Name: Patrick Cull places sixteenth among 109 entrants at the 2003 State Spell-off
Start: 2003-04
End: 2003-04
Location: Beaver Island

Patrick Cull places sixteenth among 109 entrants at the 2003 State Spell-off

Also Patrick Cull State Spell-off 2003 · Beaver Island Community School spelling competition

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TypeEvent

Date2003-04

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2003-04
Kind: Education
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Community School
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Patrick Cull of Beaver Island Community School finished sixteenth among 109 regional winners at the 2003 State Spell-off in Mount Pleasant. The Beacon’s humorous account says he was eliminated after answering Minnesota when asked which state contained Oshkosh.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper account of the competition and does not provide the official contest record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 2003, “Patrick Cull, by Gosh.”
Reports Cull’s sixteenth-place finish among 109 regional winners after being eliminated by an incorrect answer about Oshkosh’s state. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 2003, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the May 2003 report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Patrick Cull places sixteenth among 109 entrants at the 2003 State Spell-off”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-patrick-cull-state-spell-off-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2003, “Patrick Cull, by Gosh.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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