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Sharon Students to Compete in WGBH's 'High School Quiz Show'

The students will take part in Season Four of the program, which premiers on Sunday, Feb. 10.

Sharon High School has been named among 16 schools across the state to have a team advance for competition on the fourth season of WGBH's High School Quiz Show

The academic program, hosted by Billy Costa, will premier on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. on WGBH Channel 2. 

Teams qualified for the program by earning top scores on Super Sunday. At that event, registered teams took an identical 100 question oral quiz at the WGBH studios in Brighton, according to a recent announcement from WGBH. 

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Students from Sharon also competed on the program in 2012, but lost in the first-round match to Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School.

The tournament bracket for 2013 features the season-four qualifying match-ups and television broadcast dates will be announced in the coming weeks, according to WGBH. More information on the event can be found at highschoolquizshow.org, or at the High School Quiz Show's Facebook or Twitter pages.

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Those competing in the program are as follows:

  • Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
  • Advanced Math and Science Academy Public Charter School
  • Brookline High School
  • Chelmsford High School
  • Framingham High School
  • Hingham High School
  • Hopkinton High School
  • Lexington High School
  • Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
  • Needham High School
  • North Quincy High School
  • Rockport High School
  • Sharon High School
  • Somerville High School
  • Wachusett Regional High School
  • Wellesley High School


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