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#	Answer	Category	Player	Awards	Region	Grade	Celerity	Points
1	catalysts	Chemistry	Rohith Nagari		California	Grad.	.905	20
2	ionosphere	Earth Science	Daniel Hothem		Oregon	Grad.	.833	20
3	acetylcholine	Biology	Rohith Nagari		California	Grad.	.774	20
4	derivative	Math	Alexander Pyle		New York	So.	.821	20
5	entropy	Chemistry	Michael Artlip		Pennsylvania	Fr.	.947	20
6	Planck’s constant	Physics	Adam Silverman		Illinois	Grad.	.826	20
7	Johannes Kepler	Astronomy	Adam Silverman		Illinois	Grad.	.558	17
8	zinc	Chemistry	Ashwath Seetharaman		Texas	Jr.	.874	20
9	liver	Biology	Rohith Nagari		California	Grad.	.822	20
10	Bluetooth	Comp Sci	Matt Mitchell		Connecticut	Grad.	.516	16
11	superconductors	Physics	Colin Whisler		Wisconsin	Grad.	.848	20
12	predators	Biology	Vinu Harihar		Maryland	Jr.	.805	20
13	photographs	Miscellaneous	Simone Valade		Canada	Grad.	.478	16
14	carbon dioxide	Chemistry	Michael Artlip		Pennsylvania	Fr.	.738	19
15	waves	Physics	Natan Holtzman		California	Grad.	.746	19
16	placenta	Biology	Rohith Nagari		California	Grad.	.923	20
17	oxidation(s) or oxidation reactions	Chemistry	Matt Mitchell		Connecticut	Grad.	.731	19
18	pressure	Physics	Adam Silverman		Illinois	Grad.	.858	20
19	neurons	Biology	Simone Valade		Canada	Grad.	.770	20
20	convergence	Math	Daniel Hothem		Oregon	Grad.	.875	20
21	lasers	Physics	Daniel Hothem		Oregon	Grad.	.869	20
22	heat capacity	Chemistry	Michael Artlip		Pennsylvania	Fr.	.711	19
23	Chordata	Biology	Chauncey Lo		New York	Jr.	.870	20
24	electrons	Physics	Michael Artlip		Pennsylvania	Fr.	.868	20
25	hyperbolas	Math	Michael Artlip		Pennsylvania	Fr.	.783	20
26	O	Miscellaneous	Rohith Nagari		California	Grad.	.763	19
27	hash function	Comp Sci	Matt Mitchell		Connecticut	Grad.	.845	20
28	coagulation or blood clotting	Biology	Rohith Nagari		California	Grad.	.927	20
29	mantle	Earth Science	Daniel Hothem		Oregon	Grad.	.843	20
30	electric charge	Physics	Jackson Lee		New Jersey	Fr.	.824	20
31	solar flares	Astronomy	Rohith Nagari		California	Grad.	.617	18
32	mitochondrion or mitochondria	Biology	Eric Wolfsberg		California	Grad.	.812	20
33	dot product	Math	Eric Li		Massachusetts	Sr.	.766	19
34	atomic number	Chemistry	Adam Silverman		Illinois	Grad.	.654	18
35	saliva	Biology	Nick Jensen		California	Grad.	.672	18
36	acceleration	Physics	Daniel Hothem		Oregon	Grad.	.617	18
37	calorimeter(s)	Chemistry	Alexander Pyle		New York	So.	.731	19
38	Ruby	Comp Sci	Matt Mitchell		Connecticut	Grad.	.635	18
39	kidneys	Biology	Adam Silverman		Illinois	Grad.	.794	20
40	speed of light	Physics	Michael Artlip		Pennsylvania	Fr.	.853	20
41	aluminum	Chemistry	Adam Silverman		Illinois	Grad.	.748	19
42	Nikola Tesla	Miscellaneous	Matt Mitchell		Connecticut	Grad.	.505	16
43	cell wall	Biology	Ashwath Seetharaman		Texas	Jr.	.825	20
44	electric potential or scalar potential	Physics	Matt Mitchell		Connecticut	Grad.	.822	20
45	e	Math	David Bass		Virginia	So.	.818	20
46	neutron stars	Astronomy	Jessica Chellino		Florida	Grad.	.681	18
47	ferromagnetism	Physics	Daniel Hothem		Oregon	Grad.	.691	18
48	ethanol or ethyl alcohol	Biology	Rohith Nagari		California	Grad.	.801	20
49	silica	Earth Science	Adam Silverman		Illinois	Grad.	.864	20
50	N or n	Chemistry	Swapnil Garg		Massachusetts	Jr.	.813	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.