Did you ever participate in a Spelling Bee? If so, what was the word you were asked to spell?

In the seventh grade I was. My word (from what I can remember) was apartment.Did you ever participate in a Spelling Bee? If so, what was the word you were asked to spell?
In the sixth grade..,,';ZINGIBERACEOUS';Did you ever participate in a Spelling Bee? If so, what was the word you were asked to spell?
In third grade I made it to the final round and fouled up on ';Encyclopedia.';





Piece of cake now. Damn that spelling bee, wonder where I would be now if I won?





Just kidding. :)
In the forth grade, and i messed up on the word 'bulldozer'. Whatever, typewriters are long since dead and we have spell checking now, thank God, because i still can't spell :)