11-Year-Old Wins National Geographic Bee


	11-Year-Old Wins National Geographic Bee

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5-22-2008 3:24 PM

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Eleven-year-old Akshay Rajagopal knew, and with the answer—<A href="http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_bolivia.html">Bolivia</A>—he won the 20th annual <A href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee/">National Geographic Bee</A> today in <A href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/places/places-of-a-lifetime/washingtondc.html">Washington, D.C.</A>
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The national finals tested the geographic knowledge of 55 U.S. students in fourth through eighth grade—each contestant was already a winner at the state or territory level. Each finalist is allowed one wrong answer.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080521-geography-bee.html">
Asked what country lies east of <A href="http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_iran.html">Iran</A> and holds the city of Balkh—the supposed birthplace of the ancient 13th-century Persian poet Rumi—Rajagopal wasn't sure.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080521-geography-bee.html">
With magic marker, he wrote <A href="http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_afghanistan.html">"Afghanistan"</A> on his card. His guess was right.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080521-geography-bee.html"><P>
(<A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080521-geobee-video-vin.html">Watch video</A> of the final tense minutes of the bee.)
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