Face Off Minnesota
Encyclopedia
Face Off Minnesota, which first aired on Twin Cities Public Television
in May 2006, is a high school
quiz competition
. It features teams that were selected by competing in NAQT-written high school quiz tournaments throughout Minnesota
. George Leiter and Robert Hentzel are organizers of the event, which is sponsored by Border Foods, the Star Tribune
, and Twin Cities Public Television. The reader for the event was Ken Jennings
, of Jeopardy!
fame.
On the first airing of Face Off Minnesota on May 14, 2006, which were the quarterfinal rounds, Cretin-Derham Hall defeated Minnetonka 330-325, and Eden Prairie beat Mounds Park Academy
450-160. On May 21, 2006, Chaska
defeated Armstrong
and St. Thomas Academy defeated DeLaSalle
. On May 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.
Twin Cities Public Television
Twin Cities Public Television is a non-profit organization based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, that operates the Twin Cities' two Public Broadcasting Service member Public television stations, KTCA-TV and KTCI-TV...
in May 2006, is a high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
quiz competition
Quizbowl
Quiz bowl is a family of games of questions and answers on all topics of human knowledge that is commonly played by students enrolled in high school or college, although some participants begin in middle or even elementary school...
. It features teams that were selected by competing in NAQT-written high school quiz tournaments throughout Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. George Leiter and Robert Hentzel are organizers of the event, which is sponsored by Border Foods, the Star Tribune
Star Tribune
The Star Tribune is the largest newspaper in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is published seven days each week in an edition for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area. A statewide version is also available across Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota. The...
, and Twin Cities Public Television. The reader for the event was Ken Jennings
Ken Jennings
Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Jennings III is an American game show contestant and author. Jennings is noted for holding the record for the longest winning streak on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy! and as being the all-time leading money winner on American game shows...
, of Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
fame.
On the first airing of Face Off Minnesota on May 14, 2006, which were the quarterfinal rounds, Cretin-Derham Hall defeated Minnetonka 330-325, and Eden Prairie beat Mounds Park Academy
Mounds Park Academy
Mounds Park Academy, founded in 1982, is an independent, PreK-12, co-educational, college preparatory day school in Saint Paul, Minnesota serving students from throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The school is accredited by and is a member of the Independent Schools Association of the...
450-160. On May 21, 2006, Chaska
Chaska High School
Chaska Senior High School is a public high school located in Chaska, Minnesota, a southwestern suburb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. CHS is a 9th-12 grade school; About 1042 students attend CHS....
defeated Armstrong
Robbinsdale Armstrong High School
Robbinsdale Armstrong High School is a high school located in Plymouth, Minnesota, a second-tier suburb of Minneapolis...
and St. Thomas Academy defeated DeLaSalle
DeLaSalle High School (Minneapolis)
DeLaSalle High School is a Catholic, college preparatory high school located for its entire 111-year history on Nicollet Island, adjacent to downtown Minneapolis, USA. Then-Archbishop John Ireland helped raise money to build the new Catholic secondary school in Minneapolis. Only a few months...
. On May 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.