Quiz Kids (San Francisco)
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Quiz Kids is a high school academic quiz tournament for San Francisco Bay Area high schools, hoted by Brad Friedman, the Head of the Drama department at San Mateo High School. The show was first introduced in 1999, on Peninsula TV Cable 26 ("Pen-TV"), a TV station in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The show is sponsored by the San Mateo Credit Union, the Chronicle, AT&T, Oracle and ACIS. The show now airs on Saturdays on KRON-4 at 2pm. Replays of the show are seen on PEN-TV throughout the week. With a free admission, audiences can attend shows at the Peninsula TV Studio (1250 San Carlos Ave, San Carlos, California 94070).
The show is produced by Robert Marks and Elizabeth LaPorte. The show is Directed by Jim Risinger. Frank Seebode has been the show's long standing question judge. Bay Area Quiz Bowl organizer Ross Ritterman has served as question writer/editor and show consultant since Season 6 and will serve as Associate Producer beginning with Season 8. As of Season 8, question material is provided by NAQT.
The show ended its seventh season on March 17, 2006, with 45 Bay Area teams competing. The first prize is an all-expense paid trip through ACIS. The second place prize, as of the 5th season, has been $1000 per student provided by the Commandry 16 of the Knights Templar and the Golden Gate Division of the Scottish Rite of Free Masonry.
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[edit] Game Topics
- History
- Literature/Language Arts
- Math
- Science
- Geography
- Fine/Performing Arts
- Sports
- Current News Events
[edit] Game Format
Two local high schools send three students to the show. There are three rounds to the show, Collaboration, Lightning and Extreme Lightning. The team who receives the most points by the end of the show advances to the next round until the winner is decided.
Collaboration Round
In the Collaboration Round, the host, Brad Friedman, asks questions to each of the two teams. The teams can collaborate and work together to get the answer. Each question answered correctly is 10 points. If the team says the wrong answer, the other team can steal the points and earn the 10 points. After a commercial break, Brad Friedman interviews the students about their lives, college plans, school activities, etc.
Lightning Round
In this second round, the six students compete individually, pressing their own buzzers to answer the questions which go toward the team total score. Each question is worth 10 points. Just as in the Collaboration Round, if a student provides the host the wrong answer, the other team may collaborate and steal the points.
Extreme Lightning Round
In the last round, the game play is the same, but the point value of each question is increased to 20 points. If there is a tie at the end of the show, the host will ask everyone one question and whoever first answers the question correctly is the winner.
[edit] Game Winners
- 2000: Menlo-Atherton
- 2001: Menlo-Atherton
- 2002: Menlo-Atherton
- 2003: Menlo-Atherton
- 2004: Half Moon Bay
- 2005: Mission San Jose
- 2006: Bentley
[edit] Participating High Schools
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