Each year, National Geographic sponsors a national Geography Bee. The competition is in three stages. The first took place back in January when schools throughout the country held their own Geography Bee competitions. The winner from each school then took a written test and the top 100 students (based on the test scores) from each state competed today in state-level Geography Bees. The Massachusetts competition was held at Clark University in Worcester, where Krishnan Chandra, a sixth grader at the Andover West Middle School won by correctly answering this question: "What is the name of the former Dutch colony in South America?" The answer was Surinam. The winners from the 55 states and territories compete in Washington, DC in May. The ultimate victor wins a $25,000 scholarship.