Season 5 Level A Week 1
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | acids | Science & Math | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .856 | 20 |
| 2 | Greenland | Geography | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .330 | 14 |
| 3 | guillotine | History | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .712 | 19 |
| 4 | Sherlock Holmes | Literature | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .642 | 18 |
| 5 | Venice | Geography | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .824 | 20 |
| 6 | Great Red Spot | Science & Math | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .388 | 15 |
| 7 | Oscar Wilde | Literature | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .713 | 19 |
| 8 | Andrew (Mark) Cuomo | Current Events | Winston Lin |
| Texas | 8th | .168 | 12 |
| 9 | Mao Zedong | History | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .782 | 20 |
| 10 | Coco | Pop Culture & Sports | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .777 | 20 |
| 11 | World War II | Mixed & Miscellaneous | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .620 | 18 |
| 12 | malaria | Science & Math | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .736 | 19 |
| 13 | South Africa | Literature | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .855 | 20 |
| 14 | Theodore Roosevelt | History | Aaron Kuang |
| Texas | 8th | .804 | 20 |
| 15 | 2 or two | Science & Math | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .347 | 14 |
| 16 | Huckleberry Finn | Literature | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .529 | 16 |
| 17 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Fine Arts | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .658 | 18 |
| 18 | New Zealand | Geography | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .742 | 19 |
| 19 | Voltaire | Literature | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .489 | 16 |
| 20 | Boston Red Sox | Pop Culture & Sports | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .308 | 14 |
| 21 | cello(s) | Fine Arts | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .667 | 18 |
| 22 | (Gaius) Julius Caesar | History | Aaron Kuang |
| Texas | 8th | .774 | 20 |
| 23 | electrical resistance | Science & Math | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .691 | 18 |
| 24 | horses | Fine Arts | Winston Lin |
| Texas | 8th | .391 | 15 |
| 25 | Prince Hamlet | Literature | Jahan Naehr |
| Texas | 7th | .472 | 16 |
| 26 | (Pallas) Athena | Literature | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .670 | 18 |
| 27 | photons | Science & Math | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .762 | 19 |
| 28 | Hong Kong | Current Events | Winston Lin |
| Texas | 8th | .418 | 15 |
| 29 | Incan empire | History | Emerson Koay |
| Texas | 7th | .785 | 20 |
| 30 | Emily (Elizabeth) Dickinson | Literature | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .727 | 19 |
| 31 | Missouri River | Geography | Henry Caputo |
| Texas | 8th | .255 | 13 |
| 32 | Ireland | History | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .240 | 13 |
| 33 | RNA | Science & Math | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .681 | 18 |
| 34 | Jeff Bezos | Current Events | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .519 | 16 |
| 35 | AIDS | History | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .555 | 17 |
| 36 | Pablo Picasso | Fine Arts | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .585 | 17 |
| 37 | Nile River | Geography | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .818 | 20 |
| 38 | Soviet Union | History | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .696 | 19 |
| 39 | 7 | Science & Math | Aaron Kuang |
| Texas | 8th | .587 | 17 |
| 40 | Don Quixote (de La Mancha) | Literature | Winston Lin |
| Texas | 8th | .772 | 20 |
| 41 | George Washington | History | Winston Lin |
| Texas | 8th | .652 | 18 |
| 42 | Nintendo | Pop Culture & Sports | Winston Lin |
| Texas | 8th | .435 | 15 |
| 43 | international trade | Social Science | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .422 | 15 |
| 44 | The Prince | Social Science | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .361 | 14 |
| 45 | honey | Science & Math | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .676 | 18 |
| 46 | Queen Victoria | History | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .674 | 18 |
| 47 | universities | Current Events | Jahan Naehr |
| Texas | 7th | .449 | 15 |
| 48 | New Mexico | Mixed & Miscellaneous | Henry Caputo |
| Texas | 8th | .775 | 20 |
| 49 | 90 degrees | Science & Math | Maya Jagsi |
| Texas | 8th | .382 | 14 |
| 50 | Eugene (Gladstone) O’Neill | Literature | Winston Lin |
| Texas | 8th | .489 | 16 |
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.