Waltham On WGBH's High School Quiz Show: When To Watch

WALTHAM, MA —If you want to find out how Waltham High School students do in a head-to-head battle of the brains against students from Brookline on High School Quiz Show, WGBH’s televised academic tournament, you'll have to tune next week.

This is the first time Waltham has been on the show and faces face six-time competitor Brookline High School.

The episode, hosted by Billy Costa, airs Saturday, March 14 at 6pm on WGBH 2 and repeats Sunday, March 15 at 10am and 5pm. It will also be available to stream shortly after at highschoolquizshow.org and on YouTube. Tune in to find out if they make it to the quarterfinals, and follow along in the bracket online.

Boston media personality Costa (who some of you may remember from The Phantom Gourmet, or TV Diner or Dining Playbook) hosts as 17 teams face quick-fire questions in subjects including math, current events, science, literature and history. The winner of the single-elimination bracketed competition will be named the High School Quiz Show Massachusetts State Champion.

The schools competing on High School Quiz Show earned the highest scores on a written quiz at WGBH’s “Super Sunday” qualifying event at WGBH studios in Brighton in October.

The Season 11 bracket includes last year’s defending champion, Boston Latin School, and three schools competing for the first time — Salem Academy Charter School, Taunton High School and Waltham High School. This is Brookline's sixth time landing on the show.

“At its core, High School Quiz Show is a celebration of statewide academic achievement, the dedication of educators and of course, the hard work of the students,” said executive producer Hillary Wells. “From classmates to parents to anyone who loves the chance to test their knowledge, we hope that fans will tune in, play along at home and cheer on their favorite teams.”
High School Quiz Show airs Saturdays at 6pm and repeats Sundays at 10am and 5pm on WGBH 2. Episodes can also be streamed at WGBH.org and on YouTube.

Questions on the show are aligned with the Massachusetts high school curriculum standards in subjects that include literature, history, civics, science and math, as well as current events, and general knowledge.

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