About PQK
Audience Info
Broadcast Dates/Channels
Contact Info
How the Game is Played
Mini Match
Participating Schools
Prizes & Sponsors
Press
School Videos
Tournament 2001 Schedule
About Peninsula Quiz Kids
Peninsula Quiz Kids is a fun, academic, single-round elimination quiz tournament for local high schools. Sponsored by Pacific Bell in its 2000 debut season, 16 high schools competed for the Grand Prize, an all-expenses paid 9-day trip to Europe. Congratulations and Bon Voyage to Menlo-Atherton, our 2000 Champions! Brad Friedman, the Dramatic Arts teacher at San Mateo High School, hosts the show with style, panache, and wits. When not hosting the show or appearing at celebrity events, Brad is busy directing some of the best musical and dramatic performances in the district. Hey, his autograph will be worth a fortune someday!
How the Game is Played Students are asked questions from eight categories (see below). In the first, Collaboration Round, the whole team gets together to figure out the answers. In the next round, the team specialists Face Off in a one-on-one matchup. The match ends with the exciting Lightning
Round, where contestants need speed to beat out their opponents.
Quiz Categories
School Videos
Between rounds, student-produced videos about each competing school are shown. Who knows, maybe the next Quentin Tarantino is out there?
If you're interested in producing your school's video, here are some helpful hints as well broadcast specifications for you techies:
Saturday Taping Dates/Audience Info
Matches are taped before a live audience at the Peninsula TV Studio in San Carlos, located at 1250 San Carlos Ave. Call 637-1936 if you'd like to be a member of the audience.
Prizes courtesy of:
Broadcast Dates/Channels
In most San Mateo County cities, Peninsula Quiz Kids is aired on Channel 26:
Fridays - 8pm/ 8:30pm
Sundays - 7pm/7:30pm
Mondays - 6:30pm
Tuesdays - 6:30pm
The following cities may have different air dates.
San Bruno
(650) 877-8889
Pacifica
(650) 355-8000
In Palo Alto and environs
(650) 494-8686
Half Moon Bay and environs
(650) 726-1750
Press
View newspaper articles and photos of you or your school's team
Want To Play?
Check back here in the future for a mini-match
City Links:
Daly City Hillsborough Millbrae Redwood City San Carlos San Mateo
South San Francisco Belmont Brisbane Burlingame Foster City
Copyright 2000 Peninsula Television
Last Update:June 2001