On April Fool’s Day, Eugene competed with 91 semifinalists at the Illinois National Geographic State Bee at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
One thing I learned from the event is that Thomas Jefferson introduced the french fries to Americans and that french fries actually originated from Belgium!
Some stats of the IL Geo State Bee:
- 105 qualifiers
- 95 registered qualifiers
- 92 participating qualifiers
- 23 returning participants
- 7 qualifiers were girls