Bay Area Quiz Kids

About Bay Area Quiz Kids
Audience Info
Broadcast Dates/Channels
Contact Info
History of quiz shows
How the Game is Played
Links
Participating Schools
Pictures
Press
Prizes & Sponsors
Production Assistants
Sample Questions
Video Order Form

About Bay Area Quiz Kids
Based on the 1950's GE College Bowl, Bay Area Quiz Kids is an academic quiz show hosted by Brad Friedman, San Mateo High School Dramatic Arts Director, and featuring high schools from San Mateo, northern Santa Clara and San Francisco Counties. Now in its fourth year of competition, the show's school participation has grown from 16 to 24 high schools and airs to over 250,0000 subscriber households. As Peninsula TV-26's most popular program, the show airs 10 times a week, every week of the year. Quiz Kids also airs on KRON Channel 4 on Saturday at noon.

How the Game is Played
Each of the 25 matches is taped before a live audience in Peninsula TV-26's San Carlos studio, where two teams of three contestants compete a single-elimination tournament. Each match has three rounds: Collaboration, lightning round and the high-scoring Extreme Lightning round. The teams are asked questions in academic categories such as literature/language, science/technology, math, history, geography, and fine/performing arts, as well as current events and sports. During the match, students have the chance to describe their curricular activities and interests.

Saturday Taping Dates/Audience Info
(2003-4 season)

Tournament grid for 2003-4 season
Air dates including replay dates

The show is taped live before an audience, which plays an important role in the show and is on television often. Admission is free. Call 650-637-1936 for more info.

Shows are filmed at the Peninsula TV studio located in the SamTrans building 1250 San Carlos Ave, 2nd floor, San Carlos in downtown San Carlos.

Directions
From 101 north/south, take the Holly Street exit west. Turn left on El Camino Real, then make the first right on San Carlos Ave. The studio is one block down on the right side, in the SamTrans building. There is a large parking structure behind the SamTrans building.

Photographs of past championship teams

Participating Schools

Acalanes
Aragon
Archbishop Riordan
Bentley
Berkeley
Burlingame
Campolindo
Capuchino
Carlmont
Castro Valley
College Prep
Crystal Springs Uplands
De La Salle
El Camino
Gunn
Half Moon Bay
Harker
Hillsdale
Jefferson
Las Lomas
Lowell
Marin Academy

Menlo
Menlo-Atherton
Mills
Miramonte
Monta Vista
Mountain View
Pescadero
Sacred Heart
St. Ignatius
San Domenico
San Leandro
San Mateo
Sequoia
Serra
South San Francisco
Tamalpais
Terra Nova
Valley Christian
Westmoor
Woodside
Ygnacio Valley

Broadcast Dates/Channels
Bay Area Quiz Kids airs on KRON channel 4 on Saturdays at 12:00 noon. In most San Mateo County cities between South San Francisco and Redwood City, Bay Area Quiz Kids also airs on cable channel 26 at the following times.
    Fridays - 8pm/ 8:30pm
    Sundays - 7pm/7:30pm
    Mondays - 6:30pm
    Tuesdays - 6:30pm
Bay Area Quiz Kids also airs on Palo Alto area Comcast cable channel 25 on Fridays at 7:00 PM.

You can look up which show airs on which date on the airdate table.

The following cities may have different air dates.

San Bruno
(650) 877-8889

Pacifica
(650) 355-8000

In Palo Alto, Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, and Atherton
Comcast cable channel 27
Fridays 7:00 PM

Half Moon Bay and environs
(650) 726-1750

Press
View newspaper articles of you or your school's team

Mini Match
Try your hand at some sample questions

Video Order Form

Download the video order form for more details.

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Production Assistants

The show requires 4 - 6 Production Assistants. If you'd like to apply for this position, contact us by or phone.

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