EUGENE BOY LANDS 3RD PLACE IN GEO-BEE.Byline: The Register-Guard A gulf off the northeast coast of Panama and a river between Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. and Nicaragua helped keep Eugene's Sam Brandt from winning the 2005 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 on Wednesday, but he still earned a $10,000 college scholarship by finishing third. No Oregonian has ever finished as high in the 17-year-old event. "I feel great," said Brandt, an eighth-grader at Roosevelt Middle School who outlasted all but two of the nearly 5 million participants who competed at the local, state or national levels. He correctly answered 20 of 22 questions in the 10-person championship round held at the National Geographic Society's Grosvenor Auditorium. Brandt finished sixth two years ago and tied for 15th last year. He had earned the final spot in Wednesday's championship round by winning a marathon 17-question tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie on Tuesday. "It's been really exciting and to have my best finish ever was cool," he said. "My favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. part has just been having fun and hanging with the other kids." In the championship round, players are eliminated once they miss two questions. Brandt missed a sixth-round question about a gulf off the northeast coast of Panama that shares its name with a nearby group of islands (the San Blas Gulf). He was later eliminated when asked to name the river that forms part of the boundary between Costa Rica and Nicaragua (the San Juan River San Juan River River and outlet of Lake Nicaragua, southern Nicaragua. It flows from the lake's southeastern end, forms the border of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, and empties into the Caribbean Sea; it is 124 mi (199 km) long. ). "He did great," said Sara Brandt, who along with her husband, Jonathan, watched the finals. "We couldn't be prouder." Nathaniel Cornelius of Minnesota won the competition and a $25,000 scholarship. Karan Takhar of Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. , who has become a good friend of Brandt's during their stays in Washington, D.C., finished second and earned a $15,000 scholarship. The event, moderated by "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek, will be telecast at 1 p.m. Sunday on the Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is the primary public broadcasting network for most of Oregon as well as southern Washington, with (as of 2006) over one million viewers throughout that region and an average of over 380,000 radio listeners each week. channel. - Bob Welch WINNING QUESTION Question: Lake Gatun, an artificial lake that constitutes part of the Panama Canal system, was created by damming which river? Answer: The Chagres River. CAPTION(S): Sam Brandt proudly displays the $10,000 college scholarship check he won for placing third in the 2005 National Geographic Bee. |
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