Wikia

Hosts
Allen Ludden Robert Earle Art Fleming Pat Sajak Dick Cavett
Announcers
Don Morrow Jerry Damon Mel Brandt Alan Berns Nelson Davis Jim McKrell
Broadcast
Radio/CBS/NBC/ABC/Syndicated 1953-1955, 1959-1970, 1978 NBC 1984 Disney Channel 1987
Packagers
Moses-Reid-Cleary Productions 1959-1984 The College Bowl Company/Lorimar 1984 Richard Reid Productions/The College Bowl Company 1987

The first ever televised quiz bowl. The format of this show would spawn a multitude of other academic bowls all over the nation.

GameplayEdit

The format was simple. Two four-member teams representing various colleges and universities competed; one member of each team was its captain. The game began with a "toss-up" question for ten points; the first player to buzz in got the right to answer, but if (s)he was wrong, the other team could try to answer (if a player buzzed in before the host finished reading the question and was wrong, the team was penalized five points). Answering a "toss-up" correctly earned the team the right to answer a multi-part "bonus" question worth up to thirty points (sometimes 35); the team members could collaborate, but only the captain was allowed to actually give the answer. The game continued in this manner, and was played in two halves. During halftime, the players were allowed to show a short promotional film of their school; or they might talk about career plans or the like. The team with the most points at the end of the game won a $1,500 scholarship. The losing team won $500.