History Challenge
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Player | Awards | Region | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haile Selassie I | Ankit Aggarwal |
 
| California | .534 | 16 |
| 2 | Chicago, Illinois | Eric Douglass |
 
| South Carolina | .778 | 20 |
| 3 | Berlin | Matthew Jackson |
| District of Columbia | .533 | 16 |
| 4 | The Netherlands | Chris Miller |
| Virginia | .806 | 20 |
| 5 | Indiana | Bhanodai Pippala |
 
| Georgia | .694 | 19 |
| 6 | Golda Meir | Anu Kashyap |
| California | .619 | 18 |
| 7 | John Peter Zenger | Eric Rosenthal |
| New York | .609 | 17 |
| 8 | Salt March | Bhanodai Pippala |
| Georgia | .838 | 20 |
| 9 | Battle of Bosworth Field | Garrett Johnston |
| Alabama | .738 | 19 |
| 10 | Diocletian | Kevin Lei |
| Canada | .827 | 20 |
| 11 | KGB | Evan Nagler |
| New York | .654 | 18 |
| 12 | Abel Tasman | Tejas Raje |
| Illinois | .538 | 16 |
| 13 | Baltimore, Maryland | Robert Diethrich |
| Texas | .813 | 20 |
| 14 | (lay) investiture controversy | Neil Gurram |
| California | .699 | 19 |
| 15 | Iraq | Julie Bratvold |
| California | .877 | 20 |
| 16 | Eleanor of Aquitaine | Jordan Brownstein |
| Virginia | .792 | 20 |
| 17 | governor of Texas | Ryan Rosenberg |
| California | .870 | 20 |
| 18 | Argentina | Joey Goldman |
| United Kingdom | .881 | 20 |
| 19 | John J(oseph) Pershing | Garrett Johnston |
| Alabama | .715 | 19 |
| 20 | Ptolemy | Matthew Bollinger |
| Virginia | .858 | 20 |
| 21 | Hubert (Horatio) Humphrey | Craig Barker |
| Michigan | .727 | 19 |
| 22 | Hirohito | Jordan Brownstein |
| Virginia | .760 | 19 |
| 23 | Thomas Hutchinson | Jonathan Suh |
| District of Columbia | .757 | 19 |
| 24 | Algeria | Nick Jensen |
| Wisconsin | .524 | 16 |
| 25 | Bill Clinton | Allan Hutchison-Maxwell |
| Massachusetts | .831 | 20 |
| 26 | Shang Dynasty | Kevin Lei |
| Canada | .807 | 20 |
| 27 | King | Brad Williams |
| Wisconsin | .839 | 20 |
| 28 | Andrew Jackson | Bhanodai Pippala |
| Georgia | .624 | 18 |
| 29 | Charles Martel | Jonathan Suh |
| District of Columbia | .905 | 20 |
| 30 | Sydney | Kenji Shimizu |
| Michigan | .649 | 18 |
| 31 | Monaco | Joey Goldman |
| United Kingdom | .666 | 18 |
| 32 | Korematsu v. United States | Eric Douglass |
| South Carolina | .715 | 19 |
| 33 | Corinth | Greg Peterson |
| Illinois | .840 | 20 |
| 34 | St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre | Jordan Brownstein |
| Virginia | .773 | 20 |
| 35 | Herbert (Clark) Hoover | Eric Rosenthal |
| New York | .772 | 20 |
| 36 | Hernán Cortés (de Monroy y Pizarro) | David Bliss |
| Minnesota | .379 | 14 |
| 37 | Clement Attlee | Iain Thoms |
| United Kingdom | .461 | 15 |
| 38 | Guam | Owen Cooper |
| Alabama | .839 | 20 |
| 39 | Saxony | Iain Thoms |
| United Kingdom | .753 | 19 |
| 40 | Luddites | Dan Puma |
| Illinois | .526 | 16 |
| 41 | John Brown | Jordan Brownstein |
| Virginia | .879 | 20 |
| 42 | Odessa | Shane Whitlock |
| Arkansas | .823 | 20 |
| 43 | New Jersey | Alex Frey |
| New Jersey | .760 | 19 |
| 44 | Armenian genocide | Arthur Walden Lechner |
| North Carolina | .787 | 20 |
| 45 | PRI | Naveed Chowdhury |
| California | .861 | 20 |
| 46 | Greenback Party | Blake Andert |
| Minnesota | .837 | 20 |
| 47 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Adam Escandell |
| Texas | .845 | 20 |
| 48 | Iceland | Kenji Shimizu |
| Michigan | .932 | 20 |
| 49 | Timothy (Francis) Leary | Greg Peterson |
| Illinois | .447 | 15 |
| 50 | Oxford | Iain Thoms |
| United Kingdom | .849 | 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.