(DURHAM, September 15, 2003) Thirty-two New Hampshire high school teams are ready to begin taking the Challenge when the 21st season of Granite State Challenge premieres Monday, September 29th at 7:30 p.m. on New Hampshire Public Television. Manchester Memorial High School will compete with Nashua High School in the opening round. Granite State Challenge airs Mondays at 7:30 p.m., and repeats Saturdays at 1 p.m.Granite State Challenge is a televised high school quiz competition which emphasizes quick recall of factual material in all major disciplines - math, science, social studies, language arts and fine arts - with a few questions about current events, entertainment, sports, and New Hampshire topics. Host Jim Jeannotte asks the Challenge questions to the teams; co-host Tim Estiloz interviews them prior to the game. The following teams will be competing this season:Bishop Brady Calvary ChristianDerryfield FarmingtonGilford Interlakes Kearsarge Kingswood Laconia Lebanon Lincoln-Woodstock Littleton Manchester Manchester West Mascoma Memorial Merrimack Merrimack Valley Monadnock Nashua Christian Nashua Newfound Newport Nute Pelham Pittsfield Profile Salem Sanborn Regional St. Thomas Aquinas Trinity West Winnisquam Major funding for Granite State Challenge is provided by the New Hampshire Lottery. Additional funding is provided by Public Service of New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Community Technical Colleges, Irving Oil, and the New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation.Beyond its award-winning local and national television programs, NHPTV provides instructional services for 220,000 students from kindergarten through high school; offers Ready To Learn programs for children, preschool to age 12; and provides professional development programs and advanced technology training for parents, educators and child-care providers in New Hampshire and neighboring states. For more information about NHPTV programs that entertain, educate and enrich, visit www.nhptv.org.
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