Season 1 Level B Week 8
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rational numbers or the rationals | Science & Math | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .808 | 20 |
| 2 | Michael (Rubens) Bloomberg | Current Events | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .706 | 19 |
| 3 | Perseus | Literature | Jonathan Suh |
 
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .861 | 20 |
| 4 | Jack the Ripper | History | Harley Andrew |
| Florida | 5th-Yr. Sr. | .759 | 19 |
| 5 | temperature | Science & Math | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .711 | 19 |
| 6 | John Brown | Mixed & Miscellaneous | Matt Albert |
| Nevada | Grad. | .573 | 17 |
| 7 | Easter Island | Geography | Chauncey Lo |
| New York | So. | .780 | 20 |
| 8 | Korean War | History | Jonathan Suh |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .744 | 19 |
| 9 | St. Louis Blues | Pop Culture & Sports | Peter Blanchfield |
| Minnesota | So. | .811 | 20 |
| 10 | torque | Science & Math | Tanner Sether |
| Minnesota | So. | .739 | 19 |
| 11 | William Shakespeare | Literature | Matt Albert |
| Nevada | Grad. | .603 | 17 |
| 12 | Brazil | History | Jake Sundberg |
| Louisiana | Grad. | .792 | 20 |
| 13 | Prince Charles | Current Events | Jonathan Suh |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .784 | 20 |
| 14 | electrons | Science & Math | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .822 | 20 |
| 15 | Yemen | Geography | Peter Blanchfield |
| Minnesota | So. | .473 | 16 |
| 16 | Slaughterhouse-Five | Literature | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .830 | 20 |
| 17 | fish(es) | Science & Math | Elaine Greenfield |
| New York | Fr. | .613 | 17 |
| 18 | Nova Scotia | Geography | Keoni Rodriguez |
| California | Jr. | .421 | 15 |
| 19 | Sir Walter Scott | Literature | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .456 | 15 |
| 20 | Babel | Mixed & Miscellaneous | Chris Given |
| Louisiana | Jr. | .786 | 20 |
| 21 | French horn | Fine Arts | Joe Su |
| Canada | Grad. | .698 | 19 |
| 22 | San Francisco, California | History | Irit Huq-Kuruvilla |
| California | Grad. | .499 | 16 |
| 23 | Niccolò Machiavelli | Social Science | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .659 | 18 |
| 24 | Ohm’s law | Science & Math | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .517 | 16 |
| 25 | The Necklace | Literature | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .743 | 19 |
| 26 | opium | History | Peter Blanchfield |
| Minnesota | So. | .737 | 19 |
| 27 | Halley’s Comet | Science & Math | Em Powers |
| Missouri | Fr. | .602 | 17 |
| 28 | Shark Tank | Pop Culture & Sports | Sam Ferguson |
| South Carolina | Sr. | .684 | 18 |
| 29 | Warren G(amaliel) Harding | History | Jonathan Suh |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .662 | 18 |
| 30 | Boris Johnson | Current Events | Nten Nyiam |
| Massachusetts | Fr. | .830 | 20 |
| 31 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Literature | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .462 | 16 |
| 32 | Amerigo Vespucci | History | Peter Blanchfield |
| Minnesota | So. | .513 | 16 |
| 33 | intelligence(s) | Social Science | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .547 | 17 |
| 34 | Amsterdam | Geography | Lalit Maharjan |
| Indiana | Jr. | .706 | 19 |
| 35 | vitamin C | Science & Math | Joe Su |
| Canada | Grad. | .518 | 16 |
| 36 | (Franz) Joseph Haydn | Fine Arts | Craig Duke |
| Indiana | Grad. | .659 | 18 |
| 37 | France | Literature | Ethan Garvin |
| Kentucky | So. | .764 | 19 |
| 38 | titration | Science & Math | Jonathan Suh |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .775 | 20 |
| 39 | East Germany | History | Peter Blanchfield |
| Minnesota | So. | .513 | 16 |
| 40 | Ford v Ferrari | Pop Culture & Sports | Casey Stafford |
| Illinois | Fr. | .634 | 18 |
| 41 | (al-)Qur’an | Literature | Sam Ferguson |
| South Carolina | Sr. | .817 | 20 |
| 42 | complex numbers | Science & Math | Tanner Sether |
| Minnesota | So. | .813 | 20 |
| 43 | Sandro Botticelli | Fine Arts | Jonathan Suh |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .628 | 18 |
| 44 | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Literature | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .725 | 19 |
| 45 | Mao Zedong | History | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .559 | 17 |
| 46 | Jurassic Period | Science & Math | Kevin Thomas |
| North Carolina | So. | .506 | 16 |
| 47 | Charlie Brown | Pop Culture & Sports | Harley Andrew |
| Florida | 5th-Yr. Sr. | .725 | 19 |
| 48 | Ernest | Literature | Samuel Thacker |
| Ohio | Fr. | .564 | 17 |
| 49 | Michigan | Current Events | Douglas Wheeler |
| District of Columbia | Grad. | .750 | 19 |
| 50 | Al Gore | History | Douglas Wheeler |
| District of Columbia | Grad. | .686 | 18 |
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.