- Susannah Batko-Yovino
Susannah Batko-Yovino (born 1979) was a
Pennsylvania winner of theNational Geography Bee , and the second youngest, and the first of only two female winners. Her winning question in the 1990 bee was "Mount Erebus is avolcano on whichcontinent ?". Her correct answer wasAntarctica . She helped pass a 1993 bill to increase funding forgeography education. She later received aB.A. fromJohns Hopkins University and anM.D. from the University of Maryland. She is currently (as of 2006) in training to become aradiation oncologist .In 1995, Susannah was a finalist in the "
Jeopardy! " Teen Tournament, losing to eventual winner and Ultimate Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist Matthew Zielenski.
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