Editing Quiz bowl (section)

== Broadcasting ==
{{Further|List of televised academic student quiz programs}}

Quiz bowl shows have been on television for many decades in some areas and usually feature competitors from local high schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.insidenorthside.com/wyes-the-voice-of-new-orleans/|title=WYES The Voice of New Orleans|website=Inside Northside|access-date=June 14, 2014|archive-date=October 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030014505/http://www.insidenorthside.com/wyes-the-voice-of-new-orleans/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Many of these competitions may have rules and formats that differ slightly from standardized quiz bowl.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.quizkids.tv/QuizKidsContestantManual.pdf|title=Quiz Kids Contestant Manual|publisher=TV Game Brains|website=Bay Area Quiz Kids|access-date=June 24, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605052751/http://www.quizkids.tv/QuizKidsContestantManual.pdf|archive-date=June 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://towncourier.com/qohs-academic-club-in-its-academic-playoffs/|title=QOHS Academic Club in "It's Academic" Playoffs|website=The Town Courier|date=March 7, 2014|last=O'Keefe|first=Karen|location=Gaithersburg, Maryland|access-date=June 29, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210436/http://towncourier.com/qohs-academic-club-in-its-academic-playoffs/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

''College Bowl'' was broadcast on NBC radio from 1953 to 1955. The program moved to television as ''General Electric College Bowl'' and was broadcast from 1959 to 1970, first on [[CBS]] and later on [[NBC]]. ''College Bowl'' would return to [[CBS Radio|CBS radio]] from 1979 to 1982, and HCASC was broadcast on [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]] from 1990 to 1995. The ''Texaco Star National Academic Championship'' ran from 1989 to 1991 on [[Discovery Channel]] and was hosted by [[Chip Beall]] and [[Mark L. Walberg]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Episode List: Texaco Star National Academic Championship|url=http://www.tvtango.com/series/texaco_star_national_academic_championship/episodes|website=TV Tango|access-date=March 13, 2012|archive-date=February 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226221331/http://www.tvtango.com/series/texaco_star_national_academic_championship/episodes|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Overview: Texaco Star National Academic Championship|url=http://www.tvtango.com/series/texaco_star_national_academic_championship|publisher=TV Tango|access-date=December 18, 2012|archive-date=June 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602105806/http://www.tvtango.com/series/texaco_star_national_academic_championship|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1994, it was syndicated as the ''Star Challenge'' and hosted by Mark L. Walberg.{{Citation needed|date=June 2014}} ''[[University Challenge]]'' is licensed from CBCI by [[Granada TV Ltd.]] and still broadcast in the [[United Kingdom]]. ''[[Reach for the Top]]'', a Canadian competition with a quiz bowl-like format, has been broadcast on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] in the past.

=== Game show contestants ===
Quiz bowl has received media coverage due to the number of highly successful game show contestants with backgrounds in the activity.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/54853/our-interview-jeopardy-champion-arthur-chu|title=Our Interview With Jeopardy! Champion Arthur Chu|date=2014|magazine=Mental Floss|last=Higgins|first=Chris|access-date=June 20, 2014|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016080230/http://mentalfloss.com/article/54853/our-interview-jeopardy-champion-arthur-chu|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/archives/85254/preview/|title=Quiz Bowl prepared contestant for 'Jeopardy!'|newspaper=Gainesville Times|access-date=June 20, 2014}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> NAQT maintains a list of current and former quiz bowl players at any level who have appeared on TV game shows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naqt.com/game-show-appearances.jsp|title=Game Show Appearances|website=NAQT|access-date=June 30, 2014|archive-date=April 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427053205/http://www.naqt.com/game-show-appearances.jsp|url-status=live}}</ref> Several of the top dollar winners in the history of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' include former players such as [[Ken Jennings]],<ref name="brainiac" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7195-2004Oct4.html|title=A: Quiz Bowl. Q: What Do Top Game Show Players Prize?|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=October 5, 2004|access-date=September 9, 2009|first=Tamara|last=Jones|archive-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111034820/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7195-2004Oct4.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Matt Jackson (Jeopardy! contestant)|Matt Jackson]], [[David Madden (Jeopardy! contestant)|David Madden]],<ref>{{Cite web|author=Fran Scavuzzo, Sam.|url=http://ridgewood.patch.com/articles/jeopardy-champ-starts-history-bowl-at-rhs|title='Jeopardy!' Champ Starts History Bowl at RHS|publisher=Ridgewood-Glen Rock Patch|location=Ridgewood, NJ|date=April 30, 2010|access-date=June 29, 2014|archive-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513213802/https://patch.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/jeopardy-champ-starts-history-bowl-at-rhs|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Brad Rutter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qunlimited.com/national.htm|title=2008 NATIONAL ACADEMIC CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS|website=Questions Unlimited|access-date=2009-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226004915/http://qunlimited.com/national.htm|archive-date=2009-02-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> Such is the correlation between success on ''Jeopardy!'' and quiz bowl experience that Jennings described the competition as a "[[minor league]]" for the show and for other televised quiz show competitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/04/jeopardy-quiz-bowl-connection-ken-jennings.html|title=The Jeopardy! Minor Leagues|first=Ken|last=Jennings|author-link=Ken Jennings|work=[[Slate.com]]|date=April 9, 2019|access-date=April 9, 2019|archive-date=April 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409205432/https://slate.com/culture/2019/04/jeopardy-quiz-bowl-connection-ken-jennings.html|url-status=live}}</ref>