Social History Challenge
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (rock) salt | Amogh Kulkarni |
  
| Illinois | Fr. | .627 | 18 |
| 2 | Joseph Stalin | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .691 | 18 |
| 3 | Alexandria | Eric Wolfsberg |
 
| California | Grad. | .696 | 19 |
| 4 | Belfast | Ashwath Seetharaman |
| Texas | Sr. | .507 | 16 |
| 5 | Canada | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .482 | 16 |
| 6 | East Germany | Christopher Sims |
| Illinois | Grad. | .783 | 20 |
| 7 | Bologna | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .567 | 17 |
| 8 | wine | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .789 | 20 |
| 9 | Central Park | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .570 | 17 |
| 10 | Jamaica | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .897 | 20 |
| 11 | GM | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .853 | 20 |
| 12 | Maya | Lia Rathburn |
| Canada | Grad. | .651 | 18 |
| 13 | Letter from Birmingham Jail | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .298 | 13 |
| 14 | embassy buildings | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .662 | 18 |
| 15 | banking | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .629 | 18 |
| 16 | Hull House | Ashwath Seetharaman |
| Texas | Sr. | .654 | 18 |
| 17 | William Lloyd Garrison | Lia Rathburn |
| Canada | Grad. | .444 | 15 |
| 18 | Cultural Revolution | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .765 | 19 |
| 19 | Tang Dynasty | Lia Rathburn |
| Canada | Grad. | .807 | 20 |
| 20 | Time Magazine | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .816 | 20 |
| 21 | Afrikaans | Parth Jagtap |
| Canada | Jr. | .815 | 20 |
| 22 | John (Herbert) Dillinger | Alexander Pyle |
| New York | Jr. | .402 | 15 |
| 23 | guano | Lia Rathburn |
| Canada | Grad. | .634 | 18 |
| 24 | Charles (Milles) Manson | Isaiah Gutman |
| Iowa | Jr. | .605 | 17 |
| 25 | London | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .664 | 18 |
| 26 | Bruno (Richard) Hauptmann | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .215 | 12 |
| 27 | Baghdad | Lia Rathburn |
| Canada | Grad. | .444 | 15 |
| 28 | Bastille | Mazin Omer |
| Massachusetts | Jr. | .661 | 18 |
| 29 | Bonus Army | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .440 | 15 |
| 30 | J. P. Morgan | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .621 | 18 |
| 31 | Alfred Dreyfus | Michael Coates |
| California | Grad. | .376 | 14 |
| 32 | Little Rock, Arkansas | Deleena Simon |
| Michigan | Sr. | .843 | 20 |
| 33 | Canadian Pacific Railway | Christopher Sims |
| Illinois | Grad. | .759 | 19 |
| 34 | Armenians | Lia Rathburn |
| Canada | Grad. | .649 | 18 |
| 35 | 1930s | Amogh Kulkarni |
| Illinois | Fr. | .793 | 20 |
| 36 | Poland | Tomás Aguilar-Fraga |
| California | Jr. | .578 | 17 |
| 37 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Isaiah Gutman |
| Iowa | Jr. | .833 | 20 |
| 38 | Yukio Mishima | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .408 | 15 |
| 39 | (Indian) caste system | Alexander Pyle |
| New York | Jr. | .486 | 16 |
| 40 | Elijah Muhammad | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .807 | 20 |
| 41 | (American) buffalo | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .735 | 19 |
| 42 | Peterloo Massacre | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .772 | 20 |
| 43 | Los Angeles, California | Matt D'Annunzio |
| Connecticut | So. | .826 | 20 |
| 44 | Three Mile Island accident | Alex Schmidt |
| Pennsylvania | Jr. | .767 | 19 |
| 45 | Mary Baker Eddy | Ashwath Seetharaman |
| Texas | Sr. | .642 | 18 |
| 46 | Emmett (Louis) Till | Ashwath Seetharaman |
| Texas | Sr. | .481 | 16 |
| 47 | chariot racers | Casey Stafford |
| Illinois | Jr. | .764 | 19 |
| 48 | Ku Klux Klan or KKK | Tomás Aguilar-Fraga |
| California | Jr. | .749 | 19 |
| 49 | enclosure movement | Seoan Webb |
| United Kingdom | Jr. | .625 | 18 |
| 50 | Burr-Hamilton duel | Casey Stafford |
| Illinois | Jr. | .686 | 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.