National Geography Bee Winner Announced

Brett Brunner
The 2017-2018 installment of the National Geographic Bee transpired at Tandem Friends School today. A field of twenty-seven students competed in the first round of seven questions for each contestant. Of those twenty seven, five ran the table with seven correct answers apiece, and three led the way with six apiece. Those elite eight advanced to the Final Round: Ryan Heathcock, Winston Romberger, Sarah Meyer, Liam Decker, Sammy Buckley, Maisie Fischman, Jon-Michael Benedict, and Josie Fischman. Of those eight, a number of questions whittled the field to Maisie and Sarah, who participated in the championship round. Maisie outlasted Sarah for the win. She will now get to take an online test by the 2nd of February. If she qualifies in the top 100 of the state, she will enter the state bee held on the 6th of April. Kudos to Maisie and Sarah for superb effort in this bee, as well as to all the contestants. Magister Britannus was especially impressed by this group's knowledge of geography, for of all questions asked in the preliminary round (189), students earned a permilliage of over .700! Tandem students also ran the table for Question Five: 27-27 correct! Another side note: Maisie is the first cross-bee winner within at least the last decade at Tandem Friends School, having additionally won the spelling bee last year. 
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