00:00:00 John Daub: Hey, everybody, we're live. How you doing? This is the Asia Spelling Cup. Yeah. We're gonna be waiting for a second. I do this job every year. I emcee the Asia Spelling Cup. Last year in Singapore. Before that, Kuala Lumpur, Bali. Some really exotic places in Asia. This year we're in Fukuoka, Japan. And behind us are the primary contestants. Check this out. Say hello to everybody. You're on live.

00:00:27 Contestant: Hello.

00:00:29 John Daub: Wow. Where are you from? China? Malaysia. Over here. Malaysia. Where are you from? China. Anybody from Vietnam? Vietnam's over here. Very cool. Anybody from India? India is right here. Awesome. Representing a lot of people. Myanmar. Myanmar is over here. So we have a contestant from Myanmar. Excellent. And from Malaysia. Malaysia is right here in the front. Excellent. And did I forget anybody? Indonesia, of course. Back in the back there. Back in the back. Awesome. We're Fukuoka. This is Kyushu University. So big thank you to Kyushu University and Okada san who let us set up here. And behind me are the parents who are just ready to chomp at the bit to make sure that their kids do a good job. Because there's money at stake. Right there you see the trophies and the medals. Everybody gets a medal, but not everybody gets a prize. There's cash prizes here. Here's some of the medals. Actually, these are pretty nice looking medals. These are the primary contestants. And these are for the secondary contestants. Secondary is like junior high school and high. And then here are the trophies. First, second, and third. Awesome. This third one's a little small. All right, you ready? This is my job. I gotta do this. All right, so let's start. It's a pretty good. There's the mic right there. The kids gotta speak clearly. This is our judge, Sheila. And Phi Fee is our judge. And Sheila is our pronouncer.

00:02:20 Contestant: Hi.

00:02:21 Sheila: Good morning.

00:02:23 John Daub: Look at those two beautiful ladies.

00:02:24 Sheila: Thank you.

00:02:26 John Daub: You're welcome. Beautiful. V E A U T I F U L. Beautiful.

00:02:32 Contestant: Correct.

00:02:34 John Daub: I got it. Correct. Awesome. Yeah. And don't forget that. All right. So it's going to be on this position. I hope you enjoy. The kids should speak loudly so you should be able to hear it. Yeah. Okay. Teachers, you cannot cheat and hint and give your students the answer. I'm watching you. All of the students, no cheating. But with your teacher, they're very kind. Don't let them influence you. Okay? Okay. So all of the parents, I'll ask you please, if you can sit down. And I guess if you want to stand, you can do it on the sides, right? Yeah, on the sides are okay. But if you're in the Middle. I'm going to ask everybody to sit down because there's people who are trying to watch behind. Also, there's a video camera right here. Do we have a video camera in the front? No. There's no camera in the front. There's no camera in the front. Ok, very good. I'm going to ask all of the parents to please put your phones on silent mode right now. There's no excuse for an interruption when a child is trying their best to speak. We don't want to hear your ringing ringtone. So please, if you would look at your phone, just quickly put it on silent mode or manner mode or vibrate mode right now so we don't have any interruptions. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. All right, so we're about to start the primary competition. Do you know all of the rules? You know all the rules? They know the rules very well because this is not their first time at a spelling cup. I'm going to give you an example sentence, an example word right now just to highlight how important it is to do it correctly because one small mistake could mean a mistake. So, pronouncer, would you give me a word, please?

00:04:32 Contestant: Yes.

00:04:37 John Daub: A little bit nervous.

00:04:39 Phi Fee: Your word is fork.

00:04:43 John Daub: Fork. Can I have the part of speech, please?

00:04:48 Phi Fee: It's a noun.

00:04:53 John Daub: Fork. F O R K. Fork.

00:04:58 Contestant: That's correct.

00:04:59 John Daub: All right, good. After you get a correct answer, please sit down.

00:05:04 Phi Fee: Okay.

00:05:04 John Daub: Please take a seat. Pronouncer, can you give me one more word, please? Make it harder. I know for it. That's easy.

00:05:11 Phi Fee: Mechanic.

00:05:13 John Daub: Oh,

00:05:16 Phi Fee: help me.

00:05:17 John Daub: No, no, no, no. Mechanic. Example sentence, please.

00:05:24 Phi Fee: The mechanic. Fix.

00:05:34 John Daub: M E C H A N I C. Mechanic.

00:05:41 Contestant: That's incorrect. You must say the word before you spell the word.

00:05:48 John Daub: Oh, no.

00:05:49 Phi Fee: Mom, dad.

00:05:50 Contestant: Ah. What happened?

00:05:52 John Daub: You have to say the word. Spell the word and say the word.

00:05:55 Phi Fee: Okay.

00:05:56 John Daub: If you start to spell before and stop, it's also a mistake. Cat. C A a T. Cat. That's incorrect. Okay, so once you start to spell the word, you have to spell the word to the end. All right? Wonderful. Wonderful. I'm really excited about this. We're going to have the contestants line up three to align. So contestants 1. Contestants 1, 2, and 3 come to the stage right here. Line up right behind here. When contested three finish. When contestant one finishes, begs to see contested, four will come to the front. Okay. Please come around the back. Please come around the back. This is very exciting. It's very exciting. The contestants have come from all over Asia in this finals. I want to just impress on you Please, parents, be very quiet. I don't want to hear any speaking. And if I do, I'm coming over here with the microphone to embarrass you. So you know what? So everybody please be quiet. If you want to speak, you can go downstairs to the first floor. So also secondary contestants. Please be quiet while we're speaking. Are you ready? Are you ready? Yes. One time only. As we start, can we get a round of applause for our primary contestants? Excellent.

00:07:28 Phi Fee: All right.

00:07:29 John Daub: Let us begin.

00:07:36 Phi Fee: Your word is milk.

00:07:40 Contestant: Sentence, please.

00:07:43 Phi Fee: Do you know that milk comes from a cow?

00:07:47 Contestant: Could you repeat the word, please?

00:07:50 Phi Fee: Milk.

00:07:52 Contestant: Milk. M I l k. Milk. Correct. Thank you.

00:08:05 John Daub: One note. If you're tall, go here. If you're short, go here. Just a small note.

00:08:13 Phi Fee: Your word is fish.

00:08:15 Contestant: Fish. F I S h. Fish.

00:08:19 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is blue.

00:08:27 Contestant: Blue. B l U e. Blue.

00:08:31 John Daub: Correct.

00:08:34 Phi Fee: Your word is hair.

00:08:36 Contestant: Here. Second, please.

00:08:38 Phi Fee: Yes. I have brown hair and blue eyes.

00:08:44 Contestant: Here. Definition, please.

00:08:48 Phi Fee: Thin strands growing from the skin of humans and animals.

00:08:53 Contestant: Part of speech noun. Here. S A I r. Here.

00:09:01 Phi Fee: Correct.

00:09:02 Contestant: Thank you.

00:09:06 Phi Fee: Your word is shop.

00:09:09 Contestant: Pardon?

00:09:10 Phi Fee: Shop.

00:09:14 Contestant: Shop. S H o p. Shop. Correct.

00:09:21 Phi Fee: Your word is taxi.

00:09:25 Contestant: Taxi. T a is I have C. Correct.

00:09:34 Phi Fee: Your word is Park.

00:09:38 Contestant: Can you make a sentence, please?

00:09:40 Phi Fee: Yes. Let's have a picnic near the lake. At the park.

00:09:47 Contestant: Park. P a r K. Park. Correct.

00:09:54 Phi Fee: Your word is bird.

00:09:56 Contestant: Sentence, please. Yes.

00:09:59 Phi Fee: Fly like a bird.

00:10:01 Contestant: Could you repeat the word, please?

00:10:03 Phi Fee: Bird.

00:10:04 Contestant: Bird. B I r e. Bird. Correct.

00:10:11 Phi Fee: Your word is desk.

00:10:14 Contestant: What? The part of the speech noun. Could you repeat the word, please?

00:10:21 Phi Fee: Desk.

00:10:23 Contestant: Desk. D e S k. Desk. Correct.

00:10:30 Phi Fee: Your word is face.

00:10:32 Contestant: Face. Can you make asonas, please?

00:10:35 Phi Fee: Yes. My eyes, nose, mouth and ears are on my face.

00:10:41 Contestant: Face. F a C e. Face. Correct.

00:10:48 Phi Fee: Your word is pink.

00:10:52 Contestant: Pink. Could you give me the definition?

00:10:55 Phi Fee: Yes. A color between red and white.

00:11:00 Contestant: Pink. P I n k. Pink. Correct.

00:11:09 Phi Fee: Your word is snow.

00:11:12 Contestant: Snow. Definition?

00:11:14 Phi Fee: Yes. Precipitation in the form of small ice crystals.

00:11:20 Contestant: Part of speech verb.

00:11:27 Phi Fee: Yes. I hope it will snow at Christmas.

00:11:32 Contestant: Snow. S n o W. Stow. Correct.

00:11:39 Phi Fee: Your word is Bank.

00:11:42 Contestant: Bank.

00:11:42 Contestant: B a n K. Bank. Correct.

00:11:49 Phi Fee: Your word is nose.

00:11:52 Contestant: Repeat, please.

00:11:53 Phi Fee: Nose.

00:11:55 Contestant: Settle, please.

00:11:55 Phi Fee: Yes. An elephant has a long nose.

00:12:00 Contestant: Nose. Nose. N o S e. Nose. Correct.

00:12:12 Phi Fee: Your word is baby.

00:12:15 Contestant: Baby. B a b y. Baby. Correct.

00:12:21 Phi Fee: Your word is card.

00:12:24 Contestant: Card. C a r D. Car. Correct.

00:12:32 Phi Fee: Your word is boat.

00:12:34 Contestant: Repeat, Please vote. Boat. B o a t. Vote. Correct.

00:12:43 Phi Fee: Your word is farm.

00:12:45 Contestant: Farm. F a r M. Farm. Correct.

00:12:52 Phi Fee: Your word is head.

00:12:54 Contestant: Make a sentence, please. Yes.

00:12:58 Phi Fee: I have hair on my head.

00:13:00 Contestant: Definition, please. Yes.

00:13:03 Phi Fee: A part of the Human body containing eyes, ears, mouth, nose and hair.

00:13:10 Contestant: Pardon the word, please.

00:13:12 Phi Fee: Noun.

00:13:14 Contestant: Pardon the word, please.

00:13:17 Phi Fee: Head.

00:13:18 Contestant: Head. H E a D. Head. Correct.

00:13:26 Phi Fee: Your word is Body.

00:13:28 Contestant: Body. B O D Y. Body.

00:13:31 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is Goat.

00:13:37 Contestant: Call your rupees a word, please.

00:13:39 Phi Fee: Goat.

00:13:40 Contestant: Goat. G O A T. Goat. Correct. Thank you.

00:13:46 Phi Fee: Your word is Hand.

00:13:48 Contestant: Hand. Could you repeat the word, please?

00:13:51 Phi Fee: Hand.

00:13:52 Contestant: May I have a sentence, please? Yes.

00:13:55 Phi Fee: I have five fingers on my left hand.

00:13:59 Contestant: Hand. H A n D. Hand. Correct. Thank you.

00:14:11 John Daub: All right, that concludes round one. Excellent job. Everybody get it right?

00:14:19 Contestant: Everybody got it right?

00:14:20 John Daub: Awesome. Yeah. Guess what? It's gonna get a lot harder from round three. All right, let's start round two, please. Number one. One to three, line up. It's exciting. Everybody got it right? Don't line up like this. Line up maybe here.

00:14:49 Contestant: Line up in the middle. Thank you. Yes. Very good.

00:14:54 John Daub: A little bit back in here. Round two, right here. Not here. And you can. This is very important that you don't make a mistake, please. You can change the microphone too.

00:15:10 Phi Fee: Okay?

00:15:12 John Daub: So now, don't. You can. You can do this.

00:15:16 Phi Fee: Okay.

00:15:17 John Daub: All right. You have to tell them.

00:15:21 Phi Fee: Okay.

00:15:22 Contestant: All right.

00:15:22 John Daub: Thank you.

00:15:22 Contestant: Parents.

00:15:31 John Daub: Sometimes you gotta tell them. Can you hear?

00:15:33 Phi Fee: Okay. Okay. Your word is Children.

00:15:46 Contestant: Sentence, please.

00:15:48 Phi Fee: The two children in the family are 4 and 6 years old.

00:15:54 Contestant: Definitely. Definition, please.

00:15:57 Phi Fee: A young human being.

00:16:00 Contestant: A part of speech, please.

00:16:01 Phi Fee: Noun.

00:16:03 Contestant: Could you repeat the word?

00:16:04 Phi Fee: Children.

00:16:06 Contestant: Children.

00:16:09 Phi Fee: Children.

00:16:10 Contestant: C H I l d R e n. Children. Correct. Thank you.

00:16:21 Phi Fee: Your word is Shoulder.

00:16:24 Contestant: Shoulder. S H o u l D e R. Shoulder. Correct.

00:16:32 Phi Fee: Your word is friendly.

00:16:34 Contestant: Can please give me those sentence?

00:16:37 Phi Fee: Yes. Everyone likes him because he is friendly.

00:16:42 Contestant: Friendly. S r I e f d L y. Friendly. Correct.

00:16:55 Phi Fee: Your word is October.

00:16:58 Contestant: October, please.

00:16:59 Phi Fee: Yes. October is the tenth month of the year.

00:17:05 Contestant: Definition, please?

00:17:07 Phi Fee: The tenth calendar month between September and November.

00:17:13 Contestant: Part of speech.

00:17:14 Phi Fee: Noun.

00:17:16 Contestant: Thank you. October. OC T O br of October. Correct.

00:17:33 Phi Fee: Your word is Umbrella.

00:17:36 Contestant: Pardon?

00:17:37 Phi Fee: Umbrella.

00:17:38 Contestant: Umbrella. U n E r e L L a. Umbrella.

00:17:44 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is welcome.

00:17:50 Contestant: Welcome. Gemma. U E L C o m e. Welcome. Correct.

00:18:00 Phi Fee: Your word is the building.

00:18:03 Contestant: Building. D U I l D I m g. Building.

00:18:14 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is healthy.

00:18:20 Contestant: May I have a sentence, please?

00:18:21 Phi Fee: Yes. Eat healthy foods like fruits and vegetables.

00:18:26 Contestant: Could you repeat in one piece?

00:18:27 John Daub: Healthy.

00:18:28 Phi Fee: Healthy.

00:18:29 Contestant: Healthy. H E a l T h y. Healthy. Correct.

00:18:39 Phi Fee: Your word is chicken.

00:18:42 Contestant: Chicken. What's the part of speech?

00:18:46 Phi Fee: Noun.

00:18:49 Contestant: Could you repeat the word, please?

00:18:51 Phi Fee: Chicken.

00:18:53 Contestant: Chicken. C H I C K E N. Chicken. Correct.

00:19:04 Phi Fee: Your word is exciting.

00:19:07 Contestant: Exciting. Can you make a listen this, please?

00:19:10 Phi Fee: Yes. I am watching an exciting soccer match. On tv.

00:19:16 Contestant: Exciting. E x C I t I n g. Exciting. Correct. Standing in the middle. Yes. 13.

00:19:32 Phi Fee: Your word is difficult.

00:19:37 Contestant: Difficult. Could you make a sentence, please?

00:19:43 Phi Fee: Yes. The math test was easy for John, but difficult for me.

00:19:51 Contestant: Difficult. D I f F I C a u l t. Difficult. Incorrect.

00:20:07 Phi Fee: Difficult.

00:20:08 Contestant: D I f. That was very difficult. C u l d. Difficult.

00:20:25 Phi Fee: Your word is hospital.

00:20:28 Contestant: Hospital.

00:20:30 Phi Fee: Yes. I went to see a doctor at the hospital.

00:20:36 Contestant: Definition, please.

00:20:38 John Daub: Yes.

00:20:39 Phi Fee: An institution providing medical and surgical treatment.

00:20:44 Contestant: Part of speech now. Thank you. Hospital. H o s P I t a l. Hospital. Correct.

00:21:01 John Daub: Hospital.

00:21:05 Phi Fee: Your word is beautiful.

00:21:10 Contestant: I have the definition.

00:21:11 Phi Fee: Yes. Pretty or gorgeous?

00:21:17 Contestant: Beautiful. B e a u t I f u. How beautiful? Correct.

00:21:29 Phi Fee: Your word is Bicycle, please. Bicycle.

00:21:34 Contestant: Sentence, please.

00:21:35 Phi Fee: Yes. Wear a helmet when you ride a bicycle.

00:21:40 Contestant: Bicycle. Bicycle. P I say Y Say L e. Bicycle. Correct.

00:21:51 Phi Fee: Your word is Tomorrow.

00:21:53 Contestant: Tomorrow. T o m o r o w. Tomorrow. I'm sorry.

00:22:01 Phi Fee: Incorrect.

00:22:03 Contestant: Tomorrow. T o o n o r r o w.

00:22:16 Phi Fee: Your word is cinema.

00:22:20 Contestant: Cinema. C I n e m. Cinema.

00:22:28 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is Thursday.

00:22:37 Contestant: Thursday. T h u r s d a y. Thursday. Correct.

00:22:50 Phi Fee: Your word is Mountain.

00:22:52 Contestant: Mountain. M o u n T a I n. Mountain. Correct.

00:23:03 Phi Fee: Your word is August.

00:23:06 Contestant: Make a sentence, please.

00:23:07 Phi Fee: Yes. August is the month after July.

00:23:12 Contestant: Definition, please. Yes.

00:23:15 Phi Fee: The eighth month of the calendar year between July and September.

00:23:20 Contestant: August. A u g u s t. August. Correct.

00:23:31 Phi Fee: Your word is Museum.

00:23:34 Contestant: Museum. M u s e u m. Museum. Correct.

00:23:42 Phi Fee: Your word is Library.

00:23:46 Contestant: Could you repeat the word, please?

00:23:49 Phi Fee: Library.

00:23:50 Contestant: Library. L I b r u a r y. Library. I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

00:24:00 Phi Fee: Library.

00:24:01 Contestant: L I b r a r y. Library.

00:24:11 Phi Fee: Your word is popular.

00:24:15 Contestant: Popular. Could you repeat a word, please?

00:24:17 Phi Fee: Popular.

00:24:19 Contestant: Could you make a sentence, please?

00:24:21 Phi Fee: Yes. The rock star is very popular in Iron Country.

00:24:26 Contestant: Popular. P o p u l a r. Popular. Correct. Thank you.

00:24:41 John Daub: All right, that concludes Round two. Great job. Let's see, Round two. Number 11, number 15, and number 21, please stand up. Please stand up. Can I get a round of applause for these three contestants? Excellent job. All right, let's begin Round three. The words will progressively get more and more difficult, but this round, they're all of equal value. Are you ready? What? All right. That's the experience. That's what I like to hear. Numbers one, two, and three, please line up. Get ready for Round three. Fight.

00:25:40 Phi Fee: Okay. Your word is volunteer.

00:25:47 Contestant: Hello. Sentence, please.

00:25:54 John Daub: Yes.

00:25:55 Phi Fee: My grandma was a volunteer at the Bird's Nest during the Olympic Games.

00:26:02 Contestant: Please.

00:26:05 Phi Fee: I do volunteer activities here in Fukuoka. Volunteer?

00:26:23 Contestant: Definition, please.

00:26:24 Phi Fee: Yes. A person who freely enlists for service,

00:26:31 Contestant: a part of Speech.

00:26:32 Phi Fee: Noun.

00:26:36 Contestant: Pardon, please.

00:26:39 Phi Fee: Volunteer.

00:26:41 Contestant: Volunteer. V o l o n t e e r. Volunteer. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Volunteer. V o l u n t e r. Volunteer. Thank you.

00:27:07 Phi Fee: Your word is assistant.

00:27:10 Contestant: Assistant. A s s I s t a n t. Assistant. Correct.

00:27:20 Phi Fee: Your word is scientific.

00:27:23 Contestant: Can you give me those sentence?

00:27:26 Phi Fee: Yes. The scientist became famous after he published an article in a leading scientific journal.

00:27:37 Contestant: Scientific. S c I e n P I F I c. Scientific. Correct.

00:27:51 Phi Fee: Your word is. Your word is actually.

00:27:58 Contestant: Actually. Please.

00:27:59 Phi Fee: Yes. He might look like a dentist, but he's actually a doctor.

00:28:06 Contestant: Actually. Definition, please.

00:28:08 Phi Fee: Yes. In act or in fact.

00:28:13 Contestant: Actually. A c t u a l l y. Actually.

00:28:21 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is Calendar. Other calendar.

00:28:34 Contestant: Sentence, please.

00:28:35 Phi Fee: Yes. Check the date on the calendar that is hanging on the wall.

00:28:44 Contestant: Calendar. C a l e m e a r. Calendar. Correct.

00:28:55 Phi Fee: Your word is treasure.

00:28:57 Contestant: Treasure. G r e a s u r e. Treasure. Correct.

00:29:08 Phi Fee: Your word is satellite.

00:29:13 Contestant: Pardon?

00:29:14 Phi Fee: Satellite.

00:29:17 Contestant: Satellite. Can you make a sentence?

00:29:21 Phi Fee: Yes. The rocket will launch a weather satellite to help us predict the weather.

00:29:31 Contestant: Pardon? The word, please.

00:29:35 Phi Fee: Satellite.

00:29:38 Contestant: Satellite. S. E. E t l I g h t. Satellite. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Satellite. S a t e l l I t e. Satellite.

00:30:21 Phi Fee: Your word is mystery.

00:30:24 Contestant: May I have a sentence, please?

00:30:25 Phi Fee: Yes. The history of Stonehenge is a mystery.

00:30:31 Contestant: Could you repeat the word, please?

00:30:32 Phi Fee: Mystery.

00:30:33 Contestant: Mystery. M y s t e r 1. Mystery. Correct. Thank you.

00:30:44 Phi Fee: Your word is Tortoise.

00:30:50 Contestant: Repeat the word, please.

00:30:52 Phi Fee: Tortoise.

00:31:00 Contestant: Definition, please.

00:31:01 Phi Fee: Yes.

00:31:02 Contestant: A turtle and tortoise. T o r t o I s e. Tortoise. Correct.

00:31:18 Phi Fee: Your word is quantity.

00:31:20 Contestant: Quantity. Can you do my cousin's, please?

00:31:24 Phi Fee: Yes. The teacher Grades essays on the quality of writing, not the quantity.

00:31:33 Contestant: Quantity. Q u a n t I t y. Quantity. Correct.

00:31:43 Phi Fee: Your word is audience.

00:31:46 Contestant: Audience. Sentence, please.

00:31:48 Phi Fee: Yes. She felt nervous at having to sing before such a large audience.

00:31:55 Contestant: Definition, please.

00:31:56 Phi Fee: Yes. A group of spectators or listeners, especially at a public event such as a concert or play.

00:32:05 Contestant: Part of speech.

00:32:07 Phi Fee: Noun.

00:32:08 Contestant: Could you repeat word, please?

00:32:10 Phi Fee: Audience.

00:32:12 Contestant: Audience. Audience. O d I e n c e. Audience. Audience. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Audience. A u d I e n c E. Audience. Thank you.

00:32:40 Phi Fee: Your word is sincerely. Yes. Alice sincerely wanted to accept the invitation, but she just didn't have time to attend the wedding.

00:32:57 Contestant: Sincerely. S I n c e r L y. Sincerely. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Sincerely. S I n c in r e l y. Sincerely.

00:33:21 Phi Fee: Your word is challenge.

00:33:24 Contestant: Repeat, please.

00:33:26 Phi Fee: Challenge.

00:33:26 Contestant: Sentence, please.

00:33:27 Phi Fee: Yes. Rob is bored with schoolwork and needs a challenge to keep him interested.

00:33:34 Contestant: Challenge. Challenge. Say H a, L, L. Challenge. Correct. Thank you.

00:33:45 Phi Fee: Your word is available.

00:33:54 Contestant: Can you make a sentence, please?

00:33:56 Phi Fee: Yes. Several cars are available within this price range.

00:34:09 Contestant: Can you repeat it? Available.

00:34:39 Phi Fee: Yes. Obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service.

00:34:56 Contestant: It. Available. It. I'm sorry, time's up. Available. A, v, a, I, l, a b, l, e. Available.

00:36:06 Phi Fee: Your word is capacity.

00:36:13 Contestant: Can you repeat the word, please?

00:36:15 Phi Fee: Capacity.

00:36:27 Contestant: Capacity. C, a, p a s, c, I, t, y. Capacity. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Capacity. C, a, p, a c, I, t, y. Capacity.

00:36:54 Phi Fee: Your word is bandage.

00:36:57 Contestant: Bandage. B, a S, D a, G, E. Bandage.

00:37:03 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is separate.

00:37:10 Contestant: Make a sentence, please.

00:37:11 Phi Fee: Yes. The teacher is trying to separate the boys who are fighting.

00:37:17 Contestant: Definition, please.

00:37:18 Phi Fee: To set or keep apart.

00:37:22 Contestant: Separate. S, E, P a, R a, t e. Separate.

00:37:30 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is definitely.

00:37:37 Contestant: Definitely. D e, f I, m I, d l, y. Definitely. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Definitely. D e f I n I, t e, l, y. Definitely.

00:38:02 Phi Fee: Your word is advantage.

00:38:10 Contestant: Advantage. Can you repeat the word, please?

00:38:12 Phi Fee: Advantage.

00:38:14 Contestant: Make a sentence, please.

00:38:16 Phi Fee: Yes. Tanya won the match because she had a big advantage over her smaller opponents.

00:38:24 Contestant: Advantage. A, d v a, n T a, g, e. Advantage.

00:38:35 John Daub: All right, that ends round three. High five. All right, some energy in here. Everybody stand up for a second. Let's shake it out. I know it's hard to sit in the chairs. Please stand up for a little bit and shake. Stand up. Stand up. Do it. All right, I'm gonna get the results here. It's your last chance to stretch. Stretching is good for the mind.

00:39:03 Phi Fee: It is.

00:39:05 John Daub: And the body. All right, I have the results for round three. Would numbers 1, 7, 12, 13, 16, 17, and 20 please stand up? Can I get a round of applause for our contestants? Good job. Thank you very much. All right, Sit more together. If number 18 can come over here and 19 can move over here, 18 can sit here. The 22 is okay. 19, please sit here. Can you guys move down? Move down into the center. 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6. Please. No, no. It's okay. Please move into the sentence. It's okay. One, two, three. There are 12 contestants remaining. It's time for round four. The words are going to get a little bit harder now. Number two, three, and four.

00:40:27 Phi Fee: Your word is vegetarian.

00:40:31 Contestant: Vegetarian. V e g e T a R I a n. Vegetarian.

00:40:37 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is occupation.

00:40:44 Contestant: Can you give me the sentence?

00:40:46 Phi Fee: Yes. Mining is considered a dangerous occupation.

00:40:51 Contestant: Occupation. O c c u b a t I O n. Occupation. Correct.

00:41:03 Phi Fee: Your word is appointment.

00:41:07 Contestant: Pardon?

00:41:08 Phi Fee: Appointment.

00:41:09 Contestant: Sentence, please.

00:41:10 Phi Fee: Yes. She has an appointment. With a client at 10:30am.

00:41:23 Contestant: Appointment. A p p o I n t&ent. Appointment. Correct.

00:41:36 Phi Fee: Your word is. Your word is. Enthusiasm.

00:41:42 Contestant: Enthusiasm. Santa, please.

00:41:46 Phi Fee: Yes. Jean was looking forward to her first date with great enthusiasm.

00:41:53 Contestant: Enthusiasm?

00:41:56 Phi Fee: Yes. A strong feeling of excitement and interest in something and a desire to become involved in it.

00:42:04 Contestant: Enthusiasm. Am I. Hey.

00:42:42 Phi Fee: I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

00:42:44 Contestant: Enthusiasm. E n t H u S I a s m. Enthusiasm. Thank you.

00:42:59 Phi Fee: Your word is application.

00:43:02 Contestant: Application. A a p p l I c a t I o m. Application. Correct.

00:43:19 Phi Fee: Your word is convenience.

00:43:25 Contestant: May I have, please?

00:43:27 Phi Fee: Yes. We find our folding table of green.

00:43:30 John Daub: Great.

00:43:30 Phi Fee: Convenience.

00:43:31 Contestant: Could you repeat the word, please?

00:43:33 Phi Fee: Convenience.

00:43:34 Contestant: Convenience. Say O n V e N I E and say e. Convenience. Correct. Thank you.

00:43:48 Phi Fee: Your word is explanation.

00:43:55 Contestant: May I have the sentence?

00:43:57 Phi Fee: Yes. The policeman asked the witness for a detailed explanation of the car accident.

00:44:08 Contestant: What's the power of the speech?

00:44:10 Phi Fee: Noun.

00:44:13 Contestant: What is the origin?

00:44:15 Phi Fee: Middle English.

00:44:19 Contestant: Could you repeat the word, please?

00:44:21 Phi Fee: Explanation.

00:44:26 Contestant: Explanation. A c s P l a t I o n. Explanation. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Explanation. E x P L a n a T I n. Explanation.

00:44:56 Phi Fee: Your word is. Your word is. Gymnastics.

00:45:08 Contestant: Gymnastic. Pardon, please.

00:45:13 Phi Fee: Gymnastics.

00:45:15 Contestant: Gymnastics. Can you make a sentence, please?

00:45:18 Phi Fee: Yes. If you don't have strong flexible muscles, you'll have a hard time doing gymnastics.

00:45:27 Contestant: Gymnastic. G Y m n N a s t I c s. Gymnastics. Correct.

00:45:47 Phi Fee: Your word is Entertainment.

00:45:50 Contestant: Repeat, please.

00:45:52 Phi Fee: Entertainment.

00:45:53 Contestant: Sentence, please.

00:45:54 Phi Fee: Yes. A jazz band provided the entertainment at the wedding.

00:45:59 Contestant: Entertainment. E n t e r T a I n m e n t. Entertainment.

00:46:07 Phi Fee: Correct.

00:46:08 Contestant: Thank you.

00:46:11 Phi Fee: Your word is Pronunciation.

00:46:14 Contestant: Pronunciation. P r o n u n C I a. T I o n. Pronunciation.

00:46:26 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is anniversary.

00:46:34 Contestant: Make us in his peace.

00:46:35 Phi Fee: Yes. To celebrate my parents 20 years of marriage, we will host an anniversary party for them.

00:46:42 Contestant: Definition, please. Yes.

00:46:44 Phi Fee: The date on which an event occurred in some previous year or the celebration of it.

00:46:50 Contestant: Pardon? The workplace.

00:46:52 Phi Fee: Anniversary.

00:46:54 Contestant: Anniversary. A n n I v b e r S a r y. Anniversary. Correct.

00:47:09 Phi Fee: Your word is Congratulation.

00:47:12 Contestant: Congratulation. Could you repeat a word, please?

00:47:15 Phi Fee: Congratulation.

00:47:18 Contestant: Congratulations. C o n g r a t u s l a t I o n. Congratulations.

00:47:45 John Daub: One moment, please. We're now confirming something. All right. Number four, you have a second chance because they made a mistake. So one more chance. Because of. Because of a miss. That was due to the team on our side. So you have one more chance to spell the word. So, number four, one more chance, please.

00:49:04 Contestant: Okay.

00:49:06 John Daub: Yeah.

00:49:08 Phi Fee: Your word is Acknowledge.

00:49:12 Contestant: Acknowledge. A C and O. L e. G. Acknowledge.

00:49:37 Phi Fee: Sorry, that's incorrect.

00:49:39 Contestant: Acknowledge. A, C, K, N O, W L E, D G E. Acknowledge.

00:49:52 John Daub: All right, so that ends round number four. Numbers four and number nine, please stand up. Number four. Number nine. Round of applause for our contestants. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Good job. Everybody. Pretended you can move into the middle.

00:50:09 Contestant: Make sure they have the right order, okay?

00:50:17 John Daub: All right. Make sure you stay in order. Three, two, three. Six. Five, six. Okay. Stay in order. Don't go out of order, please. All right, let's have the contestants line up for round number five. Round number five. Everybody wake up. I can sense people to sleeping. Do whatever sleep out there.

00:50:37 Contestant: This is a spelling day.

00:50:39 John Daub: This should be a battle. Wake up, you two contestants, wake up. All right, light up, please. Hold on. Number number two and number five behind here. Thank you. Round five.

00:50:53 Phi Fee: Your word is refugee.

00:50:56 Contestant: Refugee. R e f u g e e. Refugee. Correct.

00:51:05 Phi Fee: Your word is hostility.

00:51:08 Contestant: Can resume the sentence?

00:51:09 Phi Fee: Yes. There is open hostility between the leaders of the two countries.

00:51:15 Contestant: Hostility. H o s T I l I t y. Hostility. Correct.

00:51:27 Phi Fee: Your word is genuine.

00:51:37 Contestant: Genuine. G e m U I n e. Genuine.

00:51:46 John Daub: Correct.

00:51:51 Phi Fee: Your word is ultimate.

00:51:56 Contestant: Can you repeat the word, please?

00:51:58 Phi Fee: Ultimately.

00:52:02 Contestant: Ultimate. O l d t e m e n T. Ultimate. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Ultimate. U l T I n a T e. Ultimate.

00:52:24 Phi Fee: Your word is intuition.

00:52:27 Contestant: Could you repeat the word, please?

00:52:29 Phi Fee: Intuition.

00:52:30 Contestant: May I have a sentence, please?

00:52:31 Phi Fee: Yes. Ray's intuition told him not to make the bet.

00:52:36 Contestant: Intuition. I n t u I t I o n. Intuition. Correct. Thank you.

00:52:46 John Daub: Well done.

00:52:48 Phi Fee: Your word is plateau.

00:52:52 Contestant: Plateau. Can you make us, please?

00:52:54 Phi Fee: Yes. A broad valley opened up leading to a high flat plateau of cultivated land.

00:53:02 Contestant: Plateau. Definitions, please.

00:53:05 Phi Fee: Yes. An area of flat land that is higher than the land around it.

00:53:11 Contestant: Plateau. P l a t o U. Plateau. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Plateau. P l a t E a U. Plateau. Thank you.

00:53:37 Phi Fee: Your word is immune.

00:53:40 Contestant: Okay. Please.

00:53:41 Phi Fee: Immune, please. Yes, I am immune to the disease because I've already had it once.

00:53:48 Contestant: Immune. I am u n e. Immune.

00:53:52 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is simulate.

00:54:00 Contestant: Can you repeat the word?

00:54:02 Phi Fee: Simulate.

00:54:03 Contestant: Simulate. S I m u l a t he he. Simulates. Correct.

00:54:13 Phi Fee: Your word is amateur.

00:54:16 Contestant: Make a sentence, please.

00:54:18 Phi Fee: Yes, I am an amateur musician, but one day I hope to be a professional.

00:54:25 Contestant: Definition, please.

00:54:26 Phi Fee: Yes. One who engages in a pursuit, study or science or sport as a pastime rather than as a result.

00:54:34 John Daub: Profession.

00:54:38 Contestant: Pardon? The word, please.

00:54:40 Phi Fee: Amateur.

00:54:41 Contestant: Amateur. A m a t e u r. Amateur.

00:54:48 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is versatile.

00:54:56 Contestant: Versatile. Could you repeat a word, please?

00:54:59 Phi Fee: Verses?

00:55:00 Contestant: Versatile. V e r S a T I L e. Versatile. Correct. Thank you.

00:55:12 John Daub: All right, that ends round five. I came from this direction and freaked them out. All right, Round five is finished with number six and ten. Stand up, please. Number six and ten. Can you get a round of applause for contestants six and ten?

00:55:29 Contestant: Well done.

00:55:31 John Daub: Move to the center. Move to the center. All right. Now the competition is getting fierce. We have eight contestants remaining. The final eight for round six. The Worlds will get extremely hard from now on. I hope you're ready. Please line up. Round six. Round six.

00:55:54 Contestant: Three spellers standing in the line.

00:55:55 John Daub: Three spellers standing in the line.

00:55:57 Contestant: Three. Five. Right.

00:55:58 John Daub: Two, Three and five.

00:55:59 Contestant: Numbers. Okay.

00:56:01 John Daub: Good job.

00:56:03 Phi Fee: Your word is heer.

00:56:07 Contestant: Could you please repeat the word?

00:56:09 Phi Fee: Heifer.

00:56:12 Contestant: Heer. H E F E R. Heer. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Heer. H e I F e r. Heifer.

00:56:25 John Daub: Heifer.

00:56:28 Phi Fee: Your word is Fiesta.

00:56:31 Contestant: Fiesta. Can reach in the sentence?

00:56:33 Phi Fee: Yes. The crowd thronged the streets during the fiesta.

00:56:38 Contestant: Fiesta. F I e S T a. Fiesta.

00:56:44 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is Waffle.

00:56:50 Contestant: Pardon?

00:56:51 Phi Fee: Waffle.

00:56:52 Contestant: Waffle. W a s s l e. Waffle. Correct.

00:57:00 Phi Fee: Your word is nostril.

00:57:03 Contestant: May I have a sentence, please? Yes.

00:57:06 Phi Fee: Susan has a slight infection in her right nostril.

00:57:09 Contestant: Could you repeat the word, please?

00:57:11 Phi Fee: Nostril.

00:57:12 Contestant: Nostril and O s T r I L. Nostril. Correct. Thank you.

00:57:25 Phi Fee: Your word is Blythe.

00:57:28 Contestant: You can please.

00:57:29 Phi Fee: Blythe.

00:57:33 Contestant: Sentence, please.

00:57:34 Phi Fee: Yes. He seems quite blithe, despite the trouble he has caused.

00:57:42 Contestant: Repeat, please.

00:57:43 Phi Fee: Blythe.

00:57:45 Contestant: Sentence. Sentence, please.

00:57:53 Phi Fee: She has a blithe and carefree manner.

00:57:58 Contestant: Blythe. B L u M T H BL I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Life. P B L I T H e. Blythe. Thank you.

00:58:16 Phi Fee: Your word is walrus.

00:58:19 Contestant: Can I have the definition?

00:58:21 Phi Fee: Yes. A large marine mammal of archaic. Excuse me, Arctic regions related to the seal and which has two long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin and four flippers.

00:58:33 Contestant: Walrus. W a L R u S. Walrus. Correct.

00:58:42 Phi Fee: Your word is Fennel.

00:58:47 Contestant: Make a sentence, please.

00:58:48 Phi Fee: Yes. Cut the fennel into wafer thin slices.

00:58:55 Contestant: Definition, please.

00:58:56 Phi Fee: Yes. A plant with a crisp, rounded base that can be eaten as a vegetable and feather leaves that can be used as an herb.

00:59:06 Contestant: Fennel. S e N N a L. Fennel. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Fennel. F e M n e L. Fennel.

00:59:28 Phi Fee: Your word is Diablo.

00:59:35 Contestant: Diablo. Make a sentence.

00:59:45 Phi Fee: Yes. The hysterical woman claimed the couple's daughter was possessed by Diablo.

00:59:59 Contestant: Diablo. D e o p l o. Diablo. And so. Sorry, that's incorrect. Diablo. D I a b, l o. Diablo.

01:00:22 John Daub: Diablo. So that concludes round six. Diablo is a tough one. Diablo. D, I, A, P, L O. It's Spanish in origin. Is that correct?

01:00:38 Phi Fee: That is correct.

01:00:39 John Daub: Ah. Should have asked for the origin. Spanish. Diablo. Cadet. Contestants 2, 14, 19 and 22, please stand up. A round of applause for our contestants. Excellent job. Thank you so much. All right, everybody. Come to the front. Have a seat here in justice. 8, 8 and 18 right here. 5 and 3 and 5 right here. 3 and 5, right here. Bring your chair. So let's go from this way. Number three. Number three. Number five. Number eight. Number 18. Yes. Over here, sir. Thank you, sir. These are our Final Four. This is NCAA basketball. That would mean something. But it's not. It's a spelling mate. Contestants are working very hard. What's your name?

01:01:43 Contestant: Dhanush Mehta.

01:01:45 John Daub: Where are you from?

01:01:46 Contestant: I'm from India. Chennai.

01:01:48 John Daub: What's your favorite subject to study?

01:01:51 Contestant: My favorite subject is science.

01:01:54 John Daub: Science. What's your name? Where are you from?

01:01:59 Contestant: I'm from China.

01:02:00 John Daub: What is your favorite subject to study? Science. Math. Physical education.

01:02:13 Contestant: English.

01:02:15 John Daub: English.

01:02:17 Contestant: English.

01:02:18 John Daub: All right. I like that.

01:02:19 Contestant: English.

01:02:20 John Daub: What is your name?

01:02:21 Contestant: I'm Louis. I'm from China. My favorite subject is English.

01:02:25 John Daub: What is your favorite color?

01:02:27 Contestant: Blue.

01:02:28 John Daub: Wonderful. They're wearing blue today. And what is your name? Where are you from?

01:02:33 Contestant: Myanmar.

01:02:34 John Daub: Myanmar. And what do you like to study at school?

01:02:37 Contestant: Literature.

01:02:39 John Daub: Literature. Excellent. Contestants. A little bit better. Let us start round number seven.

01:02:48 Phi Fee: Number seven.

01:02:49 John Daub: Number eight. Round seven. Lucky seven. Let's begin. The first contestant. You can stand. You can sit down. One by one Is okay. Let me help you.

01:03:07 Phi Fee: Your word is furlong.

01:03:10 Contestant: Furlong. Can we use it in a sentence?

01:03:14 Phi Fee: Yes. That black stallion won his last race by furlong.

01:03:19 Contestant: Furlong. F u r l o n g. Furlong. Correct. Thank you.

01:03:32 Phi Fee: Your word is Inferno.

01:03:41 Contestant: Sentence, please.

01:03:42 Phi Fee: Yes. The old wooden building caught fire and quickly became an infant Inferno.

01:03:49 Contestant: Thank you. Inferno. I M F E R M O. Inferno. Correct. Thank you.

01:04:06 Phi Fee: Your word is Prawling.

01:04:10 Contestant: May I have sonos, please? Yes.

01:04:13 Phi Fee: Be sure that each guest takes home a treat such as a pring.

01:04:18 Contestant: Could you repeat the word, please?

01:04:20 Phi Fee: Praline.

01:04:21 Contestant: Praline. P R A L E I N Pr I'm sorry, that's incorrect. PR A L I N E. Praline. Thank you.

01:04:43 Phi Fee: Your word is? Caribou.

01:04:46 Contestant: Can you repeat the word?

01:04:47 Phi Fee: Caribou.

01:04:49 Contestant: Can you tell me the definition?

01:04:51 Phi Fee: Yes. Any of several large reindeer native to northern North America.

01:04:57 Contestant: Can you repeat the word?

01:04:58 Phi Fee: Caribou?

01:04:59 Contestant: Caribou. C A R R I P E A Caribou. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Caribou. C A R I B O U. Caribou.

01:05:20 John Daub: What does that mean? That means that we do not have a third place winner yet. So the two contestants will face off. We have the top two right here. Please stand up, number three. Number five, please stand up. These are our top two. A round of applause. But wait. We must decide who will be in third place. So we have a little battle between the two contestants. Number eight and number 18 must fight for the third place prize. Are you ready, you two? All right? Are you nervous? No. A little bit. I'm nervous for you. Then let us begin the supplemental round. Round A, B.

01:06:05 Phi Fee: Sure.

01:06:05 John Daub: The numbering system. Judges are now talking amongst themselves, deciding the words. Challenge me for that third prize. One of you will be going home with a prize.

01:06:19 Contestant: Number eight and number 18.

01:06:22 John Daub: Let's begin.

01:06:23 Phi Fee: Okay. Your word is minaret.

01:06:30 Contestant: May I have S, please?

01:06:31 Phi Fee: Yes. To find the nearest mosque, just walk toward the first minaret.

01:06:37 Contestant: You see? Could you repeat the word, please?

01:06:39 Phi Fee: Minaret.

01:06:40 Contestant: Minaret. M I N A R E T. Minaret. Correct. Thank you.

01:06:52 Phi Fee: Your word is Scampi.

01:06:55 Contestant: Can you repeat the word?

01:06:56 Phi Fee: Scampi.

01:06:58 Contestant: Can you tell me the definition?

01:06:59 Phi Fee: Yes. Large prawns, often served fried in bread crumbs.

01:07:04 Contestant: Can you repeat the word?

01:07:06 Phi Fee: Scampi.

01:07:07 Contestant: Can I have an example sentence?

01:07:08 Phi Fee: Yes. If you like grilled shrimp, I think you'll like grilled scampi, too.

01:07:15 Contestant: Scampi. S, C A M P E D E. Scampid. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Scampi. S C A N, P I. Scampi.

01:07:32 John Daub: Can I get a round of applause for contestant number 18? Thank you very much.

01:07:38 Contestant: Thank you very much. Number 18 is the third plate.

01:07:43 Phi Fee: Yeah.

01:07:43 John Daub: Number. Number 8 is our third place winner. So congratulations. Good job. Good job.

01:07:53 Contestant: No, no, no. Just stand.

01:07:54 John Daub: Oh, okay. You can stand. You can stand over here. Place of honor for slapping my hand so hard. Stand over here. Now we're having fun here. Now, this round is going to be a challenge. I'm going to ask the audience, please keep completely quiet. This contestants need to focus very much. There's a lot on the line here. A championship is on the line, so we must be completely quiet. And that's it. Be quiet. Q, U, I, E, T. Very. All right, let's begin. Number three,

01:08:40 Phi Fee: your word is Nirvana.

01:08:43 Contestant: Nirvana. Can you please give me a sentence?

01:08:47 Phi Fee: Yes. Achieving nirvana is only possible for those who have become pure.

01:08:53 Contestant: Nirvana. N I R, V A N A Nirvana. Correct.

01:09:03 Phi Fee: Your word is Alcazar.

01:09:10 Contestant: Alcazar. A l k, a z, a r. Alcazar.

01:09:16 Phi Fee: I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

01:09:19 Contestant: Alcazar. A l, c, a z a r. Alkazar.

01:09:31 John Daub: High five. Good job. So second place winner right here. Congratulations. Have a seat right here. And our first place winner. Well done. High five. Good job. So here are three winners. The winner in the middle. Awesome job. So these are our three winners. We're going to be taking pictures at the end. End of the event altogether. So just a. Just a quick congratulations, and we're going to be taking a short break right now and coming back here for the secondary contest. Oh, okay. Go ahead and get your flag. Do you have your flag? Go get it really quickly. 10, 9, 8, 3, 2, 1. 0. Minus 1 minus 2. All right. You're not just a number, you're a name. First place, Tanish Meta. You get a good. Second place, Oweng Laichek. Second place. Congratulations. And third place. That's right. Congratulations to our contestants from China and India. Well done. We're gonna have a chance to take some pictures at the end of the event after our secondary contestants have competed. Let's take a short break. Take a break. Stretch a little bit. I think our secondary contestants need to energize again before we start. So we'll be back here in five minutes. Ten minutes. Ten minutes. Ten minutes dot ten minutes. See you soon. Yeah.

01:11:36 Contestant: Okay.

01:11:37 John Daub: Future paper to me.

01:11:38 Contestant: John, paper to me. Thank you. We are ahead of time.

01:11:43 John Daub: Oh, we're ahead of time. We're ahead of time. That's crazy. I can't believe we're ahead of time. Great job. I'm still. I'm still talking on the microphone here. Do you want the microphone? Talk to the people around the world. Do you like Japan? What's your favorite Japanese food? Oh, tofu. Very good, Very good, very good. So these are our winners. Have you ever been. What's your favorite Japanese food? Tofu as well. Wow. Really? What do you like?

01:12:28 Contestant: Sushi.

01:12:29 John Daub: Sushi. Excellent. How long do you study every day for spelling? Beef? For three months. Wow. How long do you study?

01:12:44 Contestant: Two and a half months.

01:12:45 John Daub: For two and a half months, he studied. How long did you study? Forever. How long did you study? How long do you study for Kyuko? For spelling? A long time. Spelled a long time. So those are our winners. They're going to be winning these prizes over here. Congratulations. Thank you so much.

01:13:11 Contestant: Thank you.

01:13:12 John Daub: Your mom is so proud of you. I can see over there. There's the mothers and the parents here. Very good. They are tired. Oh, there they are. You're on. Only in Japan. Go. Yeah. Awesome. Oh, me too. I'm in the photo.

01:13:52 Contestant: He's the youngest guy, but he's the first one got the first place.

01:14:09 John Daub: That's great. So this is the first ever contestant from India that won. Amazing. Yeah, okay, sure. Where's the gimbal going? That's amazing. The prizes are over there on the floor. Do you see that? I guess we're losing the gimbal a little bit. Yeah. The prizes are there on the floor. It's checks just. It's a very humble prize of about $200. One second. Yeah. Guys, thank you so much. Ando. 11:35. Great job, guys. Some of those words we don't even use often. I know. Did you hear the word? The word heifer? Heifer. I never. I've never used that. And I think I did. Someone might hit me, right? And Mobius 5000. Looking sharp, but great stream as always. Those kids did a really great job. Thank you. There's Kanai's over here. Kanai is like hiding in the back. Heifer's a tough one. Here are the trophies. Once again, the gimbal. The gimbals. The gimbal kind of crashed here, but. What are you guys doing? Behave yourself. Oh, yeah, sure. Oh, you get the third place prize. Here, hold. Just hold this. Let's take a photo really quickly.

01:15:44 Contestant: Right, Quickly. John, do you know I. I'm Daria.

01:15:51 John Daub: Yeah, I remember. Yeah, I remember you. I remember everybody's name. First name, last name, middle names, too.

01:16:01 Contestant: Where is the stray?

01:16:15 John Daub: All right. Thank you. You're welcome. You have to put that back. But that. You did not win. He did not win first place.

01:16:23 Contestant: Now put that back.

01:16:24 John Daub: What are you doing? Look, he's laughing evilly. What are you doing? That's evil. He's running around. He's running around. Yeah, but you get that at the end, buddy. You can't wear that now. You can't wear that now. See here. Primary. How old are you? Seven years old. You're 72. Okay, Boomer. Don't. Don't say that. Okay, Boomer. All right. You look like a Smurf. That's the song. Hey, put that off. I said at the end. Don't touch my bum. Kids are bad. Are you ready for the primary? The secondary. Watch yourself. Watch yourself. This is dangerous. All right? Okay, okay. Did you get something to drink? Because we're starting the secondary, and then. You know what that means. You for primaries have to sit there and wait. You can't sit still for more than five seconds, can't sit there for more. Let's go and meet some of the people. There's Sheila right there. Sheila lives in Fukuoka. Sheila, tell us something about Fukuoka that we don't know.

01:17:47 Sheila: Okay. Fukuoka is a lovely city. And Fukuoka is the home of Dazaifu. 10 Mangu Shrine Design Shrine was founded by a scholar named Sugawari Michizane. And that's where people come from all over Japan to pray for good luck in their tests and contests such as this spelling bee.

01:18:03 Contestant: Today.

01:18:04 John Daub: You lost me at shrine. I never heard any. I haven't heard this place.

01:18:09 Sheila: 10 Mangu Shrine. Yes. Please come check it out. It's next to Kyushu National Museum.

01:18:15 John Daub: Can you spell that?

01:18:16 Sheila: And D, A, Z, A, I, f, u 10. Mongo. T e n T E, N, M A.

01:18:25 John Daub: You totally messed that up. Where's the bell? Ring the bell. Fee. Ring the bell. Feed. Totally. Ring that bell. Very good. Oh, yeah.

01:18:36 Contestant: Nice to meet you. Congrats.

01:18:38 John Daub: Awesome. Look at these teams bond. Family love. Where are you from? From Thailand. Family bonding. Go Thai. Team Sabarika. Spell what? Sarsaparilla. That's like a root beer. Sarsaparilla. Were you challenging the mc? Do you know what happens to you? I'm gonna flip you up to upside down and. All right. Sasparilla. Sarlla. Part of origin, please.

01:19:16 Contestant: Spanish.

01:19:17 John Daub: Spanish. Oh, wow. Sarlla. S. Sarla. S A S P. R o o

01:19:31 Contestant: t b e r b, e, e.

01:19:35 John Daub: Okay, how do you spell sarsaparilla?

01:19:37 Contestant: Sarsaparilla. S a r s a p a r I, l, l a. Sars. Perilla.

01:19:46 John Daub: I can't confirm or deny that that's correct or incorrect. All right. Good job. High five. You.

01:19:52 Contestant: Ah.

01:19:53 John Daub: You totally missed her. You hit me again. Stop hitting me.

01:19:58 Contestant: Stop hitting me.

01:19:59 Contestant: Me.

01:19:59 John Daub: All right. Okay, okay. It's my fault. All right. See? They can't hit normally. Got it. It's a hard hello.

01:20:12 Contestant: In. In vietnam or something.

01:20:15 John Daub: We might be in vietnam. Maybe.

01:20:17 Contestant: Maybe.

01:20:18 John Daub: I don't know yet. Ask victoria. Ask victoria. She's in charge. I bought this necktie because it matches the sign red in the back. Where are you from? In. In vietnam? From where? Ho chi minh city. Okay, I won't post it. Okay, I won't post it. You guys fighting? It's love. No, love.

01:20:48 Contestant: Love.

01:20:49 John Daub: Hug. Hug. Hug. Hugging. Hugging. Hugging. No, no, I. No, they can't hug. Yeah. Love, love and peace. The whole world is watching. Whole world's watching. How high can you jump? How high can you jump? Wait. Keep going. Wait, wait. Keep going. I can't see you. I can't see you. See you. All right, all right. That's boring now. What are you guys laughing about? You sound like you're doing something bad. What do you. What is. I saw you guys talking during the primary competition. Who was it? Who did it? Who did it? You. What? I'm confused. You know what? All of you did it. Look at the finger. They're good kids. Really. They're good kids. You good kids? Good kids. You behave yourselves. Drink a lot of Coca Cola. No, don't do it. Yeah. Milk and honey. All right. Good. Have a seat. Oh, having fun? Hoof hearted. Thank you. My six year old daughter Maggie loves your channel. Hi, Maggie. Welcome to Fukuoka, Japan. We're having fun, Maggie. Yeah. So this is what. This is what I do. I have a lot of fun. I used to teach children for the first seven years I came to Japan. So for me, this is a lot of fun. I kind of connect. Connect on that level. The. The. Yeah. I might be a little bit older, but I can. I can understand how kids are thinking because I'm. I'm a kid too. I'm looking for Kanai. There she is. Right, See, right there. She's very deeply focused. Kanai, say hello to the people. Why are you sitting so bad? Oh, hello. Hello. Where are you from? From Malaysia. Indonesia. Indonesia is very strong in the secondary. From Jakarta. Oh, wow. Thank you. We have people from. From Malaysia, from all over. All over Asia. It's pretty great. From Vietnam. Good job. Can I. Can you spell those words? I know. Very difficult. I didn't. I couldn't spell half those words at the end. It was really. I do videos in Japan. Nice to meet you too. All right. So there's Kanai. What? Oh, yeah, yeah. Thanks for letting me know that. We went black here. So we have competitors from all over the world. Kanai is right there. She's smiling because she could not spell any of those words. I see you. Where are you hiding? We're setting up now for the secondary contest. Everybody's taking a break. The secondary contest is junior high school and high school up to about age 17. And then they can't compete in this anymore. But because they're just too big and too smart. But I'll tell you something. The younger kids are so smart because I don't know, aged in spelling. I think you just have it or you don't. You remember the words and the patterns by the languages. So I'm just. I'm just in awe for people who are speaking this as their second language that are doing a Spelling bee. It's pretty crazy. It's pretty crazy. Hey, Fee. Where. Where's a good place for people to go in Fukuoka? Where would you tell people to recommend

01:24:51 Contestant: a good place to go in? Well, if you want something nice and cultural, there's a lovely temple called Nanzoin. And it has a beautiful lying down Buddha. And I think it might be the

01:25:05 Sheila: biggest Buddha that's lying down.

01:25:07 John Daub: Wow. Yes. But it's bigger than the one in Buddha in Bangkok. The Lying Buddha.

01:25:15 Sheila: I haven't been to Bangkok, but I have been to Nanzoi. Yes.

01:25:17 John Daub: It's a very big. All right. You hear that? Bangkok. It's competition time for Lying Buddha. Yeah. And. And what's the best food to eat in Fukuoka? What do you eat here if you come to visit?

01:25:28 Contestant: I'm a vegetarian, so you're asking the wrong person.

01:25:31 Sheila: I'm not. Ramen. Ramen. Ramen stalls up and down along the river.

01:25:38 John Daub: You can't go wrong with ramen.

01:25:39 Sheila: Can't go wrong with ramen.

01:25:40 John Daub: Tonkotsu. Ramen Tonkotsu.

01:25:42 Sheila: Yes, with pork on the bone. And you want to get some good gyoza.

01:25:46 John Daub: Okay.

01:25:47 Sheila: Yes, gyoza. With the ramen and some shochu.

01:25:51 John Daub: Okay. Oh, wow. You people drunk now? Sheila, you're getting them drunk and full. Look at that. Get some happy people now.

01:25:59 Sheila: That's right.

01:26:00 John Daub: I'm gonna go get a bowl of ramen after this. With kanai. Thanks, Sheila. Thanks, Bea. Yeah. I'm gonna take a break. So this will end the live stream. 86 minutes. That's pretty good. Usually these go a little bit longer than this, but this is what I do every year. It's pretty fun. Just keep it light. The whole thing is for kids to have fun. You know, when you do a spelling contest, parents should know this too. I know that the kids study really hard. They're very nervous. But when they come here. Here, they want to have. They should have some fun. I see you. Why are you guys sneaking up on me? And it's all about that, you know, Just kind of enjoying themselves. And when I do this job, I kind of do that too. Just have some fun. I know. I see him behind me. Yeah, it's something about a camera. Where are you from? Secondary. Are they ready? All right, the secondary contestants are ready. Should I keep this rolling? You guys want to see the secondary contest? Should we? All right. I. I don't mind if you don't mind. So we can keep going. I appreciate that, guys. Thanks. I will keep it going until the camera dies and we're Gonna keep this going.

01:27:21 Contestant: 87,000.

01:27:22 John Daub: Yeah, but the. The gimbal is. Is dying. I don't know why. All right, we're going to do this. If the gimbal dies and the stream will end.

01:27:32 Contestant: Sneaking up your backside.

01:27:33 John Daub: I. I saw you sneaking up my backside. How dare you. You're sneaking up on my. On my. Viewers. Yes. Ladies and gentlemen, we'll be beginning the secondary competition shortly. Would all the secondary contestants come to the stage? Secondary contestants, Your primary secondary contestants. S e c o n D a r Y. Secondary one, take your positions.

01:28:12 Contestant: Number two. Professor. Number three. Number four.

01:28:18 John Daub: No.

01:28:18 Contestant: Fine.

01:28:19 John Daub: Get people's attention. Never give John the microphone. If you give John the microphone, he just talks until he has nothing more to say, which is impossible. Got a lot to say. Should use the restroom.

01:28:51 Sheila: Hi. While John's using the microphone, let me come here and speak about spelling bees. A spelling bee is an American tradition that got started by the Scripps News Company, I think, in Boston around 100 years ago. I also participated in spelling bees when I was their age. So this competition is really big, really important, and a really good way to remember. English. English. Let's try it. Japan. Yay.

01:29:12 John Daub: Sheila, did you hijack my show? Sheila, you hijacked. Only in Japan. Go.

01:29:17 Contestant: I did.

01:29:17 John Daub: I walked away for, like, five seconds. I'm like, please don't. Talking to the crew.

01:29:24 Contestant: Yeah, sorry.

01:29:26 John Daub: Are you nervous? Of course I'm not on the line. I'm a little nervous, too. What are you making? Team two. Very good. Are you guys the assassins? Assassins? You. Are you. You're the one. All of the primary contestants can sit here in the front. We're going to be ready in about 30 seconds. So we're going to ask you, everybody, one more time to put your. Your mobile phones, your smartphones on manner mode, silent mode, or vibrate mode. We don't want to hear any notifications going on. Also, I'm going to remind you during the contest to please be quiet because it's hard to. I've got a lot to say. Also, everybody needs to sit down. Who's in the front when you're there? So are there any more primary contestants that want to sit here in the front? Last chance. Last chance. Yeah. Everybody who's downstairs, we're going to be starting in 30 seconds. Starting in 30 seconds, if you're downstairs. Thank you. You don't have any official music. The secondary competition. Let's hear a round of applause. So we have contestants competing from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, and China. And I'm really excited about this. Everybody is ready and prepared. Please don't be nervous. Just relax and spell the words. Once again, let's go over the rules very quickly. The most important one is to say the word. Spell the word. Say the word. Can you give me a word pronouncer?

01:31:51 Phi Fee: Right. Okay. Plane. Plain.

01:31:55 John Daub: P, L, A, I, N. Plane.

01:32:00 Contestant: I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Oh, plain. P, L, A, N, E. Oh, the plane.

01:32:07 John Daub: I thought it was a plane, like plain ice cream. Oh, I should have asked about part of speech and word and example, sentence. So don't forget to ask those things. But just make sure you speak very clearly. Okay, that's wrong. That's wrong. So just take your time and go very quietly. The second thing that is very important is adjust the microphone to your level before you start. If we can't hear you, then it's wrong. So make sure that we can hear you by talking into the microphone like this. The closer you get, the louder it is. So make sure your voice is heard. Yeah. All right, everybody in the in. If you're going to be in the front, please make sure you sit down and no talking. Primary contestants, no talking. I'm looking at you. I'm going to come and embarrass you, embarrassing myself. All right, without any more speaking, let's begin the secondary competition. Round one. First three contestants, please stand up and line up behind the microphone. Take one step back a little bit. Yeah, right. Right there. Back there. A little back, A little back. Right there. So everybody, right behind here.

01:33:25 Phi Fee: Your word is Study.

01:33:29 Contestant: Can you repeat a word?

01:33:31 Phi Fee: Study.

01:33:34 Contestant: Definition.

01:33:36 Phi Fee: Devote time or attention to acquiring knowledge.

01:33:40 Contestant: Study. S, T u, d, y. Study. Correct.

01:33:47 Phi Fee: Your word is Music.

01:33:50 Contestant: Could you repeat the word, please?

01:33:52 Phi Fee: Music.

01:33:54 Contestant: Music. M, U, S, I, C. Music. Correct.

01:34:03 Phi Fee: Your word is clean.

01:34:05 Contestant: Can you repeat the word?

01:34:06 Phi Fee: Clean.

01:34:08 Contestant: Can you tell me the definition?

01:34:09 Phi Fee: Yes. Free from dirt, marks or stains.

01:34:13 Contestant: Clean. C, L, E, a, N. Clean.

01:34:17 Contestant: Correct.

01:34:21 Phi Fee: Your word is Dance.

01:34:22 Contestant: Dance. Could you repeat a word, please?

01:34:25 Phi Fee: Dance.

01:34:27 Contestant: May I have the definition, please?

01:34:30 Phi Fee: Yes. Move. Move rhythmically to music.

01:34:35 Contestant: Dance. D, A, N, C, E. Dance. Correct. Thank you.

01:34:42 Phi Fee: Your word is Watch. Watch.

01:34:45 Contestant: Can I have a definition, please?

01:34:47 Phi Fee: Yes. Look at or observe attentively.

01:34:50 Contestant: May I have the sentence, please?

01:34:52 Phi Fee: Yes. I want to watch my favorite show on tv.

01:34:56 Contestant: Watch. W, a P C H. Watch. Correct. Thank you.

01:35:06 Phi Fee: Your word is stand.

01:35:10 Contestant: S, T A, N, T. Stand.

01:35:13 Phi Fee: Correct.

01:35:13 Contestant: Correct.

01:35:16 Phi Fee: Your word is.

01:35:17 John Daub: You can use the other microphone.

01:35:19 Phi Fee: Your word is Office.

01:35:22 Contestant: Office.

01:35:23 Contestant: O, F, F, I, C, E. Office. Correct.

01:35:30 Phi Fee: Your word is Speak.

01:35:33 Contestant: Speak. Repeat. Definition, please.

01:35:36 Phi Fee: Yes. To utter or articulate sounds or Communication.

01:35:41 Contestant: Sentence, please.

01:35:42 Phi Fee: Yes. Can you speak English with me and my friends?

01:35:46 Contestant: Thank you. Speak S b e a k. Speak. Correct. Thank you.

01:35:57 Phi Fee: Your word is rabbit.

01:36:00 Contestant: Repeat, please.

01:36:01 Phi Fee: Rabbit.

01:36:02 Contestant: Sentence, please.

01:36:03 Phi Fee: Yes. A rabbit likes eating carrots.

01:36:07 Contestant: Definition, please.

01:36:08 Phi Fee: Yes. A small furry animal with long ears, long hind legs and a short tail.

01:36:15 Contestant: Thank you. Rabbit. R a b b I t. Rabbit. Correct. Thank you.

01:36:24 Phi Fee: Your word is bread. Yes. Food made of flour, water and yeast.

01:36:34 Contestant: Can you repeat the word, please?

01:36:35 Phi Fee: Bread.

01:36:36 Contestant: Bread. B r e a d. Bread.

01:36:41 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is piano.

01:36:48 Contestant: May I have the definition, please? Yes.

01:36:50 Phi Fee: A large keyboard, musical instrument.

01:36:54 Contestant: Piano. P I a N o. Piano. Correct.

01:37:02 Phi Fee: Your word is dinner.

01:37:04 Contestant: Repeat, please.

01:37:05 Phi Fee: Dinner.

01:37:05 Contestant: Send us, please.

01:37:07 Phi Fee: Yes. The last meal of the day is dinner.

01:37:10 Contestant: Definition, please.

01:37:11 Phi Fee: Yes. The last meal of the day occurring in the evening.

01:37:15 Contestant: Part of speech, please.

01:37:17 Phi Fee: Noun.

01:37:18 Contestant: Repeat the word, please.

01:37:19 Phi Fee: Dinner.

01:37:21 Contestant: Thank you. Dinner. D I n e r. Dinner. Correct. Thank you.

01:37:33 Phi Fee: Your word is salad. Repeat, please. Salad.

01:37:37 Contestant: Sentence, please.

01:37:38 Phi Fee: Yes. Dad washes vegetables and makes a salad.

01:37:43 Contestant: Definition, please.

01:37:44 Phi Fee: Yes. A usually cold dish containing chopped vegetables such as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing.

01:37:54 Contestant: Salad. S a l a d. Salad. Correct. Thank you.

01:38:04 Phi Fee: Your word is orange.

01:38:06 Contestant: Definition, please.

01:38:08 Contestant: Yes.

01:38:08 Phi Fee: A bright reddish yellow.

01:38:10 Contestant: Sentence, please.

01:38:11 Phi Fee: Yes. I like the orange color of pumpkins.

01:38:15 Contestant: Thank you. Orange.

01:38:17 Contestant: O r a n g e. Orange.

01:38:21 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is summer.

01:38:28 Contestant: Hold on.

01:38:29 Phi Fee: Summer.

01:38:30 Contestant: Sentence, please.

01:38:32 Phi Fee: Yes. The fan makes us cool in the summer.

01:38:36 Contestant: Summer. S u m M e r. Summer. Correct. Thank you.

01:38:44 Phi Fee: Your word is coffee.

01:38:47 Contestant: Coffee. C o f f e e. Coffee. Correct. Oh, I'm sorry. You didn't tell us you were going to restart coffee. C o f f e e co.

01:39:17 Phi Fee: Your word is paper.

01:39:21 Contestant: Paper. P a p e r. Paper. Correct.

01:39:29 Phi Fee: Your word is lunch.

01:39:32 Contestant: Lunch.

01:39:33 Contestant: L u m.

01:39:36 Contestant: Correct.

01:39:39 Phi Fee: Your word is carrot.

01:39:41 Contestant: Can you repeat, please?

01:39:42 Phi Fee: Carrot.

01:39:43 Contestant: Carrot. C a r r o t. Carrot. Correct. Thank you.

01:39:51 Phi Fee: Your word is brush.

01:39:54 Contestant: Can you repeat the word, please?

01:39:56 Phi Fee: Brush.

01:39:57 Contestant: Brush. B r u s a edge. Brush. Correct.

01:40:03 Phi Fee: Your word is spring.

01:40:06 Contestant: Spring. Can I. Can you tell on the definition, please?

01:40:09 Phi Fee: Yes. The season between winter and summer.

01:40:12 Contestant: Spring.

01:40:13 Contestant: S b r I n d. Spring.

01:40:17 Phi Fee: Correct.

01:40:26 John Daub: All right, that was a tough one. Number 16, please stand up. Thank you so much. A round of applause for number 16. That was very tough. So, contestants, make sure please go slowly and before you speak, think what you say can make or break. This is spelling bee. All right, let's do round number two. Please line up again. Round two,

01:40:54 Contestant: stand in the middle. Number two and three, stand in the middle. Just a moment, please.

01:41:24 Phi Fee: Thank you. Okay. Your word is typical.

01:41:30 Contestant: Typical. T y p I c a l. Typical.

01:41:35 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is leisure.

01:41:43 Contestant: Could you give me the definition, please?

01:41:45 Phi Fee: Yes. Free or unoccupied?

01:41:49 Contestant: Could you give me the sentence, please?

01:41:52 Phi Fee: Yes. All this extra work I'm doing is cutting into my leisure time.

01:41:58 Contestant: Could you repeat the word, please?

01:42:00 Phi Fee: Leisure.

01:42:02 Contestant: Leisure. L E S U R E. Leisure. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Leisure. L E I S U R E. Leisure. Thank you.

01:42:21 Phi Fee: Your word is gravity.

01:42:25 Contestant: Can you tell me the definition?

01:42:27 Phi Fee: Yes. The force of attraction that moves or tends to move bodies toward the center of a celestial body, such as the earth or moon.

01:42:35 Contestant: Can you give me a sentence, please?

01:42:37 Contestant: Yes.

01:42:38 Phi Fee: Did you know that gravity is the force that makes objects fall to the ground?

01:42:42 Contestant: Repeat the word, please.

01:42:43 Phi Fee: Gravity.

01:42:45 Contestant: Gravity. G R A V I T Y. Gravity.

01:42:51 Contestant: Correct.

01:42:55 Phi Fee: Your word is achieve.

01:43:00 Contestant: May I have the sentence, please?

01:43:02 Phi Fee: Yes. John worked hard to achieve. Very good exam results.

01:43:07 Contestant: May I have the definition, please?

01:43:10 Phi Fee: Yes. To bring to a successful conclusion, accomplish or gain.

01:43:17 Contestant: Could you repeat a word, please?

01:43:19 Phi Fee: Achieve.

01:43:22 Contestant: Achieve. A C H I V e. Achieve.

01:43:29 Phi Fee: I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

01:43:32 Contestant: Achieve. A C H I E V e. Achieve. Thank you.

01:43:44 Phi Fee: Your word is receipt.

01:43:47 Contestant: Receipt. Can I have a definition, please?

01:43:50 Phi Fee: Yes. A written acknowledgment by a receiver of money, goods, et cetera, that payment or delivery has been made.

01:43:58 Contestant: May I have a sentence, please?

01:44:00 Phi Fee: Yes. Please send me a receipt for the money I gave you.

01:44:05 Contestant: Receipt. R E C E I P T. Receipt.

01:44:13 Phi Fee: Correct.

01:44:13 Contestant: Thank you.

01:44:20 Phi Fee: Your word is quarrel.

01:44:23 Contestant: Quarrel. Q u e r r e o. Quarrel.

01:44:29 Phi Fee: Sorry, that's incorrect.

01:44:31 Contestant: Quarrel. Q u a r r e l choral. Thank you.

01:44:41 Phi Fee: Your word is rescue. Yes. To bring someone or something out of danger, out of attack or out of harm.

01:44:59 Contestant: May I have the sentence?

01:45:00 Phi Fee: Yes. The fireman arrives just in time to rescue the woman from the fire.

01:45:06 Contestant: Rescue. R e s q u e. Rescue. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Rescue. R e s c u p. Rescue.

01:45:20 John Daub: Excuse me.

01:45:25 Phi Fee: Your word is budget.

01:45:28 Contestant: Definition, please.

01:45:29 Phi Fee: Yes. A sum of money allocated for a particular purpose.

01:45:34 Contestant: Sentence, please.

01:45:35 Phi Fee: Yes. The Finance Committee examined and approved the draft budget for the year.

01:45:41 Contestant: Repeat the word, please. Budget. Budget. B u D G E D. Budget. Correct. Thank you.

01:45:56 Phi Fee: Your word is lounge.

01:46:00 Contestant: Repeat, please.

01:46:02 Phi Fee: Lounge.

01:46:02 Contestant: Sentence, please.

01:46:04 Phi Fee: Yes. My flight was delayed, so I had to wait in the airline's lounge for over three hours.

01:46:10 Contestant: Definition, please.

01:46:12 Phi Fee: Yes. A room, such as in a hotel or airport, with seating where people can wait.

01:46:18 Contestant: Thank you. Lounge. L o u n G E. Lounge. Correct. Thank you.

01:46:28 Phi Fee: Your word is square.

01:46:31 Contestant: Square.

01:46:33 Phi Fee: S Q U A.

01:46:38 Contestant: Square. Correct.

01:46:42 Phi Fee: Your word is access.

01:46:45 Contestant: Access. Can. May I Have the definition, please.

01:46:48 Phi Fee: Yes. A means of entering or exiting.

01:46:53 Contestant: Can I have a sentence, please?

01:46:54 Phi Fee: Yes. For safety reasons, passengers must have clear access to the exits.

01:47:03 Contestant: Access Acc e s s Access.

01:47:08 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is unique.

01:47:14 Contestant: Pete, please. Unique sentence, please.

01:47:17 Phi Fee: Yes. The expensive diamond was cut in a unique shape. Yes. Being the only one of a particular type. Single or soul.

01:47:29 Contestant: Thank you. Unique. U n I q u e. Unique.

01:47:36 Phi Fee: Correct.

01:47:37 Contestant: Thank you.

01:47:42 Phi Fee: Your word is recycle.

01:47:44 Contestant: Repeat, please.

01:47:46 Phi Fee: Recycle.

01:47:47 Contestant: Sentence, please.

01:47:48 Phi Fee: Yes. We recycle paper and soft drink bottles at our office.

01:47:54 Contestant: Definition, please. Yes.

01:47:56 Phi Fee: To pass a substance through a system again for further treatment or use secu

01:48:03 Contestant: Recycle R e c y C l e. Recycle. Correct. Thank you.

01:48:16 Phi Fee: Your word is Accent.

01:48:21 Contestant: Definition, please.

01:48:22 Phi Fee: Yes. The characteristic mode of pronunciation of a person or group, especially one that betrays social or geographical region. Yes. She speaks English with an accent because it is not her first language.

01:48:39 Contestant: Do it, please.

01:48:40 Phi Fee: Accent.

01:48:42 Contestant: Accent. A c c e n t Accent.

01:48:48 Contestant: Correct.

01:48:53 Phi Fee: Your word is variety.

01:48:56 Contestant: Pardon?

01:48:57 Phi Fee: Variety.

01:49:01 Contestant: Sentence, please.

01:49:02 Phi Fee: Yes. I have a great variety of books at home.

01:49:11 Contestant: Variety. V a r I e t y. Variety. Correct. Thank you.

01:49:24 Phi Fee: Your word is humble.

01:49:28 Contestant: Humble. K h u m B l e. Humble. Correct.

01:49:37 Phi Fee: Your word is gradual.

01:49:41 Contestant: Yes.

01:49:42 Phi Fee: Proceeding in small stages. Yes. The child has a gradual awakening to the joy of music. Gradual.

01:49:54 Contestant: Gradual. G R a d u k l. Gradual.

01:50:00 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is neutral.

01:50:06 Contestant: Can you repeat the word, please?

01:50:08 Phi Fee: Neutral.

01:50:09 Contestant: Neutral. N e u t r a l. Neutral.

01:50:14 Phi Fee: Correct.

01:50:15 Contestant: Thank you.

01:50:18 Phi Fee: Your word is various.

01:50:21 Contestant: Can you read your. Please?

01:50:23 Phi Fee: Various.

01:50:24 Contestant: Various. V e r I o u s. Various. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Various. V a r I o u s. Various.

01:50:43 Phi Fee: Your word is arrange.

01:50:45 Contestant: Arrange. Can you tell me definition, please?

01:50:49 Phi Fee: Yes. To put into proper or systematic order.

01:50:53 Contestant: Can you put in sentence, please? Yes.

01:50:55 Phi Fee: Contact the local branch of the bank to arrange an appointment for a loan.

01:51:00 Contestant: Arranged. Thank you. Arrange a r r a n d e. Arranged. Correct. Thank you.

01:51:10 Phi Fee: All right.

01:51:11 John Daub: That concludes round number two. So if contestants two, four, six, seven and 20, please stand up. Two, four, six, seven and twenty. Can I get a round of applause for our contestants? Very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Before we start the next round, have a seat for a second. I want to introduce to you the reason why we're here and this event is made possible in Fukuoka. I'd like to introduce you, a longtime friend of Kyuko, who is the the host of the Asia Spelling Cup. David Tokaluski is the CEO of this of Kyuko. His long term longtime friend, Professor Okada from Fukuoka University. Sorry, Kyushu University. He's a professor of law. He was a top executive at NTT and also a good friend of Nobel Laureate Yunus. Right, Muhammad Yunus. And you're. Let me get this right here. The executive director of the Yunus and Shiki Social Business Research center, which is incredible. I'm really thankful and appreciate you allowing us to have the event here at Kyushu University. We have some students who have some questions for Professor Okura. Okada. Sorry. For Professor Okada. Here's the microphone.

01:52:38 Contestant: Professor,

01:52:45 Professor Okada: Thank you very much for your coming today. I'm very happy to have you here and to Kusu University and also I'm very happy today because I don't need to spell my words and please come back here when you grow up and if you think about go to University, please come back Kyushu University. But maybe at that time I will be not here anymore. But I welcome you to the Kyushu University. Kyushu University is actually one of seven biggest national university in Japan. And we have a wonderful campus. Actually this campus is the smallest campus. We have three other campuses. We have really good education environment. Thank you very much. And as he mentioned, I'm now working with Professor Muhammad Yunus. He's Nobel Peace Prize winner 2006. He established Grammy bank in Bangladesh and actually he's now in Japan and we have some kind of project with him. So like you know Greta Thunberry mentioned last month, now we are living in a kind of fairy tale world. And I really expect you and their kids, they will establish new world on this earth with a new ecosystem and with new civilization. So please make a challenge and make yourself very capable person in the world. See you later. See you soon in the future. Thank you very much.

01:54:25 John Daub: Do you have some questions for Professor Okada? Go ahead please.

01:54:31 Contestant: Thank you very much for your coming today. I'm very happy to have you here and to Kusu University and also I'm very happy today because I don't need to spell my words and please come back here when you grow up and if you think about go to University, please come back Kyushu University. But maybe at that time I will be not here anymore. But I welcome you to the Kyushu University. Kyushu University is actually one of seven biggest national university in Japan. And we have a wonderful campus. Actually this campus is the smallest campus. We have three other campuses. We have really good education environment. Thank you very much. And as he mentioned, I'm now working with Professor Muhammad Yunus. He's Nobel Peace Prize winner 2006. He established Grammy bank in Bangladesh and actually he's now in Japan and we have some kind of project with him. So like you know Greta Thunberry mentioned last month, now we are living in a kind of fairy tale world. And I really expect you and their kids, they will establish new world on this earth with a new ecosystem and with new civilization. So please make a challenge and make yourself very capable person in the world. See you later. See you soon in the future. Thank you very much.

01:54:50 Professor Okada: Actually, when I start studying English at my junior high school and I really would like to go overseas, I want to see the world, different world, all over the world in Montessori. That is my goal. Why I'd like to study English and I really would like to you learn more about everything on this earth. And this earth is just a small, small island in the universe. And this island we have to make our life with in harmonize with other people. So globalize means not only speak English or not know each other, but we have to establish some good harmonized world because we are living in small small island called US. So please make some dream when you try to study English. But you have to make some dream first. Then to achieve your dream, study English.

01:56:06 John Daub: Good question. Another question,

01:56:23 Contestant: Professor. I like learning languages and I want to learn a second foreign language. Have you got any good suggestions?

01:56:33 Professor Okada: Good one. Suggestions to study English.

01:56:37 Contestant: Study foreign language.

01:56:39 John Daub: Oh, a second language.

01:56:41 Professor Okada: Oh, another English word. How about Japanese?

01:56:46 John Daub: Yeah. Japanese.

01:56:47 Contestant: Yes.

01:56:48 Professor Okada: You from China?

01:56:50 Contestant: I'm from China.

01:56:51 John Daub: Oh.

01:56:52 Professor Okada: So I think. I think you have some advantage because you know a Chinese character, right? And some Chinese character is equal to some Japanese character. So you already know half of Japanese. So why don't you choose Japanese?

01:57:14 Contestant: Thank you. Hi, I'm Kaylan. I'm 11 years old. I'm from China. Have you been China before?

01:57:28 Professor Okada: Yes.

01:57:29 Contestant: Do you like China?

01:57:30 Professor Okada: Yes, actually. Actually my grandfather is Chinese from. I speak Chinese.

01:57:54 Contestant: Hello, I'm from China. I'm interested in astronomy and how can I study as well.

01:58:02 Professor Okada: Astronomy?

01:58:03 Contestant: Yes.

01:58:05 Professor Okada: So you like the stars, moons. Good. I think you can learn more than astronomy if you learn the astronomy. If you watch the stars, you can feel something, some priesthood in the world. So please try to find out that kind of principles in science or in society. But if you look at the moon or you look at the stars, you can feel, like I said before, this Earth is a very small island in the universe. Then you can find something. So please study hard about astronomy so you can learn more.

01:58:55 John Daub: More than astronomy. Good advice. One more questions? Yeah, deep questions.

01:59:04 Contestant: Hi, my name is Louis. I'm from China. I ask sports. So what's your favorite sports?

01:59:11 Professor Okada: Oh my. Actually I learn martial arts, Kung fu.

01:59:16 John Daub: Who else?

01:59:17 Professor Okada: University student. But I like also. And I'm now with doing some kind of weight training and also yoga.

01:59:27 Contestant: Yoga. Okay.

01:59:29 Professor Okada: Yeah, please. What. What kind of sport you like?

01:59:33 Contestant: I like jumping rope. All my classmates are love. Love jumping rope. We are best. We are best in the school.

01:59:44 Professor Okada: Great. Congratulations. Thank you

01:59:49 Contestant: so much. Let's take a couple of photos.

01:59:53 John Daub: Take a couple of photos. Sure.

02:00:32 Contestant: Thank you so much.

02:00:35 John Daub: Thank you very much. What is the biggest challenge that kids face, do you think towards the future?

02:00:42 Professor Okada: Right now, as I mentioned, it's a time for us, for humankind to create new civilization. Because we really feel some risk on the environment, also some risk about society. And we have to look carefully what we should do next. Otherwise I think we have to eat sushi with microplastic.

02:01:12 John Daub: Oh no. Yeah, that's true. The oceans have an increasingly large amount of plastic. I think the younger generation is more responsible. Responsible and thinking about these things. Thank you so much for allowing Us to have the event here at Kyushu University. Appreciate it very much. Yes. Professor Okada, everybody. Thank you so much for your time. You hear that? It's up to you kids, right? You have to make the world a better place for us older people. We appreciate that very much. And that also means it's time for round number four. Round number three. Are you ready? Please line up numbers and contestants one, three and five. Round three.

02:01:56 Phi Fee: Okay. Your word is Nutrition.

02:02:04 Contestant: Can you repeat?

02:02:05 Phi Fee: Nutrition.

02:02:07 Contestant: Nutrition. N u t r I T I o. Nutrition. Correct.

02:02:20 Phi Fee: Your word is accurate.

02:02:24 Contestant: Can you repeat the word, please?

02:02:25 Phi Fee: Accurate.

02:02:27 Contestant: Can you tell me the definition, please?

02:02:29 Phi Fee: Yes. Correct and true in every detail.

02:02:33 Contestant: Can you put it in a sentence, please?

02:02:35 Phi Fee: Yes. The brochure tries to give a fair and accurate description of each hotel. Can you repeat the word accurate?

02:02:44 Contestant: Accurate.

02:02:44 Contestant: A c c u r a t. Accurate.

02:02:48 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is Enormous.

02:02:55 Contestant: Enormous. Can I have a definition, please?

02:02:57 Phi Fee: Yes. Unusually large in size, extent or degree. Immense. Vast.

02:03:04 Contestant: We have a sentence piece.

02:03:06 Phi Fee: Yes. The bird's nest is an enormous stadium.

02:03:10 Contestant: Enormous. E n o r M o u s. Enormous. Correct.

02:03:20 Phi Fee: Thank you. Your word is Delegate.

02:03:27 Contestant: Definition, please. Yes.

02:03:29 Phi Fee: A person appointed or elected to represent others.

02:03:34 Contestant: Sentence, please.

02:03:35 Phi Fee: Yes. Tom was elected as a delegate to the annual conference.

02:03:40 Contestant: Repeat the word, please.

02:03:42 Phi Fee: Delegate.

02:03:44 Contestant: Delegate. B E L I C a d e. Delegate. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Thank you. Delegate. D e l e G a T e D.

02:04:08 Phi Fee: Your word is Cigarette.

02:04:11 Contestant: Repeat, please.

02:04:12 Phi Fee: Cigarette.

02:04:14 Contestant: Sentence, please.

02:04:15 Phi Fee: Yes. My dad smokes a cigarette each night after dinner.

02:04:20 Contestant: Definition, please.

02:04:21 Phi Fee: Yes. Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper for smoking.

02:04:25 Contestant: Thank you. Cigarette. C I g a r e t t e. Cigarette.

02:04:35 Phi Fee: Correct.

02:04:35 Contestant: Thank you.

02:04:41 Phi Fee: Your word is Secretary.

02:04:45 Contestant: Can you repeat the word, please?

02:04:47 Phi Fee: Secretary.

02:04:48 Contestant: May I have the definition?

02:04:50 Phi Fee: Yes. One employee to handle correspondence and manage your routine and detail work for superior.

02:04:58 Contestant: Thank you. Secretary.

02:05:03 Phi Fee: S e C r e T a r y.

02:05:11 Contestant: Secretary. Correct.

02:05:16 Phi Fee: Your word is principle.

02:05:19 Contestant: Principle.

02:05:20 Contestant: May I have definition, please?

02:05:22 Phi Fee: Yes. A rule or standard, especially of good behavior.

02:05:26 Contestant: Can I have a sentence, please?

02:05:28 Phi Fee: Yes. It is a principle of mine to help people when I can.

02:05:33 Contestant: Principle. P r I n C I P a l. Principal.

02:05:42 Contestant: I'm sorry, that's a incorrect. Principle. P R I n C I P L e. Principle.

02:06:00 Phi Fee: Your word is essential.

02:06:02 Contestant: Repeat, please. Essential, please.

02:06:05 Phi Fee: Yes. A good diet is an essential part of a healthy, healthy lifestyle.

02:06:10 Contestant: Definition, please.

02:06:11 Phi Fee: Yes. Vitally important. Absolutely necessary part of speech, please. Adjective.

02:06:18 Contestant: Repeat the word, please. Essential. Thank you. Essential. E S S e l T I a l. Essential. Correct.

02:06:34 John Daub: Thank you.

02:06:39 Phi Fee: Your word is Architect. Repeat, please. Architect.

02:06:45 Contestant: Sentence, please.

02:06:46 Phi Fee: Yes. The interior of the new museum was designed by a famous architect.

02:06:52 Contestant: Definition, please.

02:06:53 Phi Fee: Yes. A person who designs buildings and advises in their construction.

02:06:59 Contestant: Thank you. Architect. A a r c H I T e C T. Architect. Correct. Thank you.

02:07:18 Phi Fee: Your word is souvenir.

02:07:23 Contestant: Definition, please.

02:07:24 Phi Fee: Yes. An object that recalls a certain place occasions a person.

02:07:30 Contestant: Sentence, please.

02:07:31 Phi Fee: Yes. This is a souvenir from my trip to Beijing.

02:07:37 Contestant: The word please.

02:07:38 Phi Fee: Souvenir.

02:07:41 Contestant: Souvenir.

02:07:42 Contestant: S o

02:07:47 Contestant: u V e N I r. Souvenir.

02:07:53 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is calculator.

02:08:01 Contestant: Sentence, please.

02:08:03 Phi Fee: Yes. I'm pretty good at doing math in my head, but I sometimes use a calculator for more complicated problems.

02:08:15 Contestant: Calculator. C a l c u. Al ator Calculator.

02:08:26 Phi Fee: Correct.

02:08:27 Contestant: Thank you.

02:08:30 Phi Fee: Your word is persuade.

02:08:34 Contestant: Can you say the sentence?

02:08:35 Phi Fee: Yes. I tried hard to persuade Andrew to come with us, but he just didn't want to persuade.

02:08:44 Contestant: P e r S S u a d e. Persuade. Correct.

02:08:52 Phi Fee: Your word is boundary. Yes. A real or imagined line that marks the limits or edges of something and separates it from other things or places. A dividing line. Part of speech. Noun. I'm sorry. Okay. The PE teacher used chalk to mark the boundary of the football field.

02:09:18 Contestant: Boundary. B o u n d e r y. Boundary. I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

02:09:28 Phi Fee: Boundary.

02:09:29 Contestant: B o u n D a r y. Boundary.

02:09:39 Phi Fee: Your word is prosperity.

02:09:43 Contestant: Can I have a definition, please?

02:09:44 Phi Fee: Yes. When people have money and everything that is needed for a good life.

02:09:50 Contestant: Thank you. Prosperity. P r o S P e r I T y. Prosperity. Correct. Thank you.

02:10:04 Phi Fee: Your word is appreciate.

02:10:06 Contestant: Appreciate.

02:10:07 Contestant: Can you put in sentence, please?

02:10:09 Phi Fee: Yes. We all appreciate a holiday after a year of hard work.

02:10:15 Contestant: Appreciate.

02:10:16 Contestant: A p P r I c I

02:10:26 Contestant: T e. Appreciate. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Thank you. Appreciate. A p P R E C I a T e. Appreciate.

02:10:46 John Daub: All right, so numbers 8, 11, 18 and 21, please stand up. Can we get a round of applause for our contestants? Thank you very much. Thank you. All right, round number four, are you ready? Let's move a little bit over to the center. If you would, please. Move to the center. Can I ask the audience to make sure you keep it down a little bit? This is the critical rounds. The words are getting progressively harder. Thank you. Round four.

02:11:32 Phi Fee: Your word is cognition.

02:11:36 Contestant: Cognition. C o g N I T I o n. Cognition. Correct.

02:11:46 Phi Fee: Your word is slaughter.

02:11:50 Contestant: Can you tell me the definition, please?

02:11:51 Phi Fee: Yes. The killing of a large number of people. A massacre.

02:11:57 Contestant: Can you please put it in a sentence?

02:11:59 Phi Fee: Yes. International forces did nothing to stop the slaughter of innocents in the jungle.

02:12:05 Contestant: Can you repeat the word? Please.

02:12:06 Phi Fee: Yes. Slaughter.

02:12:08 Contestant: Slaughter. S L A U G H T E R. Slaughter.

02:12:15 Phi Fee: Correct. Your word is wizardry.

02:12:26 Contestant: Wizardry. May I have a designation, please?

02:12:29 Phi Fee: Yes. A very high level of skill at something.

02:12:34 Contestant: May I have a sentence, please?

02:12:36 Phi Fee: Yes. The pianist is gifted with technical wizardry.

02:12:41 Contestant: Wizardry. W I Z A R D

02:12:51 Contestant: R Y. Wizardry.

02:12:53 Contestant: Correct.

02:12:58 Phi Fee: Your word is Judicious.

02:13:01 Contestant: Repeat, please.

02:13:02 Phi Fee: Judicious.

02:13:05 Contestant: Sentence, please.

02:13:06 Phi Fee: Yes. We should listen to the judicious opinion of that old man.

02:13:11 Contestant: Definition, please.

02:13:13 Phi Fee: Having or proceeding from good judgment.

02:13:16 Contestant: Repeat the word, please.

02:13:17 Phi Fee: Judicious.

02:13:19 Contestant: Thank you. J U D I C I O U S Judicious.

02:13:27 Phi Fee: Correct.

02:13:28 Contestant: Thank you.

02:13:32 Phi Fee: Your word is Etiquette.

02:13:35 Contestant: Can you repeat the word, please?

02:13:37 Phi Fee: Etiquette.

02:13:40 Contestant: Can I have the definition?

02:13:42 Phi Fee: Yes. The customs or rules governing behavior regarded as correct or acceptable in social or official life.

02:13:52 Contestant: Can I have an example?

02:13:56 Phi Fee: The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays.

02:14:03 Contestant: Can you repeat the word, please? Etiquette. Can you repeat the word again?

02:14:16 Phi Fee: Etiquette.

02:14:44 Contestant: B, c a. Etiquette. I'm sorry.

02:14:51 Phi Fee: That's incorrect.

02:14:53 Contestant: Etiquette. E t I q u e t t. Etiquette.

02:15:05 Phi Fee: Your word is syndrome.

02:15:08 Contestant: Repeat, please.

02:15:09 Phi Fee: Syndrome.

02:15:10 Contestant: Send us, please.

02:15:11 Phi Fee: Yes, Louis? Complaints of weakness, dizziness and nausea following many amusement park rides led the doctor to diagnose him with motion sickness syndrome.

02:15:23 Contestant: Definition, please.

02:15:25 Phi Fee: Yes. A group of symptoms or signs typical of a disease, disturbance or condition in animals or plants.

02:15:32 Contestant: Oral speech, please.

02:15:33 Phi Fee: Noun.

02:15:34 Contestant: The origin, please?

02:15:36 Phi Fee: Greek.

02:15:36 Contestant: Repeat the word, please.

02:15:38 Phi Fee: Syndrome.

02:15:41 Contestant: Thank you. Syndrome. S Y N D R O M e. Syndrome.

02:15:51 Phi Fee: Correct.

02:15:51 Contestant: Thank you.

02:15:55 Phi Fee: Your word is Horizontal. Repeat this horizontal sentence, please.

02:16:04 Contestant: Yes.

02:16:05 Phi Fee: Within two minutes of getting in a horizontal position, Granddad is usually fast asleep and snoring.

02:16:13 Contestant: Definition, please.

02:16:15 Phi Fee: Yes. Placed or operating in a plane parallel to the apparent junction of earth and sky when flat.

02:16:25 Contestant: Thank you. Horizontal. H O R I Z O N T A L. Horizontal.

02:16:38 John Daub: Correct.

02:16:44 Phi Fee: Your word is linguistic.

02:16:49 Contestant: Definition, please.

02:16:50 Phi Fee: Yes. Of or relating to language.

02:16:55 Contestant: Sentence, please.

02:16:56 Phi Fee: Yes.

02:16:56 Contestant: Yes.

02:16:56 Phi Fee: Her exceptional linguistic ability enables her to learn new languages easily. Linguistic.

02:17:04 Contestant: Linguistic. L I n G U I S T I C. Linguistic.

02:17:18 Contestant: Correct.

02:17:22 Phi Fee: Your word is synthesis.

02:17:27 Contestant: Pardon?

02:17:28 Phi Fee: Synthesis.

02:17:30 Contestant: Sentence, please.

02:17:31 Phi Fee: Yes. The book is a synthesis of ideas from other writers.

02:17:38 Contestant: Synthesis. S Y N T H e S I S. Synthesis. Correct. Thank you.

02:17:51 Phi Fee: Your word is Bequeath.

02:17:54 Contestant: Could you repeat the word, please?

02:17:56 Phi Fee: Bequeath.

02:17:58 Contestant: Produce In a sentence?

02:17:59 Phi Fee: Yes. Tom's dad vowed to bequeath all his silver to his children.

02:18:06 Contestant: Can you give the definition, please?

02:18:08 Phi Fee: Yes. To leave or give property by will. Old English.

02:18:21 Contestant: Bequeath. B, e a q u e f e. Bequeath I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Bequeath. B, e, q, u, e, a, t, h. Bequeath.

02:18:41 Phi Fee: Your word is adjacent.

02:18:46 Contestant: May I have a definition, please?

02:18:48 Phi Fee: Yes. Close to or lying near?

02:18:51 Contestant: Sentence, please.

02:18:53 Phi Fee: We stayed in adjacent rooms at the hotel.

02:18:57 Contestant: The origin, please?

02:18:59 Phi Fee: Latin.

02:19:01 Contestant: Repeat the word, please.

02:19:03 Phi Fee: Adjacent.

02:19:17 Contestant: Adjacent. A, j, a, s, I, o, n. Adjacent. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Adjacent. A, d, j, a, c, c, e, n, t. Adjacent. Thank you.

02:19:39 John Daub: It's so close. All right, so would contestants number 10, 17 and 19 please stand up? Thank you very much. Can I have a round of applause for the contestants? Thank you. Let's move into the center a little bit more. How many do we have? How many contestants are left? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. The top eight. This is it. Round six.

02:20:20 Contestant: Round five.

02:20:20 John Daub: Round five. Round five.

02:20:33 Contestant: Fight.

02:20:43 Phi Fee: Your word is Fennec.

02:20:47 Contestant: Can you repeat?

02:20:49 Phi Fee: Fennec.

02:20:50 Contestant: What's the origin?

02:20:52 Phi Fee: Arabic.

02:20:54 Contestant: Can you have a math definition?

02:20:58 Phi Fee: Yes. A small fox that lives in the Sahara desert.

02:21:03 Contestant: Can you repeat?

02:21:04 Phi Fee: Fennec.

02:21:09 Contestant: Can you make it in a sentence?

02:21:11 Phi Fee: Yes. The fennec is considered the only species of fox that can be properly kept as a pet.

02:21:18 Contestant: Fennec. F, e. Can I restore? Yes. Can you repeat?

02:21:30 Phi Fee: Fennec.

02:21:31 Contestant: Fennec. F, e, n, n, I, c. Fennec. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. F, e, n, n, e, c. Fennec.

02:21:50 Phi Fee: Your word is sonata.

02:21:53 Contestant: Can you tell me your definition, please?

02:21:55 Phi Fee: Yes. A composition for one to four instruments, one of which is usually a keyboard instrument, usually consisting of three or four independent movements varying in key, mood and tem.

02:22:09 Contestant: Can you repeat? I mean, put it in a sentence, please?

02:22:12 Phi Fee: Yes. Tonight's program includes my favorite Mozart sonata.

02:22:17 Contestant: Can you repeat the word, please?

02:22:19 Phi Fee: Sonata.

02:22:20 Contestant: Sonata. S O, n a, T, A. Sonata.

02:22:24 Contestant: Correct.

02:22:31 Phi Fee: Your word is maraca.

02:22:34 Contestant: Maraca.

02:22:35 Contestant: May I have a sentence, please?

02:22:37 Phi Fee: Yes. Nathan has the rhythm to play the maraca. Well.

02:22:42 Contestant: May I have a definition, please?

02:22:44 Phi Fee: Yes. A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs.

02:22:54 Contestant: Maraca. M, A, R A C, C, A maraca. I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Maraca. M A, R A, C, A maraca.

02:23:18 Phi Fee: Your word is potash.

02:23:22 Contestant: Repeat, please.

02:23:24 Phi Fee: Potash.

02:23:26 Contestant: Sentence, please.

02:23:27 Phi Fee: Yes. When you buy the fertilizer, make sure you choose one that is high in potash.

02:23:34 Contestant: Definition, please.

02:23:35 Phi Fee: Yes. A potassium carbonate obtained especially from the ashes of burnt wood and is sometimes used as a fertilizer.

02:23:43 Contestant: Repeat the word, please.

02:23:45 Phi Fee: Potash.

02:23:46 Contestant: Thank you. Potash. P O, T A, S H. Potash. Correct. Thank You.

02:23:57 Phi Fee: Your word is gazelle.

02:23:59 Contestant: Repeat, please.

02:24:01 Phi Fee: Gazelle.

02:24:01 Contestant: Sentence, please.

02:24:02 Phi Fee: Yes. The gazelle was lucky to escape from the hungry lion.

02:24:07 Contestant: Definition, please.

02:24:09 Phi Fee: Yes. A type of small African or Asian deer that relies on its speed to evade predators.

02:24:15 Contestant: The original, please.

02:24:16 Phi Fee: Yes. Arabic.

02:24:27 Contestant: Thank you. Gazelle. G, A, Z, E, L, L, E. Gazelle. Correct. Thank you.

02:24:39 Phi Fee: Your word is. Is layette.

02:24:42 Contestant: Repeat, please.

02:24:43 Phi Fee: Layette.

02:24:44 Contestant: Sentence, please.

02:24:45 Phi Fee: Yes. The new parents were very grateful for the layet given to them by their friends.

02:24:52 Contestant: Definition, please.

02:24:54 Phi Fee: Yes. A complete set of clothing and other equipment for a newborn child, please. Yes. French.

02:25:03 Contestant: Thank you. They act. L, A, Y, E, T, T, E. They add.

02:25:14 Phi Fee: Correct.

02:25:15 Contestant: Thank you.

02:25:20 Phi Fee: Your word is adagio.

02:25:25 Contestant: Definition, please.

02:25:26 Phi Fee: Yes. A slow passage, movement or work in adagio, that is an E. Easy, graceful tempo.

02:25:34 Contestant: Seconds, please.

02:25:35 Phi Fee: Yes. When the tempo slows, you'll know that the adagio in this composition has begun. Adagio.

02:25:45 Contestant: Adagio.

02:25:48 Contestant: A, D, A, G, I, O. Dagio. Correct.

02:25:59 Phi Fee: Your word is fathom.

02:26:02 Contestant: Fathom. F, a, t, h, o, m. Fathom. Correct. Thank you.

02:26:16 John Daub: Number one and number five, please stand up. Can I get a round of applause? Thank you very much. Contestant number five. All right, we're going to start round six. We're down to six contestants. Round six. Six contestants. Pretty funny, huh? Now. All right, wake up, everybody. Shake it out because it's time for round six. Can we get the lineup here? One, two, and three up there. Number two. Number nine. Number two.

02:26:50 Contestant: Twelve.

02:26:50 John Daub: Excellent.

02:26:54 Phi Fee: Okay, ready? Your word is eponym.

02:27:03 John Daub: All right, guys.

02:27:03 Phi Fee: Yes. A person whose name is. Or is Batter.

02:27:10 John Daub: The battery is very low, so we're going to have to end it right here. However, I'll tell you what happens at another time. I really appreciate you guys taking the time to watch. Watch the playback. If you're watching from the beginning, I kind of explained what this event is all about. And I show you the awards, but we have to be quiet back here. It's a very cool thing that. I love doing this every year. I. I know, Zayn, but we gotta. The battery's gonna die. There's nothing I can do. I gotta go back to. Go back to the job. Only six people, but thanks so much. I know.

01:27:41 John Daub: Ah, I don't want to. But anyways, thanks so much for watching. I will tell you what happens later, who the winner is. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Bye, guys.

02:27:52 Phi Fee: Yeah, bye.

02:27:55 John Daub: Just Kanai over there. You say goodbye. Are you still awake?

02:27:59 Phi Fee: Don't sleep. Can I. Bye, guys.