'Bright' guy outsmarts Minn. man in Think-Off

Adam Bright of Syracuse, N.Y., won the 20th annual Great American Think-Off Saturday night held annually in New York Mills, Minn. He outlasted three other semifinalists, including Marsh Muirhead of Bemidji, last year's winner. This year's featured question: “The Nature of Humankind: Inherently Good or Inherently Evil?”

Author:: BMTN Staff
Updated:: Mar 8, 2018
Original:: Jun 10, 2012

Adam Bright of Syracuse, N.Y., won the 20th annual Great American Think-Off Saturday night held annually in New York Mills, Minn. He outlasted three other semifinalists, including Marsh Muirhead of Bemidji, last year's winner. This year's featured question: “The Nature of Humankind: Inherently Good or Inherently Evil?”

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