Are you familiar with the Scripps National Spelling Bee? 
No I am not.
Ever since the 2013 movie Bad Words I have been interested in spelling bees.
I have not seen that movie either.
This movie was Jason Bateman's directorial debut. I love him!
What does that movie have to do with the Scripps spelling bee?
It is about a different spelling bee, the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee, but it got me interested in spelling bees after watching it.
Is the Scripps National Spelling Bee on TV?
I don't know but it is always held at a hotel or convention center the week following Memorial Day weekend.
I wonder how people qualify for it.
. Historically, the competition has been open to, and remains open to, the winners of sponsored regional spelling bees in the U.S. (including territories such as Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the Navajo Nation, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, along with overseas military bases in Germany and South Korea). Participants from countries other than the U.S. must be regional spelling-bee winners as well.
Contest participants cannot be older than fourteen as of August 31 of the year before the competition; nor can they
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