''It's Academic'' was a general knowledge quiz show for

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students in

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, broadcast by

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from 1981 until 1988.
it's Academic
' page on NZ On Screen website, viewed 2013-07-26 ''It's Academic'' was hosted by Lockwood Smith (who later became a

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of the New Zealand Parliament, eventually serving as its

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) and, later, John Hayden. The show was produced by Kevan Moore & Associates, an independent production house led by producer/director and ex-

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programming chief Kevan Moore, with Patrick Macaskill as

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. School teams of three pupils competed for

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es, handheld

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s and sets of the ''

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'' for their school. The quiz followed the format of its long-running American counterpart. The theme tune, 'Piano Parchment', was written as library music in 1968 by Johnny PearsonJohnny Pearson obituary
in ''

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'', viewed 2013-07-26 and was well known in New Zealand living rooms about the same time as the theme for

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drama series '' All Creatures Great and Small''.

List of winning schools

* 1981:

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, WellingtonWhatever happened to...
on New Zealand Herald website, viewed 2013-07-26 * 1985:

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, Team-Sarah Ell, Erica Heppleston, Suzanne Nola * 1988:

, Team- Simon North, Lyall McMillan, Janine Pritchard

External links

*
It's Academic
' 1993 regional final on NZ On Screen website.

References

New Zealand game shows {{NewZealand-tv-prog-stub