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.
Bad Words (film)
Bad Words is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Jason Bateman and written by Andrew Dodge. Marking Bateman's directorial debut, the film stars Bateman as a middle-aged eighth grade dropout who enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole. It also stars Kathryn Hahn, Rohan Chand, Ben Falcone, Philip Baker Hall, and Allison Janney.
Dodge's screenplay for "Bad Words" was featured on the 2011 Black List and was shortly thereafter picked up by Bateman. In
Canada, the Bahamas, New Zealand and European countries. 
In the United States, spelling bees are annually held from local levels up to the level of the Scripps National Spelling Bee which awards a cash prize to the winner. The National Spelling Bee is sponsored by English-language newspapers and educational foundations; it is also broadcast on ESPN. Since 2006, the National Spelling Bee's championship rounds have been broadcast on ABC live. In 2005, contestants came from the Bahamas, Jamaica, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands