Season 1 Level C Week 8
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | standard deviation | Science & Math | Sean Ye |
  
| California | Fr. | .718 | 19 |
| 2 | Arizona | Current Events | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .790 | 20 |
| 3 | Suzuki method | Fine Arts | Tracy Mirkin |
 
| Florida | Jr. | .574 | 17 |
| 4 | Hindenburg disaster | History | Sarah Benner |
| Indiana | Jr. | .610 | 17 |
| 5 | Kate Chopin | Literature | Itamar Naveh-Benjamin |
| Virginia | Grad. | .838 | 20 |
| 6 | Scarlett (Ingrid) Johansson | Pop Culture & Sports | Jonathan Caldwell |
| Tennessee | So. | .614 | 17 |
| 7 | George Marshall | History | Rafael Krichevsky |
| New York | Grad. | .776 | 20 |
| 8 | semiconductors | Science & Math | Rafael Krichevsky |
| New York | Grad. | .815 | 20 |
| 9 | Great Salt Lake | Geography | Ian Baram |
| Illinois | Jr. | .689 | 18 |
| 10 | Karamazov | Literature | Mitch McCullar |
| Illinois | So. | .837 | 20 |
| 11 | Tutankhamun or Tutankhamen | Social Science | Leah Honsinger |
| Florida | Sr. | .811 | 20 |
| 12 | Shiva | Literature | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | Fr. | .766 | 19 |
| 13 | Churchill | Mixed & Miscellaneous | Jay Mikel Misuk |
| Canada | Grad. | .843 | 20 |
| 14 | The Tale of Genji | Literature | Sean Ye |
| California | Fr. | .632 | 18 |
| 15 | Taurus | Science & Math | Rohin Devanathan |
| California | Sr. | .757 | 19 |
| 16 | Ruth (Fulton) Benedict | Social Science | Jonathan Suh |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .935 | 20 |
| 17 | Sweden | History | Sky Li |
| Canada | So. | .807 | 20 |
| 18 | Jack Kerouac | Literature | Richard Zhang |
| Iowa | Fr. | .839 | 20 |
| 19 | Alzheimer’s disease | Science & Math | Robert Chu |
| Maryland | Grad. | .500 | 16 |
| 20 | Sanskrit | Mixed & Miscellaneous | Alexander Pyle |
| New York | Fr. | .845 | 20 |
| 21 | roses | Literature | Joshua Heytler |
| Michigan | Fr. | .623 | 18 |
| 22 | Uluru | Geography | Rafael Krichevsky |
| New York | Grad. | .781 | 20 |
| 23 | Athens | History | Itamar Naveh-Benjamin |
| Virginia | Grad. | .872 | 20 |
| 24 | osmotic pressure | Science & Math | Itamar Naveh-Benjamin |
| Virginia | Grad. | .895 | 20 |
| 25 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Literature | Thomas Gioia |
| Massachusetts | So. | .665 | 18 |
| 26 | Cardinal Richelieu | History | Jonathan Suh |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .814 | 20 |
| 27 | Isabelle | Pop Culture & Sports | Darren Petrosino |
| New Jersey | Fr. | .837 | 20 |
| 28 | 6 | Science & Math | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .842 | 20 |
| 29 | Wernher von Braun | History | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | Fr. | .727 | 19 |
| 30 | The Merchant of Venice | Literature | Richard Zhang |
| Iowa | Fr. | .815 | 20 |
| 31 | Gustav Mahler | Fine Arts | Natan Holtzman |
| California | Grad. | .675 | 18 |
| 32 | Hirohito | History | Jonathan Suh |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .751 | 19 |
| 33 | magnetic field | Science & Math | Sean Ye |
| California | Fr. | .915 | 20 |
| 34 | Nigeria | Current Events | Justin Jasperse |
| Illinois | So. | .390 | 15 |
| 35 | Cleveland Browns | Pop Culture & Sports | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .839 | 20 |
| 36 | James II of England | History | William Golden |
| Texas | Fr. | .835 | 20 |
| 37 | polymers | Science & Math | Roman Madoerin |
| Texas | Sr. | .809 | 20 |
| 38 | Hermann (Karl) Hesse | Literature | Nick Jensen |
| California | Grad. | .660 | 18 |
| 39 | Cherokee | History | William Golden |
| Texas | Fr. | .830 | 20 |
| 40 | Friedrich Engels | Social Science | Vivian Malouf |
| California | Jr. | .861 | 20 |
| 41 | cystic fibrosis (of the pancreas) or CF | Science & Math | Itamar Naveh-Benjamin |
| Virginia | Grad. | .773 | 20 |
| 42 | Pope Francis (I) | Current Events | Rafael Krichevsky |
| New York | Grad. | .648 | 18 |
| 43 | Ghana | Geography | Alexander Pyle |
| New York | Fr. | .878 | 20 |
| 44 | Roald Amundsen | History | Robert Chu |
| Maryland | Grad. | .851 | 20 |
| 45 | diodes | Science & Math | William Shue |
| California | Fr. | .833 | 20 |
| 46 | Qatar | Geography | Zachary Knecht |
| Florida | Jr. | .807 | 20 |
| 47 | Las Meninas | Fine Arts | Vivian Malouf |
| California | Jr. | .863 | 20 |
| 48 | Thebes | Literature | Darren Petrosino |
| New Jersey | Fr. | .930 | 20 |
| 49 | (Adeline) Virginia Woolf | Literature | Richard Zhang |
| Iowa | Fr. | .765 | 19 |
| 50 | tundra | Science & Math | William Shue |
| California | Fr. | .863 | 20 |
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.