Quiz Kids (San Francisco)

Quiz Kids is a high school academic quiz tournament for San Francisco Bay Area high schools, hosted by Brad Friedman, the Head of the Drama department at San Mateo High School. The show was first introduced in 1999, on [http://www.pentv.tv 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 started its ninth season October 27, 2007, with 45 Bay Area teams competing. The first prize is an all-expense paid trip through ACIS. The second place prize is a $1000 per student provided by Golden Gate Commandry No. 16, Knights Templar [http://www.knightstemplar.org Knights Templar] and Burlingame Bodies Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.

Topics

*History
*Literature/Language Arts
*Math
*Science
*Geography
*Fine/Performing Arts
*Sports
*Current News Events

Format

Two local high schools send three students to the show. The show consists of three rounds: 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 final winner is decided.

*Collaboration Round

In the Collaboration Round, the host, Brad Friedman, asks questions to each of the two teams. The players on each team can collaborate to arrive at their final 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 whichever team first answers the question correctly is the winner and moves on to the next round.

2008 Season

Round One
* Bentley def. Terra Nova (500-140)
* Crystal Springs def. Aragon (380-120)
* Mountain View def. Campolindo (540-170)
* San Mateo def. Menlo Atherton (410-230)
* Clayton Valley def. Sacred Heart (340-290)
* Westmoor def. South San Francisco (380-360)
* Capuchino def. Gilroy (350-80)
* Mission San Jose def. Gunn (390-370)
* Mills def. Half Moon Bay (420-70)
* Bellarmine def. Castro Valley (420-300)
* Harker def. Evergreen Valley (500-90)
* Menlo School def. San Leandro (350-240)
* Homestead def. Riordan (510-150)
* Hillsdale def. Woodside (190-170)

Winners

*2000: Menlo-Atherton
*2001: Menlo-Atherton
*2002: Menlo-Atherton
*2003: Menlo-Atherton
*2004: Half Moon Bay
*2005: Mission San Jose
*2006: Bentley
*2007: Sacred Heart
*2008: San Mateo

Participating high schools

*Acalanes
*Aragon
*Archbishop Riordan
*Bellarmine
*Bentley
*Burlingame (dropped out of 2008 season)
*Campolindo
*Capuchino
*Carlmont
*Carondolet
*Castro Valley
*Clayton Valley
*Crystal Springs Uplands
*De La Salle
*Evergreen Valley
*Gilroy
*Gunn
*Half Moon Bay
*Harker
*Hillsdale
*Jefferson
*Lynnbrook
*Menlo
*Menlo-Atherton
*Mills
*Miramonte
*Mission San Jose
*Monta Vista
*Mountain View
*Novato
*Palo Alto
*Pescadero
*Sacred Heart
*San Carlos
*San Mateo
*Sequoia
*Serra
*South San Francisco
*Summit
*Tamalpais
*Terra Nova
*Valley Christian
*Vintage
*Westmoor
*Willow Glen
*Woodside

External links

* [http://www.pentv.tv/quizkids.html KRON-4 "Quiz Kids"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YwXlDDSgik "Monta Vista Crushes Harker"]