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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.
Fifth grader Jasmine Perez from Bayview Elementary School spells a word during the 5th round of the Miami Herald Broward County Spelling Bee. D.A. Varela/dvarela@miamiherald.com
In 2019, the Spelling Bee ran out of words that might challenge the contestants and ended up having 8 winners. The 2020 National Spelling Bee competition, originally scheduled for May 24, was suspended and later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] [3] [4] This was the first time it had been canceled since 1945. [5]
[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.
As the final pre-competition meeting of the Scripps National Spelling Bee's word selection panel stretches into its seventh hour, the pronouncers no longer seem to care. Before panelists can ...
Eligibility only lasts until the 8 th grade, so this year was my final chance to take part. That’s a lot of pressure for a 14-year-old. ... Enduring the demands of the spelling bee requires ...
Second place went to David Lewandowski, a 14-year old speller from Schererville, Indiana who placed 39th in the prior year's bee, and who misspelled "opsimath". [1] Third-place was a tie between 11-year old George Abraham Thampy of Maryland Heights, Missouri (who would win the next year ) who missed "kirtle", and 13-year old April DeGideo of ...
The finals were held on June 2, 2022, and televised on Ion Television and Bounce TV, marking the first time in 27 years that the Bee was not televised on an ESPN network. [3] The winner of the bee was Harini Logan, an 8th–grade girl from San Antonio, Texas, [4] who won with 21 words spelt correctly during the Bee's first spell-off round. [5] [6]