Middle Schoolers Match Wits in Geography Bee
NCS champion Kendall Green '16 will compete in the citywide geography bee this March.
On Jan. 5, the entire NCS Middle School body turned out to watch the final round of the NCS Geography Bee. The eight finalists, four 8th-graders and four 7th-graders, had been previously determined through smaller bees held in 7th-grade history and 8th-grade government classes. They met for the final round of competition at a special Middle School assembly with their classmates to cheer them on.
The finalists were Emily Maddrey ’17, Caitlin McNamara ’17, Annabelle Rice ’17, Sophia Triantis ’17, Sophia Boyer ’16, Kendall Green ’16, Alexandra Karppi ’16, and Sita Strother ’16. The bee came down to a final match between Green and Triantis, with Green taking the top spot and receiving a medal from Middle School Director Jody Soja. Green will also compete in March at a citywide meet against other local school champions.
NCS followed the process provided by the National Geographic Society, which oversees and provides materials for the National Geographic Bee. Thousands of schools across the country participate in the competition each year, which is open to students in grades four through eight and designed to increase public awareness of, and student interest in, geography.
Want to test your geography skills? Here are some of the questions from the NCS Bee (answers at the bottom; don't peek before you try!)
A, What river runs through the cities of Minneapolis, MN., St. Louis, MO., and Baton Rouge, LA?
B. Bristol Bay, one of the richest salmon fishing areas in the world, is located off the coast of which state?
C. The Merrimack River flows past the capital city of Concord in which state?
D. Pamlico Sound is located west of Hatteras Island in which state?
And the question that determined the NCS champion:
E. Name the Asian country at the eastern edge of the South China Sea that includes about 7,100 islands.
If you'd like to try more questions, the National Geographic Bee offers a daily quiz on its website, either "apprentice" or "expert" level: check out http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
(Answers: A: the Mississippi; B: Alaska; C. New Hampshire; D. North Carolina; E. The Philippines)
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Want to test your geography skills? Here are some of the questions from the NCS Bee (answers at the bottom; don't peek before you try!)
A, What river runs through the cities of Minneapolis, MN., St. Louis, MO., and Baton Rouge, LA?
B. Bristol Bay, one of the richest salmon fishing areas in the world, is located off the coast of which state?
C. The Merrimack River flows past the capital city of Concord in which state?
D. Pamlico Sound is located west of Hatteras Island in which state?
And the question that determined the NCS champion:
E. Name the Asian country at the eastern edge of the South China Sea that includes about 7,100 islands.
If you'd like to try more questions, the National Geographic Bee offers a daily quiz on its website, either "apprentice" or "expert" level: check out http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
(Answers: A: the Mississippi; B: Alaska; C. New Hampshire; D. North Carolina; E. The Philippines)
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Selected by earlier competition, 7th and 8th grade students face off in the Middle School Geography Bee.
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Middle School Director Jody Soja posed the questions.
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Finalists face off.
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Tension mounts during the final round.
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Our winner will go on to citywide competition in March!
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