South Range team win national competition

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Do you know the type of reactions that decompose hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen?

Can you name the painting showing two people standing in a darkened entryway among tiers of seats in an auditorium of what is now Thomas Jefferson University?

Members of the South Range High School Varsity Academic Challenge Team know the answers to both questions. These are just examples of the types of questions the five team members answered over the Memorial Day weekend to become national champions in the small-schools division at the National Academic Quiz Tournament. (The answers are disproportionation and “The Gross Clinic,” respectively.)

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