Season 5 Level A Week 5
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ozone | Science & Math | Andy Li |
| Texas | 8th | .707 | 19 |
| 2 | Malcolm X | History | Maya Jagsi |
| Texas | 8th | .743 | 19 |
| 3 | Mars | Current Events | Maya Jagsi |
| Texas | 8th | .720 | 19 |
| 4 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Literature | Kate Ponnambalam |
 
| Texas | 8th | .728 | 19 |
| 5 | lenses | Science & Math | Jahan Naehr |
| Texas | 7th | .515 | 16 |
| 6 | Bill Clinton | History | Evans Senvalds |
| Texas | 8th | .793 | 20 |
| 7 | (Haitian) voodoo | Social Science | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .676 | 18 |
| 8 | Valhalla | Literature | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .813 | 20 |
| 9 | nucleus(es) | Science & Math | Jahan Naehr |
| Texas | 7th | .773 | 20 |
| 10 | Iran | History | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .693 | 19 |
| 11 | Moby-Dick | Literature | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .710 | 19 |
| 12 | right to vote | Social Science | Maya Jagsi |
| Texas | 8th | .719 | 19 |
| 13 | Philippines | Current Events | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .706 | 19 |
| 14 | cathedral(s) | Fine Arts | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .510 | 16 |
| 15 | Berlin | History | Andy Li |
| Texas | 8th | .753 | 19 |
| 16 | Franz Kafka | Literature | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .470 | 16 |
| 17 | cytosine | Science & Math | Oliver Tsao |
| Texas | 8th | .001 | 10 |
| 18 | Mexico | History | David Hu |
| Texas | 8th | .759 | 19 |
| 19 | Baghdad | Geography | Evans Senvalds |
| Texas | 8th | .497 | 16 |
| 20 | clefs | Fine Arts | Andy Li |
| Texas | 8th | .473 | 16 |
| 21 | Alice | Literature | Eleanor Heydt |
| Georgia | 8th | .401 | 15 |
| 22 | Congo River | Geography | Eleanor Heydt |
| Georgia | 8th | .580 | 17 |
| 23 | Ulysses S. Grant | History | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .739 | 19 |
| 24 | radius (of a circle) | Science & Math | Eleanor Heydt |
| Georgia | 8th | .665 | 18 |
| 25 | Crime and Punishment | Literature | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .507 | 16 |
| 26 | Mark (Elliot) Zuckerberg | Current Events | Karsten Wallace |
| Alabama | 8th | .654 | 18 |
| 27 | acceleration | Science & Math | Jahan Naehr |
| Texas | 7th | .425 | 15 |
| 28 | The Prince and the Pauper | Literature | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .305 | 13 |
| 29 | France | History | Owen Bruyns |
| Alabama | 8th | .772 | 20 |
| 30 | Queen | Pop Culture & Sports | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .731 | 19 |
| 31 | pearls | Mixed & Miscellaneous | Eleanor Heydt |
| Georgia | 8th | .726 | 19 |
| 32 | James Joyce | Literature | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .464 | 16 |
| 33 | division | Science & Math | Aaron Kuang |
| Texas | 8th | .755 | 19 |
| 34 | hammers | Pop Culture & Sports | Marcos Clark |
| Texas | 8th | .655 | 18 |
| 35 | The Crucible | Literature | Aaron Kuang |
| Texas | 8th | .744 | 19 |
| 36 | kidneys | Science & Math | Maya Jagsi |
| Texas | 8th | .558 | 17 |
| 37 | Margaret (Hilda) Thatcher | History | Eleanor Heydt |
| Georgia | 8th | .793 | 20 |
| 38 | Robinson Crusoe | Literature | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .482 | 16 |
| 39 | Sphinx | Literature | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .766 | 19 |
| 40 | Battle of Antietam | History | Eleanor Heydt |
| Georgia | 8th | .827 | 20 |
| 41 | Alaska | Geography | Evans Senvalds |
| Texas | 8th | .816 | 20 |
| 42 | Jaws | Pop Culture & Sports | Evans Senvalds |
| Texas | 8th | .498 | 16 |
| 43 | George Frideric Handel | Fine Arts | Kate Ponnambalam |
| Texas | 8th | .827 | 20 |
| 44 | 2 | Science & Math | Eleanor Heydt |
| Georgia | 8th | .599 | 17 |
| 45 | Portugal | History | Sanjay Bohil | Texas | 8th | .730 | 19 | |
| 46 | Justin Trudeau | Current Events | Evans Senvalds |
| Texas | 8th | .329 | 14 |
| 47 | caves or caverns | Science & Math | Jahan Naehr |
| Texas | 7th | .405 | 15 |
| 48 | Black Hills | Geography | Dhruv Veda |
| Maryland | 8th | .313 | 14 |
| 49 | ducks | Mixed & Miscellaneous | Eleanor Heydt |
| Georgia | 8th | .644 | 18 |
| 50 | attack on Pearl Harbor | History | Aaron Kuang |
| Texas | 8th | .828 | 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.