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WASHINGTON — Quick: Cochabamba is the third-largest conurbation in what country? Your answer might be, “Huh?” But 11-year-old Akshay Rajagopal answered “Bolivia” to clinch the 20th annual National Geographic Bee on Wednesday.
A conurbation is a densely populated urban area — and Cochabamba is the third-largest one in the South American country.
Akshay’s correct answer capped a two-day event in which he got every question right. A sixth-grader at Lux Middle School in Lincoln, Neb., he won a $25,000 scholarship.
“Some of them were hard, but others were OK,” Akshay said. “I think I was just lucky.” The Associated Press
