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the Academic Challenge Team

Rock / Folk / Folk Rock

Portland, OR

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Rock the Whigs! (and James K. Polk) is available to download for $3 from CD Baby.

Visit the Academic Challenge Team at Listen to Records.

Back story:
"Academic Challenge" was first broadcast of Cleveland's WEWS Newschannel 5 on September 26, 1964, under the title "It's Academic." Don Cameron, the show's original host, was replaced by Don Webster, the station's friendly weatherman, in 1975. The program was a local hit, earning WEWS an Emmy Award from the local chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 1986. However, the 1990's saw a steady decline in the scholastic game show's viewership. It eventually left the air in 1999. The show returned after a four-year hiatus with Adam Shapiro as the program's first non-Don host.

Three teams composed of three varsity members each compete against one another to become "Academic Challenge" champions and claim the ultimate bragging right in Northeast Ohio scholastics. The teams earn points by correctly answering questions within the following five rounds: Lightning, Mix It Up, Picture Perfect, Hot Picks, and Grab Bag.

Solon High School, 2005's champion, scored 610 points to defeat Gilmour Academy (580) and Orange High School (530) in one of the show's most memorable competitions. The Academic Challenge Team has set its sights on future championships and the $5,000 scholarship reward. Success depends on the careful research of the often discussed subjects of history, mathematics, science, geography, the arts, and current events.

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A Photograph of Life, Apr 13, 2008:

Such a unique style of music. I like it.

Hopefully when I get some tunes up on my own site, you can have a listen.

Cheers, Paul.

No Star, Feb 4, 2008:

make smile happen.

Reaching the Day, Feb 2, 2008:

Hey thanks! i like the first one the best. and the end of the second

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Gagosian Liga, Jan 26, 2008:

"We all admire the spangled acrobat with classical grace meticulously walking his tight rope in the talcum light; but how much rarer art there is in the sagging rope expert wearing scarecrow clothes and impersonating a grotesque drunk! I should know." (Vladimir Nabokov)
Thank you for your friendship! Musical greetings from Munich/Germany!
Feel free to download my music!

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