Granite State Challenge is an American television quizbowl game show that airs on New Hampshire Public Television and began in 1983. [1]
Granite State Challenge is an American television quizbowl game show that airs on New Hampshire Public Television and began in 1983. [1]
High schools from around the state compete against each other to win "brainy bragging rights" and grant money for their school. The first season of the program was hosted by Tom Bergeron (now of America's Funniest Home Videos and Dancing with the Stars fame), one of Bergeron's first jobs appearing on television. Starting in the second season and continuing to 2018, Jim Jeannotte took over hosting duties. Jon Cannon became the host in the 2018-2019 season. Prior co-hosts include, Lori Warriner, Tim Estiloz, John Herman, [2] and Alison MacNair (former host of NHPTV's NH Outlook).
The competition features 16 teams in a single elimination tournament competing in half-hour shows that are pretaped over a few weeks and air through the broadcast season. The program previously selected 32 teams to compete on the televised rounds based on state geography and recent appearances; however, after a year-long hiatus, the program required interested teams to complete a written test, with the top-scoring sixteen teams earning spots. The championship game is called the Superchallenge. [3]
Since 1995, part of the funding for Granite State Challenge comes from proceeds of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission. [4] Unitil Corporation is also one of the show's primary sponsors. [5] Beginning in 2008, each episode is available to view on YouTube and to download at no charge on iTunes. Since 2012/2013, the winners of the NHPTV Granite State Challenge faces off against the WGBH High School Quiz Show Champions for a trophy called the "Governors Cup". Since the Governor's Cup started, New Hampshire (NHPTV) has 2 wins and Massachusetts (WGBH) has three wins.
The game is played by two teams of four, and uses a four-quarter format.
The first quarter is a round of toss-up questions worth 10 points each. In the 30th season, one 30-point toss-up based on the year 1984 was included.
The second quarter is a three-strikes format with ten 10-point questions for each team. One team plays at a time, with players taking turns to answer questions individually. A wrong answer earns the team a strike, with three strikes ending that team’s turn. Each team gets three passes to share among themselves, but they can only communicate through body language and not verbally to determine whether to pass a question or not. In this round, each question’s subject matter influences that of the following question.
The third quarter is the show's "60-second" round. Since the 30th season, the teams' alternates (if any) participate in this round only. The trailing team gets the first choice of three categories, and the leading team picks from the remaining two. Each team gets 60 seconds to answer 10 questions in their category, with each question worth 10 points. A 10-point bonus is awarded for answering all questions correctly.
The fourth quarter is a final round of 20-point toss-ups. Since the 30th season, 20 points are deducted should a team provide an incorrect answer.
The winning team advances in a season-long tournament. Previously, in the final, titled "Granite State SuperChallenge," there were seven rounds: the first, fifth, and seventh are toss-up rounds, the second and fourth rounds are toss-ups followed by bonuses, and the third and sixth rounds are the 60-second lightning rounds. However, since the 30th season, the SuperChallenge lasts four rounds. [6]
This is a list of past GSC winners since 1983. [7]
Schools with Multiple Titles:
Four Titles
Three Titles Apiece
Two Titles Apiece
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