summer - Northern California

Question

This time period partially titles a franchise in which a pageant performance of Irene Cara’s “Fame” occurs while a killer attacks on a balcony. The Taylor’s Version of “This Love” premiered in trailers for a show named for this time period, which also partially names a 2025 horror sequel starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. This time period names a Taylor Swift (-5[1])song that states “no rules in breakable heaven,” which plays (10[1])while Belly gets ready to go to Cousins in an Amazon Prime series. Phineas and Ferb’s (10[1])theme song claims there are 104 days in this time period. (10[2])For 10 points, Billboard tracks the “songs of” what season when one can celebrate the Fourth of July? ■END■

ANSWER: summer [accept song of the summer; accept Songs of the Summer; accept summer vacation; accept “Cruel Summer;” accept The Summer I Turned Pretty; accept last summer; accept I Know What You Did Last Summer; prompt on vacation with “what other time period describes that vacation?;” prompt on last year by asking “what time period within last year?;” prompt on 1996 by asking “what time period within 1996?”]

= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	UCSC	59	-5
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Boss Bandit	69	10
Brandom Pham	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Mighty Miner	85	10
Justin Sato	Stanford A	Stanford B	96	10
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley Archer Queen	96	10

Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	86.50
Southern California	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	0%	83.57
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	69.60
Florida	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	82.25
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	10%	75.30
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	11%	78.33
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	0%	83.22
North	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	52.50
Northeast	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	8%	74.58
Pacific	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	25%	79.75
South Central	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	17%	76.33
Southeast	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	0%	75.33
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	40%	80.80