The 19th National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 23, 2007, sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
State champions Alabama – Matthew Riggle, 7th Grade, St. John the Baptist Catholic School, Madison Alaska – Andrew Lee, 8th Grade, Interior Distance Education of Alaska, Anchorage Arizona – Nathan Tappendorf, 6th Grade, Eastside Explorers Homeschool, Phoenix Arkansas – Jason Saunders, 8th Grade, Home Educators of Greater Little Rock, Little Rock California – Mitchell Mankin, 8th Grade, Brandeis Hillel Day School, San Francisco Colorado – José de la Peña, 8th Grade, CHEC, Colorado Springs Connecticut – Gregory Naigles, 8th Grade, Tolland Middle School, Tolland Delaware – Daniel Barnes, 8th Grade, Springer Middle School, Wilmington Department of Defense – Andrew Hartford, 8th Grade, Lakenheath Middle, East Anglia, United Kingdom District of Columbia – Benjamin Geyer, 7th Grade, British School of Washington Florida – Michael Aquilia, 8th Grade, Farnell Middle School, Tampa Georgia – Kaj Hansen, 8th Grade, Carrollton Junior High, Carrollton, Georgia Hawaii – Isolde Callihan, 8th Grade, Hawaii Island Christian Home Educators, Hilo Idaho – Brandon Smith, 6th Grade, Ellis Elementary, Chubbuck Illinois – Zachary Blumenfeld, 8th Grade, Daniel Wright Junior High, Lincolnshire Indiana – Erik Troske, 7th Grade, Barker Middle, Michigan Iowa – Derek Hofland, 8th Grade, Sanborn Christian School, Sanborn Kansas – Suneil Iyer, 7th Grade, Indian Trail Junior High, Olathe Kentucky – Solomon Mayer, 8th Grade, Sayre School, Lexington Louisiana – Amal de Alwis, 5th Grade, SLU Laboratory School, Hammond Maine – John Walsh, 8th Grade, Harrison Middle, Yarmouth Maryland – Raynell Cooper, 8th Grade, Julius West Middle School, Maryland Massachusetts – Christopher Hart, 8th Grade, Westfield South Middle, Westfield Michigan – Daniel Elkus, 8th Grade, Cranbrook Kingswood Boys Middle, Bloomfield Hills Minnesota – Andrew Ford, 8th Grade, St. Louis Park Junior High St. Louis Park Mississippi – Devi Swamy, 8th Grade, Madison Middle, Madison Missouri – Hannah Goodman, 8th Grade, S.H.A.R.E. Homeschool, St. Louis Montana – Shawn Belobraidic, 8th Grade, Bonner School, Bonner Nebraska – Andrew Vinton, 7th Grade, St. Patrick School, North Platte Nevada – William Niday, 8th Grade, Carson Valley Middle, Gardnerville New Hampshire – Milan Sandhu, 7th Grade, McKelvie Middle, Bedford New Jersey – Rachel McEnroe, 8th Grade, Oak Hill Academy, Lincroft New Mexico – Sam Waitt, 6th Grade, Rio Grande School, Santa Fe New York – Josh Shih, 8th Grade, C.J. Hooker Middle, Goshen North Carolina – Tahsin Zaman, 8th Grade, Daniels Middle, Raleigh North Dakota – James Penrod, 8th Grade, Memorial Middle, Minot Ohio – Jon Moller, 8th Grade, Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati Oklahoma – Tyler Bowen, 8th Grade, Lakeview Middle, Yukon Oregon – Michael Ling, 7th Grade, Meadow Park Middle, Beaverton Pacific Territories – Samuel Wolborsky, 8th Grade, Andersen Middle, Guam Pennsylvania – Andrew Nadig, 8th Grade, Manheim Township Middle, Lancaster Puerto Rico – Francisco Vargas, 8th Grade, St. John's School, San Juan Rhode Island – Samuel Curry, 7th Grade, Broad Rock Middle, Wakefield South Carolina – Trey Dendrinos, 8th Grade, Forest Acres Christian Educators, West Columbia South Dakota – Alex Larson, 8th Grade, Vermillion Middle, Vermillion Tennessee – Mark Arildsen, 7th Grade, University School of Nashville, Nashville Texas – Jiawei Li, 8th Grade, Beck Junior High, Katy Utah – Kennen Sparks, 6th Grade, Windridge Elementary, Kaysville Vermont – Taylor Horn, 8th Grade, Leland and Gray Union Middle School, Townshend Virginia – Partha Narasimhan, 6th Grade, Mercer Middle, Aldie Virgin Islands – Muta Abiff, 7th Grade, Addelita Cancryn Junior High, St. Thomas Washington – Caitlin Snaring, 8th Grade, Family Learning Center, Redmond West Virginia – Benjamin Taylor, 5th Grade, Monongalia Homeschoolers Association, Morgantown Wisconsin – Bjorn Ager-Hart, 8th Grade, FISH Home Education Network, Madison Wyoming – Kirsi Anselmi Stith, 5th Grade, Holy Spirit School, Rock Springs
Overview The final competition was moderated by Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. The winner was Caitlin Snaring, a homeschooled student from Redmond, Washington, who won a $25,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society. The 2nd-place winner, Suneil Iyer of Kansas, won a $15,000 scholarship. The 3rd-place winner, Mark Arildsen of Tennessee, won a $10,000 scholarship.
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External links National Geographic Bee Official Website