The News Quiz The News Quiz The News Quiz is a British topical panel game broadcast on BBC Radio 4. "The News Quiz" was first broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman as chairman. Subsequently, it was chaired by Simon Hoggart, Barry Took (until 1995), and then again by Simon Hoggart until March 2006. Hoggart was replaced by Sandi Toksvig in September 2006, who in turn was replaced by Miles Jupp in September 2015. The series was created by John Lloyd based on an idea from Nicholas Parsons. Originally "Private Eye" editor Richard Ingrams and "Punch" editor Alan Coren acted as team captains. It
Student quiz show Student quiz show A student quiz show (sometimes academic quiz show) is a television or radio quiz show featuring contestants who represent the schools they attend. NBC4's "It's Academic" in the Washington, DC metropolitan area is the longest running student quiz program in the world. Student quiz shows are played by two to four teams of players. Each game usually consists of several differing rounds of play. Some rounds are played with a lock-out device and electronic signaling devices ("buzzers") and questions played with them are called tossups. Once a player has rung in, they usually have only few seconds