The sentence William Cho, speller 33, got sure did resonate with the audience.
"For his eighth birthday, Eli asked his parents to freeze his older brother in a cryogenic chamber until such time as Eli was strong enough to beat him at arm wrestling," Dr. Bailly read.
The audience approved, and William, a D.C. eighth grader spelled "cryogenic" correctly.
His sister might be amused. In his bio, William said, "The task he finds most difficult at the moment is trying to satisfy his five-year-old sister by playing with her."
