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| # | Answer | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago, Illinois | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .562 | 17 |
| 2 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Swapnil Garg |
 
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .111 | 11 |
| 3 | Harry (Andrew) Blackmun | Nathan Finn |
 
| New York | So. | .241 | 13 |
| 4 | Loving v. Virginia | Chandler West |
| Tennessee | Grad. | .514 | 16 |
| 5 | Georgia | Eric Rosenthal |
| New York | Grad. | .762 | 19 |
| 6 | Bush v. Gore | Eric Rosenthal |
| New York | Grad. | .690 | 18 |
| 7 | NFL | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .318 | 14 |
| 8 | Hillary (Diane) Rodham Clinton | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .628 | 18 |
| 9 | Minnesota | Peter Blanchfield |
| Minnesota | Jr. | .685 | 18 |
| 10 | Robert (Francis) Kennedy | Matt D'Annunzio |
| Connecticut | Fr. | .691 | 18 |
| 11 | Dartmouth College | Eric Wolfsberg |
| California | Grad. | .782 | 20 |
| 12 | California | Geoffrey McGee |
| Massachusetts | Grad. | .050 | 10 |
| 13 | Taft | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .550 | 17 |
| 14 | minimum wage laws | Peter Blanchfield |
| Minnesota | Jr. | .658 | 18 |
| 15 | Buck v. Bell | Eric Rosenthal |
| New York | Grad. | .647 | 18 |
| 16 | Iowa | Deleena Simon |
| Michigan | Jr. | .457 | 15 |
| 17 | Mar-a-Lago | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .725 | 19 |
| 18 | Ohio | Blake Andert |
| Minnesota | Sr. | .458 | 15 |
| 19 | Johnnie (Lee) Cochran | Isaiah Gutman |
| Iowa | So. | .588 | 17 |
| 20 | Louisiana | Vishal Puppala |
| Missouri | 5th-Yr. Sr. | .787 | 20 |
| 21 | Charles (Milles) Manson | Harley Andrew |
| Florida | 5th-Yr. Sr. | .376 | 14 |
| 22 | President of the United States | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .375 | 14 |
| 23 | Jeffrey (Ross) Toobin | Christian Wilson |
| New York | So. | .570 | 17 |
| 24 | Harvard Law School | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .526 | 16 |
| 25 | Roy (Marcus) Cohn | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .605 | 17 |
| 26 | Florida | Zachary Knecht |
| Florida | Sr. | .307 | 13 |
| 27 | John (Ray) Grisham | Geoffrey McGee |
| Massachusetts | Grad. | .444 | 15 |
| 28 | Gloria (Rachel) Allred | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .000 | 10 |
| 29 | Louis (Dembitz) Brandeis | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | So. | .771 | 20 |
| 30 | Atticus Finch | Collin Ace |
| New Jersey | So. | .775 | 20 |
| 31 | Atlanta | Nick Jensen |
| California | Grad. | .234 | 13 |
| 32 | Belva (Ann) Lockwood | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .000 | 10 |
| 33 | Charles (Augustus) Lindbergh | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .687 | 18 |
| 34 | Janet (Wood) Reno | Andrew Morin |
| District of Columbia | Fr. | .438 | 15 |
| 35 | Boston Massacre | Vishal Puppala |
| Missouri | 5th-Yr. Sr. | .584 | 17 |
| 36 | Amistad | Pranav Veluri |
| Indiana | So. | .481 | 16 |
| 37 | Japanese-Americans | Eric Rosenthal |
| New York | Grad. | .814 | 20 |
| 38 | Jerry (Lamon) Falwell Sr. | Isaiah Gutman |
| Iowa | So. | .482 | 16 |
| 39 | Clarence (Seward) Darrow | Ashwath Seetharaman |
| Texas | Jr. | .545 | 17 |
| 40 | Erin Brockovich | Nick Jensen |
| California | Grad. | .743 | 19 |
| 41 | RICO Act | Christian Wilson |
| New York | So. | .476 | 16 |
| 42 | Michael (John) Avenatti | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .774 | 20 |
| 43 | George (Timothy) Clooney | Pranav Veluri |
| Indiana | So. | .254 | 13 |
| 44 | Anthony (McLeod) Kennedy | Eric Rosenthal |
| New York | Grad. | .736 | 19 |
| 45 | American Sniper | Ashwath Seetharaman |
| Texas | Jr. | .211 | 12 |
| 46 | New Mexico | Eric Wolfsberg |
| California | Grad. | .719 | 19 |
| 47 | Sandra Day O’Connor | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .550 | 17 |
| 48 | farmers | Zane Placie |
| Georgia | Sr. | .528 | 16 |
| 49 | Bobby Seale | Lexi Terman |
| New Jersey | Fr. | .630 | 18 |
| 50 | Kenesaw Mountain Landis | Zane Placie |
| Georgia | Sr. | .309 | 14 |
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.