21st National Geographic Bee
The 21st National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C. on May 20, 2009, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The winner was Eric Yang of Griffin Middle School in The Colony, Texas, who won a $25,000 college scholarship, lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society and a trip to the Galápagos Islands with National Geographic Bee moderator and Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. The 2nd-place winner was Arjun Kandaswamy of Meadow Park Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon. The 3rd-place winner was Shantan Krovvidi of Ligon Middle School in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1]
21st National Geographic Bee | |
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Date | May 20, 2009 |
Location | Washington, D.C. |
Winner | Eric Yang |
Age | 13 |
Residence | The Colony, Texas |
No. of contestants | 54 |
Preceded by | 20th National Geographic Bee |
Followed by | 22nd National Geographic Bee |
2009 state champions
State | Winner's Name | School | City/Town | Grade | Notes | Place |
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Jonathan Hess | Tuscaloosa | [2] | |||
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Bethany Lee | Anchorage | [3] | |||
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Nicholas Farnsworth | Flagstaff | [4] | Top 10 | ||
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Zacharay Safley | Beebe | [5] | |||
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Samuel Bressler | Fullerton | [6] | |||
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Alden Savoca | Debeque | [7] | |||
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Robert Chu | Woodbridge | [8] | |||
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Varun Wadhwa | The Independence School | Newark | 6th | [9] | |
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Michael Laskowski | Washington | [10] | |||
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Shiva Kangeyan | Miami | [11] | Top 10 | ||
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Pranav Bhandarkar | Malcom Bridge Middle School | Bogart | 7th | [12] | |
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Alex Fager | Our Savior Lutheran School | Aiea | 7th | [13] | |
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Karthik Mouli | Hillside Junior High School | Boise | 5th | [14] | |
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Siva Gangavarapu | Aurora | [15] | Top 10 | ||
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Ian Markham | Nativity of Our Savior Catholic School | Portage | 7th | [16] | |
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Luc Moisan | Grinnell | [17] | |||
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Trevor Eggenberger | Bel Aire | [18] | |||
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Michael Kamer | Lexington | [19] | |||
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Amal De Alwis | Hammond | [20] | |||
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Conor Millard | Old Town | [21] | |||
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Michael Laskowski | University Park | [22] | |||
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Zaroug Jaleel | Lexington | [23] | Top 10 | ||
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Kenji Golimlim | Summit Academy | Flat Rock | 8th | [24] | Top 10 |
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Cody Baird | Jackson Middle School | Champlin | [25] | ||
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William Johnston | Diamondhead | [26] | |||
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Eric Matthews | El Dorado Springs Middle School | El Dorado Springs | [27] | ||
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Thomas Culver | Helena | [28] | |||
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Erik Ingram | Bellevue | [29] | |||
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Alexander Wade | Davidson Academy | Reno | 5th | [30] | |
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Cooper Lecza | Bedford | [31] | |||
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Roey Hadar | Fair Haven | [32] | |||
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Nicholas Anderson | Albuquerque | [33] | |||
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Aidan Langston | Brooklyn | [34] | |||
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Shantan Krovvidi | Ligon Middle School | Raleigh | [35] | 3rd | |
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Casey Murphy | Carrington | [36] | |||
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Nick Merchant | Dublin | [37] | |||
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Nathan Thompson | Edmond | [38] | |||
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Arjun Kandaswamy | Meadow Park Middle School | Beaverton | [39] | 2nd | |
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Henry Glitz | St. Bernard School | Pittsburgh | [40] | ||
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Oliver Lucier | Curtis Corner Middle School | Wakefield | 7th | [41] | |
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Luke Porter | Columbia | [42] | |||
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Alex Kimn | George S. Mickelson Middle School | Brookings | 6th | [43] | |
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Joseph Peterson | Memphis | [44] | |||
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Eric Yang | Griffin Middle School | The Colony | [45] | Champion | |
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Kennen Sparks | Kaysville | [46] | Top 10 | ||
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Roger Danilek | Norwich | [47] | |||
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Sidharth Verma | Herndon | [48] | |||
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Benjamin Salman | Seattle | [49] | |||
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Jacob Ramthun | Athens | [50] | |||
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Vansh Jain | Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk Elementary | Minocqua | 5th | [51] | Top 10 |
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Kirsi Anselmi-Stith | Rock Springs | [52] |
gollark: Also score voting.
gollark: Approval voting's neat too.
gollark: I guess it *could* work for non-presidential voting things, but I don't actually know how those work in the US.
gollark: > If percentages of Independent votes were to increase as a trend over time then there could be a possibility of more representative pluralismNo, the electoral college system essentially forbids this.
gollark: In a two-party system, voting conveys one bit of legally binding information. This is not very much.
References
- Crowd Favorite. "Eric Yang From Texas Wins 2009 National Geographic Bee and $25,000 College Scholarship". National Geographic Society Press Room.
- https://sites.google.com/site/alabamastatebee/list-of-winners
- https://sites.google.com/site/alaskastatebee/list-of-winners
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- https://sites.google.com/site/oregonstatebee/list-of-winners
- https://sites.google.com/site/pennsylvaniastatebee/list-of-winners
- https://sites.google.com/site/pennsylvaniastatebee/list-of-winners
- https://sites.google.com/site/southcarolinastatebee/list-of-winners
- https://sites.google.com/site/southdakotastatebee/list-of-winners
- https://sites.google.com/site/tennesseestatebee/list-of-winners
- https://sites.google.com/site/texasstatebee/list-of-winners
- https://sites.google.com/site/utahstatebee/list-of-winners
- https://sites.google.com/site/vermontstatebee/list-of-winners
- https://sites.google.com/site/virginiastatebee/list-of-winners
- https://sites.google.com/site/washingtonstatebee/list-of-winners
- https://sites.google.com/site/westvirginiastatebee/list-of-winners
- https://sites.google.com/site/wisconsinstatebee/list-of-winners
- https://sites.google.com/site/wyomingstatebee/list-of-winners
External links
Preceded by 20th National Geographic Bee |
21st National Geographic Bee May 20, 2009 |
Succeeded by 22nd National Geographic Bee |
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