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| # | Answer | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1964 | Amogh Kulkarni |
 
| Minnesota | 12th | .618 | 18 |
| 2 | Daniel Webster | Arthur Delot-Vilain |
| District of Columbia | 12th | .781 | 20 |
| 3 | Nellie Bly | Avinash Iyer |
 
| California | 12th | .545 | 17 |
| 4 | Cahokia Mounds | Guy Indorante |
| Illinois | 12th | .656 | 18 |
| 5 | automobile industry | Sam Wang |
| Ohio | 12th | .792 | 20 |
| 6 | George B(rinton) McClellan | Amogh Kulkarni |
| Minnesota | 12th | .646 | 18 |
| 7 | George S. Patton | Pranav Sivaram |
| Ohio | 12th | .791 | 20 |
| 8 | Cotton Mather | Avinash Iyer |
| California | 12th | .647 | 18 |
| 9 | Second Continental Congress | Eshan Pokhrel |
| Alabama | 11th | .426 | 15 |
| 10 | Andrew Jackson | Arunnganabathy Sankar |
| Ohio | 11th | .881 | 20 |
| 11 | (Henry) Ross Perot | Arjun Nageswaran |
| Illinois | 12th | .819 | 20 |
| 12 | NAACP | Eshan Pokhrel |
| Alabama | 11th | .664 | 18 |
| 13 | Father Charles (Edward) Coughlin | Karsten Ullr Rynearson |
| Massachusetts | 11th | .475 | 16 |
| 14 | Iroquois League | Arjun Nageswaran |
| Illinois | 12th | .826 | 20 |
| 15 | Sonia (Maria) Sotomayor | Pranav Sivaram |
| Ohio | 12th | .791 | 20 |
| 16 | France | Eshan Pokhrel |
| Alabama | 11th | .624 | 18 |
| 17 | Harpers Ferry | Jackson Raich |
| Kentucky | 12th | .583 | 17 |
| 18 | Philippines | Arthur Delot-Vilain |
| District of Columbia | 12th | .786 | 20 |
| 19 | Aaron Burr | Geetan Madala |
| Texas | 10th | .902 | 20 |
| 20 | Los Angeles, California | Tegan Kapadia |
| Ohio | 12th | .850 | 20 |
| 21 | gay people or LGBTQ people | Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford |
| North Carolina | 11th | .743 | 19 |
| 22 | John (Forbes) Kerry | Arjun Nageswaran |
| Illinois | 12th | .844 | 20 |
| 23 | Sherman’s March to the Sea | Karsten Ullr Rynearson |
| Massachusetts | 11th | .690 | 18 |
| 24 | Nez Perce | Tegan Kapadia |
| Ohio | 12th | .859 | 20 |
| 25 | War of 1812 | Guy Indorante |
| Illinois | 12th | .716 | 19 |
| 26 | Tennessee Valley Authority | Avinash Iyer |
| California | 12th | .854 | 20 |
| 27 | Margaret Sanger | Nikky Nandipati |
| Texas | 9th | .605 | 17 |
| 28 | Miranda v. Arizona | Louis Li |
| Missouri | 12th | .535 | 16 |
| 29 | Stamp Act | Amogh Kulkarni |
| Minnesota | 12th | .841 | 20 |
| 30 | Iran-Contra affair | Louis Li |
| Missouri | 12th | .855 | 20 |
| 31 | Appomattox Court House | Guy Indorante |
| Illinois | 12th | .561 | 17 |
| 32 | Florida | Avinash Iyer |
| California | 12th | .670 | 18 |
| 33 | Susan B(rownell) Anthony | Geetan Madala |
| Texas | 10th | .585 | 17 |
| 34 | Battle of Monmouth | Guy Indorante |
| Illinois | 12th | .727 | 19 |
| 35 | William Howard Taft | Arthur Delot-Vilain |
| District of Columbia | 12th | .911 | 20 |
| 36 | John Smith | Avinash Iyer |
| California | 12th | .415 | 15 |
| 37 | New York | Guy Indorante |
| Illinois | 12th | .744 | 19 |
| 38 | Battle of Iwo Jima | Tegan Kapadia |
| Ohio | 12th | .741 | 19 |
| 39 | New Mexico | Amogh Kulkarni |
| Minnesota | 12th | .768 | 19 |
| 40 | Charles Sumner | Avinash Iyer |
| California | 12th | .575 | 17 |
| 41 | Dwight D(avid) Eisenhower | Arthur Gayden |
| Michigan | 10th | .870 | 20 |
| 42 | Georgia | Pranav Sivaram |
| Ohio | 12th | .699 | 19 |
| 43 | Massachusetts Bay Colony | Tegan Kapadia |
| Ohio | 12th | .768 | 19 |
| 44 | chickens | Avinash Iyer |
| California | 12th | .828 | 20 |
| 45 | John (Thomas) Scopes | Joel Miles |
| Missouri | 12th | .516 | 16 |
| 46 | Secretary of the Treasury | Guy Indorante |
| Illinois | 12th | .745 | 19 |
| 47 | AIDS crisis | Aviv Pinker |
| Washington | 12th | .538 | 16 |
| 48 | James Buchanan | Tegan Kapadia |
| Ohio | 12th | .847 | 20 |
| 49 | Homestead Strike | Tegan Kapadia |
| Ohio | 12th | .766 | 19 |
| 50 | 2020 | Pranav Sivaram |
| Ohio | 12th | .661 | 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.