One of 42 remaining young contestants who coped with nerves and words like "stabilimeter" and "jicama" will on Thursday be named champion of the United States' Scripps National Spelling Bee.
The hopefuls were winnowed from 281 contestants aged 8 to 14 from across the United States and other countries. They advanced after two rounds of onstage spelling and, for the first time since the contest started in 1927, a computerized test that included vocabulary questions.
Organizers said the vocabulary quiz was part of the Bee's commitment to deepening knowledge of the English language.
The semifinalists took another computerized test on Wednesday evening, and on Thursday they will spell onstage from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET. The finals, which organizers said could have a dozen contestants, run from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET.
imagine if the coli had a spelling bee. Some wouldn't make it pass the word "coliseum". I've seen so many variations of the word "entrepreneur" in the last 3 months alone. I wanna be an Antraprenur.
. Stop putting that chick on a pedo stool.
