Bonny Jain (Male), Neeraj Sirdeshmukh + Yeshwanth Kandimalla

[buddy]

The winner and second and third place contestants of the 2006 National Geographic Bee.

Winning question -

"What is the name of the mountain range that extends across much of Wales, from the Irish Sea to the Bristol Channel.

 

[AR182]

it's a good thing nobody from the u.s. was in the finals because quite a few don't even know where mississippi is....can you believe it ?

 

[buddy]

Al,

60% of those who saw your reply immediately clicked on Mapquest.

 

[AR182]

i see, buddy that your wit hasn't left you over the years......but i think it was higher than 60%...

 

[buddy]

A friend has a friend who teaches seventh grade in a smaller school district. Nearly half of her class cannot do cursive script.

 

[marine]

cursive is outdated. They need to be teaching kids how to write in Times New Roman and Arial.

 

[buddy]

You make a good point, Marine.