Maybe you should take a look at some of he brightest students coming out of schools these days. A lot of them are Indian-Americans and a lot of them are Chinese and Phillipino Americans.
I should have added Asian Indians (Bobby Jindahl, Hailey Barbour) to my list!!!
” A lot of them are Indian-Americans and a lot of them are Chinese and Phillipino Americans.”
What are you even talking about? How could this possibly change anything I said?
I’m not going to chase you around this thread while you slay dragons that only exist in your imagination.
RE: I should have added Asian Indians (Bobby Jindahl, Hailey Barbour) to my list!!!
Haley Barbour is not Asian. Nikki Haley is though.
| Spelling Bee Winners |
| Year | Champion/ Sponsor | Winning Word |
| 1925 | Frank Neuhauser, Louisville Courier-Journal (Kentucky) | gladiolus |
| 1926 | Pauline Bell, Louisville Courier-Journal (Kentucky) | abrogate |
| 1927 | Dean Lucas, Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio) | luxuriance |
| 1928 | Betty Robinson, South Bend News-Tribune (Indiana) | albumen |
| 1929 | Virginia Hogan, The Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska) | asceticism |
| 1930 | Helen Jensen, Des Moines Register & Tribune (Iowa) | fracas |
| 1931 | Ward Randall, White Hall Register Republican (Illinois) | foulard |
| 1932 | Dorothy Greenwald, Des Moines Register & Tribune (Iowa) | knack |
| 1933 | Alma Roach, Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio) | propitiatory |
| 1934 | Sarah Wilson, Portland Evening Express (Maine) | deteriorating |
| 1935 | Clara Mohler, Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio) | intelligible |
| 1936 | Jean Trowbridge, Des Moines Register & Tribune (Iowa) | interning |
| 1937 | Waneeta Beckley, Louisville Courier-Journal (Kentucky) | promiscuous |
| 1938 | Marian Richardson, Louisville Times (Kentucky) | sanitarium |
| 1939 | Elizabeth Ann Rice, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Massachusetts) | canonical |
| 1940 | Laurel Kuykendall, Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee) | therapy |
| 1941 | Louis Edward Sissman, Detroit News (Michigan) | initials |
| 1942 | Richard Earnhart, El Paso Herald Post (Texas) | sacrilegious |
| 1946 | John McKinney, Des Moines Register & Tribune (Iowa) | semaphore |
| 1947 | Mattie Lou Pollard, Atlanta Journal (Georgia) | chlorophyll |
| 1948 | Jean Chappelear, Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio) | psychiatry |
| 1949 | Kim Calvin, Canton Repository (Ohio) | dulcimer |
| 1950 | Diana Reynard, Cleveland Press (Ohio) Colquitt Dean, Atlanta Journal (Georgia) |
haruspex |
| 1951 | Irving Belz, Memphis Press Scimitar (Tennessee) | insouciant |
| 1952 | Doris Ann Hall, Winston-Salem Journal & Herald (North Carolina) | vignette |
| 1953 | Elizabeth Hess, Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona) | soubrette |
| 1954 | William Cashore, Norristown Times Herald (Pennsylvania) | transept |
| 1955 | Sandra Sloss, St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Missouri) | crustaceology |
| 1956 | Melody Sachko, The Pittsburgh Press (Pennsylvania) | condominium |
| 1957 | Sandra Owen, Canton Repository (Ohio) Dana Bennett, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado) |
schappe |
| 1958 | Jolitta Schlehuber, Topeka Daily Capital (Kansas) | syllepsis |
| 1959 | Joel Montgomery, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado) | cacolet |
| 1960 | Henry Feldman, Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee) | troche |
| 1961 | John Capehart, Tulsa Tribune (Oklahoma) | smaragdine |
| 1962 | Nettie Crawford, El Paso Herald-Post (Texas) Michael Day, St. Louis Democrat (Missouri) |
esquamulose |
| 1963 | Glen Van Slyke III, The Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee) | equipage |
| 1964 | William Kerek, Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio) | sycophant |
| 1965 | Michael Kerpan, Jr., Tulsa Tribune (Oklahoma) | eczema |
| 1966 | Robert A. Wake, Houston Chronicle (Texas) | ratoon |
| 1967 | Jennifer Reinke, The Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska) | chihuahua |
| 1968 | Robert L. Walters, The Topeka Daily Capital (Kansas) | abalone |
| 1969 | Susan Yoachum, Dallas Morning News (Texas) | interlocutory |
| 1970 | Libby Childress, Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel (North Carolina) | croissant |
| 1971 | Jonathan Knisely, Philadelphia Bulletin (Pennsylvania) | shalloon |
| 1972 | Robin Kral, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Texas) | macerate |
| 1973 | Barrie Trinkle, Fort Worth Press (Texas) | vouchsafe |
| 1974 | Julie Ann Junkin, Birminghan Post-Herald (Alabama) | hydrophyte |
| 1975 | Hugh Tosteson, San Juan Star (Puerto Rico) | incisor |
| 1976 | Tim Kneale, Syracuse Herald Journal-American (New York) | narcolepsy |
| 1977 | John Paola, The Pittsburgh Press (Pennsylvania) | cambist |
| 1978 | Peg McCarthy, The Topeka Capital-Journal (Kansas) | deification |
| 1979 | Katie Kerwin, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado) | maculature |
| 1980 | Jacques Bailly, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado) | elucubrate |
| 1981 | Paige Pipkin, El Paso Herald-Post (Texas) | sarcophagus |
| 1982 | Molly Dieveney, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado) | psoriasis |
| 1983 | Blake Giddens, El Paso Herald-Post (Texas) | purim |
| 1984 | Daniel Greenblatt, Loudoun Times-Mirror (Virginia) | luge |
| 1985 | Balu Natarajan, Chicago Tribune (Illinois) | milieu |
| 1986 | Jon Pennington, The Patriot News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) | odontalgia |
| 1987 | Stephanie Petit, The Pittsburgh Press (Pennsylvania) | staphylococci |
| 1988 | Rageshree Ramachandran, The Sacramento Bee (California) | elegiacal |
| 1989 | Scott Isaacs, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado) | spoliator |
| 1990 | Amy Marie Dimak, The Seattle Times (Washington) | fibranne |
| 1991 | Joanne Lagatta, The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wisconsin) | antipyretic |
| 1992 | Amanda Goad, The Richmond News Leader (Virginia) | lyceum |
| 1993 | Geoff Hooper, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) | kamikaze |
| 1994 | Ned Andrews, The Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee) | antediluvian |
| 1995 | Justin Tyler Carroll, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) | xanthosis |
| 1996 | Wendy Guey, The Palm Beach Post (Florida) | vivisepulture |
| 1997 | Rebecca Sealfon, The Daily News (New York, New York) | euonym |
| 1998 | Jody-Anne Maxwell, Phillips & Phillips Stationery Suppliers, Ltd., (Kingston, Jamaica) | chiaroscurist |
| 1999 | Nupur Lala, The Tampa Tribune (Florida ) | logorrhea |
| 2000 | George Abraham Thampy, The St.Louis Post-Dispatch(Missouri) | demarche |
| 2001 | Sean Conley, The Aitkin Independent Age (Minnesota) | succedaneum |
| 2002 | Pratyush Buddiga, The Rocky Mountain News (Colorado) | prospicience |
| 2003 | Sai Gunturi, The Dallas Morning News (Texas) | pococurante |
| 2004 | David Scott Pilarski Tidmarsh, South Bend Tribune (Indiana) | autochthonous |
| 2005 | Anurag Kashyap, The San Diego Union-Tribune (California) | appoggiatura |
| 2006 | Kerry Close, Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune (New Jersey) | Ursprache |
| 2007 | Evan M. O'Dorney, Contra Costa Times (California) | serrefine |
| 2008 | Sameer Mishra, Journal and Courier (Indiana) | guerdon |
| 2009 | Kavya Shivashankar, The Olathe News (Kansas) | Laodicean |
| 2010 | Anamika Veeramani, The Plain Dealer (Ohio) | stromuhr |
| 2011 | Sukanya Roy, Times Leader (Pennsylvania) | cymotrichous |
| 2012 | Snigdha Nandipati, U-T San Diego (San Diego, CA) | guetapens |
| 2013 | Arvind Mahankali, New York Daily News (New York, NY) | knaidel |