IRONTON -- "And now for the 30-point bonus question ... "

What is a Tri-State favorite game show being resurrected on the campus of Ohio University Southern this week?

If you answered, "High Q," you're correct and, we hate to break this to you, but you're getting old.

OUS has teamed up with veteran Tri-State radio and TV personality Ernie G. Anderson, to bring a new and improved "High Q," back on the air.

The popular quiz show that aired on WOWK-TV from 1979 to 1998 has its inaugural taping for this season from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the studios at OUS (on the third floor of the Riffe Center).

The 30-minute-long College Bowl format quiz show features two local high schools battling, buzzing in to quickly answer questions about history, geography, current events and entertainment.

Quiz bowl matchups on Saturday include Cabell Midland High School vs. Ironton St. Joseph High School, Lincoln County vs. Pikeville, Ironton vs. Spring Valley and Ritchie County vs. Sheldon Clark.

Those head to head brain battles will begin to air at 8 a.m. Saturdays on MyZ TV starting Saturday, Nov. 28. They've got 31, 30-minute shows scheduled to run, said Anderson, executive producer and host. Anderson, who works for Kindred Communications, hosted the show from 1984 to 1998, and then resurrected the show for one season (2006).

The show at Marshall died from lack of support, Anderson said.

Anderson said he was hosting the Lawrence County Spelling Bee last December when he happened to mention the popular Tri-State quiz show and found interested parties at OUS and in the community sitting in the audience.

Anderson said the "High Q" would not have had a rebirth if it were not for Joe Freeman of Quality Care Nursing. He stepped in and gave the show its first $5,000 to get it started.

Marshall University's Information Technology Division has also stepped up as a sponsor of this regional academic competition, and Anderson said they're still looking for a couple more $5,000 sponsors.

Anderson, who is active in national academic competitions, said he's already got 32 teams lined up for the single-elimination tournament and four teams on a waiting list to battle in the new OUS studios where the show will now have audio and video questions as well as those read by Anderson.

"The coaches are very excited about the return because most of them remember the old show," Anderson said. "I am chomping at the bit, too, and I would venture to say there's not too many other shows that have the audio and visual questions."

The public is invited for free to come out to OUS and watch the games being taped.

"High Q" tapings will be at 9 a.m. Nov. 7 and 14 and Dec. 5, 12 and 19 on the third floor of the Riffe Center.

"We will have as much of an audience as we can accommodate," Anderson said. "To guarantee they'll be on TV, I'll talk past the audience to get to the podium, so everyone who comes into watch will be on camera."

To find out more info about "High Q" or find out how you can become a sponsor, call Anderson at 304-523-8402 or e-mail at ernieg@kindredcom.net.

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