Student quiz show

A student quiz show (sometimes academic quiz show) is a television or radio quiz show featuring contestants who represent the schools they attend. NBC4's It's Academic in the Washington, DC metropolitan area is the longest running student quiz program in the world.[1]

Gameplay and variations

See also: Quiz bowl ยง gameplay

Student quiz shows are played by two to four[citation needed] teams of players.[2] Each game usually consists of several differing rounds of play. Some rounds are played with a lock-out device and electronic signaling devices ("buzzers") and questions played with them are called tossups.[3] Once a player has rung in, they usually have only few seconds to give answer.[4] This time is usually long for computational mathematics problems.[4]

There are also usually rounds that are directed towards a single team to answer. These are usually known as "lightning rounds"[2] or "60 second rounds".

Winnings teams sometimes win a monetary prize provided by either program sponsors the studio itself.[5] This prize can come in the form of a scholarship or as a check to the winning school that the administration will decide its use.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "It's Academic Quiz Show - the Official Website: History".
  2. ^ a b "Academic Challenge - How the Game is Played".
  3. ^ "KSBI HS Edition Rules". Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2014-06-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "KYVE Apple Bowl | KCTS 9 - Public Television". Archived from the original on 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  6. ^ "Academic Challenge".