Spin-offs
Many teams participating in It's Academic are also active in the Washington region's quiz bowl circuit.
An Australian version of the show aired on Network Ten and the Seven Network from 1968–1975, and was revived by Seven's Perth affiliate in 2001. Seven took the show national in 2005. (http://au.tv.yahoo.com/b/its-academic/)
A version was also screened in New Zealand by TVNZ in the 1980s, with Lockwood Smith as the host.
WNBC-TV in New York aired a local edition of It's Academic from the mid-1960s through at least 1972, hosted most of the time by Art James, with Lee Leonard filling in for a year.
WMAQ-TV in Chicago had a version in the 1960s and 1970s under the "It's Academic" name, hosted by Ed Grennan.
KCBS-TV in Los Angeles aired a similarly-formatted quiz show KidQuiz during the 1980s and 1990s.
WLWT and WCET in Cincinnati aired a local It's Academic from the late 1960s into the 1980s.
A similar competition aired in Columbus, Ohio under the title In The Know. It began in 1966 on WBNS television and later moved to WOSU, a PBS affiliate, where it still airs today.
A version of It's Academic aired on WBEN-TV in Buffalo from the 1960s through 1986, hosted by sportscaster Van Miller. It was later revived for a few months in 2008 by WGRZ-TV, with Kevin O'Neill as host.
A show using the It's Academic name aired in Richmond, Virginia on the NBC affliliate, WWBT Channel 12, in the 1970s, which was also hosted by Mac McGarry and sponsored by Giant. That was replaced by Battle of the Brains. Battle of the Brains has also replaced a version of It's Academic that aired in Hampton Roads.
The World Affairs Council, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State, hosted an'It's Academic International event in 2002, also hosted by Mac McGarry.
In 2007, the game Brainstorm was introduced to Arizona. It featured 21 teams for its inaugural season.
KPRC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Houston, Texas, had their own version of It's Academic called the Texaco Star Academic Challenge. The show left KPRC-TV and would eventually be retitled The Challenge, airing on one of Houston's Public-access television cable TV channels and KTBU Channel 55.
KRGV-TV in Weslaco, Texas has aired their own version of It's Academic for many years, entitled Masterminds.
KRCR-TV in Redding, California had their version of It's Academic called Academic Challenge which ran until 2005 before Station Manager Robert Wise moved to KOBI in Medford, Oregon where he brought Academic Challenge with him and still airs to this day on KOBI/KOTI.
KCTS in Seattle, Washington runs a PBS-affiliated version called Apple Bowl that airs in the Pacific Northwest.
KFVE in Honolulu currently airs a local version titled It's Academic Hawaii.
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