| 1 | Current Events | not so evil empire | Hawaii(2) | ✓ | North Carolina(3) | ✓ | Josh Shapiro(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| 1 | Geography | not so evil empire | papyrus(2) | ✓ | Lake Chad(1) | ✓ | Natron(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| 1 | Literature - Long Fiction | not so evil empire | James Bond(3) | ✓ | book publishing(1) | ✓ | R. F. Kuang(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| 1 | Science - Chemistry | not so evil empire | phosphorus(1) | ✓ | white phosphorus(2) | ✓ | two-dimensional(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| 1 | History - European | not so evil empire | Thirty Years’ War(2) | ✓ | Peace of Westphalia(1) | ✓ | Albrecht von Wallenstein(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| 1 | History - World | not so evil empire | embassies(1) | ✓ | Tet Offensive(3) | ✓ | Operation Frequent Wind(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| 1 | Science - Astronomy | not so evil empire | dark matter(3) | ✓ | rain(2) | ✓ | brown dwarfs(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| 1 | Religion | not so evil empire | nirvana(3) | ✓ | Mahayana Buddhism(2) | ✓ | Lotus Sutra(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| 1 | Pop Culture | not so evil empire | Charli XCX(3) | ✓ | Wisconsin(2) | ✓ | Bon Iver(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| 1 | Fine Arts - Visual | not so evil empire | mirrors(3) | ✓ | ambassador(2) | ✓ | Le Brun(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| 1 | Literature - Mixed/Other | not so evil empire | Nathaniel Hawthorne(2) | ✓ | Goodman(3) | ✓ | veil(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| 1 | History - American | not so evil empire | Pearl Harbor(1) | ✓ | USS Arizona(2) | ✓ | Isoroku Yamamoto(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |