Summer 2021 Popular Culture Week 1
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | Film | Pranav Veluri |
  
| Indiana | So. | .753 | 19 |
| 2 | Michelle Obama | Other PC | Michael Coates |
 
| California | Grad. | .803 | 20 |
| 3 | The 1975 | Music | April Wickham |
| Missouri | Sr. | .734 | 19 |
| 4 | Grey | Comics | Ashwin Ganesh |
| Indiana | Fr. | .690 | 18 |
| 5 | Leslie Jones | TV | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .395 | 15 |
| 6 | Fifth Harmony | Music | Simone Valade |
| Canada | Grad. | .532 | 16 |
| 7 | KFC | Other PC | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .681 | 18 |
| 8 | Mission: Impossible | Film | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .701 | 19 |
| 9 | Shazam | Comics | Finn Bender |
| Colorado | Grad. | .728 | 19 |
| 10 | Halo(s) | Video Games | Zac Bennett |
| Ohio | Fr. | .626 | 18 |
| 11 | Wayne | TV | Ashwath Seetharaman |
| Texas | Jr. | .428 | 15 |
| 12 | Santa Claus | Film | Henry Blyth |
| Ohio | Fr. | .689 | 18 |
| 13 | Foo Fighters | Music | Frank Grabowski |
| Pennsylvania | Fr. | .792 | 20 |
| 14 | Ridiculousness | TV | Frank Grabowski |
| Pennsylvania | Fr. | .289 | 13 |
| 15 | Alcatraz Island | Film | Pranav Veluri |
| Indiana | So. | .487 | 16 |
| 16 | Chris Cornell | Music | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .588 | 17 |
| 17 | dragons | Video Games | Brynn Jones |
| Alabama | So. | .706 | 19 |
| 18 | Chicago | Musicals | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .779 | 20 |
| 19 | Strawberry Fields | Music | Matt D'Annunzio |
| Connecticut | Fr. | .521 | 16 |
| 20 | Johnny Carson | TV | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .750 | 19 |
| 21 | Mega Man | Video Games | Jake Sundberg |
| Louisiana | Grad. | .520 | 16 |
| 22 | Lego | Other PC | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .471 | 16 |
| 23 | Bing Crosby | Film | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .701 | 19 |
| 24 | Meryl Streep | Film | Erie Mitchell |
| North Carolina | Fr. | .675 | 18 |
| 25 | brain | Comics | Finn Bender |
| Colorado | Grad. | .761 | 19 |
| 26 | Monty Python’s Flying Circus | TV | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .530 | 16 |
| 27 | Wendy’s | Other PC | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .821 | 20 |
| 28 | John (Joseph) Travolta | Film | Deleena Simon |
| Michigan | Jr. | .698 | 19 |
| 29 | The Vampire Diaries | TV | Deleena Simon |
| Michigan | Jr. | .759 | 19 |
| 30 | John (William) Oates | Music | Simone Valade |
| Canada | Grad. | .750 | 19 |
| 31 | doughnuts | Other PC | Finn Bender |
| Colorado | Grad. | .505 | 16 |
| 32 | The Goldbergs | TV | Sebastian Torres |
| Connecticut | So. | .685 | 18 |
| 33 | (the) boys | Music | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .466 | 16 |
| 34 | Singin’ in the Rain | Film | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .593 | 17 |
| 35 | Topps | Other PC | April Wickham |
| Missouri | Sr. | .695 | 19 |
| 36 | Jimi Hendrix | Music | Jared Cubilla |
| Canada | So. | .374 | 14 |
| 37 | Regina (Rene) King | Film | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .723 | 19 |
| 38 | Marlboro | Other PC | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .517 | 16 |
| 39 | Ron Howard | TV | Simone Valade |
| Canada | Grad. | .448 | 15 |
| 40 | Sega | Video Games | Eric Wolfsberg |
| California | Grad. | .744 | 19 |
| 41 | Butter | Music | Kevin Lei |
| Canada | Sr. | .785 | 20 |
| 42 | Jodie Foster | Film | Simon Sweeney |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .664 | 18 |
| 43 | MASH | TV | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .565 | 17 |
| 44 | (John) Michael Crichton | Other PC | Natan Holtzman |
| California | Grad. | .480 | 16 |
| 45 | Japan | Film | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | So. | .727 | 19 |
| 46 | The Monkees | Music | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .624 | 18 |
| 47 | Assassin’s Creed Valhalla | Video Games | Aryaman Jaiswal |
| Missouri | Fr. | .275 | 13 |
| 48 | Hairspray | Musicals | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .739 | 19 |
| 49 | Ad Astra | Film | Kevin Lei |
| Canada | Sr. | .583 | 17 |
| 50 | Samantha (Anne) Bee | TV | Daniel Sheinberg |
| Connecticut | So. | .492 | 16 |
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.