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Lexington Eighth Grader Wins Statewide National Geographic Bee at ETV
For Immediate Release
March 30, 2007
Photos from Today's Competition
Video Of the Finalists Talking About Their Success
Columbia, SC...Trey Dendrinos, 14, an eighth-grade home-schooled student from Lexington, took first place Friday in a statewide contest held to choose the winner of the SC Geographic Bee, organized by National Geographic and sponsored by JPMorgan Chase.
The event took place at ETV studios in Columbia and the final round of competition will air on ETV on Sunday, May 6 at 4 p.m.
Trey, who qualified for the contest through FACE Homeschools in West Columbia, won when he correctly responded to: "The city of Los Angeles, located in southern California, is affected by a hot, dry wind believed to be named after the canyon through which it often blows. Name this wind." The correct response is "Santa Ana."
For his efforts he was rewarded with a check for $100, a National Geographic globe, and an all-expenses paid trip for him and a guest to Washington, D.C. to participate in the national finals.
The national finals will air on ETV on Thursday, May 24 at 11 a.m.
In order to win the competition, Trey was the last person left standing in a field of 100 contestants-from fourth through eighth-grades-drawn from throughout the state.
The first runner-up was Nathan Berry, 12, a seventh-grader from Rock Hill who is home-schooled. He qualified for the contest through Fort Mill Area Homeschoolers. David Tucker, 14, an eighth-grader from Hammond School in Columbia, took second runner-up honors. Nathan and David each won a National Geographic globe, in addition to $75 and $50, respectively.
How would you have done? Here are a few questions that were asked at Friday's SC National Geographic Bee. Match the question with the correct response.
1) "North to the Future" is the motto of which northern state that is home to the Brooks Range?
2) The city of Billings, Montana, is located on what river?
3) A founding member of the European Union makes up a part of the smaller economic union known as Benelux, along with Belgium and Luxembourg. Give the number and name of this country, whose capital is Amsterdam.
4) Which body of water, with an area of approximately 40,000 square miles, is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the North Channel and St. George's Channel?
Answers: 1) Alaska 2) Yellowstone River 3) Netherlands 4) Irish Sea
South Carolina ETV is the state's public educational broadcasting network with 11 television and eight radio transmitters, and a multi-media educational system in more than 2,500 schools, colleges, businesses and government agencies. Using television, radio and the web, SCETV's mission is to enrich lives by educating children, informing and connecting citizens, celebrating our culture and environment and instilling the joy of learning.
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For more information, contact Rob Schaller at (803) 737-6556 or rschaller@scetv.org.
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