MEDIA ADVISORY
10 Students Qualify for
2013 National Geographic Bee Final Round, May 22
Round Will Air on National Geographic Channel & Nat Geo WILD at 7 p.m. ET/PT on May 23
WHO/WHAT:
The preliminary round of the 25th annual National Geographic Bee was held today, Monday, May 20. The top 10 finishers — from the field of 54 state-level winners who took part in the prelims — will compete in the final round to be held at The National Theatre in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 22. The winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship, lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society and a trip to the Galápagos Islands. Second- and third-place winners will receive $15,000 and $10,000 college scholarships respectively. The final round of the competition will be simulcast in prime time on the National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo WILD on Thursday, May 23, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
The 10 finalists are:
- Tuvya Bergson-Michelson, California
- Pranit Nanda, Colorado
- Ricky Uppaluri, Georgia
- Conrad Oberhaus, Illinois
- Sathwik Karnik, Massachusetts
- Neha Middela, Michigan
- Neelam Sandhu, New Hampshire
- Harish Palani, Oregon
- Akhil Rekulapelli, Virginia
- Asha Jain, Wisconsin
WHEN/WHERE:
Wednesday, May 22
Doors open to the media: 8:15 a.m. ET
Doors close: 9:15 a.m. ET
Competition: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET
The National Theatre
1321 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, D.C
CONTACT:
Kelsey Flora
(812) 219-5133 (cell); kflora@ngs.org
PRESS KIT:
Downloadable photographs of the 10 finalists and the press kit are available at:
http://bit.ly/GeoBee2013 (user name: press | password: press)
Names and photographs of the top three winners and the winning question will be posted on the site following the competition.
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