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| # | Answer | Player | Region | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren G(amaliel) Harding | Craig Barker | Michigan | .609 | 17 |
| 2 | Montezuma (II) | Garrett Johnston | Alabama | .548 | 17 |
| 3 | Catherine the Great | Toby Cox | United Kingdom | .864 | 20 |
| 4 | John Brown | Craig Barker | Michigan | .793 | 20 |
| 5 | World War II | John Monahan | Massachusetts | .564 | 17 |
| 6 | Sparta | Stephen Liu | California | .690 | 18 |
| 7 | Dwight D(avid) Eisenhower | Craig Barker | Michigan | .840 | 20 |
| 8 | Japan | Stephen Liu | California | .767 | 19 |
| 9 | Earl Warren | Craig Barker | Michigan | .795 | 20 |
| 10 | Battle of Trafalgar | Lorin Burte | Illinois | .812 | 20 |
| 11 | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Kenji Shimizu | Michigan | .661 | 18 |
| 12 | Portugal | Jesse Tow | Tennessee | .791 | 20 |
| 13 | Italy | Dan Puma | Illinois | .909 | 20 |
| 14 | Saint Francis of Assisi | Jennifer Quail | Michigan | .781 | 20 |
| 15 | Dick Cheney | Brock Stephenson | Canada | .789 | 20 |
| 16 | Quebec | Jonathan Graham | Ohio | .752 | 19 |
| 17 | Clinton | Dan Puma | Illinois | .875 | 20 |
| 18 | (Nazi) concentration camps | Kenji Shimizu | Michigan | .551 | 17 |
| 19 | Church of England or Anglican Church | John Hanna | North Carolina | .686 | 18 |
| 20 | New Amsterdam | Stephen Liu | California | .585 | 17 |
| 21 | Ferdinand Magellan | Toby Cox | United Kingdom | .851 | 20 |
| 22 | Battle(s) of Saratoga | Jesse Tow | Tennessee | .775 | 20 |
| 23 | China | Stephen Liu | California | .762 | 19 |
| 24 | salt | Joey Goldman | United Kingdom | .834 | 20 |
| 25 | Nero | Dana Thurmond | Florida | .655 | 18 |
| 26 | (U.S. presidential election of) 1860 | Craig Barker | Michigan | .839 | 20 |
| 27 | Erwin Rommel | Garrett Johnston | Alabama | .824 | 20 |
| 28 | Argentina | Michael Joy | Michigan | .825 | 20 |
| 29 | Rhode Island | Zach Watkins | Pennsylvania | .605 | 17 |
| 30 | Louis XIV of France | Joey Goldman | United Kingdom | .820 | 20 |
| 31 | Baltimore, Maryland | Zach Watkins | Pennsylvania | .736 | 19 |
| 32 | William Wallace | Stephen Liu | California | .925 | 20 |
| 33 | Iraq | Garrett Johnston | Alabama | .765 | 19 |
| 34 | Cherokee | Neil Gurram | California | .567 | 17 |
| 35 | children | Joey Goldman | United Kingdom | .770 | 20 |
| 36 | Alfred Dreyfus | Neil Gurram | California | .749 | 19 |
| 37 | Clarence (Seward) Darrow | Dan Puma | Illinois | .624 | 18 |
| 38 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | Lorin Burte | Illinois | .494 | 16 |
| 39 | Margaret (Hilda) Thatcher | Joey Goldman | United Kingdom | .854 | 20 |
| 40 | Harrison | Craig Moysey | Canada | .595 | 17 |
| 41 | Rwandan genocide | Randall Eng | New York | .576 | 17 |
| 42 | First Barbary War | Neil Gurram | California | .616 | 18 |
| 43 | Elizabeth I of England | Stephen Liu | California | .734 | 19 |
| 44 | Phoenician civilization | Ozzie Fallick | California | .669 | 18 |
| 45 | Speaker of the House (of Representatives) | Aaron Cartwright | Pennsylvania | .724 | 19 |
| 46 | Nicholas II of Russia | Iain Thoms | United Kingdom | .833 | 20 |
| 47 | Mao Zedong | Joey Goldman | United Kingdom | .881 | 20 |
| 48 | Graham | Brad Williams | Wisconsin | .800 | 20 |
| 49 | William the Conqueror | Dana Thurmond | Florida | .809 | 20 |
| 50 | Battle of Gettysburg | Joshua Grischow | Ohio | .826 | 20 |
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.