Visquiz
{{Short description|Australian quiz series (1985-86)}}
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| genre = Quiz show
| creator = Peter Benardos
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| presenter = Mark Bonelli
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| country = Australia
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 26
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| producer = Peter Benardos
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| runtime = 30 minutes
| network = SBS
| first_aired = {{Start date|1985|8|16|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1986|2|14|df=y}}
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Visquiz is an Australian television quiz show hosted by Mark Bonelli and first broadcast on SBS in 1985–86. Each episode features three contestants who are Year 11 students with multicultural backgrounds drawn from schools around Australia.{{Cite news |last= Lee Lewes |first= Jacqueline |date=1985-08-11 |title= SBS's Visquiz: Great sets, pity it drags |work= The Sydney Morning Herald |url=}} Questions are on current events and general knowledge and are answered on a computer.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=1985-08-19 |title= Variation on a well-worn theme |work= The Canberra Times |url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122523536 }} The show featured a computer character called Go To but in early episodes it was difficult to understand. Prizes included computers, encyclopedias and atlases.{{Cite news |last= Morris |first= Jill |date=1985-08-15 |title= Tussle with computer provides suspense |work= The Age |url=}}
Reception
Commenting on the first episode Geraldine Walsh from the Sydney Morning Herald writes "Visquiz is a clever idea and, with trimming and general smartening up, could improve out of sight."{{Cite news |last= Walsh |first= Geraldine |date=1985-08-12 |title= A new quiz show that needs to smarten itself up |work= The Sydney Morning Herald |url=}} The Age's Marie McNamara Says "The first episode just does not measure up.
{{Cite news |last= McNamara |first= Marie |date=1985-08-15 |title= Just another game show |work= The Age |url=}}