10th National Geographic Bee

10th National Geographic Bee
Date	May 20, 1998
Location	Washington, D.C.
Winner	Petko Peev
Age	13
Residence	Grand Rapids, Michigan
No. of contestants	57
Preceded by	9th National Geographic Bee
Followed by	11th National Geographic Bee

The 10th National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 20, 1998, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The final competition was moderated by Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. ^[1] The winner was Petko Peev of Forest Hills Central Middle School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who won a $25,000 college scholarship. ^[2] The 2nd-place winner, J. B. Kizer of Portsmouth, Ohio, won a $15,000 scholarship. The 3rd-place winner, Evan Sparks of Westminster Academy in Memphis, Tennessee, won a $10,000 scholarship. ^{[3] [4]}

1998 State Champions

State	Winner's Name	Grade	School	City/Town	Notes
Arizona	Aaron Linderman	McKemy Middle School	Tempe
California	Austin Taylor	Redwood Valley
Connecticut	Tim Courchaine	John F. Kennedy Middle School	Enfield
Hawaii	Matthew Ishida	Honolulu
Indiana	Kellie Packwood	Martinsville
Michigan	Petko Peev	8th	Forest Hills Central Middle School	Grand Rapids	1998 Champion
Minnesota	David Hilde	Osakis
Missouri	Eapen Thampy	Creve Coeur
Montana	Peter Yager	Joliet
Nebraska	Mark Sorensen	Omaha
New Hampshire	Matthew Lawrence	Plaistow
New Jersey	David Cohen	Cranbury
New Mexico	Gulliver Hughes	Los Ranchos
New York	Mikhail Tenenbaum	Brooklyn
North Carolina	Stanton Kidd	Cullowhee
Ohio	John B. Kizer, Jr.	Portsmouth	Second Place
Pennsylvania	Raji Shankar	Havertown
South Carolina	David Beihl	7th	Saluda
Tennessee	Evan Sparks	Westminster Academy	Memphis	Third Place
Virginia	Timothy Carr	Luray
West Virginia	Benjamin Graber	Ronceverte
Wisconsin	Ryan Masse	DeForest

References

1. Melody Kramer. "Alex Trebek: On Hosting the National Geographic Bee". National Geographic. Archived from the original on June 17, 2013.
2. "National Geographic Bee Champions" (PDF). National Geographic. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2016.
3. "Michigan teen is winner of National Geography Bee". Deseret News. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017.
4. "Geography Wizard Lands National Championship". Orlando Sentinel.

External links

• National Geographic Bee Official Website