An 11-year-old boy from Nebraska won the National Geographic Bee by answering the question: Cochabamba is the third-largest conurbation in what country?
Akshay Rajagopal answered “Bolivia” to clinch the bee.
Askhay, a sixth-grader at Lux Middle School in Lincoln, Nebraska, answered every question correctly to win a $25,000 scholarship.
Along the way, Akshay answered questions that included the westernmost Asian national capital (Ankara in Turkey), the country where Makossa is a popular type of music (Cameroon), and the location of Tillya Tepe (it’s in Afghanistan).
I know where Nebraska is.
Although this does beg the obvious question:
Should they really be talking about conurbation with children present?