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GEOGRAPHIC BEE 2008 California State Finals April 4 in Sacramento
Congratulations 2008 California State Winner - Nikhil Desai (on left), 8th grade, Challenger School, Newark and 2nd place winner Kirklann Lau, shown above with Dr. Stephen Cunha
Winning question:
Energy-rich Balochistan, located on the border with
Iran
, is home to an insurgency movement demanding greater autonomy from what country? (
Pakistan
)
Second Place: Kirklann Lau, 8th grade, Sequoia Middle School, Newbury Park
Third Place: Aaron Miller, 7th grade, Healdsburg Middle School
A record 31 students scored a perfect 8 in the Preliminary Rounds, and 38 students scored 7/8. Mr. Desai correctly answered 35 out of 37 questions to win the bee. The Tie-Breaker Round lasted 18 rounds. Over 400 people attended on a warm and lovely spring day.
CONGRATULATIONS 2008
California
State
Finalists - listed South to North
Alexis Reyes,
Los Angeles
Adam Lipton,
Los Angeles
Samuel Cappoli,
Culver City
Jeremy Rocha,
Downey
Dean Messinger,
Santa Monica
Madeleine Lessard,
Altadena
Max Bork,
Pasadena
Shelley Garg,
Pasadena
Austin Moser, Chatsworth
Kirklann Lau,
Newbury
Park
Sam Kinsey, Northridge
Robert Xue,
Temple City
Sarah Hood,
Chula Vista
Narayan Gopinathan,
La Jolla
Andrew Lessig,
Poway
Jeremy Barroll, Poway
Henry Poole, Rancho Santa Fe
Richard Leary, San Diego
Anita Kulkarni, San Diego
Anthony Tokman, San Diego
Brian Hie, San Diego
Jacob Otto, Hesperia
Louie Cao, Highland
Lucas Shurson, Yucaipa
Ava Soleimany, Corona Del Mar
Kornkamol Pankam, Aliso Viejo
Justin Scott, Laguna Niguel
Alex Lewis, Mission Viejo
Casey Cho, Fountain Valley
Zachary Jones, Fountain Valley
Samuel Bressler, Fullerton
Sean Finck, Orange
Kalen Kasraie,Ventura
Miguel Wise, Camarillo
Manasa Ashok, Simi Valley
Alexander Freeman, San Luis Obispo
Tanner Muro, Tehachapi
Robert Spragg, Fresno
Lauren Bell, Carmel
Nicolas Kugel, Hillsborough
Andrew MacMillen, Hillsborough
Oliver Knitter, Daly City
Zachary Strom, Los Altos
Nicholas Crispie, Los Altos
Samuel Falkenhagen, Menlo Park
Ved Paranjpe, Mountain View
Will James, San Carlos
Vaibhav Menon, Sunnyvale
Gil Bar-Or, Sunnyvale
Hugo Kitano, San Francisco
Benjamin Schneider, San Francisco
Sean Donovan, San Francisco
Calvin Li, Palo Alto
John Richards, San Mateo
Richard Adelstein, San Mateo
Daniel Menche, San Mateo
Jon Matt, Antioch
Alek Venturino, Danville
Ryan Olson, Danville
Mark Manha, San Ramon
Julian Carney, Antioch
Sean Huang, Fremont
Ray Wu, Fremont
Kelly Xi, Hercules
Alice Hyde, Napa
Nikhil Desai, Newark
Eric Wu, Orinda
Evan Chow, Orinda
Aditya Sinha, Pleasanton
Tristan Boyd, Pleasanton
Kevin Moore, Dublin
Akshayraj Aitha, Dublin
Gilbert Lin, San Ramon
John Sexton, San Ramon
Bobby Huffaker, Walnut Creek
Aristotle Magganas, Piedmont
Kenan Perry, Belvedere Tiburon
Daniel Grubb, Rohnert Park
Lorenzo Cico, Fairfax
Alec White, Mill Valley
Duncan Hosie, Mill Valley
Perry Wood, Novato
Connor Thurgate, San Anselmo
Akshay Joshi, Cupertino
Danny Kim, Cupertino
Jeffrey Leong, Los Gatos
Imran Mahmood, San Jose
Pavitra Rengarajan, San Jose
Nishanth Subramaniam, San Jose
Naveed Chowdhury, San Jose
Zachary Zimmerle, Hickman
Karl Nimtz, Santa Rosa
Aaron Miller, Healdsburg
Sam Torgerson, Bayside
Jonathan Doram, Carmichael
Nezar Jamal, Carmichael
Daniel Mackay, Carmichael
Samuel Warren, Davis
Jackson Vose, Roseville
Skye Micklos, Mount Shasta
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GEOGRAPHIC BEE 2007 - State Finals March 30 Sacramento
Congratulations 2007 California State Winner - Mitchell Mankin!
Winning question: Jin Mao Tower, which has the highest hotel rooms in the world, is located in the Pudong district in which East Asian city? (Shanghai)
Second Place: Aaron Miller, Healdsburg
Third Place: Robert Allen, San Rafael
Read the Sacramento Bee storyl
Congratulations to the 2007 California Finalists!
Ankit Aggarwal, Sunnyvale
Alex Aghabegian, Winnetka
Robert Allen, San Rafael
Jonathon Alvaraz, Antioch
Eric Angell, Berkeley
Jeremy Barroll, Poway
Max Bork, Pasadena
Isabella Bosetti, Napa
Wesley Brandemuehl, Los Altos
Micah Brown, Palo Alto
Louie Cao, Highland
Tiffany Chaffee, Mill Valley
Chung-Jen Chen, Chino Hills
Ashwath Chennapan, San Jose
Evan Chow, Walnut Creek
Giorgio Cico, San Anselmo
Lorenzo Cico, Fairfax
David Cohn, Encinitas
Nicolaus Coleman, Turlock
Asimina Courelli, Whittier
Nikhil Desai, Newark
Evan Engel, Rancho Santa Margarita
John Ericson, San Francisco
Aditya Gande, Cupertino
Daniel Gay, Santa Barbara
Andrew Gibson, Novato
Vikram Gill, Chatsworth
Narayan Gopinathan, La Jolla
Ned Gould, Roseville
Daniel Grubb, Rohnert Park
Brendan Haggerty, Encinitas
Paul Hampton, Hickman
Eric Hass, Orinda
Tim Hausler, Sunnyvale
Nicholas Heitkamp, Apple Valley
Alison Herman, San Diego
Matthew Higgins, Encinatas
Olga Ivanova, Walnut Creek
Vasant Iyer, Oak Park
Alexander Jackson, San Jose
Joshua Jacobson, Pasadena
Matthew James, Hillsborough
Zachary Jones, Fountain Valley
Akshay Joshi, Cupertino
Kalen Kasraie, Ventura
Kurt Kessler, Menlo Park
Sam Kinsey, Northridge
Hugo Kitano, San Francisco
Oliver Knitter, Daly City
Anita Kulkarni, San Diego
George Lee, Aliso Viejo
Alex Lewis, Mission Viejo
Michael Lipe, Auberry
Mitchell Mankin, San Francisco
Tim McGinley, Ojai
Jackson McHenry, La Canada Flintridge
Franz Meyer, Huntington Beach
Thomas Mihara, Redondo Beach
Aaron Miller, Healdsburg
William Mueller, La Mesa
Tyler Mullins, Simi Valley
Johnneson Mymala, San Leandro
Giordano Olivar, Pasadena
Ved Paranjpe, Mountain View
Nicholas Parillo, San Marcos
Kenan Perry, Tiburon
Beatrice Preti, Santa Rosa
Carolyn Pushaw, Malibu
Daniel Pyon, South Pasadena
Edmond Quan, San Francisco
Arifeen Rahman, San Jose
Pavitra Rengarajan, San Jose
Jose Robles, Orange
Benjamin Rucker, Barstow
Rohit Sarathy, San Jose
Claire Scheele, Laguna Hills
Carson Scott, San Diego
Matej Sebo, San Diego
John Sexton, San Ramon
Nathaniel Shirley, Simi Valley
Ava Soleimany, Corona Del Mar
Robert Spragg, Fresno
James Stratton, San Luis Obispo
Zachary Strom, Los Altos
Rupa Subramaniam, Fremont
Grady Tarplee, Aliso Viejo
Matthew Thompson, Burlingame
Connor Thurgate, San Anselmo
William Van Eck, Los Altos
Jedd Vergara, Rancho Cordova
Benjamin Warden, San Luis Obispo
Alexander Wang, Woodland Hills
Luke Warneke, Rancho Palos Verdes
Samuel Warren, Davis
Daniel Weidlich, Petaluma
Ray Wu, Fremont
Taylor Wulff-Morrison, Truckee
Robert Xue, Temple City
Myron Zhang, Saratoga
Benjamin Zhou, Newbury Park
Naveed Ziari, Pleasanton
Adrianna Zonnefeld, Escondido
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Congratulations 2006 California State Winner - Ryland Lu!
Read the National Geographic front page article here.
First Place - Ryland Lu, 8th grade Pressman Academy, Los Angeles
Second Place - Joshua Cohen, 7th grade Blach Intermediate School, Los Altos
Third Place - Nikhil Desai, 6th grade Challenger School-Ardenwood
Winning Question: Seventy percent unemployment and a severe fuel shortage have virtually paralyzed economic activity in which country east of Botswana? (answer at bottom of page)
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Each
year thousands of schools in the United States participate
in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared
by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed
to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms,
spark student interest in the subject, and increase public
awareness about geography.
Schools with students in grades four through eight are eligible
for this entertaining and challenging test of geographic
knowledge.
Register your school for the Bee.
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