High School Quiz Show is a quiz bowl for high schoolers in the New England (Boston) area.
Broadcast[]
WGBH (PBS) 2009-present
Hosts[]
- Dhaya Lakshminarayanan (Season 1)
- Billy Costa (Season 2 - Season 14)
- Jeff Kinney (Sub-Host - Season 10)
- Joe Hanson (Season 15 -)
Gameplay[]
Two high schools from of the New England/Boston area compete. There are four rounds; the toss-up round, the head-to-head round, the category round, and the lightning round. Whoever has the highest amount of points wins a trophy.
For each correct answer in the first two rounds, it is worth 10 points. There are no point deductions for wrong answers in the first round, but reductions are intact in subsequent rounds. In the third round, correct answers can be worth between 10-30 points. And all correct answers in the lightning round are worth 20 points.