How would you fair, oops, fare in the Scripps National Spelling Bee? Take our quiz

A contingent of Southern California students is competing this week at the nation’s premiere spelling competition. Think you could hold your own with the country’s best spellers?

Try this multiple-choice quiz, featuring a selection of words from this week’s competion, to see how you’d fare at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Which of the following are spelled correctly ? (The answers are below.)

1. A. purveyor;  B. purvayor; or C. purveyer.
2. A. Andes; B. Andieze; or C. Andeze.
3. A. horripulation; B. horripilation; or C. horripulatian.
4. A. adonise; B. adonize; or C. andonese.
5. A. scrofulu; B. scrofolu; or C. scrofulous.
6. A. paliatory; B. paliatary; or C. palliatory.
7. A. tafita; B. taffeta; or C. taffata.
8. A. symptomitology; B. symptimatology; or C. symptomatology.
9. A. Kalamata; B. Calamata; or C. Callamatta.
10.  A. celebutante; B. cellebutant; or C. celibutante.

BONUS WORD: Last year’s winning word.

A. koinona; B. konoina; or C. koinonia.

Correct answers:

1. A (purveyor: someone who deals in a particular goods);
2. A (Andes: South American mountain range);
3. B (horripilation: when hair on your skin stands on end);
4. B (adonize: to beautify);
5. C (scrofulous: literally, relating to scrofula; figuratively, morally corrupt);
6. C (palliatory: extenuating circumstances);
7. Both B and C are correct (taffeta or taffata: silk or similar fabric with a crisp texture);
8. C (symptomatology: characteristic of a medical condition);
9. Both A and B are correct (Kalamata or Calamata: a variety of olive);
10. A (celebutante: a fashionable celebrity);
11. Bonus: C. (koinonia: Christian fellowship or communion).

Your scores:

• 0-5 correct: Stay after class and study harder.
• 6-8 correct: OK, you’ll pass this class, but no trophy for you.
• 9 correct: A-minus.
• 10 correct: Bee proud. See you in Washington DC next year (providing you’re still in Eighth Grade).

 

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