12th National Geographic Bee

2000 American academic competition 12th National Geographic Bee May 24, 2000 Washington, D.C. Felix Peng 13 55 11th National Geographic Bee 13th National Geographic Bee The 12th National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 24, 2000, 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-national-geography-bee-alex-trebek-2013-jeopardy dead June 17, 2013 Alex Trebek: On Hosting the National Geographic Bee Melody Kramer National Geographic The winner was Felix Peng of Elisabeth Adams Middle School in Guilford, Connecticut, who won a $25,000 college scholarship.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/06/17/geography-champ-finds-place-in-history/d391779f-f6bd-42d7-8454-04779861d580/ Geography Champ Finds Place in History Susan Fineman The Washington Post The 2nd-place winner, George Thampy, of St. Louis, Missouri, won a $15,000 scholarship. The 3rd-place winner, Jonathan Janus, of Ravenel, South Carolina, won a $10,000 scholarship.http://www.nationalgeographic.com/events/00/bee/ https://web.archive.org/web/20000817194823/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/events/00/bee/ dead August 17, 2000 2000 National Geographic Bee National Geographic 2000 State Champions State Winner's Name Grade School City/Town Notes Alabama Phillip Golladay Spanish Fort Arizona Bradley Simon Mesa California Brian A. Dumbacher 8th Temple City Top 10 finalist Won the California State Bee in 1999 Colorado Aleksandr Andreev Littleton Connecticut Felix H. Peng 8th Elisabeth Adams Middle School Guilford 2000 Champion Delaware Ramsey C. Furse Lewes Department of Defense Daniel Rudy Germany District of Columbia David Mathias Florida Thomas Liguori Cooper City Top 10 finalist Georgia Robert J. Schleifer Gillsville Hawaii Glenn Shigetomi Honolulu Indiana Jeffrey Modrowski Crown Point Iowa Conor Bresnan Indianola Top 10 finalist Kansas Will Brubaker Lawrence Top 10 finalist Kentucky Frank Guan Louisville Top 10 finalist Louisiana Joe Henry (Hank) Legan 7th Bossier City Maine Nick Krakoff Hope Maryland Michael Dudkin Silver Spring Top 10 finalist Massachusetts Matthew Moran Belmont Hill School North Quincy Top 10 finalist Michigan Peter Holland Pontiac Missouri George Abraham Thampy St. Louis Second Place New Hampshire Niall Prendergast Hanover New Jersey Thomas Perkowski Spring Lake New Mexico Peter Indall Santa Fe New York Nathaniel Mattison Armonk North Carolina Anthony Curnes Greensboro North Dakota John Rice 6th Maddock Ohio Brian Asquith Cincinnati Pennsylvania Matthew Russell Bradford Puerto Rico Hila Levy Santurce South Carolina Jonathan Janus Ravenel Third Place South Dakota Christopher Meyer Sturgis Tennessee Eric P. Brown 8th McCallie School Chattanooga Won the Tennessee State Bee in 1999 Texas Jason Ferguson 7th Dallas Utah Daniel B. Blatter Salt Lake City Virginia Steven Young 7th Reston Washington Kyle Q. Haddad-Fonda 7th Shoreline West Virginia Benjamin Bateson Wheeling Wisconsin Nick Simmons Madison Wyoming Adam Towler Laramie References External links National Geographic Bee Official Website Category:National Geographic Bee