Season 5 Level A Week 5
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ozone | Science & Math | Charles Heydt |
  
| Georgia | 9th | .882 | 20 |
| 2 | Malcolm X | History | Nikky Nandipati |
| Texas | 10th | .799 | 20 |
| 3 | Mars | Current Events | Collin Steele |
| Illinois | 10th | .890 | 20 |
| 4 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Literature | Charles Heydt |
| Georgia | 9th | .878 | 20 |
| 5 | lenses | Science & Math | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .846 | 20 |
| 6 | Bill Clinton | History | Drew Laroo |
| Michigan | 12th | .838 | 20 |
| 7 | (Haitian) voodoo | Social Science | Anthony Chalhoub |
 
| Michigan | 11th | .880 | 20 |
| 8 | Valhalla | Literature | Nikky Nandipati |
| Texas | 10th | .832 | 20 |
| 9 | nucleus(es) | Science & Math | Nico Pascual |
| Michigan | 12th | .930 | 20 |
| 10 | Iran | History | Drew Laroo |
| Michigan | 12th | .838 | 20 |
| 11 | Moby-Dick | Literature | Charles Heydt |
| Georgia | 9th | .863 | 20 |
| 12 | right to vote | Social Science | John Greene | Michigan | 12th | .921 | 20 | |
| 13 | Philippines | Current Events | Ryan Presler |
| South Dakota | 11th | .781 | 20 |
| 14 | cathedral(s) | Fine Arts | Drew Laroo |
| Michigan | 12th | .654 | 18 |
| 15 | Berlin | History | Alex Partlan |
| Michigan | 10th | .846 | 20 |
| 16 | Franz Kafka | Literature | Charles Heydt |
| Georgia | 9th | .772 | 20 |
| 17 | cytosine | Science & Math | Charles Heydt |
| Georgia | 9th | .779 | 20 |
| 18 | Mexico | History | Nikky Nandipati |
| Texas | 10th | .816 | 20 |
| 19 | Baghdad | Geography | Nikky Nandipati |
| Texas | 10th | .703 | 19 |
| 20 | clefs | Fine Arts | Matt Abraham |
| Michigan | 12th | .878 | 20 |
| 21 | Alice | Literature | Elizabeth Orton |
| Alabama | 10th | .631 | 18 |
| 22 | Congo River | Geography | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .822 | 20 |
| 23 | Ulysses S. Grant | History | Tate Osborne |
| Alabama | 9th | .814 | 20 |
| 24 | radius (of a circle) | Science & Math | Michael Yousif |
| Michigan | 12th | .695 | 19 |
| 25 | Crime and Punishment | Literature | Tate Osborne |
| Alabama | 9th | .730 | 19 |
| 26 | Mark (Elliot) Zuckerberg | Current Events | Lukas Koutsoukos |
| Connecticut | 11th | .686 | 18 |
| 27 | acceleration | Science & Math | John Greene | Michigan | 12th | .928 | 20 | |
| 28 | The Prince and the Pauper | Literature | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .698 | 19 |
| 29 | France | History | Lukas Koutsoukos |
| Connecticut | 11th | .827 | 20 |
| 30 | Queen | Pop Culture & Sports | Isaac Napier |
| Ohio | 11th | .839 | 20 |
| 31 | pearls | Mixed & Miscellaneous | Liam Cross |
| Michigan | 12th | .768 | 19 |
| 32 | James Joyce | Literature | Michael Yousif |
| Michigan | 12th | .803 | 20 |
| 33 | division | Science & Math | Nico Pascual |
| Michigan | 12th | .805 | 20 |
| 34 | hammers | Pop Culture & Sports | Ben Yancey |
| Michigan | 9th | .760 | 19 |
| 35 | The Crucible | Literature | Oliver Kammeraad |
| Michigan | 10th | .770 | 20 |
| 36 | kidneys | Science & Math | Charley Nelson-Pawlik |
| Michigan | 9th | .676 | 18 |
| 37 | Margaret (Hilda) Thatcher | History | Patrick Szendro |
| Michigan | 12th | .816 | 20 |
| 38 | Robinson Crusoe | Literature | Tate Osborne |
| Alabama | 9th | .679 | 18 |
| 39 | Sphinx | Literature | Liam Cross |
| Michigan | 12th | .781 | 20 |
| 40 | Battle of Antietam | History | Drew Laroo |
| Michigan | 12th | .844 | 20 |
| 41 | Alaska | Geography | Lukas Koutsoukos |
| Connecticut | 11th | .884 | 20 |
| 42 | Jaws | Pop Culture & Sports | Leo Auerbach |
| Illinois | 11th | .627 | 18 |
| 43 | George Frideric Handel | Fine Arts | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .875 | 20 |
| 44 | 2 | Science & Math | Charles Heydt |
| Georgia | 9th | .611 | 17 |
| 45 | Portugal | History | Michael Yousif |
| Michigan | 12th | .826 | 20 |
| 46 | Justin Trudeau | Current Events | Nikky Nandipati |
| Texas | 10th | .750 | 19 |
| 47 | caves or caverns | Science & Math | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .706 | 19 |
| 48 | Black Hills | Geography | Nikky Nandipati |
| Texas | 10th | .785 | 20 |
| 49 | ducks | Mixed & Miscellaneous | Michael Rubin |
| Florida | 11th | .672 | 18 |
| 50 | attack on Pearl Harbor | History | Tate Osborne |
| Alabama | 9th | .854 | 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.