Stump the Schwab is an American game show that aired on ESPN2 and ESPN Classic from July 8, 2004 to September 29, 2006.

Each episode began with "Leading Off", a round where the 3 contestants and "The Schwab" took turns naming an athlete or team on a list relating to a major achievement; for example, "Name the top 16 players that led the National League in home runs in the year 1975."

Starting in the third season, answers were shown only as they were given by players, allowing home viewers to "play along."

Whoever had the lowest score at the end of "Leading Off" was eliminated from the show, while the remaining two contestants went on to face each other in Round Two.

Originally, the final round was called "The Big Deal", with questions worth 1, 3, and 5 points.

Host Scott gave the players poker chips worth the point value of the question they answered correctly.

Adam won a trip to the 2005 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles as a consolation prize.

In an episode that aired on May 24, 2005, "The Schwab" struck out for the very first time in the show's history, losing to a senior at Johns Hopkins University named Stephen Shukie ("The Schwab" is an alumnus of St. John's University) in the first college edition of the show.

In the same episode, it was the first time that the contestants (Shukie of Johns Hopkins University, Alec Tolivaisa of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Jonathan Evans of Tulane University) and "The Schwab" swept an entire Leading Off category (current AFC Head Coaches) without an incorrect answer.

If there was a tie at the end of any of the three rounds, then Stuart Scott asked a tiebreaker question, where the answer was a number.

Charlotte Sun television critic Rob Shore praised the show, writing, "The host is Stuart Scott, who seems to have toned down his act from his unbearable Dream Job.

Stump The Schwab is worth watching, and if ESPN must continue to produce game shows, this is a good one.

"[2] In his positive review of the show, David Blum of The New York Sun stated, "the Schwab has no charm whatsoever; he looks like someone you'd be disappointed to find as your dinner party seatmate, or next to you on a cross-country plane trip.

"[3] The New York Times's Marc Weingarten said, "The appeal of the show lies in its carefully cultivated reverse snobbery.