News Channel Three's Knowledge Bowl

News Channel Three's Knowledge Bowl is a program created by WREG in Memphis, Tennessee and is currently in its eighteenth season. The format is similar to a quiz show, in which teams come from 32 high schools around the Mid-South to participate. Contests between schools take place throughout the school year. Knowledge Bowl participants earn prizes depending on their standings.

Format

Each game starts out with two teams with four contestants on each team. Two rounds lasting 7 minutes are played when toss up questions are asked dealing with many subjects. If a team member gets a question right, they get a bonus question to answer in which the team can discuss. If a team member gets a toss up question wrong, the question goes to the other team to answer. If one of them gets it right, then that team gets a bonus question. Toss ups are worth 10 points and bonuses are worth 20 points. If someone buzzes in too early with an incorrect response, a 5 point penalty is assessed. In between the two rounds, an interview session is done with the contestants. After the second round, a "Lightning Round" composing of current events questions takes place. During this round, only toss ups are asked to save time. This round is dubbed as the "Fastest Four Minutes In Television." Whoever has the highest point total at the end of the game wins and advances in the next round.

Hosts

For many years, Kyle Rote, Jr. hosted Knowledge Bowl. WREG-TV meteorologist Jim Jaggers took Rote's place a few years ago.

Prizes and Scholarships

According to the program's website, Knowledge Bowl and its sponsors have given away more than $2 million in college scholarships over its 18 seasons, which is an average of $152,400 for each season. Scholarships are distributed in the following manner.
-Minimum Prize: $200 Savings Bond
-Advance to Second Round: $500 Scholarship To The University of Memphis
-Advance to Third Round: $1000 Scholarship
-Quarerfinalists: $1500 Scholarship
-Semifinalist: $3000 Scholarship
-Champions: $7500 Scholarship

In additon to scholarships, participants attend a banquet in their honor every year after taping is complete. The winning schools are honored with trophies and every participant is given a gift from WREG-TV and their sponsors

Participating Schools

-Desoto Central High School
-Memphis University School
-Immaculate Conception High School
-Arlington High School
-Houston High School
-Horn Lake High School
-Southaven High School
-Hutchinson High School
-Saint George's Independent School
-Northside High School
-White Station High School
-Evangelical Christian School
-Bolton High School
-Munford High School
-Olive Branch High School
-Craigmont High School
-West Memphis High School
-Whitehaven High School
-Raleigh-Egypt High School
-Central High School
-Germantown High School
-Collierville High School
-First Assembly Christian School
-Christian Brothers High School
-Bartlett High School
-Ripley High School
-Saint Benedict High School
-Southern Baptist Educational Center
-Covington High School
-Tipton-Rosemark Academy
-Hernando High School
-Briarcrest Christian School

Programming Schedule

Knowledge Bowl airs every Saturday morning on WREG-TV's analog channel 3 and WREG-DT's digital channel 3.1. It airs between 9:00 and 9:30 AM during the school year. WHNT in Huntsville, Alabama also airs the show on its digital sub-channel (WHNT-DT2 19.2) and usually broadcasts them more than one at a time from 8:30 to 11:30.

Sponsors

External links

* [http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?s=376930 Official Website]
[http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=3304877 Team Parings and Air Dates]

See also

Knowledge Bowl
Quizbowl
WREG-TV