# National Geographic Bee **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-bee/176612 "2003-05-21T18:51:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chukhung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-bee/176612/1 "2003-05-21T18:51:37Z")
The winner of the National Geographic Bee has been announced, [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030521/ap\_on\_re\_us/geographic\_bee](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030521/ap_on_re_us/geographic_bee) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON - The competition went to a second tiebreaker before James Williams, a 14-year-old from Vancouver, Wash., claimed victory Wednesday in the 15th annual National Geographic Bee. > … > The deciding question: “Goa, a state in southwestern India, was a possession of which country until 1961?” Heck, anybody could get that one, right? But it looks like not all of the questions were so easy. A sample of qualifying questions for the Geographic Bee is available here: [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0520\_030520\_beeprelimquestions.html](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0520_030520_beeprelimquestions.html). I got 12 out of 14. (Both of my misses were about the Caribbean… I guess I know where I need to start studying.) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-bee/176612/2 "2003-05-21T19:45:22Z")
My son was Brooklyn regional champ two years ago. So there! Well, he was some kind of regional champ and got to go to Albany for the weekend with his Dad. Maybe he’ll post here and tell you about it. ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-bee/176612/3 "2003-05-21T21:51:33Z")
Homeschooler wins two years in a row…GO HOMESCHOOLERS!!!