The 10th National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 20, 1998, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The final competition was moderated by Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. The winner was Petko Peev of Forest Hills Central Middle School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who won a $25,000 college scholarship. The 2nd-place winner, J. B. Kizer of Portsmouth, Ohio, won a $15,000 scholarship. The 3rd-place winner, Evan Sparks of Westminster Academy in Memphis, Tennessee, won a $10,000 scholarship. 1998 State Champions State Winner's Name Grade School City/Town Notes Alabama David Hill Indian Springs Michael Hart Soldotna Fa’atiga Ta’afua Nua, Pago Pago Aaron Linderman McKemy Middle School Tempe Won the Arizona State Bee in 1997 Benjamin Hardy Ozark Austin Taylor 8th Redwood Valley Top 10 finalist Connecticut Tim Courchaine 8th John F. Kennedy Middle School Enfield Top 10 finalist Won the Connecticut State Bee in 1997 Delaware John Fry Wilmington Candace Biggs Lauderdale Lakes Georgia Amy Collette Commerce Jason Espiritu Tamuning Hawaii Matthew Ishida 7th Honolulu Top 10 finalist Victor McFarland Coeur d’Alene Adam Janzen Glasford Kellie Packwood Martinsville Louisiana Benjamin Jones 8th Monroe Top 10 finalist Petko Peev 8th Forest Hills Central Middle School Grand Rapids 1998 Champion Minnesota David Hilde Osakis Missouri Eapen Thampy 8th Creve Coeur Top 10 finalist Won the Missouri State Bee in 1997 Montana Peter Yager Joliet Nebraska Mark Sorensen 7th Omaha Top 10 finalist New Hampshire Matthew Lawrence Plaistow David Cohen 8th Cranbury Top 10 finalist New Mexico Gulliver Hughes Los Ranchos Won the New Mexico State Bee in 1997 New York Mikhail Tenenbaum Brooklyn North Carolina Stanton Kidd Cullowhee North Dakota Patrick Hope Dickinson Ohio John B. Kizer, Jr. 8th Portsmouth Second Place Pennsylvania Raji Shankar Havertown South Carolina David Beihl 7th Saluda South Dakota James Livingston Watertown Tennessee Evan Sparks 8th Westminster Academy Memphis Third Place Texas John Sharpless Dallas Utah Joshua Treybig Sandy Virginia Timothy Carr Luray West Virginia Benjamin Graber Ronceverte Wisconsin Ryan Masse DeForest Jonathan Abresch Worland
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External links National Geographic Bee Official Website