Amanda Goad

Amanda Goad

Amanda Goad (born March 13, 1979) was the winner of the 1992 Scripps National Spelling Bee, where she represented "The Richmond News Leader". Her winning word was lyceum, which is defined as either "a public hall designed for lectures or concerts" or "a school at a stage between elementary school and college".

In 1996, Goad was a contestant in the "Jeopardy!" Teen Tournament. At the end of the two-game finals, she and fellow finalist Derek Bridges had identical final two-game totals of $31,200. Because there can only be one winner of a tournament, a tiebreaker round was played. The category was "U.S. Cities", and the clue was "A November 1995 Bosnian peace accord is named for this city." Goad gave the correct response of "What was Dayton, Ohio?", and thus was crowned champion. [ [http://www.j-archive.com/help.php#tiebreakerround J! Archive - Help ] ] She would later play in the Tournament of Champions and advance as far as the semifinals while studying at Rice University. She earned a law degree from Harvard University in 2005.

Goad was one of two Teen Tournament winners to decline an invitation to play in the Ultimate Tournament of Champions in 2005. (The other was 1988 Teen Tournament winner Michael Block.)

Currently, she is an attorney in the New York City Law Department, Environmental Law Division.

ee also

List of Scripps National Spelling Bee champions

References

External links

* [http://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=764 Goad's Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions player profile]
* [http://www.nyc.gov/html/law/html/directory/agoad.shtml Goad's Law Department profile]


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