Anurag Kashyap

Anurag Kashyap (born November 23, 1991) was the winner of the 2005 Scripps National Spelling Bee. He also won the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament in 2008.

Biography Kashyap was born in Muzaffarpur, India and raised in Poway, California.

In the 19th round of the 2005 Scripps National Spelling Bee, 13-year-old eighth-grader Kashyap successfully spelled the word appoggiatura, which is defined as "a note of embellishment preceding another note and taking a portion of its time." He won about $28,000 in cash and prizes, most of which Kashyap saved towards college. Kashyap enrolled at MIT with intentions to study biological sciences, graduated with a Bachelor's in 2015, and got his Master of Engineering the following year.

Kashyap returned to competitive quizzing in adulthood and won the Mimir's Well Carnation championship in May 2022. He also won the 2025 International Quizzing Championships pairs event with Canadian Adam Hancock. Kashyap then led his team, Wednesdays, to victory at the 2026 Trivia Nationals Quiz Bowl event.