Photos: The Ford Black College Quiz Game Show

The Ford Black College Quiz Game Show is back: A televised competition, taped before a live studio audience at Howard University, features students from historically black colleges and universities throughout the nation competing in a Jeopardy-style game show. Check out a photo gallery from the taping at Howard. The program will air on Feb. 19,…

The Ford Black College Quiz Game Show is back: A televised competition, taped before a live studio audience at Howard University, features students from historically black colleges and universities throughout the nation competing in a Jeopardy-style game show. Check out a photo gallery from the taping at Howard. The program will air on Feb. 19, 2012.

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