Summer 2021 Popular Culture Week 3
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Howard (Allan) Stern | Other PC | Nathan Finn |
  
| New York | So. | .310 | 14 |
| 2 | Apocalypse Now | Film | Venu Reddy |
 
| Louisiana | Sr. | .692 | 18 |
| 3 | Contra | Video Games | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .554 | 17 |
| 4 | Twin Peaks, Washington | TV | William Golden |
| Texas | So. | .775 | 20 |
| 5 | Agatha Christie | Film | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .549 | 17 |
| 6 | Piano Man | Music | Eric Pitz |
| California | Grad. | .578 | 17 |
| 7 | Schitt’s Creek | TV | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .728 | 19 |
| 8 | Candy Crush Saga | Video Games | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .584 | 17 |
| 9 | Les Paul | Music | William Golden |
| Texas | So. | .854 | 20 |
| 10 | The Masked Singer | TV | Collin Ace |
| New Jersey | So. | .542 | 17 |
| 11 | Hugo Award(s) | Other PC | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | So. | .580 | 17 |
| 12 | flowers | Musicals | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .641 | 18 |
| 13 | Fun. | Music | Jared Cubilla |
| Canada | So. | .756 | 19 |
| 14 | The Nanny | TV | Connor Hibbard |
| New York | So. | .281 | 13 |
| 15 | Galactus | Comics | Ashwin Ganesh |
| Indiana | Fr. | .742 | 19 |
| 16 | lasers | Music | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | So. | .804 | 20 |
| 17 | The Sixth Sense | Film | Simon Sweeney |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .776 | 20 |
| 18 | Pokémon Snap | Video Games | Eric Pitz |
| California | Grad. | .778 | 20 |
| 19 | Skittles | Other PC | Jessica Chellino |
| Florida | Grad. | .461 | 15 |
| 20 | (George) Orson Welles | Film | Simon Sweeney |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .751 | 19 |
| 21 | Ava Max | Music | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .594 | 17 |
| 22 | Kermit the Frog | Film | Matt D'Annunzio |
| Connecticut | Fr. | .736 | 19 |
| 23 | Holey Moley | TV | Tomás Aguilar-Fraga |
| California | So. | .752 | 19 |
| 24 | Panda Express | Other PC | Collin Ace |
| New Jersey | So. | .336 | 14 |
| 25 | Bonnie | Music | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .736 | 19 |
| 26 | A Clockwork Orange | Film | William Golden |
| Texas | So. | .678 | 18 |
| 27 | Harley Quinn | TV | Christian Wilson |
| New York | So. | .565 | 17 |
| 28 | Twitch(.tv) | Other PC | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | So. | .626 | 18 |
| 29 | Ava (Marie) DuVernay | Film | Kevin Lei |
| Canada | Sr. | .475 | 16 |
| 30 | In the Heights | Musicals | Finn Bender |
| Colorado | Grad. | .832 | 20 |
| 31 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | Film | Henry Blyth |
| Ohio | Fr. | .743 | 19 |
| 32 | Young Rock | TV | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .609 | 17 |
| 33 | Steely Dan | Music | Vishnu Srinivas |
| Indiana | Fr. | .693 | 19 |
| 34 | Young Frankenstein | Film | Simon Sweeney |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .760 | 19 |
| 35 | Hey Arnold! | TV | Logan Anbinder |
| Maryland | Grad. | .715 | 19 |
| 36 | Migos | Music | Vishnu Srinivas |
| Indiana | Fr. | .783 | 20 |
| 37 | escape rooms | Other PC | Kevin Lei |
| Canada | Sr. | .537 | 16 |
| 38 | Y: The Last Man | Comics | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .437 | 15 |
| 39 | NBA 2K | Video Games | William Golden |
| Texas | So. | .689 | 18 |
| 40 | Daddy Yankee | Music | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .418 | 15 |
| 41 | Penélope Cruz | Film | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .652 | 18 |
| 42 | Homestar Runner | Other PC | Logan Anbinder |
| Maryland | Grad. | .644 | 18 |
| 43 | John (William) Oliver | TV | Collin Ace |
| New Jersey | So. | .804 | 20 |
| 44 | shapeshifting | Comics | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | So. | .655 | 18 |
| 45 | ships | Video Games | Finn Bender |
| Colorado | Grad. | .701 | 19 |
| 46 | Sarah Connor | Film | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | So. | .352 | 14 |
| 47 | The Wonder Years | TV | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .352 | 14 |
| 48 | The Notorious B.I.G. | Music | William Golden |
| Texas | So. | .848 | 20 |
| 49 | Iraq | Film | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | So. | .675 | 18 |
| 50 | Arby’s | Other PC | Collin Ace |
| New Jersey | So. | .649 | 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.