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Frank Louis Neuhauser (September 29, 1913 – March 11, 2011) was an American patent lawyer and spelling bee champion, who won the first National Spelling Bee (now known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee [1]) in 1925 by successfully spelling the word "gladiolus". [1] [2] He was 11 years old when he won the spelling bee.
[1] [12] One such speller, Nihar Janga from Austin, Texas, became the youngest champion in the Bee's history when he won the title in 2016 at the age of 11. [13] The 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was the first time that an African-American (Zaila Avant-garde) became the champion and only the second time that the champion was a black person.
Scripps Spelling Bee's head judge brings history, encouragement to spellers. With 245 competitors, this was the largest field of spellers since the 2019 Bee. They ranged in age from 8 to 15 years old.
13-year-old Robert A. Wake of Houston, Texas won by spelling "ratoon", a word which he had "never heard of". [1] Second place went to Beth Sherrill, 14, of Lucy, Tennessee, who incorrectly spelled "sachem", followed in third place by Sonya Gilliam, 13, of Lubbock, Texas, who could not spell "muumuu". [1] There were 71 contestants this year.
Enduring the demands of the spelling bee requires serious mental stamina. Not only does it take years to prepare, but the competition itself lasts an entire week. ... Don’t get me wrong, it’s ...
The 80th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held on May 30–31, 2007. The winner was 13-year-old Evan O'Dorney from Danville, California. He won in Round 13 by correctly spelling serrefine. The runner-up was Nate Gartke from Edmonton, Canada, who misspelled coryza. [1] There were 286 spellers this year, 139 boys and 147 girls.
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For the first time in the Bee's history, ABC broadcast the Championship Rounds on primetime television. [2] A thirteen-year-old eighth-grader from Spring Lake, New Jersey, Katharine "Kerry" Close, won the Bee on her fifth attempt, correctly spelling Ursprache in the twentieth round. She was the first female champion since 1999.