From left: Butler Senior High School Seniors Emma Teff, Chloe Paulisick, and Katie Knights recently won the first round of Hometown High Q.

Chloe Paulisick will always remember the capital of the island of Malta.

“It’s Valletta; it’s seared into my brain for rest of my life,” said the Butler High School senior and daughter of Gerri and Joe Paulisick of Butler.

That’s because it’s the only question Chloe’s Butler High School Hometown High Q team got wrong during its recent competition on the long-running quiz show aired on KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh.

It’s especially galling to Chloe because it was the last of 19 questions, spoiling her and teammates Katie Knights’ and Emma Teff’s chances for a perfect score, and because she considered geography her area of expertise.

“Geography: I memorize the stuff,” she said. “That’s kind of my party trick.”

Despite the last-question stumble, the Butler team ran the table on the other questions and defeated opponents New Castle and East Allegheny to advance to the next round.

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