They'll face off against Andover High School this Saturday, May 12. Lexington defeated Advanced Math and Science Academy, from Marlborough, in the first round on Feb. 3 with a final score of 710 to 275, Belmont High School in the quarterfinal round on March 31 with a final score of 575 to 380 and Brookline High School in the semifinals with a final score of 525 to 370 on April 28. The winning team from this week's episode will be named the Season 9 "High School Quiz Show" state champion and move on to the first Interstate Invitational to compete against the academic quiz show champions of Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
"High School Quiz Show" is a seeded, single-elimination tournament produced and broadcast by WGBH and hosted by Billy Costa. Sixteen teams of Massachusetts high school students advanced from a pool of 99 schools to compete in the televised academic tournament. The sixteen schools competing on "High School Quiz Show" earned the highest scores on an identical oral quiz at WGBH's "Super Sunday" qualifying event at WGBH studios in Brighton, MA.
The state championship airs Saturday, May 12 at 6 p.m. on WGBH 2.