Social History Challenge
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (rock) salt | Vedul Palavajjhala |
  
| Texas | 12th | .594 | 17 |
| 2 | Joseph Stalin | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .250 | 13 |
| 3 | Alexandria | Charles Heydt |
| Georgia | 9th | .271 | 13 |
| 4 | Belfast | Evan Sing |
| Michigan | 12th | .397 | 15 |
| 5 | Canada | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .259 | 13 |
| 6 | East Germany | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .464 | 16 |
| 7 | Bologna | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .227 | 12 |
| 8 | wine | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .625 | 18 |
| 9 | Central Park | Nolan Jones |
| Indiana | 12th | .310 | 14 |
| 10 | Jamaica | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .609 | 17 |
| 11 | GM | Nolan Jones |
| Indiana | 12th | .034 | 10 |
| 12 | Maya | Evan Sing |
| Michigan | 12th | .462 | 16 |
| 13 | Letter from Birmingham Jail | Nolan Jones |
| Indiana | 12th | .572 | 17 |
| 14 | embassy buildings | Evan Sing |
| Michigan | 12th | .621 | 18 |
| 15 | banking | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
| New York | 11th | .710 | 19 |
| 16 | Hull House | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
| New York | 11th | .525 | 16 |
| 17 | William Lloyd Garrison | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .268 | 13 |
| 18 | Cultural Revolution | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .619 | 18 |
| 19 | Tang Dynasty | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .762 | 19 |
| 20 | Time Magazine | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .582 | 17 |
| 21 | Afrikaans | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
| New York | 11th | .826 | 20 |
| 22 | John (Herbert) Dillinger | Nolan Jones |
| Indiana | 12th | .187 | 12 |
| 23 | guano | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .424 | 15 |
| 24 | Charles (Milles) Manson | Maddie Baldwin |
| Michigan | 10th | .557 | 17 |
| 25 | London | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
| New York | 11th | .314 | 14 |
| 26 | Bruno (Richard) Hauptmann | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .618 | 18 |
| 27 | Baghdad | Evan Sing |
| Michigan | 12th | .350 | 14 |
| 28 | Bastille | Calvin Bostleman |
| Ohio | 12th | .398 | 15 |
| 29 | Bonus Army | Calvin Bostleman |
| Ohio | 12th | .410 | 15 |
| 30 | J. P. Morgan | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
| New York | 11th | .493 | 16 |
| 31 | Alfred Dreyfus | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .664 | 18 |
| 32 | Little Rock, Arkansas | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .479 | 16 |
| 34 | Armenians | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .537 | 16 |
| 35 | 1930s | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
| New York | 11th | .595 | 17 |
| 36 | Poland | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .411 | 15 |
| 37 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .794 | 20 |
| 38 | Yukio Mishima | Calvin Bostleman |
| Ohio | 12th | .199 | 12 |
| 39 | (Indian) caste system | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .457 | 15 |
| 40 | Elijah Muhammad | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .668 | 18 |
| 41 | (American) buffalo | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .592 | 17 |
| 42 | Peterloo Massacre | Calvin Bostleman |
| Ohio | 12th | .621 | 18 |
| 43 | Los Angeles, California | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .808 | 20 |
| 44 | Three Mile Island accident | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
| New York | 11th | .422 | 15 |
| 45 | Mary Baker Eddy | Vedul Palavajjhala |
| Texas | 12th | .778 | 20 |
| 46 | Emmett (Louis) Till | Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt |
| New York | 11th | .463 | 16 |
| 47 | chariot racers | Calvin Bostleman |
| Ohio | 12th | .509 | 16 |
| 48 | Ku Klux Klan or KKK | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .747 | 19 |
| 49 | enclosure movement | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .623 | 18 |
| 50 | Burr-Hamilton duel | Cole Hartung |
| Texas | 10th | .542 | 17 |
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.