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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borgia family | Italy | Costas Pavlou |
 
| Michigan | 10th | .745 | 19 |
| 2 | Glorious Revolution | Britain/Ireland | Tegan Kapadia |
| Ohio | 12th | .928 | 20 |
| 3 | Alexander the Great | Eastern | Costas Pavlou |
| Michigan | 10th | .781 | 20 |
| 4 | Magyars | Eastern | Costas Pavlou |
| Michigan | 10th | .786 | 20 |
| 5 | Denmark | Scandinavia | Costas Pavlou |
| Michigan | 10th | .826 | 20 |
| 6 | Portugal | Spain/Portugal | Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford |
| North Carolina | 11th | .716 | 19 |
| 7 | Venerable Bede | Britain/Ireland | Stevie Miller |
| Maryland | 11th | .489 | 16 |
| 8 | Augustus Caesar or Octavian | Ancient Rome | Andrew Zeng |
| New York | 11th | .605 | 17 |
| 9 | Winter War | Russia | Patrick Szendro |
| Michigan | 11th | .883 | 20 |
| 10 | Bayeux Tapestry | Britain/Ireland | Jackson Raich |
| Kentucky | 12th | .871 | 20 |
| 11 | François Mitterrand | France | Amogh Kulkarni |
| Minnesota | 12th | .912 | 20 |
| 12 | Wilhelm II of Germany | Germany | Arthur Delot-Vilain |
| District of Columbia | 12th | .775 | 20 |
| 13 | Greece | Eastern | Patrick Szendro |
| Michigan | 11th | .878 | 20 |
| 14 | Nikita (Sergeyevich) Khrushchev | Russia | Costas Pavlou |
| Michigan | 10th | .925 | 20 |
| 15 | Thomas Becket | Religious | Louis Li |
| Missouri | 12th | .707 | 19 |
| 16 | Italy | Italy | Andrew Zeng |
| New York | 11th | .789 | 20 |
| 17 | Manchester | Britain/Ireland | Guy Indorante |
| Illinois | 12th | .692 | 18 |
| 18 | Romania | Eastern | Costas Pavlou |
| Michigan | 10th | .712 | 19 |
| 19 | Prussia | Germany | Stevie Miller |
| Maryland | 11th | .657 | 18 |
| 20 | Black Death or bubonic plague | Eastern | Simon Emmanuel |
| New Jersey | 10th | .867 | 20 |
| 21 | El Cid | Spain/Portugal | Tegan Kapadia |
| Ohio | 12th | .860 | 20 |
| 22 | Battle of Verdun | France | Tegan Kapadia |
| Ohio | 12th | .739 | 19 |
| 23 | Thirty Years’ War | Germany | Andrew Zeng |
| New York | 11th | .640 | 18 |
| 24 | (Saint) Pope John Paul II | Religious | Andrew Zeng |
| New York | 11th | .623 | 18 |
| 25 | Louis XIV of France | France | Guy Indorante |
| Illinois | 12th | .693 | 19 |
| 26 | Balkan peninsula or Balkans | Eastern | Drew Laroo |
| Michigan | 11th | .797 | 20 |
| 27 | Egypt | France | Lukas Koutsoukos |
| Connecticut | 10th | .621 | 18 |
| 28 | (Saint) Joan of Arc | France | Simon Emmanuel |
| New Jersey | 10th | .622 | 18 |
| 29 | Winter Palace | Russia | Guy Indorante |
| Illinois | 12th | .601 | 17 |
| 30 | Marcus Tullius Cicero | Ancient Rome | Arthur Delot-Vilain |
| District of Columbia | 12th | .742 | 19 |
| 31 | Sicily | Ancient Rome | Costas Pavlou |
| Michigan | 10th | .847 | 20 |
| 32 | Amerigo Vespucci | Italy | Costas Pavlou |
| Michigan | 10th | .817 | 20 |
| 33 | Battle of Stalingrad | Russia | Daniel Rothstein |
| Texas | 12th | .821 | 20 |
| 34 | Charlemagne | France | Tegan Kapadia |
| Ohio | 12th | .890 | 20 |
| 35 | Pope Pius IX | Religious | Tegan Kapadia |
| Ohio | 12th | .852 | 20 |
| 36 | Minoan civilization | Eastern | Lukas Koutsoukos |
| Connecticut | 10th | .657 | 18 |
| 37 | Spanish Civil War | Spain/Portugal | Ned Tagtmeier |
| Texas | 12th | .704 | 19 |
| 38 | House of Hanover | Britain/Ireland | Amogh Kulkarni |
| Minnesota | 12th | .832 | 20 |
| 39 | Trajan | Ancient Rome | Costas Pavlou |
| Michigan | 10th | .741 | 19 |
| 40 | Napoleon III | France | Jack Casey |
| Illinois | 11th | .837 | 20 |
| 41 | Erwin Rommel | Germany | Simon Emmanuel |
| New Jersey | 10th | .707 | 19 |
| 42 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Britain/Ireland | Matt Abraham |
| Michigan | 11th | .847 | 20 |
| 43 | Saint Patrick | Religious | Stevie Miller |
| Maryland | 11th | .341 | 14 |
| 44 | Norway | Scandinavia | Will Carstens |
| Michigan | 10th | .776 | 20 |
| 45 | Christian Democratic Union (of Germany) | Germany | Andrew Zeng |
| New York | 11th | .521 | 16 |
| 46 | Cardinal Richelieu | France | Amogh Kulkarni |
| Minnesota | 12th | .857 | 20 |
| 47 | Herodotus | Eastern | Stevie Miller |
| Maryland | 11th | .850 | 20 |
| 48 | Council of Trent | Religious | Josh Harkins |
| Maryland | 12th | .840 | 20 |
| 49 | Malta | Eastern | Andrew Zeng |
| New York | 11th | .745 | 19 |
| 50 | Nuremberg | Germany | Tegan Kapadia |
| Ohio | 12th | .689 | 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.