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The Pennsylvania Game
brianhenke:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Jun 29 2003, 10:34 PM\'] Well, speaking from experience, there are still a couple dozen or so high school quiz bowls with various formats scattered across the country. Actually, I'm just guessing as to the number, I really have no idea. I'm only personally aware of about a dozen, but I assume there are more in smaller markets.
Other than that, you have to go back a few years to when the people who gave New Orleans "N.O.-It-Alls" (one of whom was Brandon Tartikoff, I believe) decided to franchise their local trivia format to other markets. I know there was "That's Atlanta!" but I don't know how many other cities took the show on. [/quote]
There was a Cincinnati version called Know-It-Alls, hosted by Michael Flannery from 1997 to 2000 on WCPO.
The late Bob Braun hosted On the Money on WLWT in 1973-74.
Brian
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The Jehovah's Witnesses distribute Mad magazine?
We want some more pro wrestling (STILL) and NASCAR questions!
Robert Hutchinson:
Still on the topic of HS quizzers, Atlanta's High-Q is still running strong. I think it's been running about as long as another show out of Michigan or somewhere.
Oh, and I once saw a high school quiz show based out of Albany, GA. There were two incredibly large strikes against it in my eyes. One, the host couldn't read questions properly to save her life. After five minutes, you'd be ready to pay Regis to come in and read questions about Sacajawea.
Two, the final round had the following format: all toss-ups, 10 points if right, no penalty if wrong, players can signal at any time, and if the first team misses the question, it's discarded immediately. I was so glad not to be living in that area at the time, since I know my \"must win game show\" mentality would've overpowered my \"play nice\" mentality, and (assuming my team had the lead) I would've played that poor format to the hilt.
\"What--\" *buzz* \"Which--\" *buzz* \"Who--\" *buzz*
cyberjoek:
That's why Quizbusters has a -10 penilty for a wrong answer during its last round :-)
-Joe Kavanagh
Steve Gavazzi:
The folks on The Pennsylvania Game are local celebrities...although I'm not sure \"celebrities\" is necessarily the right word. As I recall, a few years back, two of the panelists were people from WTAJ's news department, neither of whom are particularly bright; one of them was a weathergirl who literally couldn't keep track from day to day how many Dakotas there are (frighteningly, she's now a meteorologist at WPXI). They also had Anne Grocer on once; she's this goofy woman who used to be the mayor of St. Marys and who is best known around my house for never wanting to spend any money on public schools (where both of my parents work).
Despite this, The Pennsylvania Game is a good little show that's pretty fun to watch if you're from around here.
ChuckNet:
--- Quote ---Despite this, The Pennsylvania Game is a good little show that's pretty fun to watch if you're from around here.
--- End quote ---
I agree...in fact, when my fam vacationed at a condo in the Poconos the last coupla yrs, I'd record an ep for the collection while we were there.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")
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