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| # | Answer | Player | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren G(amaliel) Harding | Vikshar Athreya | Washington | Jr. | .674 | 18 |
| 2 | Montezuma (II) | Vikshar Athreya | Washington | Jr. | .547 | 17 |
| 3 | Catherine the Great | Vikshar Athreya | Washington | Jr. | .831 | 20 |
| 4 | John Brown | Lalit Maharjan | Indiana | Sr. | .795 | 20 |
| 5 | World War II | Andrew Morin | District of Columbia | Fr. | .567 | 17 |
| 6 | Sparta | Kevin Lei | Canada | Sr. | .642 | 18 |
| 7 | Dwight D(avid) Eisenhower | Seoan Webb | United Kingdom | So. | .672 | 18 |
| 8 | Japan | Andrew Morin | District of Columbia | Fr. | .612 | 17 |
| 9 | Earl Warren | Andrew Morin | District of Columbia | Fr. | .807 | 20 |
| 10 | Battle of Trafalgar | Seoan Webb | United Kingdom | So. | .818 | 20 |
| 11 | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Jake Sundberg | Louisiana | Grad. | .665 | 18 |
| 12 | Portugal | Lia Rathburn | Canada | Grad. | .844 | 20 |
| 13 | Italy | Patrick Minsker | Illinois | Grad. | .911 | 20 |
| 14 | Saint Francis of Assisi | Lia Rathburn | Canada | Grad. | .593 | 17 |
| 15 | Dick Cheney | Venu Reddy | Louisiana | Sr. | .441 | 15 |
| 16 | Quebec | Lia Rathburn | Canada | Grad. | .888 | 20 |
| 17 | Clinton | Henry Blyth | Ohio | Fr. | .844 | 20 |
| 18 | (Nazi) concentration camps | Seoan Webb | United Kingdom | So. | .751 | 19 |
| 19 | Church of England or Anglican Church | Lia Rathburn | Canada | Grad. | .789 | 20 |
| 20 | New Amsterdam | Lia Rathburn | Canada | Grad. | .586 | 17 |
| 21 | Ferdinand Magellan | Henry Blyth | Ohio | Fr. | .828 | 20 |
| 22 | Battle(s) of Saratoga | Andrew Morin | District of Columbia | Fr. | .795 | 20 |
| 23 | China | Ashwath Seetharaman | Texas | Jr. | .765 | 19 |
| 24 | salt | Lia Rathburn | Canada | Grad. | .772 | 20 |
| 25 | Nero | Kevin Lei | Canada | Sr. | .561 | 17 |
| 26 | (U.S. presidential election of) 1860 | Henry Blyth | Ohio | Fr. | .745 | 19 |
| 27 | Erwin Rommel | Eric Wolfsberg | California | Grad. | .809 | 20 |
| 28 | Argentina | Andrew Morin | District of Columbia | Fr. | .821 | 20 |
| 29 | Rhode Island | Deleena Simon | Michigan | Jr. | .489 | 16 |
| 30 | Louis XIV of France | Vikshar Athreya | Washington | Jr. | .832 | 20 |
| 31 | Baltimore, Maryland | Lia Rathburn | Canada | Grad. | .436 | 15 |
| 32 | William Wallace | Lia Rathburn | Canada | Grad. | .579 | 17 |
| 33 | Iraq | Lia Rathburn | Canada | Grad. | .815 | 20 |
| 34 | Cherokee | Lia Rathburn | Canada | Grad. | .575 | 17 |
| 35 | children | Seoan Webb | United Kingdom | So. | .621 | 18 |
| 36 | Alfred Dreyfus | Lia Rathburn | Canada | Grad. | .750 | 19 |
| 37 | Clarence (Seward) Darrow | Lalit Maharjan | Indiana | Sr. | .554 | 17 |
| 38 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | Andrew Morin | District of Columbia | Fr. | .756 | 19 |
| 39 | Margaret (Hilda) Thatcher | Andrew Morin | District of Columbia | Fr. | .855 | 20 |
| 40 | Harrison | Andrew Morin | District of Columbia | Fr. | .494 | 16 |
| 41 | Rwandan genocide | Seoan Webb | United Kingdom | So. | .462 | 16 |
| 42 | First Barbary War | Lia Rathburn | Canada | Grad. | .764 | 19 |
| 43 | Elizabeth I of England | Seoan Webb | United Kingdom | So. | .573 | 17 |
| 44 | Phoenician civilization | Ashwath Seetharaman | Texas | Jr. | .668 | 18 |
| 45 | Speaker of the House (of Representatives) | Andrew Morin | District of Columbia | Fr. | .619 | 18 |
| 46 | Nicholas II of Russia | Lia Rathburn | Canada | Grad. | .871 | 20 |
| 47 | Mao Zedong | Tomás Aguilar-Fraga | California | So. | .859 | 20 |
| 48 | Graham | Venu Reddy | Louisiana | Sr. | .231 | 12 |
| 49 | William the Conqueror | Seoan Webb | United Kingdom | So. | .811 | 20 |
| 50 | Battle of Gettysburg | Matt D'Annunzio | Connecticut | Fr. | .570 | 17 |
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.