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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Venkat Ranjan was as surprised as anybody when he guessed the right answer to win the Nagional Geographic Bee. |
THE FINAL QUESTION in the National Geographic Bee was, "Lebanon has a population most similar to which South American country?"
Venkat Ranjan and Anoushka Buddhikot, both 13-years old, were the last two out of thousands of competitors from across the country. Venkat had no idea what the answer was. He took a whild guess: "Paraguay" he wrote down.
He was right! And with his win, he won thea $50,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society. He also won a trip (with one parent), all expenses paid, on a Lindblad expedition to the Galapagos Islands.
Venkat Ranjan and Anoushka Buddhikot, both 13-years old, were the last two out of thousands of competitors from across the country. Venkat had no idea what the answer was. He took a whild guess: "Paraguay" he wrote down.
He was right! And with his win, he won thea $50,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society. He also won a trip (with one parent), all expenses paid, on a Lindblad expedition to the Galapagos Islands.
Venkat, of San Ramon, California, is a 13-year-old 8th-grader at Windemere Ranch Middle School, He took top honors at the 30th annual National Geographic Bee held last week at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Venkat Ranjan was congratulated by his family. |
Fifty-four state and territory winners took part in the preliminary rounds of the 2018 National Geographic Bee tthat started Monday, May 21.
The top 10 finishers in the preliminary rounds were all Asian/Americans. They continued answering geography questions Tuesday in the final round, which was moderated by humorist, journalist and actor Mo Rocca.
Anoushka, the second-place winner and recipient of a $25,000 college scholarship was from Bridgewater, New Jersey, an 8th-grader at Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School. Third place and a $10,000 college scholarship went to Vishal Sareddy of Suwanee, Georgia, a 14-year-old 8th-grader at Riverwatch Middle School.
The seven other finalists, who each won $500, were Gayatri Kaimal of Tucson, Arizona; Atreya Mallanna of Lexington, Massachusetts; Sean Cheng of Stratham, New Hampshire; Jonathan Song of Apex, North Carolina; Saket Pochiraju of Lewis Center, Ohio; Ashwin Sivakumar of Portland, Oregon; and Nihar Janga of Austin, Texas.
Almost 3 million students in 10,000 schools in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Atlantic and Pacific territories and Department of Defense Dependents Schools took part in the 2018 National Geographic Bee.
The National Geographic Society developed the National Geographic Bee in 1989 in response to concern about the lack of geographic knowledge among young people in the United States.
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
The top ten finalists of the National Geographic Bee. |
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