High School Quiz Show – The Sagamore

Quiz Show team advances to semifinals with stunning victory

Daisy Elliot, Opinions Writing Editor

April 14, 2018

Cheering fans, poster signs and clapping filled the air in what sounded like a high school sports game, but it was something else: a televised quiz show. On April 7, the high school’s quiz bowl team defeated Thayer Academy’s team 395-320 on WGBH High School Quiz Show, hosted by Billy Costa, in ...

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Brookline edges Needham in “High School Quiz Show” overtime classic

Leon Yang, Co-Editor-in-Chief

February 11, 2017

In perhaps the greatest overtime victory in recent competition history, the Brookline quiz bowl team defeated Needham’s team 435-415 in overtime on WGBH’s High School Quiz Show. Brookline’s starting team was composed by seniors Amir Siraj, Louis Sokolow, Micah Greenberg and Louie Goldsmith. ...

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Quiz Bowl Club qualifies for televised competition

Jan Bloch, Staff Writer

December 3, 2016

Do your friends ever tell you that you know random facts? Are you obsessed with Jeopardy and trivia games? Quiz Bowl is a club that meets three times a week where students prepare for trivia tournaments against other schools. During the meetings, students go through packets that contain potential quest...

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