A TV Quiz Show for Teens Turns 50
28 September 2011
Mac McGarry has hosted "It's Academic" on NBC4 in Washington since it started in 1951
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Question: Which program is in Guinness World Records as the world's longest running TV quiz show? Answer:
MAC McGARRY: "It's Academic!"
"It’s Academic" is a Saturday morning program for high school students. The show has aired in the Washington area for fifty years. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton competed on the show when she was a teenager.
Teams from local schools face subjects like history, literature, math, science, religion, politics and sports.
MAC McGARRY: "You should take a looooong look at these questions because all the clues contain the word long. Identify the following, number one: the 'Long Gray Line' refers to cadets at this US military academy. [Bell] Macgruder."
MAGRUDER HIGH SCHOOL TEAM: "West Point."
MAC McGARRY: "Right. He didn't live to see the staging of his drama 'Long Day's Journey Into Night.' [Bell] Magruder."
MAGRUDER HIGH SCHOOL TEAM: "T.S. Eliot."
MAC McGARRY: "Eugene O'Neill. Sorry ... "
Susan Altman is the producer.
SUSAN ALTMAN: “It's a great age group to work with. They’re fun, they’re enthusiastic, they say funny things without even meaning to half the time."
Ms. Altman's mother, Sophie, was a TV producer in the nineteen fifties. She started "It's Academic" after local school officials asked her to create a program that showed outstanding students.
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