18th National Geographic Bee

2006 American academic competition 18th National Geographic Bee May 24, 2006 Washington, D.C. Bonny Jain 12 55 17th National Geographic Bee 19th National Geographic Bee The 18th National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 24, 2006, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The final competition was moderated by Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/05/130522-national-geography-bee-alex-trebek-2013-jeopardy/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130617182006/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/05/130522%2Dnational%2Dgeography%2Dbee%2Dalex%2Dtrebek%2D2013%2Djeopardy dead June 17, 2013 Alex Trebek: On Hosting the National Geographic Bee Melody Kramer National Geographic The winner was Bonny Jain of Moline, Illinois, who won a $25,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society. The 2nd-place winner, Neeraj Sirdeshmukh of Nashua, New Hampshire, won a $15,000 scholarship. The 3rd-place winner, Yeshwanth Kandimalla of Marietta, Georgia, won a $10,000 scholarship.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/060524-geographic-bee.html https://web.archive.org/web/20060615040405/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/060524-geographic-bee.html dead June 15, 2006 Illinois Eighth Grader Wins National Geographic Bee Ben Harder National Geographic News 2006 State Champions State Winner's Name Grade School City/Town Notes Alabama Lowell Van Ness 8th Bumpus Middle School Hoover Alaska Andrew Lee 7th Interior Distance Education of Alaska Anchorage Arizona Kelsey Schilperoort 8th Heritage Christian Home Educators Prescott Top 10 finalist Arkansas Devin Matthews 6th Lake Area Homeschool Association Drasco California Ryland Lu 8th Pressman Academy Los Angeles Colorado Autumn Hughes 6th Homeschooled Wheat Ridge Top 10 finalist Connecticut Liam McCarthy 8th Middlesex Middle School Darien Delaware Matthew Heitmann 8th Gunning Bedford Middle School New Castle Department of Defense Husain Mogri 8th Bahrain School Bahrain District of Columbia Benjamin Geyer 6th British School of Washington Washington, D.C. Florida John Kim 7th Oslo Middle School Vero Beach Georgia Yeshwanth Kandimalla 8th Simpson Middle School Marietta Third place Hawaii Guthrie Angeles 6th Kaleiopuu Elementary School Waipahu Idaho Ryan Bovard 7th Jennifer Junior High School Lewiston Illinois Bonny Jain 8th Woodrow Wilson Middle School Moline 2006 champion Indiana Jonathan Hielkema 7th Highland Christian School Highland Iowa Drew Coffin 8th Northwest Junior High School Coralville Top 10 finalist Kansas Suneil Iyer 6th Havencroft Elementary School Olathe Top 10 finalist Kentucky Matt Hensley 8th Beaumont Middle School Lexington Louisiana Lee Winkler 5th Kehoe-France School Metairie Maine Alexander Homer 8th Ellsworth Middle School Ellsworth Maryland James Plamondon 8th St. John Regional Catholic School Frederick Massachusetts Krishnan Chandra 8th West Middle School Andover Top 10 finalist Michigan Matthew Vengalil 8th Parcells Middle School Grosse Pointe Woods Top 10 finalist Minnesota Simon Smedberg 8th Jefferson Community School Minneapolis Mississippi Taide Ding 5th Central Elementary School Oxford Missouri Christopher Winston 7th Crestview Middle School Ellisville Montana Hannah Goodman 7th Helena Area Christian Home Educators Helena Nebraska Preston Bradley 8th Lux Middle School Lincoln Nevada Paige dePolo 7th Little Flower School Reno Top 10 finalist New Hampshire Neeraj Sirdeshmukh 8th Fairgrounds Middle School Nashua Second Place New Jersey Evan Meltzer 8th Central Middle School Stirling New Mexico Luis Baca 6th Albuquerque Academy Albuquerque New York Jonathan Katz 8th Scarsdale Middle School Scarsdale North Carolina Michael Narup 8th Myrtle Grove Middle School Wilmington North Dakota Conrad Eggers 8th Horizon Middle School Bismarck Ohio Nirbhay Jain 7th Ottawa Hills Junior High School Toledo Oklahoma Anthony Gonzalez 8th Centennial Middle School Broken Arrow Oregon Michael Ling 6th Meadow Park Middle School Beaverton Pacific Territories Ian Farley 7th South Pacific Academy Pago Pago Pennsylvania Michael Luo 8th Eagle View Middle School Mechanicsburg Puerto Rico Francisco Vargas 7th St. John's School San Juan Rhode Island Laura Kulm 8th Archie Cole Middle School East Greenwich South Carolina Andrew Brill 8th Anderson County Homeschoolers Anderson South Dakota Joseph Knofczynski 6th Georgia Morse Middle School Pierre Tennessee Mark Arildsen 6th University School of Nashville Nashville Texas Jiawei Li 7th Beck Junior High Katy Utah Jeffrey Bennett 8th Midvale Middle School Midvale Vermont Lucas Earl 8th Randolph Union Jr./Sr. High School Randolph Virginia José Antonio de la Peña 7th Families in Support of Home Education Burke Virgin Islands Sean Marin 8th St. Croix Country Day School St. Croix Washington Caitlin Snaring 7th Family Learning Center Redmond West Virginia Joshua Hamrick 8th Webster Springs Middle School Webster Springs Wisconsin Oliver Buchino 8th Marshall Middle School Marshall Wyoming James Mothersbaugh 6th Park Elementary School Casper References External links National Geographic Bee official website Category:National Geographic Bee