Peak Warming Man said:

Who remembers spelling bees.
It was big in the US and here in the 50’s and 60’s.
It was on the Radio and TV (not so much) back then

There was a national spelling bee of competing schoolkids, The Great Australian Spelling Bee, which went for two seasons and is still available on YouTube.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Australian_Spelling_Bee