From CNN:
Could you locate the Cambrian Mountains on a map? Twelve-year-old Bonny Jain could and his knowledge made him the winner Wednesday of the 2006 National Geographic Bee.
The eighth-grader from Moline, Illinois, won a $25,000 college scholarship by correctly naming the mountains that extend across much of Wales, from the Irish Sea to the Bristol Channel.
It was Bonny’s second appearance at the national bee. Last year he came in fourth place.
His victory was the culmination of a four-year effort — the first time he entered the contest, he got only second place in his local school’s geography bee.
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