Génies en herbe (Budding Geniuses) was a Radio-Canada television program in which students representing their école secondaire (Quebec high schools) participated in trivia tournaments. Tournaments also took place in French-speaking communities outside Quebec, such as Saint Boniface, Manitoba. Reach for the Top is an English Canadian equivalent. It was the French Canadian equivalent to the US and international game show It's Academic.
After the end of the TV series, the tournaments continued under the aegis of several regional school organizations.
In January 2011, the show was started once more on Radio-Canada in a pan-Canadian format. This newer version was called "Génies en herbe: l'aventure" ("Budding Geniuses: Adventure") in which four teams travel around Canada to discover seven different cities. The quiz was then heavily oriented on the culture and history of the cities visited in the current episode. The four teams are the Maritimes, Ontario, Quebec and Western Canada.[1]
Finals edit
These are the finals of the Génies en herbe tournaments, with the victors placed first.
1972-75 edit
- Not available
1975-76 edit
1976-77 edit
1977-78 edit
- Polyvalente de L'Ancienne-Lorette (L'Ancienne-Lorette)
- École secondaire Charlebois (Ottawa)
1978-79 edit
- École secondaire Le Campus (Sainte-Foy, now part of Quebec City; school now called École secondaire de Rochebelle)
- École secondaire J.-H.-Picard (Edmonton, Alberta)
1979-80 edit
- Polyvalente de Matane (Matane)
- École secondaire Le Campus (Sainte-Foy)
1980-81 edit
- Not available
1981-82 edit
- École secondaire Le Campus (Sainte-Foy)
- Polyvalente Paul-Hubert (Rimouski)
1982-83 edit
- École secondaire Le Campus (Sainte-Foy)
- Séminaire Sacré-Cœur (Grenville-sur-la-Rouge)
1983-84 edit
- Polyvalente Louis-J.-Robichaud (Shediac, New Brunswick)
- Collège Saint-Maurice (Saint-Hyacinthe)
1984-85 edit
- Polyvalente Mathieu-Martin (Dieppe, New Brunswick)
- Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier (Quebec City)
1985-86 edit
- Polyvalente de Grande-Rivière (Grande-Rivière)
- Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier (Quebec City)
1986-87 edit
- Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier (Quebec City)
- Collège des Eudistes (Montreal, now called Collège Jean-Eudes)
1987-88 edit
- Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier (Quebec City)
- École secondaire Antoine-Brossard (Brossard)
1988-89 edit
- Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier (Quebec City)
- Polyvalente Paul-Hubert (Rimouski)
1989-90 edit
- Institut Keranna (Trois-Rivières)
- Collège de Lévis (Lévis)
1990-91 edit
- Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier (Quebec City)
- Séminaire Saint-Joseph (Trois-Rivières)
1991-92 edit
- Collège Jean-Eudes (Montreal)
- Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier (Quebec City)
1992-93 edit
- Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier (Quebec City)
- Séminaire Saint-Joseph (Trois-Rivières)
1993-94 edit
- Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier (Quebec City)
- Collège Jean-Eudes (Montreal)
1994-95 edit
1995-96 edit
- Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier (Quebec City)
- École secondaire Marcellin-Champagnat (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
1996-97 edit
- École secondaire Marcellin-Champagnat (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
- École secondaire Sophie-Barat (Montreal)