Tine valencic bio

A 13-year-old boy from Texas won the National Geographic Bee on Wednesday by correctly identifying the country that is home to the Tungurahua volcano.

Tine Valencic, a seventh-grader at Colleyville Middle School, didn't miss a single question during the final round of the bee, defeating nine other boys and taking home a $25,000 scholarship and a trip to the Galapagos Islands.

The answer that got him the win: Ecuador.

"I'm just taking it all in," he said after winning and being lent tissues to dry his eyes by both the bee moderator, "Jeopardy!' game show host Alex Trebek, and the bee's second-place finisher.

To get to the bee in Washington, students had to win their respective state-level competitions.

The group of winners, all fourth through eighth graders, competed in a preliminary round Tuesday, narrowing the field to 10.

In the final round Wednesday at National Geographic's headquarters, students answered questions ranging from