21st National Geographic Bee explained

The 21st National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 20, 2009, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The winner was Eric Yang of Griffin Middle School in The Colony, Texas, who won a $25,000 college scholarship, lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society and a trip to the Galápagos Islands with National Geographic Bee moderator and Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. The 2nd-place winner was Arjun Kandaswamy of Meadow Park Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon. The 3rd-place winner was Shantan Krovvidi of Ligon Middle School in Raleigh, North Carolina.^[1]

2009 state champions

State	Winner's Name	School	City/Town	Grade	Notes	Place
	Jonathan Hess		Tuscaloosa		^[2]
	Bethany Lee		Anchorage		^[3]
	Nicholas Farnsworth		Flagstaff		^[4]	Top 10
	Zacharay Safley		Beebe		^[5]
Atlantic Territories	?
	Samuel Bressler		Fullerton		^[6]
	Alden Savoca		Debeque		^[7]
	Robert Chu		Woodbridge		^[8]
	Varun Wadhwa	The Independence School	Newark	6th	^[9]
Department of Defense	?
	Michael Laskowski		Washington		^[10]
	Shiva Kangeyan		Miami		^[11]	Top 10
	Pranav Bhandarkar	Malcom Bridge Middle School	Bogart	7th	^[12]
	Alex Fager	Our Savior Lutheran School	Aiea	7th	^[13]
	Karthik Mouli	Hillside Junior High School	Boise	5th	^[14]
	Siva Gangavarapu		Aurora		^[15]	Top 10
	Ian Markham	Nativity of Our Savior Catholic School	Portage	7th	^[16]
	Luc Moisan		Grinnell		^[17]
	Trevor Eggenberger		Bel Aire		^[18]
	Michael Kamer		Lexington		^[19]
	Amal De Alwis		Hammond		^[20]
	Conor Millard		Old Town		^[21]
	Michael Laskowski		University Park		^[22]
	Zaroug Jaleel		Lexington		^[23]	Top 10
	Kenji Golimlim	Summit Academy	Flat Rock	8th	^[24]	Top 10
	Cody Baird	Jackson Middle School	Champlin		^[25]
	William Johnston		Diamondhead		^[26]
	Eric Matthews	El Dorado Springs Middle School	El Dorado Springs		^[27]
	Thomas Culver		Helena		^[28]
	Erik Ingram		Bellevue		^[29]
	Alexander Wade	Davidson Academy	Reno	5th	^[30]
	Cooper Lecza		Bedford		^[31]
	Roey Hadar		Fair Haven		^[32]
	Nicholas Anderson		Albuquerque		^[33]
	Aidan Langston		Brooklyn		^[34]
	Shantan Krovvidi	Ligon Middle School	Raleigh		^[35]	3rd
	Casey Murphy		Carrington		^[36]
	Nick Merchant		Dublin		^[37]
	Nathan Thompson		Edmond		^[38]
	Arjun Kandaswamy	Meadow Park Middle School	Beaverton		^[39]	2nd
Pacific Territories	?
	Henry Glitz	St. Bernard School	Pittsburgh		^[40]
	Oliver Lucier	Curtis Corner Middle School	Wakefield	7th	^[41]
	Luke Porter		Columbia		^[42]
	Alex Kimn	George S. Mickelson Middle School	Brookings	6th	^[43]
	Joseph Peterson		Memphis		^[44]
	Eric Yang	Griffin Middle School	The Colony		^[45]	Champion
	Kennen Sparks		Kaysville		^[46]	Top 10
	Roger Danilek		Norwich		^[47]
	Sidharth Verma		Herndon		^[48]
	Benjamin Salman		Seattle		^[49]
	Jacob Ramthun	Athens Elementary	Athens		^[50]
	Vansh Jain	Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk Elementary	Minocqua	5th	^[51]	Top 10
	Kirsi Anselmi-Stith		Rock Springs		^[52]

External links

• National Geographic Bee Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eric Yang From Texas Wins 2009 National Geographic Bee and $25,000 College Scholarship. https://web.archive.org/web/20121023100412/http://press.nationalgeographic.com/2009/05/20/eric-yang-texas-wins-2009-national-geographic-bee-25000-scholarship/. dead. October 23, 2012. Crowd Favorite. National Geographic Society Press Room.
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