Student quiz shows have appeared on television as both local and national programs since the second half of the 20th century. The following quiz programs have aired on local or national television, featuring teams from schools, colleges, or universities in academic competition.
Shows on television
Title Station / Network Region / Media market Premiere Year Timeslot Academic Bowl WCTE Cookeville, Tennessee 1986 daily, 11am and 5pm, March 18 – April 10 Academic Challenge WSRE Pensacola, Florida 2013 Academic Challenge WEWS Cleveland, Ohio 1964 Saturdays, 11:30 am Academic Challenge KOBIKOTI Medford, OregonKlamath Falls, Oregon 2005 Sundays, 6:30pm Academic Decathlon SuperQuiz and Banquet KLCS Los Angeles, California ? Academic League SDCOE ITV San Diego, California 1991 live, late April, Academic Quiz Bowl PCTV Pottstown, Pennsylvania 2012 Tuesdays, 6:307pm Arkansas Governor's Quiz Bowl AETN Arkansas 1985-present live 9am and 1:30pm, Saturday, late April As Schools Match Wits WWLP (1961–2006) WGBY (2007–present) Springfield, Massachusetts 1961 Saturdays, 7pm Battle of the Brains WCVE (1978–2002) WAVY (2004–2009) WTVR (2003–present) Richmond, Virginia 1978 While Battle of the Brains was created in 1975, it did not air on TV until 1978. Saturdays, 10am Bay Area Quiz Kids Peninsula TV Channel 26 (Present) KRON (??) San Mateo County, California San Francisco Bay Area (participants) 1999 Saturdays, 8am, 4pm, and 7:30pm Black College Quiz Syndication 19??-2013Bounce 2014–2016, 2020–PresentAspire 2014–2016 Up 2014 Chicago, Illinois (origin) United States 2007 weekly Bournvita Quiz Contest Zee TV Sony Entertainment Television India 1972 Sundays Brain Busters WGAL Lancaster, PennsylvaniaHarrisburg, Pennsylvania 2000 Sundays, 12pm1pm Brain Game WTHR Indianapolis, Indiana 1972 or 1973 Saturdays, 7pm Brain Game WRAL Raleigh, North Carolina 1997 Brain Game (previously Academic Challenge) WBGU Bowling Green, Ohio 2012 Thursday, 9pm CBSE Heritage India Quiz History TV18 India 2001 De Campus Cup VRT CanvasVRT 1 Flanders 2019 The Challenge MSG Varsity New YorkNew JerseyConnecticut 1996 daily, 6:30pm Double Down WCNY Syracuse, New York ~2009 Sundays, 6pm (re-aired 11pm) Gettu betur RÚV Iceland 1986 Golden Bell KBS South Korea 200? Granite State Challenge NHPTV New Hampshire 1983 HDFC Life School Quiz (formerly ESPN School Quiz) ESPN Star Sports India High Five Challenge KPTV 1993–19??KWPBKOINOPB 2006–2008KPDX 2008–present Oregon and Washington 1993 High Q WSB Atlanta, Georgia 1986 Saturdays, 12:30pm High Q KCOS El Paso, Texas 1984 Saturdays, 11:30am and 12pm High School Bowl WNMU Marquette, Michigan 1977 High School Challenge WFUM Flint, Michigan 1984 High School Quiz Bowl Cox Channel 4 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Annual High School Quiz Show WGBH Massachusetts 2009 Hispanic College Quiz Syndication Chicago, Illinois (origin) United States 2008 October Histrionics TVS Sydney, New South Wales 2009 Hometown High-Q KDKA Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2000 In the Know WBNS (1970s–80s)WOSUWPBO Columbus, OhioPortsmouth, Ohio 1964 Tuesdays, 7:30pm It's Academic WRCWETA-TV Washington, D.C. 19612022 It's Academic WBAL-TV (1971–89)WJZ (1989– ) Baltimore, Maryland 1971 It's Academic Seven Network Australia 1968 2005 It's Academic Hawaii KFVE Honolulu, Hawaii 2013 Wednesdays, 7pm KEDT-TV Challenge (formerly Challenge!) KEDT Corpus Christi, Texas 2005 Quiz Bowl KTIV (?2013(?) KCAU 2013present Sioux City, Iowa 2007? Saturdays, 11am KYVE Apple Bowl KYVE Yakima, Washington Central Washington 1980 Mahindra Auto Quotient NDTV New Delhi, N.C.R. 2009 Making the Grade WYIN Gary, Indiana 2011 Malarvadi Little Scholar Media One TV Kerala 20?? various Masterminds TW3 Albany, New York Upstate New York ? Masterminds KRGV Weslaco, Texas 1986 MAX STAR Quiz Challenge Star Plus United Arab Emirates 2015 Mind Games KSBI Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 2012 Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl BCTV 14 Burnsville, Minnesota ? National Geographic Bee(formerly National Geography Bee) Syndication United States 1989 Annual Tournament National Super Quiz Bee IBC 13Studio 23 Philippines 1977 News Channel 3 Knowledge Bowl WREG Memphis, Tennessee ? North County Academic League ITV channel 16 San Diego County, California 1991 Quest KTWU Topeka, Kansas 1984 Quiz Bowl GCTV Guilford, Connecticut 2011 Quiz Bowl SETV Stafford County, Virginia 2014 Saturdays, 7pm QuizBusters WKAR East Lansing, Michigan 1989 QuizBusters WNAB Nashville, Tennessee 2008 Quiz Central WCMU Central Michigan Quiz Mania Kantipur TelevisionNepal Television Nepal 2012 Quizmaster Challenge MCPS 34 Montgomery County, Maryland 1988 Quiz Show KPBT West Texas 2008 Reach for the Top CBUTCBMTCLTCBC Canada 1961 Scholars' Bowl East Tennessee PBS Knoxville, TennesseeSneedville, Tennessee 1984 Weekdays, 5:30pm Scholastic Hi-Q WSIUWUSI Carbondale, IllinoisOlney, Illinois 1986 Sundays 5:30pm Scholastic Scrimmage WPSUWLVTWVIA University Park, PennsylvaniaLehigh Valley, PennsylvaniaScranton/Wilkes-Barre area, Pennsylvania 1975 School Duel WBEC Broward, Dade, Palm Beach Counties, Florida 2010 Thursdays 7pm, January–June Schools' Challenge Quiz TVJ Jamaica The Smart Brain Flowers Kerala 2016 South Louisiana Quiz Bowl KWBJ KFOL Morgan City, Louisiana Houma, Louisiana1987Saturdays, Sundays High schools, 5pm, Junior Highs, 5:30pm Star Quiz Challenge STAR India Mumbai, Maharashtra 2011 Stateline Quiz Bowl WTVO WQRF Rockford, Illinois 2015 Saturdays 6:30pm Sundays 8:30am Sundays, 9:30pm Superkids Arirang South Korea 200? Tata Crucible Campus Quiz CNBC TV18 India 2013 University Challenge ITVBBC2 United Kingdom 1962 (original)1994 (revival) Mondays, 8pm Varsity Quiz KLVX Las Vegas, Nevada 1969 WGEM Academic Challenge Quiz Bowl WGEM Quincy, Illinois Whiz Quiz WPBSWNPI Watertown, New YorkNorwood, New York Whiz Quiz WTLW Lima, Ohio U-Genius quizCNBC TV18India2024 YSU Academic Challengehttp://www.ysu.edu/marketingComm/files/articles/1109/PDF/1109.pdf WYTV WNWO Youngstown, Ohio Toledo, Ohio 2002 2010
Shows no longer on television