13-year-old Sameer Mishra of West Lafayette, Indiana, won the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the word "guerdon."  Sameer beat out first time spelling bee competitor Sidharth Chand. 

Sameer was definitely the funny one of the bunch almost mistaking "numnah" for "numbnut."    Hopefully someone will have that footage up on YouTube soon.

Update: Break.con posted the "numb nut" incident.  Link to video.

Scripps website - official results
'Guerdon' wins spelling bee for Sameer Mishra - CNN article

Previously:
Last year's Scripps Spelling Bee winner (LwL)