The 12th National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 24, 2000, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The final competition was moderated by Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. The winner was Felix Peng of Elisabeth Adams Middle School in Guilford, Connecticut, who won a $25,000 college scholarship. The 2nd-place winner, George Thampy, of St. Louis, Missouri, won a $15,000 scholarship. The 3rd-place winner, Jonathan Janus, of Ravenel, South Carolina, won a $10,000 scholarship. 2000 State Champions State Winner's Name Grade School City/Town Notes Alabama Phillip Golladay Spanish Fort Arizona Bradley Simon Mesa California Brian A. Dumbacher 8th Temple City Top 10 finalist Won the California State Bee in 1999 Colorado Aleksandr Andreev Littleton Felix H. Peng 8th Elisabeth Adams Middle School Guilford 2000 Champion Delaware Ramsey C. Furse Lewes Department of Defense Daniel Rudy Germany District of Columbia David Mathias Thomas Liguori Cooper City Top 10 finalist Georgia Robert J. Schleifer Gillsville Glenn Shigetomi Honolulu Jeffrey Modrowski Crown Point Conor Bresnan Indianola Top 10 finalist Will Brubaker Lawrence Top 10 finalist Frank Guan Louisville Top 10 finalist Joe Henry (Hank) Legan 7th Bossier City Nick Krakoff Hope Michael Dudkin Silver Spring Top 10 finalist Matthew Moran Belmont Hill School North Quincy Top 10 finalist Michigan Peter Holland Pontiac George Abraham Thampy St. Louis Second Place New Hampshire Niall Prendergast Hanover New Jersey Thomas Perkowski Spring Lake New Mexico Peter Indall Santa Fe New York Nathaniel Mattison Armonk North Carolina Anthony Curnes Greensboro North Dakota John Rice 6th Maddock Ohio Brian Asquith Cincinnati Pennsylvania Matthew Russell Bradford Puerto Rico Hila Levy Santurce Jonathan Janus Ravenel Third Place South Dakota Christopher Meyer Sturgis Tennessee Eric P. Brown 8th McCallie School Chattanooga Won the Tennessee State Bee in 1999 Texas Jason Ferguson 7th Dallas Utah Daniel B. Blatter Salt Lake City Virginia Steven Young 7th Reston Washington Kyle Q. Haddad-Fonda 7th Shoreline West Virginia Benjamin Bateson Wheeling Wisconsin Nick Simmons Madison Wyoming Adam Towler Laramie
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External links National Geographic Bee Official Website