Fifteen people competed in Tuesday night's "OMC-B," the city's first adult spelling bee held in a bar, but only two walked away as winners.
Monica Bennett took First Place, after a nail-biter of a final spell-off against Nathan Schaefer. Bennett received a $125 gift certificate to The Social and an iPod Shuffle; Schaefer took home a $50 gift certificate to Sol Fire restaurant and a coupon for a free cooking class at Room 434, where the bee was held.
Schaefer was eliminated after misspelling "isosceles," meaning "two sides that are equal." Bennett spelled the word correctly, and went on to win the bee after successfully spelling "denouement," meaning "the final outcome/result of a play."
Other words used in the spelling bee include renaissance, schizophrenic, subpoena, mnenomic, yarmulke, onomatopoeia and more. Milwaukee words "Quadracci" and "Bjonda" were also on the list.
Room 434 was packed for the event, and the crowd was very engaged. Owner Kevin Sloan and the OMC staff are considering another bee in the future.
"The bee was very fun. Thats as simple as I can put it," says Sloan.
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