Alice Woodhouse.

About Alice Woodhouse

Alice Woodhouse was a New Zealand librarian, journalist and broadcaster. She developed an interest in literature in school and found employment with the Otago Witness in 1910 and remained with the newspaper until 1919. Woodhouse worked at the Alexander Turnbull Library from 1925 until 1946 and was its chief librarian from February 1943 to December 1944. She first appeared on radio in 1940, and four years later, won six weekly quiz contests on King of Quiz and defended the title for the next 20 years. Woodhouse was frequently on Stump the Brains Trust as a guest panellist until late 1975, Outside of radio, she was active in several organisations in Wellington.