What are the questions for the national spelling bee?

Answer 1

There are no "questions" per-say.

However,

THEY WILL ALWAYS GIVE THE WORD AT THE BEGINNING OF A ROUND.After that, if the speller asks for the following, they will grant their request up to a point:

• Repeat the word
• definition
• Language of Origin
• the word be Used in a Sentence
• Part of Speech
• If in the middle of spelling, may ask to start over*

If there are 20 spellers in a round, Number 1 will step up to the microphone. The caller will say, "Your word is omphaloskepsis." (I'm using omphaloskepsis as an example, they may or may not use the word.) The speller then may ask for any of the above bulleted, until the judges decide that the caller has clearly explained the word. The speller has 2 minutes to spell the word, and must say it, spell it, and say it again. "Omphaloskepsis. O, M, P, H, A, L-" The speller may pause to think. "May I start over?" is accepted. "Yes." The caller will say. "but you must not change the letters you have already used. "Omphaloskepsis. O, M, P, H, A, O, L, O, S, K, E, P, S, I, S. Omphaloskepsis." DING!! The judge will ring the bell, firstly because it was spelled wrong, and secondly because the speller changed the sequence of the letters.

Nevertheless, if the speller said, "Omphaloskepsis. O, M, P, H, A, L, O, S, K, E, P, S, I, S. Omphaloskepsis." Then that would be counted right. If all the other spellers in the round miss, and that speller gets the word right, they are given another work, the "Championship Word." "Your word is hemidemisemiquaver."

The caller says. "Hemidemisemiquaver. H, E, M, I, D, E, M, I, S, E, M, I, Q, U, A, V, E, R. Hemidemisemiquaver." "That is correct!" The caller will say. "You are the ----(Year) Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion!" --Jasmine -Peace-Love-Hornets :P