69th Scripps National Spelling Bee
69th Scripps National Spelling Bee | |
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Date | May 29-30, 1996 |
Location | Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C. |
Winner | Wendy Guey |
Age | 12 |
Residence | West Palm Beach, Florida |
Sponsor | The Palm Beach Post |
Sponsor location | West Palm Beach, Florida |
Winning word | vivisepulture |
No. of contestants | 247[1] |
Preceded by | 68th Scripps National Spelling Bee |
Followed by | 70th Scripps National Spelling Bee |
The 69th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held at Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C. on May 29-30, 1996, sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company.
Twelve-year-old Wendy Guey, from West Palm Beach, Florida won the competition by correctly spelling the word "vivisepulture".[2][3] This was Guey's fourth bee, her previous best was fourth-place in the 1993 bee. Second place went to 13-year old Nikki Dowdy of Houston, Texas, who missed "cervicorn."[4]
There were 247 participants this year, 51% female, with about one-fourth coming from a private or parochial school, and 12 home-schoolers.[1]
References
- 1 2 Rose, Reta (May 1996). Scripps Howard national Spelling Bee Returns to the Nation's Capital, Scripps Howard News Service
- ↑ Champions and Their Winning Words
- ↑ Girl wins national spelling bee on fourth try
- ↑ Yeager, Holly (31 May 1996). S.F. 14-year-old trips over "rickettsial' in spelling bee, San Francisco Examiner
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