It's a little funny how the whole spelling bee thing flies over the heads of everyone that isn't an American, and even some Americans, in what a spelling bee ACTUALLY IS.
I saw someone say that Berdly's halberd could be 'the pen he used to win the spelling bee with' and while I get where the mistake comes in, it's still really funny.
Although I've... never actually seen a spelling bee in the US. Or even known about one being hosted.