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On 12 April 1972, ''[[Bournvita Quiz Contest]]'', for high school students, become the first quiz show to be broadcast on radio in India; it was among the most popular programmes in the region. [[Hamid Sayani]], followed by his brother [[Ameen Sayani|Ameen]], were the show's first quizmasters. It ran for over a decade and was later revived as a television quiz in the late 1990s. | On 12 April 1972, ''[[Bournvita Quiz Contest]]'', for high school students, become the first quiz show to be broadcast on radio in India; it was among the most popular programmes in the region. [[Hamid Sayani]], followed by his brother [[Ameen Sayani|Ameen]], were the show's first quizmasters. It ran for over a decade and was later revived as a television quiz in the late 1990s. | ||
The first quiz show to become nationally popular was ''[[Quiz Time]]'', which had its first season in 1985. Quizmaster [[Siddhartha Basu]], labelled as the "grandfather of the quiz game in India,"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/30548622.cms|title=Quizzing, not a joke anymore|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2009-11-03|date=2001-01-22}}</ref> is credited with making quizzing a household word. Basu later went on to host other shows, including ''India Quiz''. In 2000, the ''[[Kaun Banega Crorepati]]'' quiz, modeled after ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'', reignited nationwide interest in quizzing, becoming one of the most popular quiz shows of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/08/04/stories/1304110j.htm|title=It's a quizzer's world|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2010-10-01}} | The first quiz show to become nationally popular was ''[[Quiz Time]]'', which had its first season in 1985. Quizmaster [[Siddhartha Basu]], labelled as the "grandfather of the quiz game in India,"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/30548622.cms|title=Quizzing, not a joke anymore|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2009-11-03|date=2001-01-22}}</ref> is credited with making quizzing a household word. Basu later went on to host other shows, including ''India Quiz''. In 2000, the ''[[Kaun Banega Crorepati]]'' quiz, modeled after ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'', reignited nationwide interest in quizzing, becoming one of the most popular quiz shows of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/08/04/stories/1304110j.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212080757/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/08/04/stories/1304110j.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=12 February 2007|title=It's a quizzer's world|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2010-10-01}} | ||
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*[http:// | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20030422201441/http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/03/10/stories/2003031001440100.htm When Curiosity Pays] article from [[The Hindu]] | ||
*[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/grace-under-pressure-crucial-to-win-live-quizzing-events/articleshow/80750381.cms Grace Under Pressure Crucial to Win Live Quizzing Events] article from [[The Times of India]] | *[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/grace-under-pressure-crucial-to-win-live-quizzing-events/articleshow/80750381.cms Grace Under Pressure Crucial to Win Live Quizzing Events] article from [[The Times of India]] | ||