The winner of the first national spelling bee on prime-time network television didn't display any made-for-reality-TV theatrics. She didn't write imaginary letters in the air, scream her letters into the microphone or punch her fist when she got a word right.
No, all all 13-year-old Katharine Close did was spell big words with a nod of the head and her hands in her pockets, her left hand clutching an unseen pendant labeled "Angel in My Pocket."
And the big words?
1. The Written Round
2. gobemouche
3. Galilean
4. chiragra
5. Bildungsroman
6. terrene
7. cucullate
8. synusia
9. towhee
10. Shedu
11. hukilau
12. clinamen
13. recrementitious
14. psittacism
15. aubade
16. kanone
17. izzat
18. tmesis
19. kundalini
20. Ursprache
But don't forget, these events can put children under pressure.
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