| Current Events | Illinois Canada | The Hague(2) | ✕ | Duterte(1) | ✓ | Davao City(3) | ✕ | 10 | M |
| Fine Arts - Classical Music | WashU Grolars | waltz(2) | ✓ | Edvard Grieg(3) | ✕ | Lyric Pieces(1) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Fine Arts - Classical Music | Purdue D | Messiah(2) | ✕ | Georg Fredrich Handel(1) | ✕ | Zadok the Priest(3) | ✕ | 0 | |
| Fine Arts - Other | Illinois Champaign | punk(2) | ✓ | Madonna(3) | ✓ | Vivienne Westwood(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture | WashU Grolars | Rembrandt(3) | ✕ | Albrecht Dürer(1) | ✕ | St. Jerome(2) | ✕ | 0 | |
| History - American | Rose-Hulman A | Cuba(2) | ✓ | Barry Goldwater(3) | ✕ | Grenada(1) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| History - American | Illinois Blue | Alabama(1) | ✓ | Scottsboro Boys(2) | ✕ | John Lewis(3) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| History - American | Illinois Champaign | Richmond(3) | ✕ | Harrison family(1) | ✕ | Oliver(2) | ✕ | 0 | |
| History - European | WashU Grolars | Bolsheviks(2) | ✓ | Vladimir Lenin(1) | ✕ | Alexander Kerensky(3) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| History - Other | Purdue D | Tigris River(2) | ✓ | Pahlavi(3) | ✕ | Parthian Empire(1) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| History - Other | Indiana B | ice(3) | ✕ | New Mexico(1) | ✕ | projectile points(2) | ✕ | 0 | |
| History - World | Indiana B | Cape Town(1) | ✓ | African National Congress(2) | ✕ | Bantustans(3) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Literature - American | Rose-Hulman A | J. D. Salinger(1) | ✕ | “A Perfect Day for Bananafish”(2) | ✕ | Connecticut(3) | ✕ | 0 | |
| Literature - British | Rose-Hulman A | Beowulf(3) | ✕ | Seamus Heaney(2) | ✕ | Death of a Naturalist(1) | ✕ | 0 | |
| Literature - British | William Woods University A | mysteries(2) | ✓ | E. M. Forster(3) | ✕ | A Passage to India(1) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Literature - British | Illinois Champaign | Mary(3) | ✓ | A Room of One’s Own(1) | ✕ | Radclyffe Hall(2) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Literature - European | WashU Grolars | comedy(2) | ✓ | Peloponnesian War(1) | ✕ | Cleon(3) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Literature - European | Illinois Champaign | being blind(2) | ✓ | Portuguese(1) | ✕ | The Stone Raft(3) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Mythology | Illinois Blue | tablets(1) | ✓ | foxes(3) | ✓ | Enlil(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Philosophy | Purdue D | Zen Buddhism(2) | ✕ | Martin Heidegger(3) | ✕ | mu(1) | ✕ | 0 | |
| Popular Culture | WashU Grolars | Beyoncé(2) | ✓ | “Fast Car”(3) | ✓ | blackbirds(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Religion | William Woods University A | wheels(3) | ✕ | Shiva(2) | ✕ | Vaishnavism(1) | ✕ | 0 | |
| Science - Biology | Illinois Blue | Bacteria(3) | ✕ | RuBisCO(1) | ✕ | C4 photosynthesis(2) | ✓ | 10 | H |
| Science - Biology | Purdue D | Fungi(3) | ✓ | pheromones(1) | ✓ | slime molds(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Science - Biology | Illinois Champaign | DNA replication(3) | ✕ | antibiotics(2) | ✕ | GFP(1) | ✕ | 0 | |
| Science - Chemistry | Purdue D | basic(3) | ✓ | solvents(2) | ✕ | SN2(1) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Science - Chemistry | Illinois Champaign | iron(1) | ✓ | coordination complexes(2) | ✕ | soft(3) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Science - Other | Rose-Hulman A | zero(2) | ✕ | roots of unity(1) | ✕ | fields(3) | ✕ | 0 | |
| Science - Other | Illinois Canada | integration(3) | ✓ | harmonic(1) | ✕ | Cauchy–Riemann equations(2) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Science - Other | William Woods University A | titanium(2) | ✕ | corundum(1) | ✕ | hematite(3) | ✕ | 0 | |