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Revision as of 05:52, 25 November 2013
Template:Globalize/North America Quiz bowls have appeared on television in both local and nationally-televised programs since the 1950s. The following is an incomplete list of quizbowl programs that have aired on local or national television that feature teams from schools, colleges, or universities in academic competition.
Quizbowl shows currently on television
Quizbowl shows no longer on television
- Academic Competition, filmed at Mississippi College
- Brainstorm (quiz) - WGTE-TV in Toledo, Ohio
- Challenge - TV-3 Challenge, annual competition among 32 New Jersey high schools' teams from Essex, Union, Middlesex and Hudson Counties, aired on Suburban Cablevision through the 1970s-1990s [22] [23]
- City Smarts - WNYE-TV in New York. Cancelled due to lack of funding and the final round was never aired.
- College Bowl
- HCASC
- Hi-Q - CITV-TV in Edmonton, Alberta [24]
- High Q - WHIO in Dayton, Ohio
- High Q - WAVE in Louisville, Kentucky
- High Q - WOWK in Charleston, West Virginia
- High Q - KGW-TV in Portland, Oregon. Hosted by Ben Padrow, coach of the 1965 Portland State University College Bowl team who retired as 5-time winners.
- High Q - KWCH in Wichita, Kansas. Formerly affiliated with Butler Community College.
- High Q - WIBW-TV in Topeka, Kansas. Formerly affiliated with Washburn University.
- High Quiz Bowl in Wausau, Wisconsin, WSAW
- High School Bowl KHNL in Honolulu, Hawaii
- High School Bowl WTNH in New Haven, Connecticut
- It's Academic (Buffalo)
- It's Academic (Chicago)
- It's Academic (New York City)
- Klassroom Kwiz - WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia
- Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl on several local Public-access television cable TV channels in Minnesota (a state final is still sometimes televised)
- Piedmont Quiz Bowl - SCETV in South Carolina
- Rutgers Academic Challenge (was New Jersey Bowl) NJN New Jersey Network [3] [25]
- Scholars' Bowl (Virginia)
- $cholars for Dollar$ in Plattsburgh, New York
- Scholastic Scoreboard WHNS in Greenville, South Carolina
- SmartAsk in Canada
- Teen Challenge WMAZ in Macon, Georgia
- Varsity Quiz Bowl - WYES-TV, Channel 12 in New Orleans (til mid 90's)
- Whiz Quiz (later Academic Varsity Bowl) - WFAA-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth (featured local public and private high schools; early shows were broadcast from Dallas Baptist University and the first two rounds (later first round only) were aired on radio, with successful teams being aired on TV)
- Winthrop Challenge (1979–1990) - SCETV in South Carolina
In name only
Although Channel 4 in the UK broadcast a game show titled Quiz Bowl for one series in 1991-92, this was not a quiz bowl per se, but rather a quiz designed to reflect the flow and scoring of the sport of American football. [26]
References
- ^ "Westfield Insurance". 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ^ "History of Academic Challenge". 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-17. [dead link]
- ^ "ASMW Facts and History". WGBY. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b "History". WTVR.com. 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-18. [dead link]
- ^ a b "Battle of the Brains". 2006. Retrieved 2009-09-18. While Battle of the Brains was created in 1975, it did not air on TV until 1978.
- ^ "Battle of the Brains". Retrieved 2009-09-18. [dead link]
- ^ "History". Indiana Quiz Bowl. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
- ^ "WRAL's Brain Game". WRAL.com. 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ^ "WRAL-TV Classics". WRAL.com. 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ^ "Brain Game". Ohio News Now. 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ^ "Double Down". WCNY TV FM. 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ^ "High Q". 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ^ "High Q 2008/2009". KCOS TV. Retrieved 2009-09-18. [dead link]
- ^ "WNMU-TV High School Bowl". Retrieved 2009-09-18. [dead link]
- ^ "High School Challenge on Michigan Television". Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ^ http://www.wgbh.org/quizshow/
- ^ "Westfield Insurance Hometown High-Q - Season 8". Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ^ "In the Know". WOSU. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ^ Blumenstock, Kathy (2004-11-14). "For Decades, 'It's Academic' Has Put Students to the Test. How would you fare?". The Washington Post. pp. Y06. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
- ^ "It's Academic/Quizmaster Challenge". 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
- ^ "Varsity Quiz". Parise. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ [1], "SPFHS "Whiz Kids" whip Mountain High School", p.1 & 17, The Times (Scotch Plains, NJ), Vol. 26, No. 5, Feb. 3, 1983
- ^ [2], "SPFHS vs. West Orange on '89 Challenge", p.11, The Times (Scotch Plains, NJ), Vol. 32, No. 44, Nov. 2, 1989
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BVOCXEfO_M
- ^ http://www.njn.net/education/schoolmedia/rutgerschallenge.html
- ^ Quiz Bowl, UK Gameshows