Hometown High-Q

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Hometown High-Q is a high school quiz bowl game show that tapes and broadcasts on KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is sponsored by Westfield Insurance (and previously by Giant Eagle) and has been hosted by KDKA news anchor Ken Rice since its inception in 2000.[1]

Dan Braddock is the show's producer.[2]

[edit] Format

Hometown High-Q is based on the It's Academic format in which three teams of three field academically-based questions for points and advancement in a season-long tournament.

The winning team receives $11,000, second- and third-place finalists win $5,500, and non-winning semifinalists win $2,000.[3] In earlier seasons, winning teams received points their schools could use toward the purchase of computers and equipment.

An alternate version of Hometown High Q, which began in summer 2005 is the Steelers Trivia Challenge, a nighttime series hosted by KDKA sports anchor Bob Pompeani featuring adult contestants answering trivia related to the Steelers.

From 2003-2007, the show aired twice on Saturday: a new episode airs at 11:00 a.m. and the last week's episode reruns at 11:30 a.m.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rob Owen (March 14, 2000). KDKA-TV goes to school in quiz show for students. Post-Gazette. Retrieved on 2007-07-05.
  2. ^ Mike Seate (January 25, 2007). Academics shouldn't be black and white. TRIBUNE-REVIEW. Retrieved on 2007-07-05.
  3. ^ Hometown High Q Game Show Participation Rules. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.


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