They have spent weeks training with each other, creating and answering questions on a variety of topics in their weekly meetings, munching on snacks while learning about history, literature, science, and more, buzzers at the ready to simulate the real game experience.

All that hard work will culminate in the Jan. 29 meet against Milton at 8:30 a.m. From there, the winner will battle the winner of Brookline vs. Seekonk in a quarterfinal on Feb. 4, potentially make their way to the semifinal on Feb. 5, and battle it out for the title of champion on the same day.

It isn't surprising that Hingham will be one of the 16 teams to compete for the title - chosen from the 78 schools that signed up for identical oral quizzes to qualify for the show. Hingham students have been doing this for a while.

According to coach Kim Juric, the WGBH Quiz Show is only one of many the group participates in each year. In October, students sent two teams down to a competition at Yale University. On Veterans Day, students participated in an event at Harvard.

Students are already planning future trips to Yale for a National History Bee and Bowl.

"They've participated in other tournaments. We did an online competition where you run through questions and were scored based on speed an accuracy. There are a lot of other opportunities out there, and its fun cause it gives everyone some competition every week," Juric said.

Despite the success of the group - Hingham not only qualified for the Quiz Show the last two years, but made it past the first round both times - the secret to success is less about an intense practice methodology and more about having fun.

"I gave each kid the ten top and asked them to come up with a question for the team, with the idea they would learn it themselves and everyone else would learn the info as we read the questions," Juric said. "Other than that its been questions available online in the tournament style of competition. They have enough work and homework and extra curricular activities that this wasn't meant to be a job. It's meant to be fun, let everyone enjoy it. And they do. They have a good time. It's challenging, it's fun, and everyone get bragging rights in some point in the session."

Even with a change in leadership this year, Juric says the kids are focused and ready to succeed.

The team started with English teacher Matthew Fisher. When the teacher moved to another school and no other teachers stepped up to lead the Quiz group, the future looked bleak.

Juric, who had a son on the team, subsequently went to Hingham High School Principal Paula Girard-McCann to ask if she could volunteer for the role.

"They are motivated good kids that could probably manage it on their own, but it's a bit better to have an adult there to keep everybody focus," Juric said.

Because the kids are so dedicated in and of themselves, Juric says being the team's coach is less about figuring out tactics and honing their skills, and more about letting the kids do their thing.

"I stepped into this with a team that had done well already. I don't know what the secret is," she said. "They are good, bright kids. They know amazing amounts of info and I can't begin to know how they store it all up there."

Hingham residents, friends, and family are all invited to participate in the Quiz Show taping, hosted by Billy Costa. The series will then air on Sunday, Feb. 12.

With even more publicity for the event this time around, Juric said the kids are nervous but also really excited.

"It's not so it's brand new. They know how it runs and what sort of questions are hanging out there. But the TV part is exciting. We got a lot of kids last year from the school to watch. And they do a good job at WGBH getting the audience involved, so there's a bigger buzz around school cause the other kids know what's going on.... There's a lot of hype that goes along with it," Juric said.

The publicity has also helped to get the whole school involved.

"It's nice for them to be recognized for being smart kids, not just cause they won the football game [or something like that]," Juric said.

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