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To win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, contenders must also master geography

To win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, contenders must also master geography

Along with SAT-style, multiple-choice vocabulary questions, geographical terms have altered the way spellers prepare for the bee, which began Tuesday and concludes Thursday at a convention center outside Washington. Mastering them can require an out-of-fashion skill: rote memorization.

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