News & Announcements

International Academic Competitions is pleased to announce that registration is now open for its 2019 Middle & Elementary School National Championships, on June 7 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare (next to Chicago). USGO Nationals are being held together with the Middle & Elementary School National Championships of seven other competitions, including the National History Bee and Bowl, National Science Bee, US Academic Bee and Bowl, and the National Humanities [...]

The US Geography Olympiad and International Geography Bee are pleased to announce that through the end of February 2019, 25 Varsity and 36 JV students had taken the A Set National Qualifying Exam. As we now calculate the National Median Scores earlier in the academic year to give everyone more lead time to prepare to attend the National Championships, we can now announce that the official A Set National [...]

The US Geography Olympiad and International Geography Bee are pleased to announce that through the end of January 2019, 79 Varsity and 57 JV students had taken the B Set National Qualifying Exam. As we now calculate the National Median Scores earlier in the academic year to give everyone more lead time to prepare to attend the National Championships, we can now announce that the official B Set National [...]

The US Geography Olympiad and International Geography Bee are pleased to announce that through the end of December 2018, 104 Varsity and 143 JV students have taken the C Set National Qualifying Exam. As we now calculate the National Median Scores earlier in the academic year to give everyone more lead time to prepare to attend the National Championships, we can now announce that the official C Set National [...]

International Academic Competitions is pleased to announce that the 2019 Middle School and Elementary Division National Championships of the United States Geography Olympiad will be held on the afternoon of Friday, June 7 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, IL (next to Chicago). This date and site are confirmed, though the exact time of the competition (likely 3:10 to 5:25pm including time for distribution and collection of materials [...]

Happy Holidays from the US Geography Olympiad! As of the Thanksgiving weekend, well over 100 Varsity and JV students across America had taken the 2018-2019 C Set US Geography Olympiad & International Geography Bee National Qualifying Exam. Results are being posted to the Google Sheets which are available on the Results link off the menu bar though they are also available here - the official C Set National Median Scores will [...]

The exams, resource booklets, and answer keys used at the 2018 United States Geography Olympiad's Middle School and Elementary National Championships (held in Atlanta on June 1, 2018) have now been posted on our past questions page here (if viewing on the homepage, click on the headline to access the post which has the clickable link). Please use these to see how you did in Atlanta if you competed [...]

Results for the US Geography Olympiad's Middle School and Elementary National Championships are now available here (if you are reading this on the homepage, click the headline to access the post where the link is active). Congratulations to our National Champions! 8th Grade: Srikrishna Darbha, Texas 7th Grade: Siddardh Budamagunta, North Carolina 6th Grade: Bianca Joaquin, Illinois 5th Grade: Lee Balkcom, Florida 4th Grade and Younger: Marc A. Lindemann Jr., New York Final rankings have been [...]

Updated on Sunday evening at 6:00pm: The 2018 Middle School & Elementary US Geography Olympiad champions and top finishers will now be announced on SUNDAY at 9:20pm in the Imperial Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, just before the start of the International Geography Bee Playoffs. If you have left Atlanta already or need to leave prior to that time, we will mail you your prizes if needed [...]