Summer 2021 Popular Culture Week 7
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swimming pools | Film | Simon Sweeney |
  
| Pennsylvania | So. | .832 | 20 |
| 2 | Alka-Seltzer | Other PC | Alex Schmidt |
 
| Pennsylvania | So. | .606 | 17 |
| 3 | Matthew Broderick | Musicals | Nadege Aoki |
| Massachusetts | Grad. | .565 | 17 |
| 4 | Don’t Breathe | Film | Finn Bender |
| Colorado | Grad. | .395 | 15 |
| 5 | OneRepublic | Music | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .733 | 19 |
| 6 | The L Word | TV | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .524 | 16 |
| 7 | Galaxy Quest | Film | Collin Ace |
| New Jersey | So. | .852 | 20 |
| 8 | Gideon | Other PC | Ashwin Ganesh |
| Indiana | Fr. | .545 | 17 |
| 9 | Today | TV | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .532 | 16 |
| 10 | trap | Music | Siddarth Kumar |
| Indiana | So. | .299 | 13 |
| 11 | Luca | Film | Chauncey Lo |
| New York | Jr. | .516 | 16 |
| 12 | Chernobyl | TV | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .592 | 17 |
| 13 | My Sharona | Music | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .752 | 19 |
| 14 | Twinkies | Other PC | Collin Ace |
| New Jersey | So. | .803 | 20 |
| 15 | Mr. Smith | Film | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .735 | 19 |
| 16 | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | TV | Raul Passement |
| Texas | So. | .679 | 18 |
| 17 | Aloe Blacc | Music | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .641 | 18 |
| 18 | it’s over 9,000! | Other PC | Logan Anbinder |
| Maryland | Grad. | .334 | 14 |
| 19 | George Gershwin | Musicals | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .722 | 19 |
| 20 | Fallout | Video Games | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .657 | 18 |
| 21 | Nick Fury | Comics | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .794 | 20 |
| 22 | The Exorcist | Film | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .808 | 20 |
| 23 | Lucid Dreams | Music | April Wickham |
| Missouri | Sr. | .618 | 18 |
| 24 | The Prince of Egypt | Film | Collin Ace |
| New Jersey | So. | .751 | 19 |
| 25 | (Christopher) Ashton Kutcher | TV | Simone Valade |
| Canada | Grad. | .514 | 16 |
| 26 | Bo Burnham | Other PC | Garrison Page |
| Kentucky | Jr. | .728 | 19 |
| 27 | Work | Music | Darren Petrosino |
| New Jersey | So. | .616 | 18 |
| 28 | The Chase | TV | Erie Mitchell |
| North Carolina | Fr. | .445 | 15 |
| 29 | Sweden | Film | Eric Pitz |
| California | Grad. | .628 | 18 |
| 30 | Duran Duran | Music | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .546 | 17 |
| 31 | ice hockey | Film | Venu Reddy |
| Louisiana | Sr. | .698 | 19 |
| 32 | Idris Elba | TV | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | So. | .856 | 20 |
| 33 | Metropolis | Comics | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .878 | 20 |
| 34 | (Warp) Pipes | Video Games | Brynn Jones |
| Alabama | So. | .824 | 20 |
| 35 | Yeah! | Music | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .539 | 17 |
| 36 | dominoes | Other PC | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .227 | 12 |
| 37 | Ratchet | Video Games | Zac Bennett |
| Ohio | Fr. | .758 | 19 |
| 38 | Mortal Kombat | Film | Ashwin Ganesh |
| Indiana | Fr. | .520 | 16 |
| 39 | Australia | Music | Jared Cubilla |
| Canada | So. | .824 | 20 |
| 40 | Harlan (Jay) Ellison | Other PC | Finn Bender |
| Colorado | Grad. | .681 | 18 |
| 41 | The A-Team | TV | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .431 | 15 |
| 42 | Soviet Union | Comics | Finn Bender |
| Colorado | Grad. | .625 | 18 |
| 43 | Silver Linings Playbook | Film | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | So. | .781 | 20 |
| 44 | Dishonored | Video Games | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .560 | 17 |
| 45 | Walter White | TV | Chauncey Lo |
| New York | Jr. | .657 | 18 |
| 46 | Energizer Bunny | Other PC | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .578 | 17 |
| 47 | saxophone | Music | Henry Blyth |
| Ohio | Fr. | .648 | 18 |
| 48 | Bowen Yang | TV | Connor Hibbard |
| New York | So. | .481 | 16 |
| 49 | Ace Ventura | Film | Ashwath Seetharaman |
| Texas | Jr. | .608 | 17 |
| 50 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Video Games | Daniel Sheinberg |
| Connecticut | So. | .690 | 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.