GIANT CELEBRATION FOR IT’S ACADEMIC

It's Academic, the high school quiz show which started in 1961 on NBC4 in Washington D.C., and is recognized as the world's longest-running TV quiz show, this year is celebrating a 50-year partnership with Giant Foods. The show, which has hosted many Montgomery County public and private schools as competitors, and its chief sponsor on Oct. 4, were honored by the Montgomery County Council. Among those at the ceremonies in Rockville, were, left to right: Councilmembers Nancy Navarro and Marc Elrich; Jamie Miller of Giant Foods; Councilmember Craig Rice; show host and WTOP radio anchor Hillary Howard; associate producer Joel Kemelhor; Barry Kemelhor, who participated in the show in 1970 on the Whitman High School team; and associate producer, Robin Trepanier, whose grandmother, Sophie Altman, created It's Academic.