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| # | Answer | TUH | # Correct | % Correct | Average Correct Celerity |
Std. Dev Celerity | Average Correct Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Lloyd Wright | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | .143 | .185 | 11.60 |
| 2 | Narcissus | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | .176 | .257 | 12.00 |
| 3 | Robert E(dward) Lee | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | .247 | .301 | 12.90 |
| 4 | bear(s) | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | .284 | .252 | 13.10 |
| 5 | bees | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | .385 | .290 | 14.50 |
| 6 | Toyota | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | .501 | .308 | 15.71 |
| 7 | rabbits | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | .126 | .154 | 11.40 |
| 8 | Rhine River | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | .254 | .238 | 13.00 |
| 9 | Cyril | 10 | 4 | 40.0% | .102 | .078 | 11.00 |
| 10 | Coca-Cola | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | .244 | .227 | 12.89 |
| 11 | llamas | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | .456 | .213 | 15.50 |
| 12 | fat | 10 | 1 | 10.0% | .000 | .281 | 10.00 |
| 13 | Iago | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | .190 | .226 | 12.12 |
| 14 | Vietnam War | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | .284 | .306 | 13.20 |
| 15 | Make America Great Again | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | .243 | .193 | 12.56 |
| 16 | Taj Mahal | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | .426 | .321 | 15.11 |
| 17 | fireside | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | .188 | .193 | 11.89 |
| 18 | Ahab | 10 | 5 | 50.0% | .008 | .234 | 10.00 |
| 19 | mutism or muteness | 10 | 6 | 60.0% | .056 | .229 | 10.50 |
| 20 | cotton | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | .154 | .204 | 11.67 |
| 21 | red | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | .241 | .325 | 12.78 |
| 22 | beavers | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | .155 | .335 | 11.67 |
| 23 | Chicago, Illinois | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | .151 | .250 | 11.62 |
| 24 | train stations | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | .455 | .236 | 15.30 |
| 25 | Cleveland, Ohio | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | .579 | .314 | 17.00 |
| 26 | mystery | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | .000 | .306 | 10.00 |
| 27 | lemons | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | .204 | .239 | 12.25 |
| 28 | Durham , North Carolina | 10 | 6 | 60.0% | .191 | .272 | 12.33 |
| 29 | laughing or laughter | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | .280 | .279 | 13.40 |
| 30 | Brazil | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | .382 | .320 | 14.56 |
| 31 | Dante | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | .185 | .227 | 12.14 |
| 32 | tigers | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | .390 | .271 | 14.78 |
| 33 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | .351 | .225 | 13.86 |
| 34 | Halley’s comet | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | .586 | .236 | 16.90 |
| 35 | kites | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | .311 | .296 | 13.70 |
| 36 | golden | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | .080 | .358 | 11.00 |
| 37 | (hot air) balloons | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | .000 | .213 | 10.00 |
| 38 | Satan | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | .041 | .046 | 10.38 |
| 39 | (timber) wolf | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | .078 | .252 | 10.78 |
| 40 | The Phantom of the Opera | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | .242 | .197 | 12.71 |
| 41 | escape rooms | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | .256 | .291 | 12.88 |
| 42 | The War of the Worlds | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | .381 | .222 | 14.29 |
| 43 | John Wayne | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | .408 | .302 | 15.14 |
| 44 | virtues | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | .306 | .284 | 13.43 |
| 45 | Sebastian | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | .050 | .257 | 10.50 |
| 46 | catfish | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | .178 | .271 | 12.12 |
| 47 | Korean War | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | .341 | .134 | 14.00 |
| 48 | Mexico | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | .263 | .367 | 13.20 |
| 49 | orcas | 10 | 4 | 40.0% | .145 | .265 | 11.75 |
| 50 | tattoos | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | .258 | .248 | 13.11 |
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.