Besides the fictional Akeelah Anderson, Anurag Kashyap notably won one of these events sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company.
In one Saturday Night Live sketch, Will Ferrell reportedly invents the phrase "Hey, look over there!" to escape a situation in which he has bungled running this type of activity. In another SNL sketch, Tenacious D sang that failing in this activity was "a friggin' tragedy." A poem claims this activity "beats euchre, poker, and van-toon" and sees people like Poker Dick and Brown of Calaveras competing in it. Besides the Bret Harte poem in which it takes place "at Angels," it is the activity which is the main focus of the Simpsons episode featuring the Ribwich sandwich and in which George Plimpton guest stars as the host of this sort of event.  A 2006 film sees Keke Palmer as the title character who participates in the title activity. Besides the fictional Akeelah Anderson, Anurag Kashyap notably won one of these events sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company. For 10 points, name this type of event which tests vocabulary knowledge, whose name suggests a meme beloved by NAQT and Minnesota.
In one Saturday Night Live sketch, Will Ferrell reportedly invents the phrase "Hey, look over there!" to escape a situation in which he has bungled running this type of activity.
Spelling Bee