Cody J. Baird, 13, an eighth grader from Jackson Middle School in Champlin, won the Minnesota geography bee today in St. Cloud. He moves on to the national competition in Washington, sponsored by National Geographic.
Here’s some sample questions provided by the organizers.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins