WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida sixth-grader has won the 2016 National Geographic Bee.
Twelve-year-old Rishi Nair of Seffner, Florida, won the top honors Wednesday at the 28th annual Bee in Washington.
Nair clinched the win by correctly answering “Galapagos Islands” to the question: “A new marine sanctuary will protect sharks and other wildlife around Isla Wolf in which archipelago in the Pacific Ocean?”
Nair gets a $50,000 scholarship, a trip to Alaska and Glacier Bay National Park and a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society.
Second-place was 14-year-old Saketh Jonnalagadda of Westford, Massachusetts. Third place went to 12-year-old Kapil Nathan of Hoover, Alabama.
The bee has been taped and the final round will be broadcast on National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo WILD at 8 p.m. Friday.
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