jim.
1:18:05
Did-- Did you say Emily Dickinson ?
Oh ! Well, yes !
1:18:18
...favorite poets,
Emily Dickinson.
1:18:20
l'm sorry, Jim. Did--
Did you say Emily Dickinson ?
1:18:25
- Oh ! Well, yes !
- [ Kinescope Stops ]
1:18:32
- Who is it ?
- Mr. Snodgrass ?
1:18:34
- Yeah ?
- My name is Richard Goodwin.
1:18:38
- Yeah ?
- Hi. l'm a Federal lnvestigator
on a congressional subcommittee.
1:18:42
- The committee's been
investigating the quiz shows.
- [ Chuckles ]
1:18:45
l was just looking at
a kinescope of your appearance
on Twenty-One, and l noticed--
1:18:49
- Mr. Snodgrass ?
- [ Snickering ]