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Best Buzzes

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#	Answer	Player	Awards	Region	Grade	Celerity	Points
1	Haile Selassie I	Patrick Minsker		Illinois	Grad.	.523	16
2	Chicago, Illinois	Max Smiley		California	Grad.	.575	17
3	Berlin	Noah Krubitzer		Pennsylvania	Jr.	.621	18
4	The Netherlands	Andrew Morin		District of Columbia	So.	.681	18
5	Indiana	Alexander Pyle		New York	Jr.	.683	18
6	Golda Meir	Jacob Simmons		Illinois	Sr.	.603	17
7	John Peter Zenger	Max Smiley		California	Grad.	.619	18
8	Salt March	Edward Fuhrer		Pennsylvania	Fr.	.851	20
9	Battle of Bosworth Field	Henry Atkins		Canada	Grad.	.653	18
10	Diocletian	Patrick Minsker		Illinois	Grad.	.825	20
11	KGB	Andrew Morin		District of Columbia	So.	.521	16
12	Abel Tasman	Christopher Sims		Illinois	Grad.	.558	17
13	Baltimore, Maryland	Andrew Morin		District of Columbia	So.	.799	20
14	(lay) investiture controversy	Lia Rathburn		Canada	Grad.	.423	15
15	Iraq	Michael Coates		California	Grad.	.860	20
16	Eleanor of Aquitaine	Lia Rathburn		Canada	Grad.	.790	20
17	governor of Texas	Michael Coates		California	Grad.	.822	20
18	Argentina	Jack Van Nostrand		Canada	Grad.	.902	20
19	John J(oseph) Pershing	Alexander Pyle		New York	Jr.	.770	20
20	Ptolemy	Lia Rathburn		Canada	Grad.	.860	20
21	Hubert (Horatio) Humphrey	Jack Van Nostrand		Canada	Grad.	.320	14
22	Hirohito	Lia Rathburn		Canada	Grad.	.780	20
23	Thomas Hutchinson	Amogh Kulkarni		Illinois	Fr.	.677	18
24	Algeria	Jack Wolverton		Missouri	Sr.	.453	15
25	Bill Clinton	Henry Blyth		Ohio	So.	.810	20
26	Shang Dynasty	Lia Rathburn		Canada	Grad.	.848	20
27	King	Ben Obert		Texas	Fr.	.841	20
28	Andrew Jackson	Andrew Morin		District of Columbia	So.	.599	17
29	Charles Martel	Amogh Kulkarni		Illinois	Fr.	.878	20
30	Sydney	Vikshar Athreya		Washington	Sr.	.827	20
31	Monaco	Andrew Morin		District of Columbia	So.	.364	14
32	Korematsu v. United States	Max Smiley		California	Grad.	.588	17
33	Corinth	Lia Rathburn		Canada	Grad.	.797	20
34	St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre	Amogh Kulkarni		Illinois	Fr.	.632	18
35	Herbert (Clark) Hoover	Aaron Cartwright		Pennsylvania	Fr.	.802	20
36	Hernán Cortés (de Monroy y Pizarro)	Vikshar Athreya		Washington	Sr.	.842	20
37	Clement Attlee	Christopher Sims		Illinois	Grad.	.434	15
38	Guam	Andrew Morin		District of Columbia	So.	.695	19
39	Saxony	Andrew Morin		District of Columbia	So.	.785	20
40	Luddites	Michael Coates		California	Grad.	.458	15
41	John Brown	Max Smiley		California	Grad.	.586	17
42	Odessa	Alexander Pyle		New York	Jr.	.634	18
43	New Jersey	Alex Schmidt		Pennsylvania	Jr.	.658	18
44	Armenian genocide	Vikshar Athreya		Washington	Sr.	.854	20
45	PRI	Amogh Kulkarni		Illinois	Fr.	.611	17
46	Greenback Party	Alex Schmidt		Pennsylvania	Jr.	.818	20
47	Napoleon Bonaparte	Andrew Morin		District of Columbia	So.	.732	19
48	Iceland	Alexander Pyle		New York	Jr.	.865	20
49	Timothy (Francis) Leary	Ashwath Seetharaman		Texas	Sr.	.576	17
50	Oxford	Eric Bobrow		Maryland	Grad.	.797	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.