Amazon Quiz: By spelling which word correctly, did 14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde became the first African..?

Amazon Quiz (August 22, 2021): By spelling which word correctly, did 14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American to win Scripps National Spelling Bee?

1) Murraya

2) Feldenkrais

3) Gladiolus

4) Abrogate

Answer: Murraya

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The 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee was won by 14-year-old basketball prodigy Zaila Avant-garde in July. She became the first African American contestant to win in 93 editions of the prestigious competition.

Avant-garde spelled “Murraya”- a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees having pinnate leaves and flowers – correctly to win the competition and USD 50,000 prize money.

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Chaitra Thummala, a 12-year-old from San Francisco and Bhavana Madini, 13, from New York won the second and third place at the keenly-fought competition, which was attended by US First Lady Jill Biden.

“It was the smile and twirls for us! After tying for 370th place in 2019, #Speller133 Zaila Avant-garde wins the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Congrats to all of our spellers. We’re proud of everyone’s poise and courage in facing the dictionary. #SpellingBee #TheBeeIsBack,” Scripps National Spelling Bee tweeted after the competition, which was not held last year due to the raging COVID-19 pandemic.

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Avant-garde outlasted a field of 11 finalists, including Indian-Americans, to win the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee title and the first-place prize of USD 50,000 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.

The 8th-grader also became the first Louisiana resident and the first African-American to win the title in the competition’s 93-year history.

The only Black winner before was Jody-Anne Maxwell, representing Jamaica in 1998, CNN reported.

Avant-garde previously competed in 2019, according to her bio on the bee’s website.

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She is an avid reader who demonstrated a strong interest in words from a very early age. Beyond her love for words and language, she enjoys learning new things, playing basketball, listening to music and podcasts, and hanging out with her family, it said.

The National Bee is a high-profile, high-pressure endurance test as much as a nerd spelling match and spellers spend months preparing for it.

Jill Biden congratulated Avant-garde on her historic win.

“Congratulations Zaila!!!,” she tweeted.

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