Test him, ladies and gentlemen, test him! Ask him any question you like and he will answer fully and freely. Mr. Memory!

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13 seconds sound clip from the The 39 Steps (1937) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:04:55 in the radio play.

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- The manager appears on the stage to announce the featured act. His hand is raised for silence.

(AUDIENCE BOOS AND JEERS)

- Ladies and gentlemen! With your kind permission, I now have the honor to present to you one of the most remarkable men in the world.

- I present Mr. Memory!

- Every day, this remarkable mentality commits 50 new facts to memory. 50, ladies and gentlemen! Facts from history, geography, newspapers, scientific books! Millions and millions of them! And he remembers them all!

- Test him, ladies and gentlemen, test him! Ask him any question you like and he will answer fully and freely. Mr. Memory!

- Thank you. Now then, ladies and gentlemen, a question please! A question from anyone in the audience!

- Who won the Derby in 1921?

- Mr. Jack Joel's Humorist, Steve Donoghue up, won by a length, odds six to one. Am I right sir?

- Thank you very much, thank you. Question, please. Do not hesitate. Another question, please.

- Who was the last British heavyweight champion?

- Bob Fitzsimmons. He defeated Jim Corbett, heavyweight champion of America at Carson City, Nevada in October 1897.

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