> KDKA, Channel 2 has this show on every
> Saturday called "Hometown HighQ." Clever,
> huh? Anyways, the show is a quiz show for
> high school students. Every show has teams
> from three area high schools, with three
> students per team. My high school's team
> coordinator chose me to be one of the three
> team members. So there are good things that
> come out of being smart, after all. Heck, I don't
> even know what the grand prize is. But I think if
> I lose, I still get a $10 gift card to Giant Eagle.
> So hey, I'm getting at least 10 bucks out of this
> deal. Not bad for knowing that the fall of
> Constantinople occured in 1453, and that
> glucose and fructose are monosaccahrides.
>
> November 10 is the taping, and I don't know
> what the air date will be, but I can only think of
> a handful of people who live close enough to
> watch it, anyways.
>
> The Other "Primed for my 22 minutes of fame"
> Matthew

I remember doing something similar back when I was 10. I forget the name of the show, but there were 3 contestants/team IIRC, plus an alternate. I only got to be on TV twice...lost the second or third game. Oh well.

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