Alaska students to show off geographic knowledge at state bee

Alaska students will compete in the state Geographic Bee Friday, April 1 at the Egan Center in Anchorage. One hundred fourth through eighth graders from 20 Alaska school districts will participate. The contestants have pre-qualified by winning their school’s bee and passing a qualifying test.

The kinds of questions posed during the bee are:

Which city is located on a peninsula, Cincinnati, Ohio, or Dover, Delaware?
The International Red Cross has its headquarter in a city that shares its name with a large lake on the border between Switzerland and France. Name this city.
The city of Bangalore, located west of the Eastern Ghats, is a fast-growing technology hub in what country?

Preliminary rounds in the morning will determine the top 10 finalists who then compete in the afternoon for first place. The winner will represent the state at the National Geographic Bee May 24-25 in Washington, D.C. The national winner receives a $25,000 college scholarship, lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society and an all expenses paid trip to the Galapagos Islands.

For additional information on the National Geographic Bee please visit National Geographic.