Season 5 Popular Culture Week 1
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Silence of the Lambs | Film | Pranav Veluri |
  
| Indiana | Jr. | .821 | 20 |
| 2 | Master Chief | Video Games | Sean Doyle |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .490 | 16 |
| 3 | Hotel California | Music | Jack Van Nostrand |
| Canada | Grad. | .743 | 19 |
| 4 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Musicals | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .777 | 20 |
| 5 | Benedict Cumberbatch | Film | Chauncey Lo |
| New York | Sr. | .805 | 20 |
| 6 | Never Have I Ever | TV | Jack McCalpin |
| North Carolina | So. | .718 | 19 |
| 7 | Field of Dreams | Film | Avery Strangstalien |
| Wisconsin | Jr. | .496 | 16 |
| 8 | Ronald (Wilson) Reagan | Film | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .686 | 18 |
| 9 | Cheers | TV | Andrew Fisher |
| United Kingdom | Grad. | .698 | 19 |
| 10 | Industry Baby | Music | Tomás Aguilar-Fraga |
| California | Jr. | .739 | 19 |
| 11 | Olive Garden | Other PC | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .676 | 18 |
| 12 | Fun Home | Musicals | Cameron Avery Miranda-Radbord |
| Canada | Fr. | .866 | 20 |
| 13 | Suits | TV | Cameron Avery Miranda-Radbord |
| Canada | Fr. | .461 | 15 |
| 14 | Stairway to Heaven | Music | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .660 | 18 |
| 15 | Lady and the Tramp | Film | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .523 | 16 |
| 16 | ten or 10 | Other PC | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .734 | 19 |
| 17 | Stay | Music | Veronica Freund |
| Minnesota | Sr. | .589 | 17 |
| 18 | Psycho | Film | Jack Van Nostrand |
| Canada | Grad. | .752 | 19 |
| 19 | Fawlty Towers | TV | Andrew Fisher |
| United Kingdom | Grad. | .726 | 19 |
| 20 | Nevermind | Music | Simon Sweeney |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .802 | 20 |
| 21 | Robert (Douglas Thomas) Pattinson | Film | Simon Sweeney |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .597 | 17 |
| 22 | American Revolution | Film | Pranav Veluri |
| Indiana | Jr. | .456 | 15 |
| 23 | pigs | Video Games | Daniel Sheinberg |
| Connecticut | Jr. | .736 | 19 |
| 24 | Sex and the City | TV | Halle Friedman |
| New York | Grad. | .480 | 16 |
| 25 | bishops | Other PC | Dan Ni |
| New York | Jr. | .775 | 20 |
| 26 | Final Fantasy | Video Games | Craig Duke |
| Indiana | Grad. | .771 | 20 |
| 27 | Mission: Impossible | Film | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | Jr. | .823 | 20 |
| 28 | Philip K. Dick | Other PC | Ashwath Seetharaman |
| Texas | Sr. | .807 | 20 |
| 29 | The Weeknd | Music | Jared Cubilla |
| Canada | Jr. | .774 | 20 |
| 30 | Godzilla vs. Kong | Film | Ashwath Seetharaman |
| Texas | Sr. | .802 | 20 |
| 31 | Britney (Jean) Spears | Other PC | Simon Sweeney |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .570 | 17 |
| 32 | Eugene Levy | TV | Griffin Trayner |
| New York | Sr. | .404 | 15 |
| 33 | Billie Eilish | Music | Paul Taton |
| Indiana | Fr. | .635 | 18 |
| 34 | baseball | Video Games | Brynn Jones |
| Alabama | Jr. | .790 | 20 |
| 35 | Tim Hortons | Other PC | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .709 | 19 |
| 36 | Fargo | TV | Sean Doyle |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .397 | 15 |
| 37 | Carrie (Frances) Fisher | Film | Jack Van Nostrand |
| Canada | Grad. | .764 | 19 |
| 38 | Aquaman | Comics | Ashwin Ganesh |
| Indiana | So. | .778 | 20 |
| 39 | Nelly | Music | Paul Taton |
| Indiana | Fr. | .651 | 18 |
| 40 | Punch-Out!! | Video Games | Brynn Jones |
| Alabama | Jr. | .650 | 18 |
| 41 | Christopher (Peter) Meloni | TV | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .708 | 19 |
| 42 | Ken | Other PC | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .598 | 17 |
| 43 | Thanos | Comics | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .736 | 19 |
| 44 | Hip to Be Square | Music | Jack Van Nostrand |
| Canada | Grad. | .417 | 15 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | TV | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | Jr. | .529 | 16 |
| 46 | Mars | Comics | Ashwin Ganesh |
| Indiana | So. | .643 | 18 |
| 47 | Promising Young Woman | Film | Simon Sweeney |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .768 | 19 |
| 48 | Donda | Music | Aryaman Jaiswal |
| Missouri | So. | .763 | 19 |
| 49 | Powerball | Other PC | Jack Wolverton |
| Missouri | Sr. | .397 | 15 |
| 50 | Tiffany Haddish | TV | Nic Pruitt |
| Maine | Fr. | .636 | 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.