Notable Contestants
Notable figures who have competed on It's Academic include:
- Michael Chabon, author and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Bruce Cohen, Oscar-winning producer of "American Beauty"
- David Ignatius, journalist and novelist
- Joshua Foer, writer
- Donald E. Graham, chairman and chief executive officer of The Washington Post Company
- Angus King, former governor of Maine
- Laura Lippman, author
- Daniel M. Maggin, sculptor
- Peter Salovey, Provost of Yale University
- Charles Schumer, U.S. senator from New York
- George Stephanopoulos, political commentator
Other notable participants:
- Sandra Bullock appeared on the show as a cheerleader.
- Hillary Rodham was an alternate for Maine South High School in 1965 on WMAQ-TV (Chicago). A picture of her with her quiz team is on display at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas.
In 1979, a charity special was held between a team of three Democratic senators (Patrick Moynihan, Lloyd Bentsen, and Alan Cranston), three Republican senators (Lowell Weicker, John Danforth, and H. J. Heinz III), and three members of the press (Jessica Savitch, Art Buchwald, and David Broder).
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