Lucas arrived in Sacramento for the National Geography State Finals ready for action.
The California GEO BEE state finals featured 100 kids who won their school Geography Bee then scored in top .2% percent of all schools in California on the written test. It was a packed house full of parents, press and nerds of all kinds.
The group of kids from around the state. Some interesting kids. Most of them were big on the Chess Team and Math Olympics. The kids were from private schools and had been wearing out their Geography books testing themselves in preparation.
Lucas brought two surf magazines. (bit of a faux paux)
The questions were tough here they are lined up with Lucas in the hot seat. "Which African Nation has had 3 different government systems in the last five years?"
Well he tied for 20th place after missing just one answer. Pretty great! The 19 top kids had perfect scores in the first eight rounds. Lucas missed one answer. Evidently most other state winners only go to round 4-5, But we were happy to see him take out the home school kids and private Rhodes and exclusive private school guys.
'Was that 20k a year worth it Mr. Patel?' My surfer kicked your kids butt.
