Social History Challenge
Best Buzzes
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| # | Answer | Player | Awards | Region | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (rock) salt | Jordan Brownstein |
| Virginia | .831 | 20 |
| 2 | Joseph Stalin | Matthew Bollinger |
| Virginia | .708 | 19 |
| 3 | Alexandria | Jordan Brownstein |
| Virginia | .842 | 20 |
| 4 | Belfast | Joey Goldman |
| United Kingdom | .557 | 17 |
| 5 | Canada | Akosua Asante |
| Canada | .492 | 16 |
| 6 | East Germany | Jordan Brownstein |
| Virginia | .871 | 20 |
| 7 | Bologna | Lalit Maharjan |
| Indiana | .571 | 17 |
| 8 | wine | Jordan Brownstein |
| Virginia | .853 | 20 |
| 9 | Central Park | Alex Dzurick |
| Missouri | .758 | 19 |
| 10 | Jamaica | Kenji Shimizu |
| Michigan | .901 | 20 |
| 11 | GM | Brian Weikle |
| Minnesota | .820 | 20 |
| 12 | Maya | John Hanna |
| North Carolina | .739 | 19 |
| 13 | Letter from Birmingham Jail | Eric Adams |
| Georgia | .853 | 20 |
| 14 | embassy buildings | Kenji Shimizu |
| Michigan | .665 | 18 |
| 15 | banking | Neil Gurram |
| California | .849 | 20 |
| 16 | Hull House | Kenji Shimizu |
| Michigan | .586 | 17 |
| 17 | William Lloyd Garrison | Matthew Jackson |
| District of Columbia | .756 | 19 |
| 18 | Cultural Revolution | Jordan Brownstein |
| Virginia | .795 | 20 |
| 19 | Tang Dynasty | John Monahan |
| Europe | .851 | 20 |
| 20 | Time Magazine | Aaron Flicker |
| Ohio | .889 | 20 |
| 21 | Afrikaans | Joey Goldman |
| United Kingdom | .813 | 20 |
| 22 | John (Herbert) Dillinger | Garrett Johnston |
| Alabama | .764 | 19 |
| 23 | guano | Nick Jensen |
| Wisconsin | .613 | 17 |
| 24 | Charles (Milles) Manson | Brad Williams |
| Wisconsin | .739 | 19 |
| 25 | London | Joey Goldman |
| United Kingdom | .681 | 18 |
| 26 | Bruno (Richard) Hauptmann | Jason Lai |
| New York | .536 | 16 |
| 27 | Baghdad | Nick Jensen |
| Wisconsin | .684 | 18 |
| 28 | Bastille | Chris Miller |
| Virginia | .537 | 16 |
| 29 | Bonus Army | Anthony Peek |
| Louisiana | .546 | 17 |
| 30 | J. P. Morgan | Jennifer Quail |
| Michigan | .697 | 19 |
| 31 | Alfred Dreyfus | Chris Miller |
| Virginia | .496 | 16 |
| 32 | Little Rock, Arkansas | Josh Hill |
| Arkansas | .854 | 20 |
| 33 | Canadian Pacific Railway | Tamara Vardomskaya |
| Canada | .721 | 19 |
| 34 | Armenians | Matthew Bollinger |
| Virginia | .845 | 20 |
| 35 | 1930s | Joey Goldman |
| United Kingdom | .851 | 20 |
| 36 | Poland | Rahul Keyal |
| New York | .791 | 20 |
| 37 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Michael Bentley |
| Washington | .816 | 20 |
| 38 | Yukio Mishima | Anu Kashyap |
| California | .663 | 18 |
| 39 | (Indian) caste system | Aseem Keyal | California | .542 | 17 | |
| 40 | Elijah Muhammad | Dan Puma |
| Illinois | .702 | 19 |
| 41 | (American) buffalo | Chris Miller |
| Virginia | .709 | 19 |
| 42 | Peterloo Massacre | Neil Gurram |
| California | .856 | 20 |
| 43 | Los Angeles, California | Kenji Shimizu |
| Michigan | .824 | 20 |
| 44 | Three Mile Island accident | Chris Miller |
| Virginia | .822 | 20 |
| 45 | Mary Baker Eddy | Neil Gurram |
| California | .771 | 20 |
| 46 | Emmett (Louis) Till | Rahul Rao-Pothuraju |
| New York | .546 | 17 |
| 47 | chariot racers | Jordan Brownstein |
| Virginia | .864 | 20 |
| 48 | Ku Klux Klan or KKK | Jordan Brownstein |
| Virginia | .765 | 19 |
| 49 | enclosure movement | Anu Kashyap |
| California | .612 | 17 |
| 50 | Burr-Hamilton duel | Joshua Grischow |
| Ohio | .596 | 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.