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OMAHA WORLD-HERALD MAIN NEWS SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 • 5A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE Geography whiz? Prove it. Ace this quiz. Contestants include an Test your geography knowledge Omaha i fth-grader and How to be as smart an eighth-grader who is home-schooled in Iowa as a grade-schooler Ready to test your geographic One strategy for competitors is to look for knowledge? One hundred competitors clues within the question — in other words, will do just that May 19 to 21 at use common sense. For example, say you’re the National Geographic Bee in Washington, D.C. asked which country has the largest Muslim The contestants represent population, Indonesia or Mexico. If you have each state, the District of Columbia, the Department of studied maps showing world religions, you will Defense Dependents Schools know the answer immediately. If you haven’t, and U.S. territories. The bee is sponsored by Goo- you might reason that Mexico was settled by gle and uses materials prepared by the National Geographic the Spanish, followers of Christianity, not Islam. Society. Either way, you correctly answer “Indonesia.” The national winner will receive a $50,000 college schol- PREPARATION IS KEY arship, a lifetime membership The National Geographic Society gives these tips to bee in the society and a trip to the competitors: Galápagos Islands. (State win- » ners received $100 and their trip 6 Get an up-to-date world map, atlas and geography to Washington for the national THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reference book. championship.) A children's kabuki theatrical company performs in the country that is the answer to question 6. » Learn map terminology. There is no national television » Understand the interconnectedness of geography. Where are lines of coverage, but the fi nal round 5 Black Sea Subdivisions of geography, such as physical features, will air May 22 at 6 p.m. CDT on 1 longitude farthest climate and culture, are all influenced by each other. the National Geographic chan- apart? » FolloW current events. News items regarding political nel. It will be broadcast later on a) at the prime meridian upheavals and discoveries are fair game for questions. public television stations. b) at the Equator The Midlands representatives c) at the date line ONE ANSWER TO WIN IT ALL at the bee are Theodore Jansen, a Paddock Road Elementary In terms of export Aegean ? Sathwik Karthik, a 12-year-old from Plainville, fi fth-grader in Omaha’s Westside 2 income, which of the Sea Massachusetts, answered questions about obscure school district, and Jonathon following is Egypt’s most island chains, bodies of water, global trade and culture Grunenwald, a home-schooled important crop? to win the 2013 National Geographic Bee. His winning eighth-grader representing a) soybeans question: Ames (Iowa) Home School As- b) cotton Because Earth bulges at the equator, the point that is sistance Program. c) bananas farthest from Earth’s center is the summit of a peak in The top 100 students (based Mediterranean Ecuador. Name this peak. on test scores) qualify to repre- One of the world’s Sea Answer: Chimborazo sent their schools and compete 3 largest known Rahul Nagvekar, 14, of Sugar Land, Texas, won the THE WORLD-HERALD at the state level. State qualifiers natural gas reservoirs, 2012 bee after coming in second in 2011. His winning compete in an oral competition. the North Field, belongs question: Name the In which Which Panama The state bees are the second to what country in the What was the Bavarian city located on the Danube country Asian softwood, separates level of the annual National Geo- Middle East? 5 6 7 8 River that was a legislative seat of the Holy Roman that is country would indigenous to the Pacific Ocean graphic Bee; the fi rst level be- a) Qatar Empire from 1663 to 1806? bordered by the you fi nd kabuki California, has from which body Answer: Regensburg gan last November with contests b) Turkey Mediterranean, actors using become an of water? Tine Valencic, a 13-year-old from Texas, won the 2011 in nearly 12,000 U.S. schools. c) Jordan Black and music and important source The preliminary rounds of a) Indian Ocean bee. He won it all during a tie breaker featuring fi ve last Which state has a Aegean Seas. costumes to tell of timber in b) Gulf of Mexico stumpers. The fi nal question: the national contest will take a story? Australia? place May 19. The champion- 4 larger population? a) Turkey c) Gulf of Aden Thousands of mountain climbers and trekkers rely ship round will feature the top a) Connecticut b) Romania a) Tajikistan a) redwood on Sherpas to aid their ascent of Mount Everest. The d) Caribbean Sea southern part of Mount Everest is located in which 10 fi nalists. The fi nals will be b) West Virginia c) Italy b) Japan b) Monterey pine Nepalese national park? moderated by journalist Soledad c) Delaware d) Greece c) Bangladesh c) giant sequoia O’Brien, who succeeds “Jeopar- Answer: Sagarmatha National Park )b )b )a )a )a )b )b )d 8) b; 7) b; 6) a; 5) a; 4) a; 3) b; 2) b; 1) dy!” host Alex Trebek. ANSWERS: — National Geographic News Prices Effective May2014 Teaming up THUR FRI SAT SUN to keep DAY 1 2 3 4 prices down! WED THUR FRI SAT SUN MON TUES ice Prices Effective Pr April-May, 2014 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 Busters! 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