Season 3 Level D Week 3
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City, Missouri | Geography | Michael Coates |
  
| California | Grad. | .833 | 20 |
| 2 | (Saint) Pope John Paul II | History | Jack Van Nostrand |
  
| Canada | 5th-Yr. Sr. | .745 | 19 |
| 3 | Philadelphia | Pop Culture & Sports | Casey Stafford |
| Illinois | So. | .409 | 15 |
| 4 | Argentina | Geography | Sharath Narayan |
| Tennessee | Jr. | .677 | 18 |
| 5 | half step | Fine Arts | Matt Mitchell |
| Connecticut | Grad. | .699 | 19 |
| 6 | The White Man’s Burden | Literature | Adrian Wong |
| Canada | So. | .695 | 19 |
| 7 | cosmic rays | Science & Math | Itamar Naveh-Benjamin |
| Virginia | Grad. | .617 | 18 |
| 8 | Chicago, Illinois | History | Itamar Naveh-Benjamin |
| Virginia | Grad. | .865 | 20 |
| 9 | Dao | Literature | Nick Jensen |
| California | Grad. | .428 | 15 |
| 10 | free radicals | Science & Math | Vishal Puppala |
| Missouri | 5th-Yr. Sr. | .739 | 19 |
| 11 | Zürich | Geography | Christopher Sims |
| Illinois | Grad. | .397 | 15 |
| 12 | Atlas | Literature | Lalit Maharjan |
| Indiana | Sr. | .663 | 18 |
| 13 | outliers | Science & Math | Alexander Pyle |
| New York | So. | .737 | 19 |
| 14 | eruption of Mount St. Helens | History | Lalit Maharjan |
| Indiana | Sr. | .650 | 18 |
| 15 | Shut Up and Dance | Pop Culture & Sports | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | So. | .597 | 17 |
| 16 | William Carlos Williams | Literature | Itamar Naveh-Benjamin |
| Virginia | Grad. | .531 | 16 |
| 17 | Nero | History | Leah Honsinger |
| Florida | Grad. | .604 | 17 |
| 18 | Rhodes | Social Science | Eric Wolfsberg |
| California | Grad. | .597 | 17 |
| 19 | Vietnam War | Literature | Itamar Naveh-Benjamin |
| Virginia | Grad. | .752 | 19 |
| 20 | DNA polymerases | Science & Math | Itamar Naveh-Benjamin |
| Virginia | Grad. | .853 | 20 |
| 21 | Vercingetorix | History | Itamar Naveh-Benjamin |
| Virginia | Grad. | .614 | 17 |
| 22 | Doctor Pangloss | Literature | Eric Rosenthal |
| New York | Grad. | .749 | 19 |
| 23 | General Motors Company | Current Events | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .478 | 16 |
| 24 | absolute temperature | Science & Math | Eric Bobrow |
| Maryland | Grad. | .773 | 20 |
| 25 | coexist | Mixed & Miscellaneous | Jeremy Tsai |
| Maryland | Grad. | .556 | 17 |
| 26 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Pop Culture & Sports | Jonathan Caldwell |
| Tennessee | Jr. | .642 | 18 |
| 27 | A. E. Housman | Literature | Thomas Gioia |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .873 | 20 |
| 28 | fermions | Science & Math | Eric Bobrow |
| Maryland | Grad. | .779 | 20 |
| 29 | Tijuana | Geography | Natan Holtzman |
| California | Grad. | .846 | 20 |
| 30 | O Pioneers! | Literature | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .782 | 20 |
| 31 | nicotine | Science & Math | Itamar Naveh-Benjamin |
| Virginia | Grad. | .471 | 16 |
| 32 | Kuala Lumpur | Geography | Vikshar Athreya |
| Washington | Jr. | .675 | 18 |
| 33 | Battle of Jutland | History | Jack Van Nostrand |
| Canada | 5th-Yr. Sr. | .584 | 17 |
| 34 | (public) library or (public) libraries | Fine Arts | Itamar Naveh-Benjamin |
| Virginia | Grad. | .612 | 17 |
| 35 | glycogen | Science & Math | Itamar Naveh-Benjamin |
| Virginia | Grad. | .845 | 20 |
| 36 | assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. | History | Matt D'Annunzio |
| Connecticut | Fr. | .533 | 16 |
| 37 | (Edward) Benjamin Britten | Fine Arts | Itamar Naveh-Benjamin |
| Virginia | Grad. | .790 | 20 |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | Current Events | Christopher Sims |
| Illinois | Grad. | .643 | 18 |
| 39 | David Hilbert | Science & Math | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .838 | 20 |
| 40 | Making a Murderer | Pop Culture & Sports | John Marvin Sipp |
| Illinois | Grad. | .393 | 15 |
| 41 | India | History | Vikshar Athreya |
| Washington | Jr. | .865 | 20 |
| 42 | Margarita Nikolaevna | Literature | Thomas Gioia |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .759 | 19 |
| 43 | Thailand | Current Events | Christopher Sims |
| Illinois | Grad. | .446 | 15 |
| 44 | Ludwig Wittgenstein | Social Science | Ben Russell Jones |
| United Kingdom | So. | .695 | 19 |
| 45 | Alexander II of Russia | History | Matthew Hoffer-Hawlik |
| Virginia | Grad. | .445 | 15 |
| 46 | (the) windmill | Literature | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | So. | .686 | 18 |
| 47 | William III of England | Mixed & Miscellaneous | Jay Mikel Misuk |
| Canada | Grad. | .402 | 15 |
| 48 | Hungary | Current Events | Jeremy Tsai |
| Maryland | Grad. | .520 | 16 |
| 49 | James G(illespie) Blaine | History | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .822 | 20 |
| 50 | stacks | Science & Math | Matt Mitchell |
| Connecticut | Grad. | .711 | 19 |
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.