For the recruitment firm, see Robert Walters plc The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a competition held annually in Washington, D.C. in the United States at the Grand Hyatt Hotel over a two day period at the end of May or beginning of June. The spelling bee competition began in 1925, and was organized by The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky until the Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company assumed sponsorship in 1941. The media conglomerate, now known as the E. W.

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  • For the recruitment firm, see Robert Walters plc The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a competition held annually in Washington, D.C. in the United States at the Grand Hyatt Hotel over a two day period at the end of May or beginning of June. The spelling bee competition began in 1925, and was organized by The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky until the Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company assumed sponsorship in 1941. The media conglomerate, now known as the E. W. Scripps Company, has continued to sponsor the competition to this date. The competition was canceled from 1943 to 1945 due to World War II. Every speller in the competition has previously participated in a local spelling bee, usually organized by a local newspaper. Although the Bee is titled "National", spellers from Europe, Canada, New Zealand, Guam, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have entered the competition. The competition has only been won by two people from outside the fifty U.S. states—the first time by a Puerto Rican in 1975, the second by a Jamaican in 1998. The National Spelling Bee has been televised live in the United States since 1994 on ESPN, a Disney owned cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming. As of 2006, the ABC network, also owned by Disney, has broadcast the final rounds over a live two-hour timeslot. The National Spelling Bee is primarily an oral competition conducted in elimination rounds until only one speller remains. The first round consists of a 25-word written test, the remaining rounds are oral spelling tests. The competition has been declared a tie three times, in 1950, 1957 and 1962. As of 2009, forty-four champions have been girls, and forty-one have been boys.
  • Ребекка Силфон — студентка на домашнем обучении из США, ставшая победительницей национального конкурса по произношению слов Scripps National Spelling Bee в 1997 году. Она одна из наиболее известных победительниц этих состязаний благодаря эпизоду с произнесением последнего слова, euonym, когда она экспрессивно выкрикивала каждую букву. Передовица New York Daily News, посвящённая её выигрышу, содержала фото Ребекки с поднятыми руками в момент победы и заголовок «EUONYM!» Ребекка Силфон послужила прототипом для обучающейся дома девочки Ребекки из эпизода «Южного парка» «Увлекательная фонетика с обезьянкой».
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  • For the recruitment firm, see Robert Walters plc The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a competition held annually in Washington, D.C. in the United States at the Grand Hyatt Hotel over a two day period at the end of May or beginning of June. The spelling bee competition began in 1925, and was organized by The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky until the Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company assumed sponsorship in 1941. The media conglomerate, now known as the E. W.
  • Ребекка Силфон — студентка на домашнем обучении из США, ставшая победительницей национального конкурса по произношению слов Scripps National Spelling Bee в 1997 году.
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  • List of Scripps National Spelling Bee champions
  • Силфон, Ребекка
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