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| # | Answer | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1964 | Andrew Morin |
  
| District of Columbia | Fr. | .863 | 20 |
| 2 | Daniel Webster | Arjun Gadiyar |
 
| California | Fr. | .806 | 20 |
| 3 | Nellie Bly | Lalit Maharjan |
| Indiana | Sr. | .844 | 20 |
| 4 | Cahokia Mounds | Nick Jensen |
| California | Grad. | .837 | 20 |
| 5 | automobile industry | Eric Rosenthal |
| New York | Grad. | .748 | 19 |
| 6 | George B(rinton) McClellan | Alexander Koutsoukos |
| California | Fr. | .654 | 18 |
| 7 | George S. Patton | Andrew Morin |
| District of Columbia | Fr. | .650 | 18 |
| 8 | Cotton Mather | William Golden |
| Texas | So. | .619 | 18 |
| 9 | Second Continental Congress | Varun Sikand |
| Connecticut | Jr. | .872 | 20 |
| 10 | Andrew Jackson | Jack Van Nostrand |
| Canada | 5th-Yr. Sr. | .856 | 20 |
| 11 | (Henry) Ross Perot | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .853 | 20 |
| 12 | NAACP | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .635 | 18 |
| 13 | Father Charles (Edward) Coughlin | Zachary Knecht |
| Florida | Sr. | .522 | 16 |
| 14 | Iroquois League | Nick Jensen |
| California | Grad. | .817 | 20 |
| 15 | Sonia (Maria) Sotomayor | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .635 | 18 |
| 16 | France | Eric Wolfsberg |
| California | Grad. | .810 | 20 |
| 17 | Harpers Ferry | Eric Wolfsberg |
| California | Grad. | .726 | 19 |
| 18 | Philippines | Eric Rosenthal |
| New York | Grad. | .772 | 20 |
| 19 | Aaron Burr | Andrew Morin |
| District of Columbia | Fr. | .885 | 20 |
| 20 | Los Angeles, California | Chandler West |
| Tennessee | Grad. | .829 | 20 |
| 21 | gay people or LGBTQ people | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | So. | .767 | 19 |
| 22 | John (Forbes) Kerry | Zachary Knecht |
| Florida | Sr. | .828 | 20 |
| 23 | Sherman’s March to the Sea | Zane Placie |
| Georgia | Sr. | .678 | 18 |
| 24 | Nez Perce | Varun Sikand |
| Connecticut | Jr. | .863 | 20 |
| 25 | War of 1812 | Varun Sikand |
| Connecticut | Jr. | .848 | 20 |
| 26 | Tennessee Valley Authority | Dean Ah Now |
| California | Fr. | .860 | 20 |
| 27 | Margaret Sanger | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .563 | 17 |
| 28 | Miranda v. Arizona | Emmett Laurie |
| New Jersey | 5th-Yr. Sr. | .545 | 17 |
| 29 | Stamp Act | Varun Sikand |
| Connecticut | Jr. | .861 | 20 |
| 30 | Iran-Contra affair | William Golden |
| Texas | So. | .667 | 18 |
| 31 | Appomattox Court House | Eric Wolfsberg |
| California | Grad. | .823 | 20 |
| 32 | Florida | Dean Ah Now |
| California | Fr. | .665 | 18 |
| 33 | Susan B(rownell) Anthony | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .481 | 16 |
| 34 | Battle of Monmouth | Andrew Morin |
| District of Columbia | Fr. | .707 | 19 |
| 35 | William Howard Taft | Dean Ah Now |
| California | Fr. | .901 | 20 |
| 36 | John Smith | Nick Jensen |
| California | Grad. | .555 | 17 |
| 37 | New York | William Golden |
| Texas | So. | .764 | 19 |
| 38 | Battle of Iwo Jima | Christopher Sims |
| Illinois | Grad. | .501 | 16 |
| 39 | New Mexico | Nick Jensen |
| California | Grad. | .744 | 19 |
| 40 | Charles Sumner | Dean Ah Now |
| California | Fr. | .717 | 19 |
| 41 | Dwight D(avid) Eisenhower | Dean Ah Now |
| California | Fr. | .875 | 20 |
| 42 | Georgia | Andrew Morin |
| District of Columbia | Fr. | .698 | 19 |
| 43 | Massachusetts Bay Colony | Varun Sikand |
| Connecticut | Jr. | .899 | 20 |
| 44 | chickens | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .811 | 20 |
| 45 | John (Thomas) Scopes | Pranav Veluri |
| Indiana | So. | .578 | 17 |
| 46 | Secretary of the Treasury | Dean Ah Now |
| California | Fr. | .812 | 20 |
| 47 | AIDS crisis | Jack Van Nostrand |
| Canada | 5th-Yr. Sr. | .702 | 19 |
| 48 | James Buchanan | Varun Sikand |
| Connecticut | Jr. | .851 | 20 |
| 49 | Homestead Strike | Eric Li |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .726 | 19 |
| 50 | 2020 | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | So. | .680 | 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.