Summer 2021 Popular Culture Week 1
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | Film | Nolan Jones |
  
| Indiana | 11th | .444 | 15 |
| 2 | Michelle Obama | Other PC | Ryan Sun |
| California | 11th | .741 | 19 |
| 3 | The 1975 | Music | Ned Tagtmeier |
| Texas | 12th | .574 | 17 |
| 4 | Grey | Comics | Judah Prisk |
| Georgia | 10th | .636 | 18 |
| 5 | Leslie Jones | TV | Arman Saxena |
| Texas | 11th | .342 | 14 |
| 6 | Fifth Harmony | Music | Ryan Sun |
| California | 11th | .661 | 18 |
| 7 | KFC | Other PC | Spencer Brown |
| Virginia | 11th | .397 | 15 |
| 8 | Mission: Impossible | Film | Avi Mehta |
| New York | 12th | .493 | 16 |
| 9 | Shazam | Comics | Ned Tagtmeier |
| Texas | 12th | .723 | 19 |
| 10 | Halo(s) | Video Games | Ryan Sun |
| California | 11th | .497 | 16 |
| 11 | Wayne | TV | Cason Kauffmann |
| Georgia | 12th | .237 | 13 |
| 12 | Santa Claus | Film | Cason Kauffmann |
| Georgia | 12th | .715 | 19 |
| 13 | Foo Fighters | Music | Arman Saxena |
| Texas | 11th | .469 | 16 |
| 14 | Ridiculousness | TV | Cason Kauffmann |
| Georgia | 12th | .211 | 12 |
| 15 | Alcatraz Island | Film | Spencer Brown |
| Virginia | 11th | .157 | 12 |
| 16 | Chris Cornell | Music | Nic Pruitt |
| New Jersey | 12th | .501 | 16 |
| 17 | dragons | Video Games | Jackson Raich |
| Kentucky | 12th | .691 | 18 |
| 18 | Chicago | Musicals | Avi Mehta |
| New York | 12th | .625 | 18 |
| 19 | Strawberry Fields | Music | Spencer Brown |
| Virginia | 11th | .525 | 16 |
| 20 | Johnny Carson | TV | Nic Pruitt |
| New Jersey | 12th | .214 | 12 |
| 21 | Mega Man | Video Games | Jackson Raich |
| Kentucky | 12th | .428 | 15 |
| 22 | Lego | Other PC | Judah Prisk |
| Georgia | 10th | .698 | 19 |
| 23 | Bing Crosby | Film | Arman Saxena |
| Texas | 11th | .681 | 18 |
| 24 | Meryl Streep | Film | Arman Saxena |
| Texas | 11th | .596 | 17 |
| 25 | brain | Comics | Ned Tagtmeier |
| Texas | 12th | .412 | 15 |
| 26 | Monty Python’s Flying Circus | TV | Ryan Sun |
| California | 11th | .519 | 16 |
| 27 | Wendy’s | Other PC | Jackson Raich |
| Kentucky | 12th | .415 | 15 |
| 28 | John (Joseph) Travolta | Film | Karsten Ullr Rynearson |
| Massachusetts | 11th | .458 | 15 |
| 29 | The Vampire Diaries | TV | Ned Tagtmeier |
| Texas | 12th | .764 | 19 |
| 30 | John (William) Oates | Music | Ryan Sun |
| California | 11th | .218 | 12 |
| 31 | doughnuts | Other PC | Jackson Raich |
| Kentucky | 12th | .506 | 16 |
| 32 | The Goldbergs | TV | Cason Kauffmann |
| Georgia | 12th | .698 | 19 |
| 33 | (the) boys | Music | Ryan Sun |
| California | 11th | .077 | 10 |
| 34 | Singin’ in the Rain | Film | Avi Mehta |
| New York | 12th | .430 | 15 |
| 35 | Topps | Other PC | Judah Prisk |
| Georgia | 10th | .198 | 12 |
| 36 | Jimi Hendrix | Music | Ryan Sun |
| California | 11th | .370 | 14 |
| 37 | Regina (Rene) King | Film | Spencer Brown |
| Virginia | 11th | .452 | 15 |
| 38 | Marlboro | Other PC | Karsten Ullr Rynearson |
| Massachusetts | 11th | .071 | 10 |
| 39 | Ron Howard | TV | Spencer Brown |
| Virginia | 11th | .404 | 15 |
| 40 | Sega | Video Games | Jackson Raich |
| Kentucky | 12th | .661 | 18 |
| 41 | Butter | Music | Nolan Jones |
| Indiana | 11th | .332 | 14 |
| 42 | Jodie Foster | Film | Arman Saxena |
| Texas | 11th | .458 | 15 |
| 43 | MASH | TV | Ryan Sun |
| California | 11th | .355 | 14 |
| 44 | (John) Michael Crichton | Other PC | Ned Tagtmeier |
| Texas | 12th | .322 | 14 |
| 45 | Japan | Film | Ryan Sun |
| California | 11th | .776 | 20 |
| 46 | The Monkees | Music | Arman Saxena |
| Texas | 11th | .388 | 15 |
| 47 | Assassin’s Creed Valhalla | Video Games | Spencer Brown |
| Virginia | 11th | .128 | 11 |
| 48 | Hairspray | Musicals | Avi Mehta |
| New York | 12th | .711 | 19 |
| 49 | Ad Astra | Film | Nolan Jones |
| Indiana | 11th | .437 | 15 |
| 50 | Samantha (Anne) Bee | TV | Nic Pruitt |
| New Jersey | 12th | .210 | 12 |
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.