Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The National Geographic Bee is an annual geography contest sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The Bee, held every year since 1989, is open to the students in American schools. The winner of each school-level competition takes a written test, and the top one-hundred in each state or territory qualify for the state Bee. Then, the winners of the fifty-five state and territory Bees advance to the national competition. At the national level, after another competition, the top ten contestants qualify for the finals, which are hosted by the gameshow host Alex Trebek. The winner of the finals recieves a $25,000 scholarship, second place $15,000 and third place $10,000. The 2004 National Geographic Bee will at the school level prior to January 16, at the state level on April 2, and at the national level on May 25. The finals will be held one day after the national competition. Champions Of the fifteen National Geographic Bee Champions, fourteen are male and one is female. Four are from the State of Michigan, four from the State of Washington, and one each from various other states. 1989 - Jack Staddon State: Kansas Grade: Eighth Winning Question: Name the flat intermontane area located at an elevation of about 10,000 feet (3,050 meters) in the central Andes. Answer: Altiplano 1990 - Susannah Batko-Yovino State: Pennsylvania Grade: Sixth Winning Question: Mount Erebus is a volcano on which continent? Answer: Antarctica Note: Youngest and only female champion 1991 - David Stillman State: Idaho Grade: Eighth Winning Question: What type of landform is commonly associated with orographic precipitation? Answer: Mountain Note: Only champion with a perfect score in the finals 1992 - Lawson Fite State: Washington Grade: Eighth Winning Question: Many coastal countries have established so-called EEZs—areas extending 200 nautical miles from shore over which countries have sovereign rights for resource exploration. What do the initials EEZ stand for? Answer: Exclusive Economic Zone 1993 - Noel Erinjeri State: Michigan Grade: Eighth Winning Question: Tagalog is one of the three main native languages of which island country in Asia? Answer: The Philippines 1994 - Anders Knospe State: Montana Grade: Eighth Winning Question: The Tagus River roughly divides which European country into two agricultural regions? Answer: Portugal 1995 - Chris Galeczka State: Michigan Grade: Eighth Winning Question: Pashtu and Dari are the official languages of which mountainous, landlocked country in southwestern Asia? Answer: Afghanistan 1996 - Seyi Fayanju State: New Jersey Grade: Seventh Winning Question: Name the European co-principality whose heads of state are the president of France and the bishop of Urgel. Answer: Andorra 1997 - Alex Kerchner State: Washington Grade: Seventh Winning Question: Asia’s most densely populated country has about three million people and an area of less than 250 square miles (402 square kilometers). Name this country. Answer: Singapore 1998 - Petko Peev State: Michigan Grade: Eighth Winning Question: More than 80 million people live in the European Union’s most populous member country. Name this country. Answer: Germany 1999 - David Beihl State: South Carolina Grade: None (Homeschooled) Winning Question: The condition characterized by unusually cold ocean temperature in the equatorial region of the eastern Pacific Ocean is known by what Spanish name? Answer: La Nińa 2000 - Felix Peng State: Eighth Grade: Connecticut Winning Question: Name two of the three largest sections of Denmark, which include its mainland peninsula and two largest islands Answer: Jutland, Sjaelland and Fyn 2001 - Kyle Haddad Fonda State: Washington Grade: Eighth Winning Question: Below the equilibrium line of glaciers there is a region of melting, evaporation, and sublimation. Name this zone. Answer: Zone of ablation 2002 - Calvin McCarter State: Michigan Grade: Fifth Winning Question: Lop Nur, a marshy depression at the east end of the Tarim Basin, is a nuclear test site for which country? Answer: China (People's Republic) 2003 - James Williams State: Washington Grade: Eighth Winning Question: Goa, a state in southwestern India, was a possession of which country until 1961? Answer: Portugal This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.