WASHINGTON, DC: Rishi Nair, a fifth-grader from Lincoln Magnet School, Plant City, Florida, won the 2016 National Geographic Bee, with two other Indian Americans grabbing the second and third spots as well. Saketh Jonnalagadda, an 8th grader at Stony Brook Middle School, Westford, Massachusetts, was the runner-up, while last year’s finalist Kapil Nathan, a 6th grader from Hoover, Alabama, got the second runner-up spot.
In the final round, Nair got six of the seven answers right, while Jonnalagadda got five right. Asked whom does he have to thank, Nair said: “Myself obviously, and my mom.” Asked one adjective to describe his feeling, Nair responded: “Proud.”
With seven out of the 10 finalists in the National Geographic Bee comprising of Indian Americans, the odds were stacked heavily in favor of yet another Indian American winning the competition. And that was indeed the case, at the National Geographic Society in Washington, DC, where the finals were held, today.
With seven out of the 10 finalists in the National Geographic Bee comprising of Indian Americans, the odds were stacked heavily in favor of yet another Indian American winning the competition. And that was indeed the case, at the National Geographic Society in Washington, DC, where the finals were held, today.
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