Season 5 Popular Culture
New Players
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Season results are based on each player’s five best games (out of eight).
| # | Awards | Player | Region | Games | TUH | # Correct | % Correct | Average Correct Celerity | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 
| Radu Popescu | Canada | 5 | 250 | 202 | 80.8% | .222 | 2,528 |
| 2 |
 
| Daniel Ogburn | Virginia | 5 | 250 | 181 | 72.4% | .170 | 2,134 |
| 3 | Samuel Fusco Malbeuf | Canada | 3 | 150 | 112 | 74.7% | .488 | 1,781 | |
| 4 | Sam Phillips | United Kingdom | 4 | 200 | 129 | 64.5% | .219 | 1,611 | |
| 5 |
| Alexander Bandukwala | Illinois | 5 | 250 | 136 | 54.4% | .123 | 1,540 |
| 6 | Tony Strissel | Illinois | 2 | 100 | 75 | 75.0% | .257 | 964 | |
| 7 |
| Laiken Mann | Alabama | 3 | 150 | 68 | 45.3% | .083 | 736 |
| 8 |
| Liesl Bailey | Florida | 4 | 160 | 43 | 26.9% | .073 | 463 |
| 9 | Chris Chiego | California | 1 | 50 | 32 | 64.0% | .174 | 381 | |
| 10 |
| Cathy Hirsch | Georgia | 1 | 50 | 27 | 54.0% | .116 | 303 |
| 11 |
| Gilbert Aitken | Georgia | 1 | 50 | 22 | 44.0% | .081 | 241 |
Celerity is the fraction of the question that had not been read at the time of a buzz (for which a correct answer was provided). 1.000 is an immediate buzz, .500 is an answer given halfway through the question in terms of time on the sound recording, and .000 is an answer given at the very end.
A new player is a player who has not competed in a previous season.