The National Geographic Bee is a nationwide contest for schools. English-speaking students in grades four through eight who have not reached their sixteenth birthday by the time of the school-level competition may participate.

 There are three levels of competition: school, state, and national. At the school-level Bee there is a minimum requirement of six students from any of the eligible grades. To compete for advancement from the school to the state level, the winning student in each school must take a written, multiple-choice Qualifying Test. As many as a hundred of the highest-scoring students in a state or territory advance to the state level. The first-place winner from the state Bee advances to the national level.

Michael Martineau is the 2008 winner.

This page last updated 6/10/08

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