Each year thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography.

Schools with students in grades four through eight are eligible for this entertaining and challenging test of geographic knowledge.

• Nebraska 11-Year-Old Wins GeoBee
  Cochabamba is the third largest urban area of what country? Eleven-year-old Akshay Rajagopal knew, and with the answer—Bolivia—he won the 20th annual National Geographic Bee today in Washington, D.C.
• VIDEO: Winning GeoBee Questions
  Host Alex Trebek asks the last three questions of the final round in the 2008 National Geographic Bee held in Washington, D.C.
• Ten Finalists Qualify for National Geographic Bee Title
  Ten finalists, from a field of 55 state-level winners, have made it through the preliminary round in the National Geographic Bee and will compete in the final round on May 21, 2008.
• 2008 National Geographic Bee State and Territory Winners