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Scripps Spelling Bee 2015 · Shivashankar · Venkatachalam

Scripps Spelling Bee 2015

May 29, 2015 John

I haven’t posted on the Scripps Spelling Bee event for some time now – since 2011 in fact. As in so many previous competitions, thiswas a nail-biter to the end and finished in a tie. It’s the second tied win in two consecutive years. Prior to 2014, there hadn’t been a tie for fifty-two years. In the… Continue reading Scripps Spelling Bee 2015

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