11th National Geographic Bee

11th National Geographic Bee
Date	May 26, 1999
Location	Washington, D.C.
Winner	David Beihl
Age	13
Residence	Saluda, South Carolina
No. of contestants	55
Preceded by	10th National Geographic Bee
Followed by	12th National Geographic Bee

The 11th National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 26, 1999, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The final competition was moderated by Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. ^[1] The winner was David Beihl, a homeschooled student from Saluda, South Carolina, who won a $25,000 college scholarship and an all-expense-paid trip to Australia. ^{[2] [3]} The 2nd-place winner, Jason Borschow of St. John's School in Condado, Puerto Rico, won a $15,000 scholarship. The 3rd-place winner, Tanveer Ali of Flint, Michigan, won a $10,000 scholarship. ^{[4] [5]}

1999 State Champions

State	Winner's Name	Grade	School	City/Town	Notes
Alabama	Matthew T. Novak	Tuscaloosa
Alaska	David K. Dunsmore	Anchorage
Arizona	Michael J. Fitzsimmons	Tucson
Arkansas	Jonathan D. VerHoeven	Springdale
California	Brian A. Dumbacher	7th	Temple City
Colorado	Jeffrey J. Marlow	Denver
Connecticut	Felix H. Peng	7th	Elisabeth Adams Middle School	Guilford
Department of Defense	James Michael Halterman, Jr.
District of Columbia	Alexandr Pshenichkin
Indiana	Kellie Packwood	Martinsville	Won the Indiana State Bee in 1998
Iowa	Alex Paul Koenigs	Riceville
Kansas	Matthew A. Speise	Kansas City
Kentucky	James Zhang	Lexington
Louisiana	Mark Landreneau	Alexandria
Maine	Gregory Thaler	Yarmouth
Maryland	Zane G. Craig	Emmitsburg
Massachusetts	Kevin Dunn	Winchester
Michigan	Tanveer Ali	8th	Flint	Third Place
Missouri	Mallika Sarah Thampy	Maryland Heights
New Hampshire	Jesse M. Baver	Amherst
New Jersey	Vikram R. Modi	Ridgewood
New Mexico	Jedediah S. Drolet	Albuquerque
New York	Michael S. Oh	6th	Transit Middle School	East Amherst
North Carolina	Edwin C. Smolski	Hendersonville
North Dakota	Patrick Hope	Dickinson
Ohio	Matthew J. Solomon	Elida
Puerto Rico	Jason Borschow	8th	St. John's School	Condado	Second Place
South Carolina	David Beihl	8th	Saluda	1999 Champion
South Dakota	Eric P. Rodawig	North Sioux City
Tennessee	Eric P. Brown	7th	McCallie School	Chattanooga
Texas	Daniel J. Watkins	North Richland Hills
Virginia	Timothy Carr	Luray	Won the Virginia State Bee in 1998
Washington	Kyle Q. Haddad-Fonda	6th	Shoreline
West Virginia	Daniel P. Harris	St. Agnes Middle School	Charleston	Won the West Virginia State Bee in 1997

References

1. Melody Kramer. "Alex Trebek: On Hosting the National Geographic Bee". National Geographic. Archived from the original on June 17, 2013.
2. Linda Dobson. "Homeschooler David Beihl, National Geography Bee Winner". parentatthehelm.com.
3. "Home schooler is the 1999 National Geography Bee Champion". HSLDA. Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
4. "Knowing 'La Nina' Is Cool Way to Win Geography Bee". Los Angeles Times.
5. Anjetta McQueen. "Homeschooled Boy Wins Spelling Bee". Associated Press.

External links

• National Geographic Bee Official Website