Chris Rohmann is the former host of "As Schools Match Wits

As Schools Match Wits

As Schools Match Wits is a high school quiz show, hosted by Beth Ward, that airs on PBS member station WGBY in Springfield, Massachusetts, and produced in association with Westfield State College...

" on WGBY-TV

WGBY-TV

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 channel 57 in Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield, Massachusetts

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Rohmann was born in Yellow Springs, Ohio

Yellow Springs, Ohio

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. He is a resident of Hadley, Massachusetts

Hadley, Massachusetts

Hadley is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The population was 4,793 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The area around Hampshire Mall and Mountain Farms Mall along Route 9 is a major shopping destination for the surrounding...

, but lived in the United Kingdom

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 for many years until the early/mid 1980s. He wrote the British novelty hit "Funky Moped" (performed by comedian

Comedian

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 Jasper Carrot) which made it to number three in the British charts in the 1970s.

He was a regular performer on the folk club circuit in the UK and also enjoyed success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before returning to the United States

United States

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Rohmann has been an actor

Actor

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, director, singer, songwriter

Songwriter

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, writer

Writer

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, and radio commentator

Talk radio

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 as well as a member of the adjunct faculty of the Pioneer Valley

Pioneer Valley

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 Performing Arts High School (PVPA). He has written theater critic

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ism and commentary for the Valley Advocate (Newspapers of New England

Newspapers of New England

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 Inc.) and the Daily Hampshire Gazette

Daily Hampshire Gazette

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 (also owned by Newspapers of New England Inc.).

As a director for Hampshire Shakespeare Company, Rohmann was given responsibility for staging A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...

in 2005 and Macbeth

Macbeth

The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...

in 2006.