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#	Answer	TUH	# Correct	% Correct	Average Correct Celerity	Std. Dev Celerity	Average Correct Score
1	Warren G(amaliel) Harding	106	82	77.4%	.321	.188	13.72
2	Montezuma (II)	106	79	74.5%	.131	.173	11.38
3	Catherine the Great	105	96	91.4%	.293	.192	13.32
4	John Brown	105	95	90.5%	.297	.229	13.44
5	World War II	105	90	85.7%	.164	.207	11.87
6	Sparta	105	97	92.4%	.219	.181	12.41
7	Dwight D(avid) Eisenhower	104	57	54.8%	.314	.193	13.61
8	Japan	104	95	91.3%	.247	.191	12.68
9	Earl Warren	104	72	69.2%	.319	.250	13.71
10	Battle of Trafalgar	104	80	76.9%	.237	.212	12.62
11	Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo	103	60	58.3%	.116	.141	11.23
12	Portugal	103	77	74.8%	.350	.196	14.01
13	Italy	103	96	93.2%	.528	.276	16.31
14	Saint Francis of Assisi	103	98	95.1%	.208	.174	12.22
15	Dick Cheney	103	86	83.5%	.233	.185	12.64
16	Quebec	103	101	98.1%	.284	.259	13.23
17	Clinton	102	101	99.0%	.559	.239	16.79
18	(Nazi) concentration camps	102	93	91.2%	.341	.164	13.99
19	Church of England or Anglican Church	102	96	94.1%	.280	.142	13.12
20	New Amsterdam	102	79	77.5%	.406	.173	14.80
21	Ferdinand Magellan	102	78	76.5%	.457	.257	15.44
22	Battle(s) of Saratoga	102	70	68.6%	.326	.221	13.84
23	China	102	91	89.2%	.205	.252	12.31
24	salt	102	93	91.2%	.297	.201	13.46
25	Nero	102	86	84.3%	.176	.241	12.08
26	(U.S. presidential election of) 1860	102	86	84.3%	.243	.209	12.70
27	Erwin Rommel	102	95	93.1%	.352	.207	14.13
28	Argentina	102	78	76.5%	.215	.318	12.64
29	Rhode Island	102	85	83.3%	.076	.220	10.85
30	Louis XIV of France	102	88	86.3%	.165	.227	11.80
31	Baltimore, Maryland	102	94	92.2%	.161	.126	11.63
32	William Wallace	102	91	89.2%	.290	.225	13.23
33	Iraq	102	87	85.3%	.376	.183	14.37
34	Cherokee	102	55	53.9%	.154	.186	11.78
35	children	102	92	90.2%	.289	.178	13.33
36	Alfred Dreyfus	102	84	82.4%	.398	.188	14.69
37	Clarence (Seward) Darrow	102	79	77.5%	.144	.137	11.48
38	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	102	93	91.2%	.226	.148	12.46
39	Margaret (Hilda) Thatcher	102	98	96.1%	.330	.236	13.86
40	Harrison	102	93	91.2%	.302	.150	13.38
41	Rwandan genocide	102	93	91.2%	.133	.182	11.52
42	First Barbary War	102	74	72.5%	.124	.154	11.31
43	Elizabeth I of England	102	85	83.3%	.211	.195	12.36
44	Phoenician civilization	102	70	68.6%	.402	.237	14.70
45	Speaker of the House (of Representatives)	102	94	92.2%	.187	.174	12.03
46	Nicholas II of Russia	102	87	85.3%	.441	.227	15.28
47	Mao Zedong	102	100	98.0%	.319	.158	13.58
48	Graham	102	91	89.2%	.149	.171	11.57
49	William the Conqueror	102	88	86.3%	.240	.209	12.72
50	Battle of Gettysburg	102	79	77.5%	.242	.248	12.77

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.