BHS team advances on MSG Varsity’s Challenge

Baldwin High School is moving on to round two of The Challenge, an academic quiz show designed to test students’ in a Jeopardy-style format. The second round match-up between student scholars from Baldwin High School and Long Island Lutheran High School will air on Sunday, April 17, at 5:30 p.m. on MSG Varsity. The network features new episodes at 5:30 p.m. every Sunday through Friday.

Jared Cotter, former FUSE TV host and a popular semi-finalist from American Idol, serves as moderator of The Challenge, quizzing competing high school teams on their knowledge of history, arts and literature, current events, math and science. This season the students compete before a live audience.

“These students are extremely bright and determined to win,” notes Theresa Chillianis, General Manager of MSG Varsity. “We wish Baldwin High School and Long Island Lutheran High School good luck in their upcoming match.”

Representing Baldwin High School will be Karan Malik, Arthur Phidd, Jake Wiener, Matthew Wiener and Eric Zuckerman (team captain). The academic advisor is Cathy Rio.

The Challenge began as a Long Island effort 14 years ago and now includes 184 high schools from the tri-state area — Long Island (with Nassau and Suffolk as two distinct regions), the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester/Lower Hudson Valley, New Jersey and Connecticut. Schools advance in the tournament through a series of elimination rounds. After months of competition, one school in each region is crowned regional champion, winning $2500 for their school. The final winning teams from each region go on to The Challenge championship where they square off against on another in a Tri-State Showdown. The school crowned Tri-State champion will receive $10,000 in prize money and each student participating in the final Challenge championship game will receive $500.