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Vacca Named National Geographic GeoBee Arkansas State Semifinalist

Sophia Vacca, daughter of Scott and Ashley Vacca, has been notified by the National Geographic Society that she is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee Arkansas State Competition. The contest will be held at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway on Friday, March 29, 2019. Sophia is a 7th grader at Mena Middle School.









  1. Which state is closer to the Gulf of Mexico—Virginia or Arkansas?






  1. Which animal famous for its tusk spends most of the winter months under the sea ice in Baffin Bay between Canada and Greenland—emperor penguin or narwhal?


  1. Which country does not include part of the Kalahari Desert—Namibia, Botswana, or Eritrea?


  1. Commercial flower bulb production is an important economic activity in what country just north of Belgium?


  1. Located near the Green Mountains, Montpelier is the capital of which state?


  1. Constructed during the reign of Ivan the Terrible, St. Basil’s Cathedral is located in Moscow in which country?


  1. The Alboran Sea and the Ionian Sea are both part of which larger sea?

ANSWERS: 1. New York, 2. Arkansas, 3. Louisiana, 4. South America, 5. narwhal, 6. Eritrea, 7. Netherlands, 8. Vermont, 9. Russia, 10. Mediterranean Sea

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