NHPTV's Granite State Challenge Kicks Off New Season!

Celebrating 27 Years of Quizzical Competition!

(DURHAM, September 17, 2009) — What local game show pits high school teams from all over New Hampshire against one another in the ultimate academic quiz showdown?  None other than Granite State Challenge, now in its 27th season!  Match your smarts and school spirit along with these teams during the new season of New Hampshire Public Television’s GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE, which begins Wednesday, September 23rd @ 6 p.m. 

GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE brings New Hampshire’s top high school academic teams head-to-head in lively competition. The game emphasizes quick recall of factual material in all major disciplines – math, science, social studies, language arts and fine arts – along with a mix of questions about current events, entertainment, sports, and New Hampshire topics. Host Jim Jeannotte asks the Challenge questions to the teams; Lori Warriner interviews team members prior to the game. Tune in for new episodes every Wednesday night @ 6 p.m. to follow your favorite teams and track their progress through the weekly competition. If you miss an episode, you can catch it on Saturdays @ 8:30 a.m., or on YouTube or iTunes!  

The 2009-2010 GSC season teams are: 

Alvirne
Bishop Guertin
Brewster Academy
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
Colebrook Academy
Conant
Derryfield School
Franklin
Gilford
Groveton
Hanover
Hopkinton
Kimball Union Academy
Kingswood
Lin-Wood Public
Londonderry
Manchester Central
Mascoma Valley
Newfound Regional
Newmarket
Newport Middle
Nute
Oyster River
Pinkerton Academy
Pittsfield Middle
Prospect Mountain
Raymond
Sant Bani School
Spaulding
Sunapee Middle
Winnacunnet Regional
Winnisquam Regional

Funding for Granite State Challenge is provided by  Public Service of New Hampshire, the Community College System of New Hampshire, the NHHEAF Network Organizations, and Irving Oil.

If you miss a match and want to see how your favorite team fared, you can watch Granite State Challenge: online at www.nhptv.org/gsc and on YouTube, or downloaded from the Granite State Challenge website or iTunes Music Store as a video podcast. Also, don’t forget to visit GSC on its Facebook page.