Finola Hackett is a 14-year-old girl from Alberta, Canada who finished second in the 2006Scripps National Spelling Bee. For coming in second, Hackett left with prizes totalling $12,000 (US). She competed in the Scripps Spelling Bee shortly after winning Canada's Second National Spelling Bee. For other uses, see Alberta (disambiguation). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly known as the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly referred to simply as the national spelling bee) is a highly competitive annual spelling bee run on a non-profit basis by The E. W. Scripps Company, held at the Grand Hyatt Washington hotel...
Finola lost out to Katharine Close when she spelt the word weltschmerz like veltschmerz. Katharine Kerry Close was the winner of the 79th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. (held from May 31-June 1). ... Weltschmerz (from the German meaning world-pain or world-weariness, see wiktionary entry) is a term coined by the German author Jean Paul and denotes the kind of feeling experienced by someone who understands that the physical reality can never satisfy the demands of the mind. ...
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