History Challenge
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haile Selassie I | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
 
| New York | 11th | .541 | 17 |
| 2 | Chicago, Illinois | Arin Parsa |
| California | 9th | .489 | 16 |
| 3 | Berlin | Cole Hartung |
 
| Texas | 10th | .441 | 15 |
| 4 | The Netherlands | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
| New York | 11th | .630 | 18 |
| 5 | Indiana | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .701 | 19 |
| 6 | Golda Meir | Jack Casey |
| Illinois | 12th | .626 | 18 |
| 7 | John Peter Zenger | Arthur Gayden |
| Michigan | 11th | .604 | 17 |
| 8 | Salt March | Ryan Sun |
| California | 12th | .855 | 20 |
| 9 | Battle of Bosworth Field | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .613 | 17 |
| 10 | Diocletian | Will McCurley |
| Alabama | 12th | .632 | 18 |
| 11 | KGB | Karsten Ullr Rynearson |
| Massachusetts | 12th | .517 | 16 |
| 12 | Abel Tasman | Stevie Miller |
| Maryland | 12th | .503 | 16 |
| 13 | Baltimore, Maryland | Ryan Sun |
| California | 12th | .865 | 20 |
| 14 | (lay) investiture controversy | Ryan Sun |
| California | 12th | .419 | 15 |
| 15 | Iraq | Will McCurley |
| Alabama | 12th | .580 | 17 |
| 16 | Eleanor of Aquitaine | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
| New York | 11th | .550 | 17 |
| 17 | governor of Texas | Arthur Gayden |
| Michigan | 11th | .793 | 20 |
| 18 | Argentina | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .900 | 20 |
| 19 | John J(oseph) Pershing | Arthur Gayden |
| Michigan | 11th | .902 | 20 |
| 20 | Ptolemy | Arthur Gayden |
| Michigan | 11th | .882 | 20 |
| 21 | Hubert (Horatio) Humphrey | Will McCurley |
| Alabama | 12th | .265 | 13 |
| 22 | Hirohito | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
| New York | 11th | .555 | 17 |
| 23 | Thomas Hutchinson | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .756 | 19 |
| 24 | Algeria | Will McCurley |
| Alabama | 12th | .477 | 16 |
| 25 | Bill Clinton | Ryan Sun |
| California | 12th | .603 | 17 |
| 26 | Shang Dynasty | Ryan Sun |
| California | 12th | .875 | 20 |
| 27 | King | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .448 | 15 |
| 28 | Andrew Jackson | Ryan Sun |
| California | 12th | .598 | 17 |
| 29 | Charles Martel | Will McCurley |
| Alabama | 12th | .662 | 18 |
| 30 | Sydney | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .875 | 20 |
| 31 | Monaco | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .358 | 14 |
| 32 | Korematsu v. United States | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .741 | 19 |
| 33 | Corinth | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .861 | 20 |
| 34 | St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre | Karsten Ullr Rynearson |
| Massachusetts | 12th | .552 | 17 |
| 35 | Herbert (Clark) Hoover | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
| New York | 11th | .536 | 16 |
| 36 | Hernán Cortés (de Monroy y Pizarro) | Will McCurley |
| Alabama | 12th | .542 | 17 |
| 37 | Clement Attlee | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
| New York | 11th | .367 | 14 |
| 38 | Guam | Nolan Jones |
| Indiana | 12th | .601 | 17 |
| 39 | Saxony | Arthur Gayden |
| Michigan | 11th | .614 | 17 |
| 40 | Luddites | Ryan Sun |
| California | 12th | .774 | 20 |
| 41 | John Brown | Will McCurley |
| Alabama | 12th | .507 | 16 |
| 42 | Odessa | Arin Parsa |
| California | 9th | .785 | 20 |
| 43 | New Jersey | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
| New York | 11th | .594 | 17 |
| 44 | Armenian genocide | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .858 | 20 |
| 45 | PRI | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .628 | 18 |
| 46 | Greenback Party | Ryan Sun |
| California | 12th | .843 | 20 |
| 47 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Jack Casey |
| Illinois | 12th | .770 | 20 |
| 48 | Iceland | Karsten Ullr Rynearson |
| Massachusetts | 12th | .539 | 17 |
| 49 | Timothy (Francis) Leary | Stevie Miller |
| Maryland | 12th | .418 | 15 |
| 50 | Oxford | Arthur Gayden |
| Michigan | 11th | .850 | 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.