Английская Википедия:28th National Geographic Bee

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Spelling bee The 28th annual National Geographic Bee was held between May 22–25, 2016 in Washington, DC. For the first time, the bee was moderated by the American humorist, journalist and actor Mo Rocca and featured a grand prize of a $50,000 college scholarship.[1][2] The champion was Rishi Nair of Williams Magnet Middle School in Tampa, Florida, who won the $50,000 scholarship, lifetime membership to the National Geographic Society, and a Lindblad expedition to southeast Alaska.[3] The 2nd-place winner was Saketh Jonnalagadda of Stony Brook Middle School in Westford, Massachusetts, who won a $25,000 scholarship. The 3rd-place winner was Kapil Nathan of Brock's Gap Intermediate School in Hoover, Alabama, who won a $10,000 scholarship. Rishi was also the First sixth-grade National Champion since 2008.

2016 State Champions

State Name School City/Town Grade Place
Шаблон:Flag Kapil Nathan Brock's Gap Intermediate School Hoover 6th 3rd
Шаблон:Flag Ben Ng Floyd Dryden Middle School Juneau 8th
Шаблон:Flag Ari Mehta Explorer Middle School Phoenix 8th
Шаблон:Flag D. J. Quezada Haas Hall Academy Bentonville 8th
Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Atlantic Territories Matthew Haughton Antilles School St. Thomas, VI 7th
Шаблон:Flag Nishaanth Krishnan Utt Middle School Tustin 8th
Шаблон:Flag Cooper Hanley Louisville Middle School Louisville 7th
Шаблон:Flag Ritwik Bose Scotts Ridge Middle School Ridgefield 8th
Шаблон:Flag Eric Smith Postlethwait Middle School Camden 8th
Файл:United States Department of Defense Seal.svg Department of Defense Connor Buchheit Wiesbaden Middle School Wiesbaden, Germany 7th
Шаблон:Flag Max Garon Sidwell Friends Middle School Washington, DC 6th
Шаблон:Flag Rishi Nair Williams Magnet Middle School Tampa 6th Champion
Шаблон:Flag Jerome Perera Taylor Road Middle School Johns Creek 7th
Шаблон:Flag Mika Ishii Kaimuki Middle School Honolulu 8th
Шаблон:Flag Nicholas Monahan Payette Lakes Middle School McCall 7th
Шаблон:Flag Mantra Dave Chiddix Junior High School Normal 8th
Шаблон:Flag Simon Molenaar Highland Christian School Highland 7th
Шаблон:Flag Patrick Taylor Northwest Junior High School Coralville 8th
Шаблон:Flag Aviral Misra Prairie Star Middle School Leawood 8th
Шаблон:Flag Shyam Ravishankar Noe Middle School Louisville 8th
Шаблон:Flag Luke Andel Isidore Newman School New Orleans 8th
Шаблон:Flag Haden Buzzell Massabesic Middle School East Waterboro 6th
Шаблон:Flag Rishi Kumar Worthington Elementary School Ellicott City 5th T-4
Шаблон:Flag Saketh Jonnalagadda Stony Brook Middle School Westford 8th 2nd
Шаблон:Flag Pranav Arunandhi Reuther Middle School Rochester Hills 8th
Шаблон:Flag Lucas Eggers STAR Homeschool Academy Minnetonka 7th 7th
Шаблон:Flag Edmund Doerksen Oxford Middle School Oxford 7th
Шаблон:Flag Nikhil Krishnan Rockwood South Middle School Fenton 8th
Шаблон:Flag Grace Rembert Sacajawea Middle School Bozeman 8th T-4
Шаблон:Flag Deeksha Sridhar Millard North Middle School Omaha 6th
Шаблон:Flag Spencer Gabe Las Vegas Day School Las Vegas 8th
Шаблон:Flag Abhinav Govindaraju Shaker Road School Concord 6th
Шаблон:Flag Veda Bhattaram Robert R. Lazar Middle School Montville 6th
Шаблон:Flag Lakshay Sood Manzano Day School Albuquerque 5th
Шаблон:Flag Ethan Tsvayg Mark Twain Intermediate School 239 Brooklyn/Staten Island 7th
Шаблон:Flag Samanyu Dixit Jay M. Robinson Middle School Charlotte 6th T-8
Шаблон:Flag Jonathan Farnsworth Valley Middle School Grand Forks 8th
Шаблон:Flag Saket Pochiraju Olentangy Orange Middle School Lewis Center 6th
Шаблон:Flag Keane VanTrease Jenks Middle School Jenks 8th
Шаблон:Flag Ashwin Sivakumar Oregon Episcopal School Portland 6th T-8
Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Pacific Territories Victoria Nicole Santos Marianas Baptist Academy Saipan, MP 7th
Шаблон:Flag Benjamin Fischer Vida Charter School Gettysburg 5th
Шаблон:Flag Eli Fulton Rhode Island of Home Educators Rumford 8th
Шаблон:Flag Joshua Woodfin Greenville County Home Educators Simpsonville 8th
Шаблон:Flag Owen Fink Bridgewater-Emery School Bridgewater 5th
Шаблон:Flag John Webster Evangelical Christian School Cordova 8th
Шаблон:Flag Pranay Varada DeWitt Perry Middle School Carrollton 7th 6th
Шаблон:Flag Ankit Garg Bear River Charter School Logan 6th
Шаблон:Flag Isaac Krementsov Shelburne Community School Shelburne 7th
Шаблон:Flag Vishvesha Sridhar Blackburg Middle School Blacksburg 8th
Шаблон:Flag Satvik Kabbur Bear Creek Elementary School Woodinville 4th
Шаблон:Flag Surya Perla Andrew Jackson Middle School Charleston 8th
Шаблон:Flag Thomas Wright University School of Milwaukee Milwaukee 7th T-8
Шаблон:Flag Degory Day Evanston Middle School Evanston 7th

Preliminary rounds

Ten preliminary rounds held on May 23, 2016. Each State Champion had to answer ten oral questions, and prior to their arrival in Washington, D.C., had to submit a video related to a topic. The video was worth up to six points, hence the highest possible number of points was 16. One 16 and 4 15s were scored. A 9-way tie for 14 pts was broken with 4 exiting the competition. The ten finalists were announced around 11:30. The top ten finalists were as follows:

  • Kapil Nathan- from Alabama; 14/16 (9/10 + 5/6)
  • Rishi Nair- from Florida; 15/16 (10/10 + 5/6)
  • Rishi Kumar- from Maryland; 14/16 (8/10 + 6/6)
  • Saketh Jonnalagadda- from Massachusetts; 14/16 (9/10 + 5/6)
  • Lucas Eggers- from Minnesota; 16/16 (10/10 + 6/6) (only one with a perfect score in the preliminary rounds)
  • Grace Rembert- from Montana; 15/16 (10/10 + 5/6)
  • Samanyu Dixit- from North Carolina; 15/16 (10/10 + 5/6)
  • Ashwin Sivakumar- from Oregon; 15/16 (9/10 + 6/6)
  • Pranay Varada- from Texas; 14/16 (9/10 + 5/6)
  • Thomas Wright- from Wisconsin; 14/16 (9/10 + 5/6)

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Final rounds

The finals consisted of questions regarding the U.S. through Rounds 1–5, with 4 eliminated once Round 5 was over. A tie existed between Rishi Kumar and Lucas Eggers, with the latter exiting the competition. After that, questions regarding the world appeared. A three-way tie existed between Grace Rembert, Rishi Kumar again, and Kapil Nathan with the latter entering the final three. After Nathan was eliminated, the final two moved on to the Championships – Jonnalagadda and Nair. The latter won the competition.[3]

References

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