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21st National Geographic Bee
21st National Geographic Bee
Date	May 20, 2009
Location	Washington, D.C.
Winner	Eric Yang
Age	13
Residence	The Colony, Texas
No. of contestants	54
Preceded by	20th National Geographic Bee
Followed by	22nd National Geographic Bee

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The 21st National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C. on May 20, 2009, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The winner was Eric Yang of Griffin Middle School in The Colony, Texas, who won a $25,000 college scholarship, lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society and a trip to the Galápagos Islands with National Geographic Bee moderator and Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. The 2nd-place winner was Arjun Kandaswamy of Meadow Park Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon. The 3rd-place winner was Shantan Krovvidi of Ligon Middle School in Raleigh, North Carolina.^[1]

2009 state champions

State	Winner's Name	School	City/Town	Grade	Notes	Place
Alabama	Jonathan Hess		Tuscaloosa		^[2]
Alaska	Bethany Lee		Anchorage		^[3]
Arizona	Nicholas Farnsworth		Flagstaff		^[4]	Top 10
Arkansas	Zacharay Safley		Beebe		^[5]
Atlantic Territories	?
California	Samuel Bressler		Fullerton		^[6]
Colorado	Alden Savoca		Debeque		^[7]
Connecticut	Robert Chu		Woodbridge		^[8]
Delaware	Varun Wadhwa	The Independence School	Newark	6th	^[9]
Department of Defense	?
District of Columbia	Michael Laskowski		Washington		^[10]
Florida	Shiva Kangeyan		Miami		^[11]	Top 10
Georgia	Pranav Bhandarkar	Malcom Bridge Middle School	Bogart	7th	^[12]
Hawaii	Alex Fager	Our Savior Lutheran School	Aiea	7th	^[13]
Idaho	Karthik Mouli	Hillside Junior High School	Boise	5th	^[14]
Illinois	Siva Gangavarapu		Aurora		^[15]	Top 10
Indiana	Ian Markham	Nativity of Our Savior Catholic School	Portage	7th	^[16]
Iowa	Luc Moisan		Grinnell		^[17]
Kansas	Trevor Eggenberger		Bel Aire		^[18]
Kentucky	Michael Kamer		Lexington		^[19]
Louisiana	Amal De Alwis		Hammond		^[20]
Maine	Conor Millard		Old Town		^[21]
Maryland	Michael Laskowski		University Park		^[22]
Massachusetts	Zaroug Jaleel		Lexington		^[23]	Top 10
Michigan	Kenji Golimlim	Summit Academy	Flat Rock	8th	^[24]	Top 10
Minnesota	Cody Baird	Jackson Middle School	Champlin		^[25]
Mississippi	William Johnston		Diamondhead		^[26]
Missouri	Eric Matthews	El Dorado Springs Middle School	El Dorado Springs		^[27]
Montana	Thomas Culver		Helena		^[28]
Nebraska	Erik Ingram		Bellevue		^[29]
Nevada	Alexander Wade	Davidson Academy	Reno	5th	^[30]
New Hampshire	Cooper Lecza		Bedford		^[31]
New Jersey	Roey Hadar		Fair Haven		^[32]
New Mexico	Nicholas Anderson		Albuquerque		^[33]
New York	Aidan Langston		Brooklyn		^[34]
North Carolina	Shantan Krovvidi	Ligon Middle School	Raleigh		^[35]	3rd
North Dakota	Casey Murphy		Carrington		^[36]
Ohio	Nick Merchant		Dublin		^[37]
Oklahoma	Nathan Thompson		Edmond		^[38]
Oregon	Arjun Kandaswamy	Meadow Park Middle School	Beaverton		^[39]	2nd
Pacific Territories	?
Pennsylvania	Henry Glitz	St. Bernard School	Pittsburgh		^[40]
Rhode Island	Oliver Lucier	Curtis Corner Middle School	Wakefield	7th	^[41]
South Carolina	Luke Porter		Columbia		^[42]
South Dakota	Alex Kimn	George S. Mickelson Middle School	Brookings	6th	^[43]
Tennessee	Joseph Peterson		Memphis		^[44]
Texas	Eric Yang	Griffin Middle School	The Colony		^[45]	Champion
Utah	Kennen Sparks		Kaysville		^[46]	Top 10
Vermont	Roger Danilek		Norwich		^[47]
Virginia	Sidharth Verma		Herndon		^[48]
Washington	Benjamin Salman		Seattle		^[49]
West Virginia	Jacob Ramthun		Athens		^[50]
Wisconsin	Vansh Jain	Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk Elementary	Minocqua	5th	^[51]	Top 10
Wyoming	Kirsi Anselmi-Stith		Rock Springs		^[52]

References

External links

National Geographic Bee Official Website

Preceded by 20th National Geographic Bee	21st National Geographic Bee May 20, 2009	Succeeded by 22nd National Geographic Bee

[1] Crowd Favorite. "Eric Yang From Texas Wins 2009 National Geographic Bee and $25,000 College Scholarship". National Geographic Society Press Room.

[2] ttps://sites.google.com/site/alabamastatebee/list-of-winners

[3] ttps://sites.google.com/site/alaskastatebee/list-of-winners

[4] ttps://sites.google.com/site/arizonastatebee/list-of-winners

[5] ttps://sites.google.com/site/arkansasstatebee/list-of-winners

[6] ttps://sites.google.com/site/californiastatebee/list-of-winners

[7] ttps://sites.google.com/site/coloradostatebee/list-of-winners

[8] ttps://sites.google.com/site/connecticutstatebee/list-of-winners

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[16] ttps://sites.google.com/site/indianastatebee/list-of-winners

[17] ttps://sites.google.com/site/iowastatebee/list-of-winners

[18] ttps://sites.google.com/site/kansasstatebee/list-of-winners

[19] ttps://sites.google.com/site/kentuckystatebee/list-of-winners

[20] ttps://sites.google.com/site/louisianastatebee/list-of-winners

[21] ttps://sites.google.com/site/mainestatebee/list-of-winners

[22] ttps://sites.google.com/site/marylandstatebee/list-of-winners

[23] ttps://sites.google.com/site/massachusettsstatebee/list-of-winners

[24] ttps://sites.google.com/site/michiganstatebee/list-of-winners

[25] ttps://sites.google.com/site/minnesotastatebee/list-of-winners

[26] ttps://sites.google.com/site/mississippistatebee/list-of-winners

[27] ttps://sites.google.com/site/missouristatebee/list-of-winners

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[30] ttps://sites.google.com/site/nevadastatebee/list-of-winners

[31] ttps://sites.google.com/site/newhampshirestatebee/list-of-winners

[32] ttps://sites.google.com/site/newjerseystatebee/list-of-winners

[33] ttps://sites.google.com/site/newmexicostatebee/list-of-winners

[34] ttps://sites.google.com/site/newyorkstatebee/list-of-winners

[35] ttps://sites.google.com/site/northcarolinastatebee/list-of-winners

[36] ttps://sites.google.com/site/northdakotastatebee/list-of-winners

[37] ttps://sites.google.com/site/ohiostatebee/list-of-winners

[38] ttps://sites.google.com/site/oklahomastatebee/list-of-winners

[39] ttps://sites.google.com/site/oregonstatebee/list-of-winners

[40] ttps://sites.google.com/site/pennsylvaniastatebee/list-of-winners

[41] ttps://sites.google.com/site/pennsylvaniastatebee/list-of-winners

[42] ttps://sites.google.com/site/southcarolinastatebee/list-of-winners

[43] ttps://sites.google.com/site/southdakotastatebee/list-of-winners

[44] ttps://sites.google.com/site/tennesseestatebee/list-of-winners

[45] ttps://sites.google.com/site/texasstatebee/list-of-winners

[46] ttps://sites.google.com/site/utahstatebee/list-of-winners

[47] ttps://sites.google.com/site/vermontstatebee/list-of-winners

[48] ttps://sites.google.com/site/virginiastatebee/list-of-winners

[49] ttps://sites.google.com/site/washingtonstatebee/list-of-winners

[50] ttps://sites.google.com/site/westvirginiastatebee/list-of-winners

[51] ttps://sites.google.com/site/wisconsinstatebee/list-of-winners

[52] ttps://sites.google.com/site/wyomingstatebee/list-of-winners

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