Summer 2021 Popular Culture Week 8
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lawrence of Arabia | Film | Natan Holtzman |
 
| California | Grad. | .559 | 17 |
| 2 | Freddy’s | Video Games | Frank Grabowski |
| Pennsylvania | Fr. | .665 | 18 |
| 3 | Rapstar | Music | Garrison Page |
 
| Kentucky | Jr. | .659 | 18 |
| 4 | Tomorrow | Musicals | Daniel Sheinberg |
| Connecticut | So. | .543 | 17 |
| 5 | sharks | Film | Ashwin Ganesh |
| Indiana | Fr. | .576 | 17 |
| 6 | Duke Nukem | Video Games | Ashwin Ganesh |
| Indiana | Fr. | .749 | 19 |
| 7 | firefighter(s) | TV | Pranav Veluri |
| Indiana | So. | .554 | 17 |
| 8 | Crocodile Dundee | Film | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .488 | 16 |
| 9 | Atlantic City | Other PC | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .541 | 17 |
| 10 | Dig Dug | Video Games | Brynn Jones |
| Alabama | So. | .527 | 16 |
| 11 | Orpheus | Musicals | Connor Hibbard |
| New York | So. | .727 | 19 |
| 12 | The Underground Railroad | TV | Simon Sweeney |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .556 | 17 |
| 13 | I Am Legend | Film | Natan Holtzman |
| California | Grad. | .690 | 18 |
| 14 | Kendrick Lamar | Music | Vishnu Srinivas |
| Indiana | Fr. | .747 | 19 |
| 15 | Charmed | TV | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .685 | 18 |
| 16 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | TV | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .520 | 16 |
| 17 | skeletons | Other PC | Jack Wolverton |
| Missouri | Jr. | .696 | 19 |
| 18 | Legally Blonde | Film | Logan Anbinder |
| Maryland | Grad. | .796 | 20 |
| 19 | BioShock | Video Games | Brynn Jones |
| Alabama | So. | .704 | 19 |
| 20 | Canada | Music | Darren Petrosino |
| New Jersey | So. | .812 | 20 |
| 21 | Insidious | Film | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .353 | 14 |
| 22 | Bob Odenkirk | TV | Jared Cubilla |
| Canada | So. | .762 | 19 |
| 23 | William (Ford) Gibson | Other PC | Finn Bender |
| Colorado | Grad. | .558 | 17 |
| 24 | Jason Derulo | Music | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .557 | 17 |
| 25 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | TV | William Grossman |
| Florida | Sr. | .549 | 17 |
| 26 | 17 or seventeen | Other PC | Brynn Jones |
| Alabama | So. | .744 | 19 |
| 27 | Batman | Video Games | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | So. | .779 | 20 |
| 28 | Alita | Film | Pranav Veluri |
| Indiana | So. | .517 | 16 |
| 29 | The Cars | Music | Tomás Aguilar-Fraga |
| California | So. | .599 | 17 |
| 30 | sabacc | Other PC | Raul Passement |
| Texas | So. | .367 | 14 |
| 31 | Backyard Baseball | Video Games | Noah McThenia |
| North Carolina | Sr. | .751 | 19 |
| 32 | Venus | Music | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .619 | 18 |
| 33 | Nicole (Mary) Kidman | TV | Kevin Lei |
| Canada | Sr. | .607 | 17 |
| 34 | Cirque du Soleil | Other PC | Pranav Veluri |
| Indiana | So. | .625 | 18 |
| 35 | Dagwood Bumstead | Comics | Jack Wolverton |
| Missouri | Jr. | .538 | 17 |
| 36 | trains | Film | Siddarth Kumar |
| Indiana | So. | .628 | 18 |
| 37 | Peter (Brian) Gabriel | Music | Jared Cubilla |
| Canada | So. | .757 | 19 |
| 38 | Lucifer | TV | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | So. | .582 | 17 |
| 39 | Scarlet Witch | Comics | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .693 | 19 |
| 40 | (Eldred) Gregory Peck | Film | Eric Pitz |
| California | Grad. | .620 | 18 |
| 41 | Lizzo | Music | Darren Petrosino |
| New Jersey | So. | .626 | 18 |
| 42 | cabbage | Other PC | Nathan Finn |
| New York | So. | .317 | 14 |
| 43 | American Dad! | TV | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | So. | .762 | 19 |
| 44 | F9: The Fast Saga | Film | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .607 | 17 |
| 45 | Take Me to Church | Music | Zac Bennett |
| Ohio | Fr. | .689 | 18 |
| 46 | Battlestar Galactica | TV | Noah McThenia |
| North Carolina | Sr. | .485 | 16 |
| 47 | Ghost World | Comics | Benjamin Kitchen |
| Massachusetts | Sr. | .502 | 16 |
| 48 | Hank Williams (Sr.) | Music | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | So. | .396 | 15 |
| 49 | Magnus Carlsen | Other PC | Zac Bennett |
| Ohio | Fr. | .666 | 18 |
| 50 | A.P. Bio | TV | Jack Wolverton |
| Missouri | Jr. | .789 | 20 |
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.