This document outlines the questions and answers from rounds of the 2014 National Geographic Bee held at The Cobb School Montessori on January 16th. It includes 7 rounds of geography questions testing knowledge of US states, geographic comparisons, countries, cultural geography, continents, physical geography, and world geography. The winner of the Upper Elementary National Geographic Bee is not revealed.

1. THE 2014 NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC BEE
at The Cobb School, Montessori
Thursday, January 16, 14

2. TEST YOUR GEO SKILLS
with our upper elementary students
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3. ROUND 1: U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Which state borders two of the Great Lakes?
New York or Delaware
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5. New York
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6. Which state has a humid subtropical climate?
South Carolina or South Dakota
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8. South Carolina
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9. ROUND 2: GEOGRAPHIC COMPARISONS
Which city is located closer to sea level?
Los Angeles or Denver
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11. Los Angeles
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12. Which state capital is located closer to the Atlantic Ocean?
Springfield or Richmond
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14. Richmond
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15. ROUND 3: ODD ONE OUT
Which country is not made up of a group of islands?
Japan, Thailand, or the Philippines
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17. Thailand
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18. Which country does not have a canal
linking two major bodies of water?
Mexico, Panama, or Egypt
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20. Mexico
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21. ROUND 4: CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
Highway signs in both Gaelic and English
are common in which county?
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23. Ireland
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24. Hakas, dances meant to frighten enemies, are a traditional
part of the Maori culture in which island nation?
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26. New Zealand
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27. ROUND 5: CONTINENTS
The Gulf Stream is an ocean current that flows along
the eastern coast of which continent?
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29. North America
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30. Both the prime meridian and the Equator cross which continent?
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32. Africa
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33. ROUND 6: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
What Norwegian word is used for a narrow, steep-sided
inlet of the sea that was carved by a glacier?
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35. fjord
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36. What is the term for the point on Earth’s surface directly
above the place where an earthquake originates?
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38. epicenter
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39. ROUND 7: WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Mumbai is a major port city in which country that has
a population of more than one billion people?
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41. India
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42. Invaded by Turkish forces in 1974, which Mediterranean island is
divided between the Turkish-controlled north & the Greek south?
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44. Cyprus
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45. TIEBREAKER QUESTIONS
Tibetan legend says that a mysterious creature called a
yeti roams the snowy slopes of what mountain range?
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47. Himalaya
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48. The Bass Strait separates mainland Australia from which island?
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50. Tasmania
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51. And the winner...
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52. of the Upper Elementary’s National Geographic Bee is...
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54. The 2014 National Geographic Bee
at The Cobb School, Montessori
All questions included here are sample
questions from The National Geographic
Bee Official Study Guide. Questions from
this year’s bee may not be shared.
Thursday, January 16, 14