14yr-old Indian-origin boy bags second spot in National Geographic Bee contest.Byline: ANI Washington, May 21 (ANI): Arjun Kandaswamy, a 14-year-old boy of Indian origin in Oregon, has won second place in the annual National Geographic Bee The National Geographic Bee (previously called the National Geography Bee) is an annual geography contest sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The Bee, held every year since 1989, is open to students in the fourth through eighth grade in participating American geography contest, and bagged a 15,000-dollar college scholarship. He is an eighth grader at Meadow Park Meadow Park is the home of the English Southern Premier League football club Gloucester City. The club moved from their former Horton Road ground in 1986. The ground has a total capacity of 4500 with a 560-seat stand. Other than this the ground is terraced and 80% is under cover. Middle School in Beaverton. Seventh grader Eric Yang, 13, of Griffin Middle School in The Colony, Texas, won the toughest National Geographic Bee to date during a tie-breaker round. Third place and a 10,000-dollar college scholarship went to North Carolina's Shantan Krovvidi, 13, a seventh grader at Ligon Middle School Ligon GT Magnet Middle School is a middle school located in a neighborhood of Raleigh, North Carolina. The principal of the school is Scott Lyons, who reinforces the concept that arts and academics lead to achievement. in Raleigh. The Google-sponsored event was held at National Geographic Society National Geographic Society U.S. scientific society founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists “for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge. headquarters this week in Washington, D.C. Bee director Mary Lee
Mary Lee (née Walsh) (February 14, 1821 – September 18, 1909) was an Irish-Australian suffragist and social reformer in South Australia. Mary Walsh was born in Ireland. Elden revealed that the finalists prepared more vigorously than in previous years, prompting organizers to make the questions more difficult for the national finals. Yang said that this year's questions were "challenging", but he didn't change his strategy. "I just built on what I already knew," National Geographic News quoted him as saying. His father William Yang was "very excited" about his victory. He described Eric as a "very independent boy". "We try to provide all the support we can, but most of the time he spends his time by himself," William said. The teen enjoys history books, cookbooks, and travel guides. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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