It's Academic: Oakton, Wootton and Thomas Jefferson | February 1, 2025

Students from Oakton High School in Vienna, VA; Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, MD; and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology in Alexandria, VA square off on IT'S ACADEMIC! The Guinness Book of World Records has recognized IT'S ACADEMIC as the world's longest-running TV quiz show. Started back in 1961, the weekly program features teams from Washington DC metropolitan area schools -- public, private, parochial, charter, urban, suburban and rural. Host Hillary Howard leads the teams through a fast paced academic competition, testing their knowledge in a wide range of subjects including math, literature, science, history and more. The high school quiz show is filmed before a live studio audience and broadcast on WETA PBS and WETA Metro. IT'S ACADEMIC is produced by Altman Productions in association with David M. Rubenstein Productions. Stream past full episodes of IT'S ACADEMIC: https://weta.org/watch/shows/its-acad... Subscribe to WETA's newsletter for more information about WETA programming: https://weta.org/about/publications/n... Follow WETA on social: Facebook:   / wetatvfm   Instagram:   / wetatvfm   Follow IT'S ACADEMIC on social: Website: http://www.itsacademicquizshow.com Twitter:   / itsacademicquiz   Facebook:   / itsacademiceastcoast   Instagram:   / its_academic_dc