The final round of the 2012 National Geographic Bee takes place Thursday, with students between the fourth and eighth grades testing their knowledge of countries, canals and lava lakes. Of the 54 ...

Preston Kuhn was so eager to hop on the trolley that he missed the train of thought. An eighth-grader at Yellow Breeches Middle School, he recalled the regional geography bee that qualified him for a ...

NORMAL — Understanding geography is a timeless skill, according to Kameron Wolters. “The planet is so big,” said Kameron, 14, of Springfield. “Geographic knowledge will never grow old. You can use the ...

Schools pay a $70 registration fee each year to have the geography bee. The money covers the cost of classroom and school geography bee questions, certificates for all the students, a medal and ...

-- The question: “What international and trade giant in Asia is an island, a city, a deepwater port and a republic that is about 250 miles in area?" The answer: “Singapore.” Or is it? An Okemos mom ...

Following the elimination of eight fellow students and making their way through three final-round questions Friday morning, eighth-graders Jesse Erickson and Braedon Littrell were still tied at ...

Throughout the week, The World will be running questions from last year's National Geographic Bee to test our readers' knowledge of geography.

It took perfection to even get to the tie-breaker round at Friday's 20th annual statewide National Geographic Bee. Carlisle's Steven Spellmon solved all eight preliminary round questions " along with ...