Quizbusters (WKAR) - Revision history

Gregory Gauthier: /* Question sources */ Questions Unlimited provided questions in Season 13 at least, as indicated in the credits of a fall 2001 episode

2017-11-18T05:21:46Z

Question sources: Questions Unlimited provided questions in Season 13 at least, as indicated in the credits of a fall 2001 episode

Gregory Gauthier: add cancellation news

2017-06-30T03:14:47Z

add cancellation news

Gregory Gauthier: /* Question sources */ add dates sourced by comparing old episodes on Chad Mosher's channel for an NAQT credit

2017-06-27T03:39:08Z

Question sources: add dates sourced by comparing old episodes on Chad Mosher's channel for an NAQT credit

Gregory Gauthier: /* Tournament format */ clarify field vs. tournament field (I'm not even going to dive into WKAR's vestigial use of "first-round" to refer to the second game each team plays--the first tournament round)

2017-06-27T03:34:11Z

Tournament format: clarify field vs. tournament field (I'm not even going to dive into WKAR's vestigial use of "first-round" to refer to the second game each team plays--the first tournament round)

Gregory Gauthier: add information about wild cards from early episodes

2017-06-27T03:32:30Z

add information about wild cards from early episodes

Gregory Gauthier: /* Question sources */ add another quote from Ottinger on the Schwarzenegger/Granholm question

2016-06-19T11:47:52Z

Question sources: add another quote from Ottinger on the Schwarzenegger/Granholm question

Gregory Gauthier: /* Question sources */ +schwarzenegger/granholm question

2014-05-26T15:25:23Z

Question sources: +schwarzenegger/granholm question

Gregory Gauthier: /* Question sources */ fix link

2014-05-26T15:21:41Z

Question sources: fix link

Gregory Gauthier: /* Question sources */ add two weblinks on QB's question database

2013-11-29T21:36:16Z

Question sources: add two weblinks on QB's question database

Gregory Gauthier: /* Format */ add a note on the tournament format

2013-11-29T21:33:13Z

Format: add a note on the tournament format

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 ==Question sources==
-[[NAQT]] supplied the questions for the toss-up/bonus portion of the game from Season 14 (2002-03) through Season 24 (2012-13); while the remaining questions were house-written.  Prior to Season 14, and starting with Season 25 (2013-14), all questions are house-written.  Quick 10 and Lightning Round questions are drawn from a large database (see [http://www.gameshowforum.org/index.php/topic,24974.msg311923.html#msg311923] and [https://www.msu.edu/~murphyjp/work/QB.html]), so [[question recycling]] is frequent.
+[[NAQT]] supplied the questions for the toss-up/bonus portion of the game from Season 14 (2002-03) through Season 24 (2012-13); while the remaining questions were house-written.  In season 13 (2001-02), [[Questions Unlimited]] supplied questions. [https://youtu.be/kf0g38F51VQ?t=27m42s] Prior to Season 13, and starting with Season 25 (2013-14), all questions are house-written.  Quick 10 and Lightning Round questions are drawn from a large database (see [http://www.gameshowforum.org/index.php/topic,24974.msg311923.html#msg311923] and [https://www.msu.edu/~murphyjp/work/QB.html]), so [[question recycling]] is frequent.
 Matt Ottinger is particularly proud of writing one toss-up where all the clues could pertain either to Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jennifer Granholm, describing the resulting question as "better than some old physics question." [https://www.facebook.com/QuizBusters/posts/10151117640361876]

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	'''''Quizbusters''''' is a television quiz bowl show that has aired on WKAR-TV in East Lansing, Michigan, since 1989. It has been hosted since 1989 by Matt Ottinger. The show is a revival of ''High School Quiz Bowl'', a WKAR show from the 1970s hosted by Terry Braverman that lasted three or four years.<ref>Quizbusters Special Edition, Episode 2, Season 24</ref>		'''''Quizbusters''''' is a television quiz bowl show that has aired on WKAR-TV in East Lansing, Michigan, since 1989. It has been hosted since 1989 by Matt Ottinger. The show is a revival of ''High School Quiz Bowl'', a WKAR show from the 1970s hosted by Terry Braverman that lasted three or four years.<ref>Quizbusters Special Edition, Episode 2, Season 24</ref>
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		+	On June 28, 2017, WKAR announced that ''Quizbusters'' would end in 2018 at the end of its 29th season. [http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2017/06/28/wkars-quizbusters-signs-off-after-season/435923001/]

	==Format==		==Format==

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 ==Question sources==
-[[NAQT]] supplied the questions for the toss-up/bonus portion of the game for a long time; while the remaining questions were house-written.  Starting with Season 25 (2013-14), all questions are house-written.  Quick 10 and Lightning Round questions are drawn from a large database (see [http://www.gameshowforum.org/index.php/topic,24974.msg311923.html#msg311923] and [https://www.msu.edu/~murphyjp/work/QB.html]), so [[question recycling]] is frequent.
+[[NAQT]] supplied the questions for the toss-up/bonus portion of the game from Season 14 (2002-03) through Season 24 (2012-13); while the remaining questions were house-written.  Prior to Season 14, and starting with Season 25 (2013-14), all questions are house-written.  Quick 10 and Lightning Round questions are drawn from a large database (see [http://www.gameshowforum.org/index.php/topic,24974.msg311923.html#msg311923] and [https://www.msu.edu/~murphyjp/work/QB.html]), so [[question recycling]] is frequent.
 Matt Ottinger is particularly proud of writing one toss-up where all the clues could pertain either to Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jennifer Granholm, describing the resulting question as "better than some old physics question." [https://www.facebook.com/QuizBusters/posts/10151117640361876]

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 Sixty-four teams compete each season in two divisions: the Green Division (for larger schools) and the White Division (for smaller schools).  The 32 teams in each division are randomly paired to play first-round matches, with the winning teams advancing to a 16-team single-elimination tournament, seeded by the teams' first-round scores.  Each division champion team member receives a scholarship to MSU, and the Green Division and White Division champions compete in a Grand Championship to determine the overall season winner.  The Grand Champion team members receive book scholarships from a local MSU bookstore.
-Before the field filled to 64 teams, the 32-team field was completed with high scoring losing teams from the first round as wild cards.
+Before the field filled to 64 teams, the 32-team tournament field was completed with high scoring losing teams from the first round as wild cards.
 ==Question sources==

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 ===Tournament format===
 Sixty-four teams compete each season in two divisions: the Green Division (for larger schools) and the White Division (for smaller schools).  The 32 teams in each division are randomly paired to play first-round matches, with the winning teams advancing to a 16-team single-elimination tournament, seeded by the teams' first-round scores.  Each division champion team member receives a scholarship to MSU, and the Green Division and White Division champions compete in a Grand Championship to determine the overall season winner.  The Grand Champion team members receive book scholarships from a local MSU bookstore.
 ==Question sources==

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 ==Question sources==
-[[NAQT]] supplied the questions for the toss-up/bonus portion of the game for a long time; while the remaining questions were house-written.  Starting with Season 25 (2013-14), all questions are house-written.  Quick 10 and Lightning Round questions are drawn from a large database (see [http://www.gameshowforum.org/index.php?showtopic=24974] and [https://www.msu.edu/~murphyjp/work/QB.html]), so [[question recycling]] is frequent.
+[[NAQT]] supplied the questions for the toss-up/bonus portion of the game for a long time; while the remaining questions were house-written.  Starting with Season 25 (2013-14), all questions are house-written.  Quick 10 and Lightning Round questions are drawn from a large database (see [http://www.gameshowforum.org/index.php/topic,24974.msg311923.html#msg311923] and [https://www.msu.edu/~murphyjp/work/QB.html]), so [[question recycling]] is frequent.
 ==References==

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 ==Format==
 The main game consists of toss-up/bonus cycles, except that a bonus question ends if a team fails to answer a part correctly, and a team sweeping a bonus gets 10 additional points.  Thus, it is possible for a team to pick up 50 points in one toss-up/bonus cycle (10 for the tossup, 30 for the bonus, and 10 for the sweep).
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 Another special feature of the show is the QuizBunch (formerly the Video Bonus), played as the first bonus in the second half.  The QuizBunch question's first part is recorded by a special guest on-location.  The show also featured an Audio Bonus until season 19, played as the first bonus after the first Pop Quiz, where an audio clue was played before the first part was read.
 ==Question sources==