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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 29 > Sophie Altman, 95, created quiz show ‘It’s Academic’

Sophie Altman, 95, created quiz show ‘It’s Academic’

By Patricia Sullivan / The Bulletin
May 29, 2008

WASHINGTON — Quick: Can you name the longest-running television quiz show in the world?

“It’s Academic” is correct!

Who founded the program, and where did it start?

Winning answer: Sophie Altman, at WRC (Channel 4) in Washington in 1961.

Altman, 95, who....

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