List of televised academic student quiz programs

Student quiz shows have appeared on television as both local and national programs since the second half of the 20th century. The following is a list of quiz programs that have aired on local or national television, featuring teams from schools, colleges, or universities in academic competition.

Kennedy High School on WMAQ-TV's It's Academic in 1967

Shows currently on television

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Title	Station / Network	Region / Media market	Premiere Year	Timeslot
Academic Bowl[1]	WCTE	Cookeville, Tennessee	1986	daily, 11 am and 5 pm, March 18 – April 10
Academic Challenge[2]	WSRE	Pensacola, Florida	2013
Academic Challenge[3]	WEWS	Cleveland, Ohio	1964[4]	Saturdays, 11:30 am
Academic Challenge[5]	KOBI KOTI	Medford, Oregon Klamath Falls, Oregon	2005	Sundays, 6:30 pm[6]
Academic Decathlon SuperQuiz and Banquet[7]	KLCS	Los Angeles, California	?
Academic League[8]	SDCOE ITV	San Diego, California	1991	live, late April,
Academic Quiz Bowl[9]	PCTV	Pottstown, Pennsylvania	2012	Tuesdays, 6:30 – 7 pm
Arkansas Governor's Quiz Bowl[10]	AETN	Arkansas	?	live 9 am and 1:30 pm, Saturday, late April
As Schools Match Wits[11]	WWLP (1961–2006) WGBY (2007–present)	Springfield, Massachusetts	1961	Saturdays, 7 pm
Battle of the Brains[12]	WCVE (1978–2002)[13] WAVY (2004–2009)[14] WTVR (2003–present)[12]	Richmond, Virginia	1978[13]	Saturdays, 10 am[15]
Bay Area Quiz Kids[16]	Peninsula TV Channel 26 (–Present) KRON (?–?)	San Mateo County, California San Francisco Bay Area (participants)	1999	Saturdays, 8 am, 4 pm, and 7:30 pm
Black College Quiz[17]	Syndication 19??-2013 Bounce 2014–2016, 2020–Present Aspire 2014–2016 Up 2014	Chicago, Illinois (origin) United States	2007	weekly[18]
Bournvita Quiz Contest[19]	Zee TV Sony Entertainment Television	India	1972	Sundays
Brain Busters[20]	WGAL	Lancaster, Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	2000	Sundays, 12 pm – 1 pm
Brain Game[21]	WTHR	Indianapolis, Indiana	1972 or 1973	Saturdays, 7 pm
Brain Game[22]	WRAL	Raleigh, North Carolina	1997[22]
Brain Game (previously Academic Challenge)[23]	WBGU	Bowling Green, Ohio	2012	Thursday, 9 pm
CBSE Heritage India Quiz[24]	History TV18	India	2001
The Challenge[25]	MSG Varsity	New York New Jersey Connecticut	1996	daily, 6:30 pm
Double Down[26]	WCNY	Syracuse, New York	~2009	Sundays, 6 pm (re-aired 11 pm)
Gettu betur[27]	RÚV	Iceland	1986
Golden Bell	KBS	South Korea	200?
Granite State Challenge[28]	NHPTV	New Hampshire	1983
HDFC Life School Quiz (formerly ESPN School Quiz)[29]	ESPN Star Sports	India
High Five Challenge[30]	KPTV 1993–19?? KWPB KOIN OPB 2006–2008 KPDX 2008–present	Oregon and Washington	1993
High Q[31]	WSB	Atlanta, Georgia	1986	Saturdays, 12:30 pm
High Q[32]	KCOS	El Paso, Texas	1984	Saturdays, 11:30 am and 12 pm
High School Bowl[33]	WNMU	Marquette, Michigan	1977
High School Challenge[34]	WFUM	Flint, Michigan	1984
High School Quiz Bowl[35]	Cox Channel 4	Baton Rouge, Louisiana		Annual
High School Quiz Show[36]	WGBH	Massachusetts	2009
Hispanic College Quiz[37]	Syndication	Chicago, Illinois (origin) United States	2008	October
Histrionics[38]	TVS	Sydney	2009
Hometown High-Q[39]	KDKA	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	2000
In the Know[40]	WBNS (1970s–80s) WOSU WPBO	Columbus, Ohio Portsmouth, Ohio	1964	Tuesdays, 7:30 pm
It's Academic[41]	WRC WETA-TV	Washington, D.C.	1961[42] 2022
It's Academic[43]	WBAL-TV (1971–89) WJZ (1989– )	Baltimore, Maryland	1971
It's Academic[44]	Seven Network	Australia	1968 2005
It's Academic Hawaii[45]	KFVE	Honolulu, Hawaii	2013	Wednesdays, 7 pm
KEDT-TV Challenge[46] (formerly Challenge!)	KEDT	Corpus Christi, Texas	2005
Quiz Bowl[47][48]	KTIV (?–2013(?) KCAU 2013–present	Sioux City, Iowa	2007?	Saturdays, 11 am
KYVE Apple Bowl	KYVE	Yakima, Washington Central Washington	1980
Mahindra Auto Quotient[dubious – discuss]	NDTV	New Delhi, N.C.R.	2009
Making the Grade	WYIN	Gary, Indiana	2011
Malarvadi Little Scholar[49]	Media One TV	Kerala	20??	various
Masterminds	TW3	Albany, New York Upstate New York	?
Masterminds[50]	KRGV	Weslaco, Texas	1986
MAX STAR Quiz Challenge	Star Plus	United Arab Emirates	2015
Mind Games[51]	KSBI	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	2012
Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl[52]	BCTV 14	Burnsville, Minnesota	?
National Geographic Bee (formerly National Geography Bee)	Syndication	United States	1989	Annual Tournament
National Super Quiz Bee	IBC 13 Studio 23	Philippines	1977
News Channel 3 Knowledge Bowl	WREG	Memphis, Tennessee	?
North County Academic League	ITV channel 16	San Diego County, California	1991
Quest[53]	KTWU	Topeka, Kansas	1984[54]
Quiz Bowl[55]	GCTV	Guilford, Connecticut	2011
Quiz Bowl[56]	SETV	Stafford County, Virginia	2014	Saturdays, 7 pm
QuizBusters[57]	WKAR	East Lansing, Michigan	1989
QuizBusters[58]	WNAB	Nashville, Tennessee	2008
Quiz Central[59]	WCMU	Central Michigan
Quiz Mania	Kantipur Television Nepal Television	Nepal	2012
Quizmaster Challenge[60]	MCPS 34	Montgomery County, Maryland	1988
Quiz Show[61]	KPBT	West Texas	2008
Reach for the Top	CBUT CBMT CLT CBC	Canada	1961
Scholars' Bowl[62]	East Tennessee PBS	Knoxville, Tennessee Sneedville, Tennessee	1984	Weekdays, 5:30 pm
Scholastic Hi-Q[63]	WSIU WUSI	Carbondale, Illinois Olney, Illinois	1986	Sundays 5:30 pm[63]
Scholastic Scrimmage	WPSU WLVT WVIA[64]	University Park, Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area, Pennsylvania	1975
School Duel[65]	WBEC	Broward, Dade, Palm Beach Counties, Florida	2010	Thursdays 7 pm, January–June
Schools' Challenge Quiz[66]	TVJ	Jamaica
The Smart Brain	Flowers	Kerala	2016
South Louisiana Quiz Bowl[67]	KWBJ KFOL	Morgan City, Louisiana Houma, Louisiana	1987	Saturdays, Sundays High schools, 5 pm, Junior Highs, 5:30 pm
Star Quiz Challenge	STAR India	Mumbai, Maharashtra	2011
Stateline Quiz Bowl[68]	WTVO WQRF	Rockford, Illinois	2015	Saturdays 6:30 pm Sundays 8:30 am Sundays, 9:30 pm
Superkids[69]	Arirang	South Korea	200?
Tata Crucible Campus Quiz	CNBC TV18	India	2013
University Challenge	ITV BBC2	United Kingdom	1962 (original) 1994 (revival)	Mondays, 8 pm
Varsity Quiz[70]	KLVX	Las Vegas, Nevada	1969
WGEM Academic Challenge Quiz Bowl[71]	WGEM	Quincy, Illinois
Whiz Quiz[72]	WPBS WNPI	Watertown, New York Norwood, New York
Whiz Quiz[73]	WTLW	Lima, Ohio
U-Genius quiz	CNBC TV18	India	2024
YSU Academic Challenge[74][citation needed]	WYTV WNWO	Youngstown, Ohio Toledo, Ohio	2002 2010

High School Bowl

High-Q

Academic Bowl

Knowledge Bowl

Scholastic Hi Q

It's Academic

Academic Challenge

High School Quiz Show

QuizBusters

Academic Challenge

Matchwits

Academic League

Varsity Quiz

Granite State Challenge

AGQBA

KYVE Apple Bowl

Shows broadcast in the United States

Shows no longer on television

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Title	Network	Region / Media Market	Original Run
1 2 Stri[75]	Grampian Television	Scotland	2005
Academic Challenge[76]	KRCR	Redding, California	1998–2005?
Academic Challenge[77]	WTVW	Evansville, Indiana	2012[citation needed]
Academic Competition[citation needed]	unknown	Mississippi
Academic Varsity Bowl (formerly Whiz Quiz)[78]	WFAA	Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas	1977–1985
Africa Challenge[79] (formerly Zain Africa Challenge)	Syndication	East Africa	2006–2012?
Alumni Fun	ABC Syndication	United States	1963–1966
Answers Please[80] ("Little Red Schoolhouse" through 1970's)	WRGB	Albany, New York	1963–1989
Battle of the Brains	RPN PTV	Philippines	1992–2001
Bible Bowl	Syndication TLC	United States	197?–198? 2015
Bracket Genius	ESPN2	United States	2017
Brain Blasters	MPT	Maryland	1998 (pilot)
Brain Brawl[81]	unknown	Duval County, Florida	1997?–2013?
Brain Game[82]	WBNS	Columbus, Ohio	?
Brainstorm[83]	WGTE	Toledo, Ohio	2001?
Brainstorm[84][85]	Cox Cable Channel 7	Phoenix, Arizona	2007–2009
Brainstormers[86]	WLIW	Long Island, New York	1987–1991
Braintrust[citation needed]	unknown	Central Illinois	?
Brainwave[84][87]	Channel 4 San Diego (cable)	San Diego, California	2008–2009
City Smarts[88]	WNYE	New York City	2002 (single season)?
The Challenge[citation needed]	KTBU	Houston, Texas
Challenge Trophy[89]	Anglia	East Anglia	1965–1967
Challenging Times	RTÉ	Ireland	1991–2001
College Bowl	CBS NBC Syndication Syndication NBC Disney Channel	United States	1959–1963 1963–1970 1978 1979 1984 1987
Comcast Academic Challenge[90]	Comcast CN8	Delaware	1986–2008
Cox Academic Tournament[91] (previously Cox Communications Academic Tournament)	Cox-4	Escambia and Okaloosa counties, Florida	2001?–2011?
Face Off Minnesota	TPT	Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota	2006
Fast Money MBA Challenge	CNBC	United States	2008
Génies en herbe	Radio-Canada	Québec	1973–1997
The Great India Quiz Show	Times Now	Singapore	2012–2013
Honda Campus All-Star Challenge	BET Syndication	United States	1990–1995
High Five[citation needed]	WFRV	Green Bay, Wisconsin	late 60s
Hi-Q[92]	CKEM	Edmonton, Alberta
High Q[93]	WHIO	Dayton, Ohio	1993–2011[94]
High Q[95]	WAVE	Louisville, Kentucky	1960–2000?[citation needed]
High Q[96]	WOWK	Charleston, West Virginia	1979–1998
High Q	KGW	Portland, Oregon
High Q	KWCH	Wichita, Kansas
High Q (picked up by KTWU and known as Quest)	WIBW	Topeka, Kansas
High-Q[citation needed]	WCVB	Boston, Massachusetts Massachusetts	?–?
High-Q[97]	WTVT	Tampa Bay, Florida	1971–1977[97]
High Quiz Bowl[98]	WSAW WKBT	Wausau, Wisconsin	1985?
High School Bowl[99]	KHNL	Honolulu, Hawaii	1962–?[100]
High School Bowl[101]	KSTP	Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota	196?–1982
High School Bowl[102]	WTNH	New Haven, Connecticut	1980–91
High School Bowl[103]	KHQ	Spokane, Washington	1970s
High School Bowl[citation needed]	WWBT	Richmond, Virginia	1960s–70s
High School Bowl	WCHS	Charleston, West Virginia	1970s
High School Quiz Bowl[104]	WKAR	East Lansing, Michigan	1970s
High School Quiz [105][106]	WSPD	Toledo, Ohio	1948–1988
INL Scholastic Tournament[107]	IPT	Idaho	?–2012[citation needed]
Idea Brand Equity Quiz[dubious – discuss]	Times Now	Mumbai, Maharashtra	?
Inquizitive[108]	WLYH	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	2004–2009
It's Academic[109]	WBEN (1968–86) WGRZ (2008, 2013–14)	Buffalo, New York	1968–86 2008 2013–14
It's Academic[84]	WNBQ WMAQ	Chicago, Illinois	1962–1977
It's Academic[84]	WLWT WCPO-TV WCET	Cincinnati, Ohio	1963–82
It's Academic[84]	WNBC	New York City	1963–1971
It's Academic[110]	WCVB	Boston, Massachusetts	?
It's Academic[84]	KOA	Denver, Colorado	?
It's Academic[110]	WTLV	Jacksonville, Florida	1967–1974
It's Academic[110]	KNBC	Los Angeles, California	?
It's Academic[84]	WRAL	Raleigh, North Carolina	?
It's Academic	TVNZ	New Zealand	198?
It's Academic[110]	KYW	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1964–1967
Jersey Knockout Quiz[111]	Channel Television	Jersey	1970–1972
Junior High Quiz Show	WTAE	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1962–1979
[112]KidQuiz[113]	KCBS	Los Angeles, California	198?–1992
Klassroom Kwiz[114]	WDBJ	Roanoke, Virginia	1964-1980 & 1993-1999
Know Your Heritage[115]	WLS WBBM WPWR WCIU	Chicago, Illinois	1980–2010	Sundays 10:30 am
M. I. Four: The Ultimate Intelligence Quiz[116]	ZeeQ	India	2012
Matchwits[117]	Rocky Mountain PBS	Colorado	1977
McDonald's High School Challenge[118]	KXJB	Fargo, North Dakota	2004–2012	Saturdays, 6:30 pm
National Quiz	Infoplus	Nepal	2013
The New Quiz Kids	Global Television Network	Canada	1978
NTV Peace Quiz	Nepal Television	Nepal	2014
On Your Marks	Yorkshire Television	Yorkshire	1994–1995
Piedmont Quiz Bowl[114]	SCETV	South Carolina
Pop Quiz	WVPT	Harrisonburg, Virginia Shenandoah Valley	1979–2013[119]
Prep Quiz Bowl[120]	WDSU	New Orleans, Louisiana	197?
Public Library Quiz Bowl	UNC-TV	North Carolina	1981–2006
Quiz '88	Community Access	Ottawa, Ontario	1988
Quiz Kids	Syndication CBS Cable	United States	1949–1956 1981–1982
Quiz Kids	WNAC	Boston, Massachusetts	1978
The Quiz Kids	ATN-7 GTV-9	Australia	1957
The Quiz Kids Challenge	Syndication	United States	1990
Quiz Whiz Junior	Arirang TV	South Korea	2017
Remember This?	MSNBC	United States	1996–1997
Rutgers Academic Challenge (previously New Jersey Bowl)[121][122]	NJN	New Jersey
Sabado en Grande	WAPA WJNX WTIN	Puerto Rico	198?
Scholars' Bowl[citation needed]	unknown	Virginia
Scholars' Bowl[123]	unknown	Quad Cities, Illinois, Iowa
Scholars' Cup[124]	WTVP	Peoria, Illinois	197?–2011	May
Scholars for Dollars[125]	WCFE	Plattsburgh, New York	1982?[126]-1993?
Scholarship Bowl[127]	WNEP	Scranton, Pennsylvania Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	1990–1991?
Scholar Quiz[123][128]	KMOX-TV	St. Louis, Missouri	c. 1964 – c. 1976
Scholastic Scoreboard	WHNS	Greenville, South Carolina
Scholastic Bowl	KET	Kentucky
Schools Challenge	Granada Television	United Kingdom	1997
Sixth Form Challenge	ITV	United Kingdom	1966–1967
SmartAsk	CBC	Canada	2001
Sports Challenge	Syndication CBS	United States	1971 1973
Star Quiz Challenge	Star TV	United Arab Emirates	2018
Teen Challenge[114]	WMAZ	Macon, Georgia
Texaco Star Academic Challenge	KPRC	Houston, Texas
Texaco Star National Academic Championship	Discovery Channel	United States	1989
Tidewater Challenge	WHRO	Norfolk, Virginia
Top of the Form	BBC 1	United Kingdom	1962–1975
Trivia Plus	Cable Atlantic Public Access	Newfoundland Labrador	1991–1992
TV-3 Challenge	TV-3	New Jersey	1970s[129][130]
TV Honor Society[131]	WTAP	West Virginia	1980s
Ulster Schools Quiz[132]	Ulster Television BBC Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	198?–1992 1999[133]
University Challenge	ABC	Australia	1987–1989
University Challenge	TVNZ Prime	New Zealand	1976–1989 2014–2016
University Challenge	BBC World	India	2003–2005
Varsity Quiz Bowl[134]	WYES	New Orleans, Louisiana	1957–1994?
VIPS Battle of the Books[135]	WYES	Providence, Rhode Island	2005?
Virgin Islands Quiz Bowl[136]	WTJX	US Virgin Islands	2012
Whiz Bang Quiz Gang	WWOR	New York City	1992–199?
Winthrop Challenge[137]	SCETV	South Carolina	1979–?
Your Turn	Ulster Television	United Kingdom	1960–1961

Quiz bowl 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.^[138]