User:Scrippsnationalspellingbee/Scripps National Spelling Bee

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Introduction:

The Scripps National Spelling (aka Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee) is a spelling bee help in Washington D.C. every year. To get there you would have to win the school spelling bee, be in the top 10 at the district bee, and then be in the top 3 at regonal (you may know it as the state bee). The National Spelling Bee: Bee Week is what is held in Washington D.C. It is where you can tour the capitol of America! The bee is in 2 rounds. Day 1 is semi- finals and Day 2 is the finals. At the finals you go uo against all the kids who got throught semi- finals. The words are very tough, one wrong letter and your out. When only two kids remain, a break is given and then the Champion Round is started. It is 25 extreamly hard words. They have never gone throught all 25 before in the history of Scripps National Spelling Bee. A contestant must spell a word and if they miss it the other contestant will spell it and another word to win. They use words from Latin, Arabic, Asian, French, German, Slavic, Dutch, Old English, New World, Japanese, Greek, Italian, Spanish, and many more.

History:

The bee started in 1925. Nine kids particapated in the first finals. In 1941 Howard made rights for the bee. They didn't have a bee in World War II (1943, 1944, and 1945). Out of the 84 champions 43 have been girls and 41 have been boys. Co champions were declaired in the years of 1950, 1957, and 1962.