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inturnaround:
I was watching an episode of \"The Pennsylvania Game\" on one of our local PBS stations and I was wondering if there are any other regional/state game shows out there (outside of lottery game shows)?

For those not familiar, \"The Pennsylvania Game\" is a production of Penn State and filmed in University Park, PA. It features multiple choice questions through most of the game about people, places and things that have something to do with Pennsylvania. Between questions, clues are given about the \"Mystery Pennsylvanian\". Supposedly the people who play the game are celebrities, but they're probably minor celebrities out of Central PA, because I've never heard of any of them.

The prizes are pretty much nonexistent, but they will give PA Scratch-Off lottery tickets to all the panelists if they all guess the same in the multiple choice.

All in all, it's a fun little game that really does educate and entertain at the same time. I'm not sure if anyone outside Pennsylvania would care, though.


The Pennsylvania Game

Matt Ottinger:
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.

Fedya:
When our family vacationed in Quebec in the summer of 1986, there was a similar (I think -- I didn't speak much French at the time) show called \"Le Quebec a la carte\".  My memories of it involved answering questions that seemed to be answering questions on Quebec's culture and history, with each of two teams trying to complete a path down the St. Lawrence River as shown by two sets of lights, one on either side of the river on a giant map of Quebec on one wall of the set.  A Google search shows one page with a list of Canadian game shows listing it, but that's all.

If Charles Blaquière is on the new group, he could probably tell us more about it, as well as all of Quebec's other distinctive game shows.  :-)

TonicBH:
Some parts of Oregon/Washington get a High School/College quiz game called \"The High Five Challenge\". If I'm not mistaken when it originally aired a long time ago, it was hour-long.

clemon79:
[quote name=\'TonicBH\' date=\'Jun 29 2003, 09:57 PM\'] Some parts of Oregon/Washington get a High School/College quiz game called "The High Five Challenge". If I'm not mistaken when it originally aired a long time ago, it was hour-long. [/quote]
 Still is, I think. I happened to come across that little gem only last weekend.

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