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| # | Answer | Player | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren G(amaliel) Harding | Arthur Gayden | Michigan | 10th | .857 | 20 |
| 2 | Montezuma (II) | Jackson Raich | Kentucky | 12th | .557 | 17 |
| 3 | Catherine the Great | Jackson Raich | Kentucky | 12th | .896 | 20 |
| 4 | John Brown | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .822 | 20 |
| 5 | World War II | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .574 | 17 |
| 6 | Sparta | Cole Hartung | Texas | 9th | .695 | 19 |
| 7 | Dwight D(avid) Eisenhower | Arthur Gayden | Michigan | 10th | .904 | 20 |
| 8 | Japan | Arthur Gayden | Michigan | 10th | .792 | 20 |
| 9 | Earl Warren | Calvin Bostleman | Ohio | 11th | .807 | 20 |
| 10 | Battle of Trafalgar | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .844 | 20 |
| 11 | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Jackson Raich | Kentucky | 12th | .665 | 18 |
| 12 | Portugal | Cameron Williams | North Carolina | 10th | .701 | 19 |
| 13 | Italy | Arthur Gayden | Michigan | 10th | .911 | 20 |
| 14 | Saint Francis of Assisi | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .245 | 13 |
| 15 | Dick Cheney | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .564 | 17 |
| 16 | Quebec | Arthur Gayden | Michigan | 10th | .887 | 20 |
| 17 | Clinton | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .803 | 20 |
| 18 | (Nazi) concentration camps | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .494 | 16 |
| 19 | Church of England or Anglican Church | Cole Hartung | Texas | 9th | .760 | 19 |
| 20 | New Amsterdam | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .719 | 19 |
| 21 | Ferdinand Magellan | Vedul Palavajjhala | Texas | 11th | .837 | 20 |
| 22 | Battle(s) of Saratoga | Arthur Gayden | Michigan | 10th | .822 | 20 |
| 23 | China | Arthur Gayden | Michigan | 10th | .768 | 19 |
| 24 | salt | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .564 | 17 |
| 25 | Nero | Vedul Palavajjhala | Texas | 11th | .585 | 17 |
| 26 | (U.S. presidential election of) 1860 | Arthur Gayden | Michigan | 10th | .902 | 20 |
| 27 | Erwin Rommel | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .842 | 20 |
| 28 | Argentina | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .818 | 20 |
| 29 | Rhode Island | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .674 | 18 |
| 30 | Louis XIV of France | Cole Hartung | Texas | 9th | .849 | 20 |
| 31 | Baltimore, Maryland | Arthur Gayden | Michigan | 10th | .697 | 19 |
| 32 | William Wallace | Cole Hartung | Texas | 9th | .945 | 20 |
| 33 | Iraq | Arthur Gayden | Michigan | 10th | .885 | 20 |
| 34 | Cherokee | Jackson Raich | Kentucky | 12th | .574 | 17 |
| 35 | children | Cole Hartung | Texas | 9th | .518 | 16 |
| 36 | Alfred Dreyfus | Arthur Gayden | Michigan | 10th | .796 | 20 |
| 37 | Clarence (Seward) Darrow | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .457 | 15 |
| 38 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | Cole Hartung | Texas | 9th | .927 | 20 |
| 39 | Margaret (Hilda) Thatcher | Arthur Gayden | Michigan | 10th | .601 | 17 |
| 40 | Harrison | Arthur Gayden | Michigan | 10th | .643 | 18 |
| 41 | Rwandan genocide | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .713 | 19 |
| 42 | First Barbary War | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .801 | 20 |
| 43 | Elizabeth I of England | Jackson Raich | Kentucky | 12th | .418 | 15 |
| 44 | Phoenician civilization | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .772 | 20 |
| 45 | Speaker of the House (of Representatives) | Jackson Raich | Kentucky | 12th | .637 | 18 |
| 46 | Nicholas II of Russia | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .913 | 20 |
| 47 | Mao Zedong | Arthur Gayden | Michigan | 10th | .874 | 20 |
| 48 | Graham | Rohan Leveille | Georgia | 11th | .166 | 12 |
| 49 | William the Conqueror | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .762 | 19 |
| 50 | Battle of Gettysburg | Drew Laroo | Michigan | 11th | .726 | 19 |
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.