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10 Students Qualify for 2012 National Geographic Bee Championship Round, May 24

Round Will Air in Prime Time on National Geographic Channel & Nat Geo WILD on May 24

May 22, 2012

WHO/WHAT:
The preliminary round of the 24th annual National Geographic Bee was held today, Tuesday, May 22. The top 10 finishers — from the field of 54 state-level winners who took part in the prelims — will compete in the final round to be held at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 24. First prize is a $25,000 college scholarship, lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society and a trip to the Galápagos Islands. Second- and third-place winners receive $15,000 and $10,000 college scholarships respectively. This round of the competition will be simulcast in prime time on the National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo WILD on May 24 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

The 10 finalists are:

  • Raghav Ranga, Arizona
  • Varun Mahadevan, California
  • Anthony Stoner, Louisiana
  • Adam Rusak, Maryland
  • Karthik Karnik, Massachusetts
  • Gopi Ramanathan, Minnesota
  • Neelam Sandhu, New Hampshire
  • Rahul Nagvekar, Texas
  • Anthony Cheng, Utah
  • Vansh Jain, Wisconsin

WHEN/WHERE:
Thursday, May 24
Doors open to the media: 8:15 a.m. ET
Doors close: 9:30 a.m. ET
Competition: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET

National Geographic Society
Grosvenor Auditorium
1600 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

CONTACT:
Stephanie Montgomery
(202) 641-5101 (cell); smontgom@ngs.org

Carrie Engel
(202) 457-8449; cengel@ngs.org

PRESS KIT:
Downloadable photographs of the 10 finalists and press kit are available at:http://bit.ly/GeoBee2012 (user name: press | password: press)

Names and photographs of the top three winners and the winning question will be posted here following the competition

NOTE TO BROADCAST MEDIA:
During championship round, broadcast crews will be required to record bugged footage from the television feed provided by National Geographic through a video mult-box. Crews not prepared to do so will be asked to turn their cameras off, and the footage will be provided by National Geographic.

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Contacts:
Stephanie Montgomery
202-641-5101(cell)
smontgom@ngs.org

Carrie Engel
202-457-8449
cengel@ngs.org

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