Moraga Sixth-Grader Is Geographic Bee Semifinalist

Moraga sixth-grader Adriana Derksen is a semifinalist in the California National Geographic Bee.

Adriana attends Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School in Moraga.

Individual school winners took a qualifying test, with the top 100 scorers moving on to the state bee at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento on Friday, April 5. The state winner receives $100, the "Complete National Geographic on DVD," and a May trip to the national finals in Washington, D.C., according to a California Geographic Bee news release.

Sponsors include the National Geographic Society, Google and Plum Creek.

How would you fare as a bee contestant? At the school-level bee this year, students got this question: "The Danakil Depression, located in part of the Great Rift Valley, is one of the lowest points on which continent?" Answer in the comments section below and if you use Google, you're disqualified!