Scripps Spelling Bee

[Disney1fan2002]

I was flipping channels last night, because with over 800 channel's I still find that there is nothing on..LOL

Anyway, I landed on ESPN and the spelling bee was on. They were in round 12 with 5 kids left. I was mesmerized! I could not believe the words these kids were spelling. It was very suspenseful, they would put the word up as the kid started spelling it, and I was going letter to letter, holding my breath. Strange reaction to a TV show.

Those kids were AMAZING. Did that 14yo winner really win $40,000 in prize money? I thought it was cute how the adults had to help her hold the trophy, that's how big it is.

 

[SaraJayne]

DH and I started watching right around the same time (flipping channels ) and I was soooo impressed with those kids!

Though I was a bit disappointed with how gleeful the winner was when someone else got a word wrong and dropped out.

 

[Muushka]

Check out the movie Akeelah and the Bee. It will really make you enjoy spelling bees!

 

[Disney1fan2002]

DH and I started watching right around the same time (flipping channels ) and I was soooo impressed with those kids!

Though I was a bit disappointed with how gleeful the winner was when someone else got a word wrong and dropped out.

I wanted Laura to win. She was just so adorable.

 

[bookgirl]

Check out the movie Akeelah and the Bee. It will really make you enjoy spelling bees!

Spellbound is a documentary that follows a bunch of kids in the National Spelling Bee. It's really good, but then I also liked Akeelah.

 

[SandrA9810]

There was an ad on Yahoo yesterday for the Spelling Bee. If you go to the site, there's a qualifying test you can take. It's 25 words with 3 additional words. I got through the first 5 without a problem... then they hit you with the hard ones.

http://www.spellingbee.com/sample-test

I didn't do well enough to qualify...

 

[jp24]

You know Prakish made it rain at the after party. That kid knows how it gets down.

 

[Uncle Remus]

I was flipping channels last night, because with over 800 channel's I still find that there is nothing on..LOL

Anyway, I landed on ESPN and the spelling bee was on. They were in round 12 with 5 kids left. I was mesmerized! I could not believe the words these kids were spelling. It was very suspenseful, they would put the word up as the kid started spelling it, and I was going letter to letter, holding my breath. Strange reaction to a TV show.

Those kids were AMAZING. Did that 14yo winner really win $40,000 in prize money? I thought it was cute how the adults had to help her hold the trophy, that's how big it is.

I love Spellin' Bees, had no idea they would broadcast 'em on ESPN, I'll have to unblock that channel.

Check out the movie Akeelah and the Bee. It will really make you enjoy spelling bees!

Thanks, I'll put it on my list.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

There was an ad on Yahoo yesterday for the Spelling Bee. If you go to the site, there's a qualifying test you can take. It's 25 words with 3 additional words. I got through the first 5 without a problem... then they hit you with the hard ones.

http://www.spellingbee.com/sample-test

I didn't do well enough to qualify...

I scored 16 points. Not well enough to qualify. I got 14/25. Some of them I got wrong because I misheard the pronunciation.

 

[bookgirl]

I scored 16 points. Not well enough to qualify. I got 14/25. Some of them I got wrong because I misheard the pronunciation.

You barely missed then. Mine said I would have made it to the semi's. I got 15 out of 25, but I missed my round 2 and round 3 words. What really sucks is I knew the words from the definitions before I even got them sounded out and I still couldn't spell them

I really am a sucky speller. Mostly it's one letter or I put a homily for a group of letters.

 

[SaraJayne]

I got 23 pts for all three rounds...still not good enough for the semi finals.

 

[bookgirl]

You barely missed then. Mine said I would have made it to the semi's. I got 15 out of 25, but I missed my round 2 and round 3 words. What really sucks is I knew the words from the definitions before I even got them sounded out and I still couldn't spell them

I really am a sucky speller. Mostly it's one letter or I put a homily for a group of letters.

Ok. Just went and found a larger screen. I totally didn' qualify. stupid little screen. But hey who knew I could spell kafkaesque.

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Okay, sorry OP but I just have to do this as it is a thread on the spelling bee. You spelled the name of the spelling bee incorrectly.

It is: Scripps and not Schripp's. Sorry but I couldn't resist.

 

[Sparx]

I got 16 points! I missed these words:

remembrance (I've never been able to spell this one correctly on the first try!)
jiggety
infobahn
calenture
pinealectomy
monodomous
vitelline (missed the double L)
acetarious (switched the second A for an E)
hukilau (added an O before the U)
mozzarella (I never spell this one right either! I put an E for the A always!)
repertoire (made the second E an A)

 

[Disney1fan2002]

Okay, sorry OP but I just have to do this as it is a thread on the spelling bee. You spelled the name of the spelling bee incorrectly.

It is: Scripps and not Schripp's. Sorry but I couldn't resist.

That's why I am not in DC holding up a trophy half my size. LMAO