Summer 2021 Popular Culture Week 5
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | Video Games | Brynn Jones |
| Alabama | So. | .794 | 20 |
| 2 | Oz | TV | Pranav Veluri |
 
| Indiana | So. | .716 | 19 |
| 3 | Sophia Loren | Film | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .730 | 19 |
| 4 | Moby | Music | Frank Grabowski |
  
| Pennsylvania | Fr. | .648 | 18 |
| 5 | Friday the 13th | Film | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .620 | 18 |
| 6 | Olive Garden | Other PC | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .685 | 18 |
| 7 | American | TV | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | So. | .749 | 19 |
| 8 | Sia | Music | Ashwin Ganesh |
| Indiana | Fr. | .587 | 17 |
| 9 | (Peloton) stationary bikes | Other PC | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .463 | 16 |
| 10 | Rudy | Film | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .482 | 16 |
| 11 | Kyle Rayner | Comics | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | So. | .797 | 20 |
| 12 | The Clash | Music | Jack Wolverton |
| Missouri | Jr. | .638 | 18 |
| 13 | Gomer Pyle | TV | Natan Holtzman |
| California | Grad. | .446 | 15 |
| 14 | Mewtwo | Video Games | Eric Pitz |
| California | Grad. | .569 | 17 |
| 15 | raisins | Other PC | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .513 | 16 |
| 16 | Ready Player One | Film | Simon Sweeney |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .727 | 19 |
| 17 | Roy (Kelton) Orbison | Music | Finn Bender |
| Colorado | Grad. | .687 | 18 |
| 18 | The Boys | TV | Pranav Veluri |
| Indiana | So. | .806 | 20 |
| 19 | Alfred (Thaddeus Crane) Pennyworth | Comics | Finn Bender |
| Colorado | Grad. | .658 | 18 |
| 20 | Blondie | Music | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .732 | 19 |
| 21 | Red Dead Redemption | Video Games | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .779 | 20 |
| 22 | Office Space | Film | Henry Blyth |
| Ohio | Fr. | .684 | 18 |
| 23 | Alicia Keys | Music | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .665 | 18 |
| 24 | Ray Donovan | TV | April Wickham |
| Missouri | Sr. | .725 | 19 |
| 25 | Jerry Lewis | Film | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | So. | .672 | 18 |
| 26 | Mike Doonesbury | Comics | Darren Petrosino |
| New Jersey | So. | .065 | 10 |
| 27 | The Great | TV | Truman Bennet |
| Indiana | Sr. | .694 | 19 |
| 28 | Jenner | Other PC | Siddarth Kumar |
| Indiana | So. | .554 | 17 |
| 29 | Happy Gilmore | Film | Simon Sweeney |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .568 | 17 |
| 30 | 1989 | Music | Jared Cubilla |
| Canada | So. | .725 | 19 |
| 31 | Come From Away | Musicals | Kevin Lei |
| Canada | Sr. | .561 | 17 |
| 32 | The Beverly Hillbillies | TV | Venu Reddy |
| Louisiana | Sr. | .622 | 18 |
| 33 | Good 4 U | Music | Henry Blyth |
| Ohio | Fr. | .696 | 19 |
| 34 | Rocketman | Film | William Grossman |
| Florida | Sr. | .502 | 16 |
| 35 | Rosemary’s Baby | Film | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .435 | 15 |
| 36 | Law & Order | TV | Logan Anbinder |
| Maryland | Grad. | .392 | 15 |
| 37 | Silk Sonic | Music | Vishnu Srinivas |
| Indiana | Fr. | .776 | 20 |
| 38 | (The) Mitchells | Film | Brynn Jones |
| Alabama | So. | .691 | 18 |
| 39 | P. F. Chang’s China Bistro | Other PC | Andrew Semak |
| Michigan | Sr. | .682 | 18 |
| 40 | alligators | Video Games | Darren Petrosino |
| New Jersey | So. | .425 | 15 |
| 41 | AMC | TV | Tyler Clark |
| California | Fr. | .631 | 18 |
| 42 | Radioactive | Music | Tyler Clark |
| California | Fr. | .739 | 19 |
| 43 | Mars | Other PC | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | So. | .545 | 17 |
| 44 | League of Legends | Video Games | Erie Mitchell |
| North Carolina | Fr. | .684 | 18 |
| 45 | Dreamgirls | Musicals | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .599 | 17 |
| 46 | Stand by Me | Film | Eric Pitz |
| California | Grad. | .569 | 17 |
| 47 | Chia Pets | Other PC | Avery Strangstalien |
| Wisconsin | So. | .493 | 16 |
| 48 | Chris Harrison | TV | Logan Anbinder |
| Maryland | Grad. | .724 | 19 |
| 49 | Chris Hemsworth | Film | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .780 | 20 |
| 50 | Dick Gregory | Other PC | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .039 | 10 |
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.