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The 19th
National Geographic Bee was held in
Washington, D.C. , on May 23, 2007, sponsored by the
National Geographic Society .
State champions
Alabama – Matthew Riggle, 7th Grade, St. John the Baptist Catholic School,
Madison
Alaska – Andrew Lee, 8th Grade, Interior Distance Education of Alaska,
Anchorage
Arizona – Nathan Tappendorf, 6th Grade, Eastside Explorers Homeschool,
Phoenix
Arkansas – Jason Saunders, 8th Grade, Home Educators of Greater Little Rock,
Little Rock
California – Mitchell Mankin, 8th Grade, Brandeis Hillel Day School,
San Francisco
Colorado – José de la Peña, 8th Grade, CHEC,
Colorado Springs
Connecticut – Gregory Naigles, 8th Grade, Tolland Middle School,
Tolland
Delaware – Daniel Barnes, 8th Grade, Springer Middle School,
Wilmington
Department of Defense – Andrew Hartford, 8th Grade, Lakenheath Middle,
East Anglia ,
United Kingdom
District of Columbia – Benjamin Geyer, 7th Grade, British School of Washington
Florida – Michael Aquilia, 8th Grade, Farnell Middle School,
Tampa
Georgia – Kaj Hansen, 8th Grade, Carrollton Junior High,
Carrollton, Georgia
Hawaii – Isolde Callihan, 8th Grade, Hawaii Island Christian Home Educators,
Hilo
Idaho – Brandon Smith, 6th Grade, Ellis Elementary,
Chubbuck
Illinois – Zachary Blumenfeld, 8th Grade, Daniel Wright Junior High,
Lincolnshire
Indiana – Erik Troske, 7th Grade, Barker Middle,
Michigan
Iowa – Derek Hofland, 8th Grade, Sanborn Christian School,
Sanborn
Kansas – Suneil Iyer, 7th Grade, Indian Trail Junior High,
Olathe
Kentucky – Solomon Mayer, 8th Grade, Sayre School,
Lexington
Louisiana – Amal de Alwis, 5th Grade, SLU Laboratory School,
Hammond
Maine – John Walsh, 8th Grade, Harrison Middle,
Yarmouth
Maryland – Raynell Cooper, 8th Grade, Julius West Middle School,
Maryland
Massachusetts – Christopher Hart, 8th Grade, Westfield South Middle,
Westfield
Michigan – Daniel Elkus, 8th Grade, Cranbrook Kingswood Boys Middle,
Bloomfield Hills
Minnesota – Andrew Ford, 8th Grade, St. Louis Park Junior High
St. Louis Park
Mississippi – Devi Swamy, 8th Grade, Madison Middle,
Madison
Missouri – Hannah Goodman, 8th Grade, S.H.A.R.E. Homeschool,
St. Louis
Montana – Shawn Belobraidic, 8th Grade, Bonner School,
Bonner
Nebraska – Andrew Vinton, 7th Grade, St. Patrick School,
North Platte
Nevada – William Niday, 8th Grade, Carson Valley Middle,
Gardnerville
New Hampshire – Milan Sandhu, 7th Grade, McKelvie Middle,
Bedford
New Jersey – Rachel McEnroe, 8th Grade, Oak Hill Academy,
Lincroft
New Mexico – Sam Waitt, 6th Grade, Rio Grande School,
Santa Fe
New York – Josh Shih, 8th Grade, C.J. Hooker Middle,
Goshen
North Carolina – Tahsin Zaman, 8th Grade, Daniels Middle,
Raleigh
North Dakota – James Penrod, 8th Grade, Memorial Middle,
Minot
Ohio – Jon Moller, 8th Grade, Walnut Hills High School,
Cincinnati
Oklahoma – Tyler Bowen, 8th Grade, Lakeview Middle,
Yukon
Oregon – Michael Ling, 7th Grade, Meadow Park Middle,
Beaverton
Pacific Territories – Samuel Wolborsky, 8th Grade, Andersen Middle,
Guam
Pennsylvania – Andrew Nadig, 8th Grade, Manheim Township Middle,
Lancaster
Puerto Rico – Francisco Vargas, 8th Grade, St. John's School,
San Juan
Rhode Island – Samuel Curry, 7th Grade, Broad Rock Middle,
Wakefield
South Carolina – Trey Dendrinos, 8th Grade, Forest Acres Christian Educators,
West Columbia
South Dakota – Alex Larson, 8th Grade, Vermillion Middle,
Vermillion
Tennessee – Mark Arildsen, 7th Grade, University School of Nashville,
Nashville
Texas – Jiawei Li, 8th Grade, Beck Junior High,
Katy
Utah – Kennen Sparks, 6th Grade, Windridge Elementary,
Kaysville
Vermont – Taylor Horn, 8th Grade, Leland and Gray Union Middle School,
Townshend
Virginia – Partha Narasimhan, 6th Grade, Mercer Middle,
Aldie
Virgin Islands – Muta Abiff, 7th Grade, Addelita Cancryn Junior High,
St. Thomas
Washington – Caitlin Snaring, 8th Grade, Family Learning Center,
Redmond
West Virginia – Benjamin Taylor, 5th Grade, Monongalia Homeschoolers Association,
Morgantown
Wisconsin – Bjorn Ager-Hart, 8th Grade, FISH Home Education Network,
Madison
Wyoming – Kirsi Anselmi Stith, 5th Grade, Holy Spirit School,
Rock Springs
Overview
The final competition was moderated by
Jeopardy! host
Alex Trebek .
[1] The winner was Caitlin Snaring, a
homeschooled student from
Redmond, Washington , who won a $25,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the
National Geographic Society . The 2nd-place winner, Suneil Iyer of
Kansas , won a $15,000 scholarship. The 3rd-place winner, Mark Arildsen of
Tennessee , won a $10,000 scholarship.
[2]
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