- Face Off Minnesota
Face Off Minnesota, which first aired on
Twin Cities Public Television in May2006 , is ahigh school quiz competition. It features teams that were selected by competing inNAQT -written high school quiz tournaments throughoutMinnesota . George Leiter and Robert Hentzel are organizers of the event, which is sponsored by Border Foods, theStar Tribune , and Twin Cities Public Television. The reader for the event wasKen Jennings , ofJeopardy! fame.On the first airing of Face Off Minnesota on
May 14 ,2006 , which were the quarterfinal rounds,Cretin-Derham Hall defeatedMinnetonka 330-325, andEden Prairie beatMounds Park Academy 450-160. OnMay 21 ,2006 ,Chaska defeated Armstrong andSt. Thomas Academy defeated DeLaSalle. OnMay 28 , Chaska defeated Cretin-Derham Hall and St. Thomas Academy defeated Eden Prairie to move into the finals, where St. Thomas Academy eventually scored a convincing victory over Chaska High School. The four members of the victorious team were Josh Mollner, Jack Boyle, Tom Sullivan, and Kevin Partington.See also
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Knowledge Bowl - a similar competition in Minnesota.External links
* [http://www.borderfoods.com/?id=83 Face Off Minnesota page on Border Foods (sponsor) website]
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