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High School Quiz Show: Maine Season 9 is coming soon, and we want your school to be part of it!
You can appear on Maine's only televised high school scholastic competition and have the chance to win $1000 for your school's Project Graduation. It's easy! The show is open to any public or private high school, equivalent charter school, home school group, etc. in Maine.
Click here to register your school's interest!
The deadline for registering is Wednesday September 24, 2025 at 11:59 pm.
Schools will receive confirmation emails with details about the qualification process. With a coach (or coaches), form a team of 4 main players and up to two alternates. The team will take an online, timed qualifying test in early October (there is no obligation to take the test once registered). The top 16 scoring schools will be invited onto the show.
Episodes are recorded after school on selected weekdays in October, November and December of 2025. Your team will travel to the Maine Public Studios in Lewiston for taping (and your school receives a $200 travel stipend for each trip).
Teams that win their matches will return for subsequent tapings. This could result in up to four trips to the Lewiston studios.
Episodes begin airing in the spring of 2026 with the Championship broadcast scheduled for Thursday, May 28, 2026 — just in time for Graduation!
Click here to see the competition rules and more information on participation.
If you'd like to register a team or ask questions, please contact quizshow@mainepublic.org.
High School Quiz Show: Maine is a locally produced television production spearheaded by veteran producer Nick Woodward pitting four-student teams from Maine high schools against each other in a single-elimination, academic bracket competition.
Todd Gutner, the Chief Meteorologist at NEWS CENTER Maine, once again takes the reigns as our host.
Questions used in each contest align with the Maine high school curriculum standards across literature, history, science and math, as well as questions regarding current events and general knowledge. Each episode will feature video questions from notable civic and business leaders in Maine, as well as a "Viewer Question of the Week" that our at-home viewers can try to answer.
The winning team will receive a $1,000 gift to their school's Project Graduation with the runner-up being awarded a $500 gift.
Watch High School Quiz Show: Maine episodes on demand on PBS.org and YouTube!
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High School Quiz Show: Maine is brought to you through the generous support of Major Sponsors Unitil, Safety Insurance, and Bangor Savings Bank, our Mid-Level Sponsors the Maine Education Association, Worthington Scholarship Foundation, and Live + Work in Maine and by Broadcast Sponsors Aroma Joe’s, Vermont State University, Tyler Technologies, and the University of Maine at Augusta.
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