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This ever-popular quiz program hosted by Bill Schiffman attracts enthusiastic participation from high schools throughout central and southern Ohio. The program host asks questions of eight students (four on each team), with a judge officiating and tabulating the scores.The questions are based on general high school subjects ranging from science to visual arts. The Ohio State University awards scholarships to the top four high school teams.

All games are played at our studios at WOSU@COSI

CARL PAPAI | 1925-2010 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH: Carl Papai Carl Papai The creator of In the Know, the central Ohio high-school quiz show, is being remembered as a man with a passion for learning and for encouraging young people to learn. Carl Papai of Upper Arlington died at age 85 after having suffered a stroke several weeks ago. "He was one of those guys who knew a lot about a lot," said Bill Schiffman, moderator of In the Know. "He had a very facile and fertile mind, and, even as he got into his 80s, he was exploring stuff." Until recently, Papai was the "judge" and a question writer for the show, which he created in 1966. "Carl wrote the art questions, most of the music questions and the 'big bonus' questions right up to the time he died," Schiffman said. In the Know originally aired as a live production on WBNS-TV (Channel 10) before moving in 1982 to WOSU, where it is taped.

Westfield Insurance is the exclusive sponsor of "In The Know"

Past Winners YEAR CHAMPION SECOND PLACE SEMIFINALISTS 2003-04 Westerville North Fisher Catholic Bexley/Dublin Scioto 2002-03 St. Charles Worthington Kilbourne Westerville North/Lancaster 2001-02 Fisher Catholic St. Charles Bexley/Upper Arlington 2000-01 Bexley Grandview Hts. Urbana/Wellington 1999-00 Columbus Alternative Grove City Bexley/Grandview Hts. 1998-99 Lancaster Columbus Alternative Chillicothe/Granville 1997-98 St. Charles Lancaster Grove City/Wellington 1996-97 Columbus Alternative Chillicothe Wheelersburg/Ironton 1995-96 Mount Vernon Columbus Alternative Wellington/Dublin Scioto 1994-95 St. Charles Worthington Kilbourne Thomas Worthington/Delaware Hayes 1993-94 St. Charles  Upper Arlington Bishop Watterson/Grove City 1992-93 St. Charles Bishop Watterson Bexley/Columbus Alternative 1991-92 Bexley Upper Arlington St. Francis DeSales/St. Charles 1990-91 Wellington Hilliard Westerville North/Bexley 1989-90 Wellington Bishop Watterson Logan Elm/Granville 1988-89 Granville Walnut Ridge Lancaster/Worthington 1987-88 Granville Walnut Ridge Lancaster/Dublin 1986-87 Granville Dublin Lancaster/Circleville 1985-86 East Westerville North St. Francis DeSales/Granville 1984-85 Bishop Watterson St. Charles Gahanna-Lincoln/Columbus Alternative 1983-84 Bishop Watterson Columbus Alternative Granville/Lancaster