National Geographic Bee won by 14-year-old

Thursday, May 27, 2004

WASHINGTON -- Fourteen-year-old Andrew Wojtanik had a thick study guide his competitors didn't have as he prepared for the 16th annual National Geographic Bee: a 432-page world almanac that he made himself.

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