2021 Holiday Extravaganza
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Category | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Advent calendars | Misc Holiday | Erie Mitchell |
 
| North Carolina | So. | .593 | 17 |
| 2 | Bing Crosby | Film | Casey Stafford |
| Illinois | Jr. | .571 | 17 |
| 3 | Buddhism | Religion | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | Jr. | .461 | 15 |
| 4 | Finland | Misc Holiday | Mara Russell |
| New York | Sr. | .698 | 19 |
| 5 | Sherlock Holmes | Literature | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .461 | 15 |
| 6 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Fine Arts | Christopher Sims |
| Illinois | Grad. | .765 | 19 |
| 7 | Spider-Man | Other Holiday PC | Mara Russell |
| New York | Sr. | .746 | 19 |
| 8 | Courteney (Bass) Cox | TV | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .502 | 16 |
| 9 | Franklin D(elano) Roosevelt | Misc Holiday | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | Jr. | .624 | 18 |
| 10 | Spotify Wrapped | Other Holiday PC | Olivia Lamberti |
| California | So. | .821 | 20 |
| 11 | Krampus | Other Holiday PC | Alisya Reza |
| New Hampshire | Sr. | .487 | 16 |
| 12 | all I want for Christmas is | Music | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .593 | 17 |
| 13 | cats | Other Holiday PC | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .916 | 20 |
| 14 | Michigan | Sports | Andrew Semak |
| Michigan | 5th-Yr. Sr. | .820 | 20 |
| 15 | Kurt Vonnegut | Literature | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | Jr. | .578 | 17 |
| 16 | snow | Misc Holiday | Natan Holtzman |
| California | Grad. | .749 | 19 |
| 17 | Twelfth Night | Misc Holiday | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | Jr. | .498 | 16 |
| 18 | Plaza Hotel | Film | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .627 | 18 |
| 19 | Saturday Night Live | TV | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .611 | 17 |
| 20 | Queen | Music | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .552 | 17 |
| 21 | Germany | Food/Drink | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .465 | 16 |
| 22 | stars | Misc Holiday | Ashwath Seetharaman |
| Texas | Sr. | .682 | 18 |
| 23 | New Year’s Eve | Other Holiday PC | Alisya Reza |
| New Hampshire | Sr. | .673 | 18 |
| 24 | Phil Spector | Music | Geoffrey McGee |
| Massachusetts | Grad. | .577 | 17 |
| 25 | The Twilight Zone | TV | Eric Wolfsberg |
| California | Grad. | .614 | 17 |
| 26 | World War I | History | Ashwath Seetharaman |
| Texas | Sr. | .844 | 20 |
| 27 | Kardashian | Other Holiday PC | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | Jr. | .395 | 15 |
| 28 | Syracuse University | Sports | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .889 | 20 |
| 29 | roast beast | Food/Drink | Christopher Sims |
| Illinois | Grad. | .536 | 16 |
| 30 | Elvis (Aaron) Presley | Music | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .815 | 20 |
| 31 | Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood | Fine Arts | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .596 | 17 |
| 32 | Metal Gear Solid | Other Holiday PC | Eric Wolfsberg |
| California | Grad. | .459 | 15 |
| 33 | Christmas crackers | Misc Holiday | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .826 | 20 |
| 34 | Billy Wilder | Film | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | Jr. | .271 | 13 |
| 35 | Annunciation to Mary | Religion | Jack Wolverton |
| Missouri | Sr. | .518 | 16 |
| 36 | Melania Trump | Fine Arts | Max Smiley |
| California | Grad. | .776 | 20 |
| 37 | Black-ish | TV | Erie Mitchell |
| North Carolina | So. | .453 | 15 |
| 38 | University of Oklahoma | Sports | Casey Stafford |
| Illinois | Jr. | .581 | 17 |
| 39 | Sugar Plum Fairy | Other Holiday PC | Natan Holtzman |
| California | Grad. | .457 | 15 |
| 40 | M&M’s | Other Holiday PC | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .735 | 19 |
| 41 | Bart Simpson | TV | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .754 | 19 |
| 42 | Thomas Hardy | Literature | Ashwath Seetharaman |
| Texas | Sr. | .496 | 16 |
| 43 | Saint Stephen | Religion | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .827 | 20 |
| 44 | Jefferson (Finis) Davis | History | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .726 | 19 |
| 45 | hammers | Misc Holiday | Casey Stafford |
| Illinois | Jr. | .677 | 18 |
| 46 | Elton (Hercules) John | Music | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .538 | 16 |
| 47 | Ebenezer Scrooge | Film | Jack Wolverton |
| Missouri | Sr. | .709 | 19 |
| 48 | France | History | Halle Friedman |
| New York | Grad. | .733 | 19 |
| 49 | Australia | Food/Drink | Christopher Sims |
| Illinois | Grad. | .357 | 14 |
| 50 | Ralphie’s mom | Film | Mara Russell |
| New York | Sr. | .410 | 15 |
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.