45th Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 45th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Mayflower Hotel in June 1972, sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company. The winner was 14-year-old Robin Kral of Lamesa, Texas with the word "macerate". Second place went to 13-year-old Lauren H. Pringle of Buffalo, New York. Kral first had a chance to win when Pringle misspelled "polyonymous", but also misspelled it. Pringle then missed "garnett", which Kral correctly spelled, followed by "macerate" for the win. There were 79 contestants this year, 47 girls and 32 boys. 533 words were used.
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
primaryTopic
45th Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 45th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Mayflower Hotel in June 1972, sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company. The winner was 14-year-old Robin Kral of Lamesa, Texas with the word "macerate". Second place went to 13-year-old Lauren H. Pringle of Buffalo, New York. Kral first had a chance to win when Pringle misspelled "polyonymous", but also misspelled it. Pringle then missed "garnett", which Kral correctly spelled, followed by "macerate" for the win. There were 79 contestants this year, 47 girls and 32 boys. 533 words were used.
has abstract
The 45th Scripps National Spel ...... raph"), and won the next year.
@en
Wikipage page ID
47,136,411
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
1,000,530,453
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
caption
The Mayflower Hotel, site of the 45th National Spelling Bee
@en
contestants
date
June 1972
@en
followed by
Location
The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.
@en
papertown
preceded by
pronouncer
residence
sponsor
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
@en
wikiPageUsesTemplate
winner
Robin Kral
@en
word
macerate
@en
subject
hypernym
comment
The 45th Scripps National Spel ...... 32 boys. 533 words were used.
@en
label
45th Scripps National Spelling Bee
@en