28th Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 28th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, District of Columbia on May 19, 1955, with the final rounds at the Department of Commerce auditorium, and was sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company. The winner was 13-year-old Sandra Sloss of Granite City, Illinois, correctly spelling the word crustaceology. Jean Copeland of Prescott, Arizona placed second. Naomi Klein, 12, of Brooklyn, New York, placed third after missing "quincunx". Last year's runnerup, William Kelley of Kennett, Missouri, placed fourth.
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
primaryTopic
28th Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 28th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, District of Columbia on May 19, 1955, with the final rounds at the Department of Commerce auditorium, and was sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company. The winner was 13-year-old Sandra Sloss of Granite City, Illinois, correctly spelling the word crustaceology. Jean Copeland of Prescott, Arizona placed second. Naomi Klein, 12, of Brooklyn, New York, placed third after missing "quincunx". Last year's runnerup, William Kelley of Kennett, Missouri, placed fourth.
has abstract
The 28th Scripps National Spel ...... the remaining 39 received $40.
@en
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
39,450,636
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
974,798,630
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
caption
contestants
date
1955-05-19
followed by
papertown
preceded by
pronouncer
Benson S. Alleman
@en
residence
sponsor
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
@en
wikiPageUsesTemplate
winner
Sandra Sloss
@en
word
crustaceology
@en
subject
hypernym
comment
The 28th Scripps National Spel ...... nett, Missouri, placed fourth.
@en
label
28th Scripps National Spelling Bee
@en