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73rd Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 73rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Grand Hyatt Washington on May 31 – June 1, 2000, sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company. Twelve-year-old George Abraham Thampy, from Saint Louis, Missouri won the competition by correctly spelling the word " demarche".(2 June 2000)George Thampy claims spelling bee crown ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' Thampy had taken third place in the prior year's bee, and fourth place in the 1998 bee. He also took second place in the National Geography Bee a week before winning the Spelling Bee. Thampy was the second home-schooled student to ever win the Bee.Johnson, Sharon (2 June 2000)'Xanadu' stops Utahn in national spelling bee - Home-schooled boy from Missouri wins ''Desert News'' The first was Rebecca Sealfon at the 1997 bee.(2 June 2000)H-O-M-E schooling spells a winner ''The Washington Times'' Second place went to 12-year old Sean Conley of Newark, California who missed "apotropaic". He went on to win the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Hyatt Washington
Grand Hyatt Washington is a hotel in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The 897-room hotel, located at 1000 H Street NW, serves both tourist and business travel. From the time the hotel opened until 2003, it was directly across from the Washington Convention Center and served as a "convention headquarters" hotel for many conventions. The convention center closed and was demolished in 2004. CityCenterDC, a major office, residential, and retail complex, now occupies the site. Overview Quadrangle Development broke ground for the Grand Hyatt Hotel on February 21, 1985. The site was directly across the street from the Washington Convention Center. The structure was designed by RTKL Associates, an architectural firm based in Annapolis, Maryland. The hotel featured a vast atrium over the lobby that ran to the roof. The inspiration for the atrium was a similar structure designed by John C. Portman, Jr. and built in Atlanta, Georgia, in the 1960s. The ground floor of the atrium was desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
71st Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 71st Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 27–28, 1998, sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company. Competition Twelve-year-old Jody Anne Maxwell, from Kingston, Jamaica, where she attended Ardenne High School, won the competition by correctly spelling the word "chiaroscurist". Maxwell was the second student from outside the United States to win, after Hugh Tosteson García of Puerto Rico in the 48th Scripps National Spelling Bee.(28 May 1998)Jamaican girl crowned national spelling champ ''CNN''Reinhard, Willa (18 August 1998) ''The Christian Science Monitor'' Second-place went to 12 year old Prem Murthy Trivedi of New Jersey, a four-time participant, who also finished second the prior year. Third-place was taken by 13 year old Hirsh Sandesara of Northbrook, Illinois. There were 249 spellers this year. Eighty-six spellers survived day one of the competition.Handy, Stephen (28 May 1998)An obscure animal spells elimination ''Deseret News'' The firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scripps National Spelling Bee Competitions
Scripps may refer to: People * Edward W. Scripps (1854–1926), American publisher and media financier * Ellen Browning Scripps (1836–1932), American philanthropist, half-sister of Edward W. Scripps * James E. Scripps (1835–1906), American newspaper publisher, brother of Ellen Browning Scripps * Samuel H. Scripps (1927–2007), American philanthropist in theater and dance, grandson of Edward W. Scripps * Anne Scripps (1946–1993), heiress to the Scripps newspaper publishing and great-great granddaughter of James E. Scripps * Charles Scripps (1920–2007), chairman of the board of the E. W. Scripps Company and grandson of Edward W. Scripps * Dan Scripps, American politician * John Locke Scripps (1818–1866), attorney, journalist, and author. First cousin once removed of E.W. Scripps * John Martin Scripps (1959–1996), British serial killer * Natalee Scripps (born 1978), New Zealand cricketer * William Edmund Scripps (1882–1952), American founder of WWJ radio, son of James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niskayuna, New York
Niskayuna is a town in Schenectady County, New York, United States. The population was 23,278 at the 2020 census. The town is located in the southeast part of the county, east of the city of Schenectady, and is the easternmost town in the county. The current Town Supervisor is Jaime Puccioni. History The Town of Niskayuna was created on March 7, 1809, from the town of Watervliet, with an initial population of 681. The name of town was derived from early patents to Dutch settlers: ''Nis-ti-go-wo-ne'' or ''Co-nis-tig-i-one'', both derived from the Mohawk language. The 19th-century historians Howell and Munsell mistakenly identified Conistigione as an Indian tribe, but they were a band of Mohawk people known by the term for this location. The original meaning of the words translate roughly as "extensive corn flats", as the Mohawk for centuries cultivated maize fields in the fertile bottomlands along today's Mohawk River. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newark, California
Newark is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It was incorporated as a city in September 1955. Newark is an enclave, surrounded by the city of Fremont. The three cities of Newark, Fremont, and Union City make up the Tri-City Area. Its population was 47,529 at the 2020 census making it the third largest city in the US named Newark after Newark, New Jersey, and Newark, Ohio. Geography The western edge of the city is near the southern end of the San Francisco Bay. State Route 84 runs through the city, and continues as the Dumbarton Bridge to cross the San Francisco Bay to reach Menlo Park. Interstate 880 serves as the eastern boundary with Fremont. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , comprising 0.17%, is water. History Newark was named after Newark Castle, Port Glasgow, in Scotland by J. Barr Robertson. Before it was settled by Europeans, Newark was home to the Ohlone Native American Peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
70th Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 70th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 28–29, 1997, sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company. Thirteen-year-old Rebecca Sealfon, from Brooklyn, New York, won the competition in the 22nd round by correctly spelling the word "euonym".(30 May 2013)Famed champ Rebecca Sealfon turns her back on spelling bee ''New York Post'' Sealfon's exclamation while spelling her final, winning word has been called one of the most notable moments from National Spelling Bee history, a "made-for-YouTube" moment.Samtani, Hiten (23 May 2012)A spelling champ whose e-u-o-n-y-m should have been 'joy' WNYC-FMDonald, Brooke (16 March 2005)Buzz surrounding spelling bees grows ''Lawrence Journal-World'' (Associated Press) Sealfon was the first home-schooled student to win the Bee.(2 June 2000)H-O-M-E schooling spells a winner ''The Washington Times'' Second-place went to 11-year old Prem Murthy Trivedi of Howell, New Jersey, who misspelled "cortile," and third to 13-year old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Louis, Missouri
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which extends into Illinois, had an estimated population of over 2.8 million, making it the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the second-largest in Illinois. Before European settlement, the area was a regional center of Native American Mississippian culture. St. Louis was founded on February 14, 1764, by French fur traders Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent, Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau, who named it for Louis IX of France. In 1764, following France's defeat in the Seven Years' War, the area was ceded to Spain. In 1800, it was retroceded to France, which sold it three years later to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase; the city was then the point of embarkation for the Corps of Discovery on the Lewis and Clark Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington, D
Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C. * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States Washington may also refer to: Places England * Washington, Tyne and Wear, a town in the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough ** Washington Old Hall, ancestral home of the family of George Washington * Washington, West Sussex, a village and civil parish Greenland * Cape Washington, Greenland * Washington Land Philippines *New Washington, Aklan, a municipality *Washington, a barangay in Catarman, Northern Samar *Washington, a barangay in Escalante, Negros Occidental *Washington, a barangay in San Jacinto, Masbate *Washington, a barangay in Surigao City United States * Washington, Wisconsin (other) * Fort Washington (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scripps National Spelling Bee
The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly called the National Spelling Bee) is an annual spelling bee held in the United States. The bee is run on a not-for-profit basis by The E. W. Scripps Company and is held at a hotel or convention center in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area during the week following Memorial Day weekend. Since 2011, it has been held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center hotel in National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, just outside Washington D.C. It was previously held at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington D.C. from 1996 to 2010. Although most of its participants are from the U.S., students from countries such as The Bahamas, Canada, the People's Republic of China, India, Ghana, Japan, Jamaica, Mexico, and New Zealand have also competed in recent years. Historically, the competition has been open to, and remains open to, the winners of sponsored regional spelling bees in the U. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
74th Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 74th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 29–31, 2001, sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company. Winners Thirteen-year-old Sean Conley, from Anoka, Minnesota, won the competition in the 16th round by correctly spelling the word "succedaneum".Toppo, Greg (31 May 2001)Minn. 13-Year-Old Wins National Spelling Bee ''ABC News''(1 June 2001)'Succedaneum' gives Minnesota teen a win at National Spelling Bee ''Ludington Daily News'' (Associated Press) Conley was appearing in his third bee. He fell in the sixth round in 1999, and placed second in 2000. Second place went to Kristin Hawkins of Virginia, who missed "resipiscence". Competition 248 contestants participated in the competition; 138 girls and 110 boys; 170 from public schools, 28 from private schools, 25 from parochial schools, and 25 home-schoolers. Fifty-two spellers had previously participated in a national bee, a new record.(29 May 2001)Popular is word for national spelling bee ''Reading Eagle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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