2015 Minnesota National Geographic State
Bee
Sponsored by Google and Plum Creek
Semifinalist Press Release
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Local Student Named Minnesota National
Geographic State Bee Semifinalist by National Geographic Society
Student’s Name: Erik
Hentges
Parents’ Names: Dawn
and Anthony
School Name and Address:
Lester Prairie
Grade Level: 8
The above-named student has been notified by the National
Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in
the 2015 Minnesota National Geographic State Bee, sponsored by Google and Plum
Creek. The contest will be held at St. Cloud State University on Friday, March
27, 2015.
This is the second level of the National Geographic Bee
competition, which is now in its 27th year. School Bees were held in
schools with fourth- through eighth-grade students throughout the state to
determine each school champion. School champions then took a qualifying test,
which they submitted to the National Geographic Society. The National
Geographic Society has invited up to 100 of the top-scoring students in each of
the 50 states, District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependents Schools
and U.S. territories to compete in the state Bees.
Each
state champion will receive $100, the “National Geographic Atlas of the World,
10th Edition,” a medal, and a trip to Washington, D.C., to represent
their state in the National Geographic Bee
Championship to be held at National Geographic Society headquarters, May 11-13,
2015. The national champion will receive a $50,000 college scholarship and
lifetime membership in the Society. The national
champion will also travel (along with one parent or guardian), all expenses
paid, to the Galápagos Islands, where he/she will experience geography
firsthand through up-close encounters with the islands’ unique wildlife and
landscapes. Travel for the trip is provided by Lindblad Expeditions and
National Geographic. Visit www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee
for more information on the National Geographic Bee.
National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo WILD will air the
2015 National Geographic Bee Championship final round, moderated by award-winning
journalist Soledad O’Brien, on Friday, May 15, at 8 p.m. ET. The final round
will be aired later on public television stations. Check local television
listings for air date and time in your area.
How would you fare as
a Bee contestant? At the school Bees this year, students had to answer such
questions as:
Six-time Super Bowl champions,
the Pittsburgh Steelers, play football near the source of the Ohio River in
which state—Alabama or Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania
Balboa Park, with more than ten
museums, performing arts centers, and gardens, is located in which southern
California city?
San Diego
Taylor Swift performed songs from her album Red last
summer in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of which Asian country that borders
the South China Sea?
Malaysia
Disney’s blockbuster movie Frozen is set in
the fictional land of Arendelle, which was largely inspired by the
country of Norway. Norway is located on which European peninsula?
Scandinavian Peninsula
ABOUT THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
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illuminate and teach, the National Geographic Society is one of the world’s
largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. The
member-supported Society, which believes in the power of science, exploration
and storytelling to change the world, reaches over 600 million people each
month through its media platforms, products and events. National Geographic has
funded more than 11,000 research, conservation and exploration projects, and
its education programs promote geographic literacy. For more information, visit
www.nationalgeographic.com.
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