28th National Geographic Bee

The 28th annual National Geographic Bee was held between May 22–25, 2016 in Washington, D.C. It 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.

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

Description and Rounds

Round 1: 10 preliminary rounds held on May 23, 2016. 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)

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.

References

Preceded by
27th National Geographic Bee
28th National Geographic Bee
May 22–25, 2016
Succeeded by
29th National Geographic Bee

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  1. http://press.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/23/advisory-10-students-qualify-for-2016-national-geographic-bee-championship-round-may-25/
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