45 High Schools Compete for 16 Spots on Granite State Challenge

On Sunday, November 19 at Manchester Community College 45 New Hampshire high school teams took a 100-question written test to qualify for one of 16 spots on the upcoming season of Granite State Challenge. The 14 teams with the highest scores will be moving on.  An additional four teams have been randomly selected as Wild Card teams.  These are schools that took the test, but did not score high enough to qualify for an automatic spot and have not appeared on Granite State Challenge in the past two seasons. The Wild Card teams will meet in two non-televised games on December 16, 2017 at NHPBS in Durham. The two winning teams will move on to compete on Granite State Challenge!

Top 14 Teams

Academy for Science and Design
Bedford High
Bishop Guertin High
Exeter High
Hanover High
Manchester Central High
Merrimack High
Nashua High South
Nashua High North
Oyster River High
Pinkerton Academy
Plymouth Regional
Portsmouth High
Salem High

Wild Card Teams
Lin-Wood Cooperative 
Milford High
Nute High 
Winnacunnet High

Hosted by Jim Jeannotte, the popular high school quiz show begins each season with 16 Granite State high school teams battling toward the coveted SuperChallenge title and the opportunity to compete in a Granite State vs. Bay State Governor's Cupmatch with the winners of the WGBH Boston High School Quiz Show.

Lead sponsorship provided by: 

Support also provided by: NEA New Hampshire, Heinemann,  D.F. Richard, Measured Progress, The NHHEAF Network, NH Lottery, Holy Rosary Credit Union

Super Sunday Partner: Manchester Community College

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339