| Current Events | Illinois Urbana | The Hague(2) | ✓ | Duterte(1) | ✓ | Davao City(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Current Events | Purdue A | Xi Jinping(1) | ✓ | remittances(3) | ✓ | Honduras(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Current Events | Indiana B | radiation therapy(1) | ✓ | Eswatini(3) | ✓ | Gardasil(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Fine Arts - Classical Music | Purdue A | waltz(2) | ✓ | Edvard Grieg(3) | ✓ | Lyric Pieces(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Fine Arts - Classical Music | Chicago B | Messiah(2) | ✓ | Georg Fredrich Handel(1) | ✓ | Zadok the Priest(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Fine Arts - Classical Music | Chicago A | Antonín Dvořák(2) | ✓ | French horn(3) | ✓ | Florence Price(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Fine Arts - Classical Music | Purdue B | Richard Wagner(3) | ✓ | relative major(2) | ✓ | mediant(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Fine Arts - Classical Music | Purdue A | Antonio Vivaldi(3) | ✓ | presto(2) | ✓ | “Summer”(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Fine Arts - Other | Illinois Urbana | piano(1) | ✓ | Thelonious Monk(2) | ✓ | Newport, Rhode Island(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Fine Arts - Other | Purdue A | Martin Scorsese(2) | ✓ | photographs(3) | ✓ | Paris(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Fine Arts - Other | Iowa A | Stevie Wonder(2) | ✓ | organ(3) | ✕ | talk box(1) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Fine Arts - Other | Chicago B | Frank Lloyd Wright(2) | ✓ | Prairie School(1) | ✓ | Usonian(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Fine Arts - Other | Indiana B | nuns(3) | ✓ | Jacques Offenbach(2) | ✓ | shoes(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Fine Arts - Other | Chicago A | punk(2) | ✓ | Madonna(3) | ✓ | Vivienne Westwood(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Fine Arts - Other | Purdue B | Cannes Film Festival(3) | ✓ | American Sign Language(2) | ✓ | The Piano(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture | Illinois Orange | Venus(1) | ✓ | red AND black(2) | ✓ | encaustic(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture | Illinois Urbana | scrolls(3) | ✓ | pagodas(1) | ✓ | Isabella Stewart Gardner(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture | Purdue C | perspective(1) | ✓ | Donatello(3) | ✓ | foreshortening(2) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture | Purdue A | Rembrandt(3) | ✓ | Albrecht Dürer(1) | ✓ | St. Jerome(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture | Chicago B | Salvador Dalí(3) | ✓ | American Gothic(1) | ✓ | Frederic Remington(2) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture | Indiana B | Vincent van Gogh(1) | ✓ | Arles(2) | ✓ | smoking(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture | Chicago A | Pisa(1) | ✓ | Alhambra(3) | ✓ | Kufic(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Geography | Purdue C | Lagos, Nigeria(2) | ✓ | Benin(1) | ✓ | Senegal River(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Geography | Iowa A | barbecue(2) | ✓ | Missouri(1) | ✓ | St. Joseph(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Geography | Indiana B | tea(2) | ✓ | shark fin(3) | ✓ | Hokkien(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Geography | Purdue B | Death Valley National Park(2) | ✓ | salt flats(3) | ✓ | Tunisia(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| History - American | Illinois Orange | Cuba(2) | ✓ | Barry Goldwater(3) | ✓ | Grenada(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| History - American | Chicago B | Boston(1) | ✓ | The Atlantic(3) | ✕ | Lodge(2) | ✓ | 20 | EH |
| History - American | Indiana B | James Madison(2) | ✓ | John Marshall(1) | ✓ | Fletcher v. Peck(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| History - American | Purdue B | Alaska(3) | ✓ | Deepwater Horizon oil spill(1) | ✕ | Halliburton(2) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| History - American | Illinois Blue | Florida(3) | ✓ | Cahokia(1) | ✓ | Osage(2) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| History - American | Purdue A | First Lady of the United States(1) | ✓ | Patrick Henry(2) | ✓ | George Mason(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| History - European | Illinois Orange | French Revolution(2) | ✓ | Maximilien Robespierre(1) | ✓ | Cult of the Supreme Being(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| History - European | Purdue C | Vikings(2) | ✓ | Harald Hardrada(1) | ✕ | Varangian Guard(3) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| History - European | Iowa A | witches(1) | ✓ | Thirty Years’ War(2) | ✓ | Innocent(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| History - European | Chicago B | English Civil War(2) | ✓ | Oliver Cromwell(1) | ✓ | Levellers(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| History - European | Indiana B | Benito Mussolini(3) | ✓ | League of Nations(2) | ✓ | Rijeka(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| History - European | Chicago A | Ukraine(1) | ✓ | António Salazar(3) | ✓ | Rose Revolution(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| History - European | Purdue B | Louis XIV(3) | ✓ | Huguenots(1) | ✓ | Palace of Fontainebleau(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| History - European | Illinois Blue | Ottoman Empire(2) | ✓ | Greek War of Independence(1) | ✓ | Battle of Navarino(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| History - European | Purdue A | Martin Luther(3) | ✓ | Worms(2) | ✓ | Investiture Controversy(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| History - Other | Illinois Urbana | volcanic eruptions(2) | ✓ | Mycenaeans(3) | ✓ | Cyclades(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| History - Other | Purdue A | gold mining(1) | ✓ | Royal Canadian Mounted Police(3) | ✓ | Eureka Rebellion(2) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| History - Other | Chicago B | Tigris River(2) | ✓ | Pahlavi(3) | ✓ | Parthian Empire(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| History - World | Purdue A | Gandhi(2) | ✓ | Sweden(3) | ✓ | Bhopal(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| History - World | Iowa A | bananas(1) | ✓ | Colombia(3) | ✓ | Jacobo Árbenz (2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| History - World | Chicago B | Simón Bolívar(3) | ✓ | The Philippines(2) | ✕ | peninsular(1) | ✓ | 20 | EH |
| History - World | Chicago A | wheels(3) | ✓ | Olmecs(2) | ✓ | conch shells(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| History - World | Purdue B | Mali(3) | ✓ | Sahel(1) | ✓ | Wangari Maathai(2) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Literature - American | Illinois Orange | J. D. Salinger(1) | ✓ | “A Perfect Day for Bananafish”(2) | ✓ | Connecticut(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Literature - American | Illinois Urbana | Sylvia Plath(2) | ✓ | “Lady Lazarus”(1) | ✕ | Ted Hughes(3) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Literature - American | Purdue C | United States Poet Laureate(3) | ✓ | Gwendolyn Brooks(1) | ✓ | Bronzeville(2) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Literature - American | Purdue A | Mississippi(3) | ✓ | The Sound and The Fury(2) | ✓ | Quentin Compson III(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Literature - American | Iowa A | Toni Morrison(2) | ✓ | Song of Solomon(1) | ✓ | Octavia E. Butler(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Literature - American | Chicago B | Edgar Allan Poe(2) | ✓ | Usher(3) | ✓ | orangutans(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Literature - American | Indiana B | Catch-22(1) | ✓ | cotton(3) | ✓ | M&M Enterprises(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - American | Purdue B | William Carlos Williams(1) | ✓ | Imagism(2) | ✕ | asphodels(3) | ✓ | 20 | EH |
| Literature - British | Illinois Orange | Beowulf(3) | ✓ | Seamus Heaney(2) | ✓ | Death of a Naturalist(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - British | Illinois Urbana | Brave New World(3) | ✓ | Kazuo Ishiguro(2) | ✓ | organ donation(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Literature - British | Purdue C | mysteries(2) | ✕ | E. M. Forster(3) | ✓ | A Passage to India(1) | ✓ | 20 | MH |
| Literature - British | Chicago B | Venice(2) | ✓ | The Jew of Malta(3) | ✓ | Portia(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - British | Indiana B | world(3) | ✓ | English Restoration(1) | ✕ | Aphra Behn(2) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Literature - British | Chicago A | Mary(3) | ✓ | A Room of One’s Own(1) | ✓ | Radclyffe Hall(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - British | Purdue A | Ebenezer Scrooge(2) | ✓ | Timothy Cratchitt(1) | ✓ | “God bless us every one”(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Literature - European | Illinois Urbana | Odysseus(2) | ✓ | Ithaca(1) | ✓ | Nikos Kazantzakis(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - European | Purdue C | wedding(3) | ✓ | Federico García Lorca(2) | ✓ | The House of Bernarda Alba(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Literature - European | Purdue A | comedy(2) | ✓ | Peloponnesian War(1) | ✓ | Cleon(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - European | Iowa A | the nose(2) | ✓ | Molière(3) | ✓ | Cyrano de Bergerac(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - European | Chicago B | Latin(3) | ✓ | Horace(1) | ✕ | in medias res(2) | ✓ | 20 | EH |
| Literature - European | Indiana B | sonnet(2) | ✓ | Rainer Maria Rilke(3) | ✓ | “Archaic Torso of Apollo”(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - European | Chicago A | being blind(2) | ✓ | Portuguese(1) | ✓ | The Stone Raft(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - European | Purdue A | second-person perspective(2) | ✓ | If on a winter’s night a traveler(1) | ✓ | Invisible Cities(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - World | Illinois Orange | Jorge Luis Borges(1) | ✓ | “The Garden of Forking Paths”(2) | ✓ | pyramids(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - World | Illinois Urbana | Communism(2) | ✓ | house(3) | ✓ | The God of Small Things(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - World | Purdue C | couplets(2) | ✓ | elephants(3) | ✓ | Rumi(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - World | Purdue A | realism(2) | ✓ | Cairo Trilogy(1) | ✓ | Children of Gebelawi(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - World | Chicago B | Chinua Achebe(3) | ✓ | Africa(2) | ✓ | God(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Literature - World | Purdue B | Jean-Paul Sartre(1) | ✓ | soul(3) | ✓ | Aimé Césaire(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Literature - World | Purdue A | prophets(2) | ✓ | prose poetry(1) | ✕ | Mahmoud Darwish(3) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Mythology | Purdue A | Nile River(2) | ✓ | crocodile(1) | ✕ | Geb(3) | ✓ | 20 | EH |
| Mythology | Chicago B | Romulus(2) | ✓ | Aeneas(1) | ✕ | Sibyl of Cumae(3) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Mythology | Indiana B | Icarus(3) | ✓ | Echo(2) | ✓ | Hecuba(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Mythology | Chicago A | boars(3) | ✓ | ocean(2) | ✕ | Bhumi(1) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Mythology | Purdue A | dogs(3) | ✓ | Cú Chulainn(1) | ✓ | geasa(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Philosophy | Illinois Orange | utilitarianism(3) | ✓ | Robert Nozick(1) | ✕ | experience machine(2) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Philosophy | Purdue A | consciousness(3) | ✓ | Slavoj Žižek(2) | ✓ | ideology(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Philosophy | Iowa A | Charles Darwin(3) | ✓ | Karl Popper(2) | ✕ | The Structure of Scientific Revolutions(1) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Popular Culture | Purdue A | Beyoncé(2) | ✓ | “Fast Car”(3) | ✓ | blackbirds(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Popular Culture | Purdue B | United States(1) | ✓ | Chelsea F.C. Women(2) | ✓ | The Netherlands(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Popular Culture | Purdue A | chess(2) | ✓ | go(3) | ✓ | Stratego(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Religion | Illinois Orange | Star of David(2) | ✓ | Eve(3) | ✓ | aliens(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Religion | Iowa A | baptism(2) | ✓ | Presbyterianism(1) | ✓ | synods(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Religion | Indiana B | Buddha(1) | ✓ | lotus(2) | ✓ | diamonds(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Religion | Purdue B | birthdays(2) | ✓ | Egypt(1) | ✓ | dhikr(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Religion | Illinois Blue | pope(1) | ✓ | fasting(2) | ✓ | Dominican Order(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Religion | Purdue A | Sikhism(2) | ✓ | gurdwaras(1) | ✓ | kirpans(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Science - Biology | Illinois Orange | chromosomes(3) | ✓ | Drosophila(2) | ✓ | transposons(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Science - Biology | Chicago B | Fungi(3) | ✓ | pheromones(1) | ✓ | slime molds(2) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Science - Biology | Purdue B | embryos(1) | ✕ | homology(2) | ✕ | evo-devo(3) | ✕ | 0 | |
| Science - Biology | Purdue A | immunity(2) | ✓ | endemic(3) | ✓ | susceptibility(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Science - Chemistry | Illinois Orange | radioactive(2) | ✓ | aqua regia(3) | ✓ | technetium(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Science - Chemistry | Illinois Urbana | oxidation(1) | ✓ | aldehydes(3) | ✕ | disproportionation(2) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Science - Chemistry | Purdue A | van der Waals forces(2) | ✓ | 12(3) | ✓ | molecules(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Science - Chemistry | Chicago B | basic(3) | ✓ | solvents(2) | ✕ | SN2(1) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Science - Chemistry | Indiana B | chemical equilibrium(2) | ✓ | transition states(1) | ✕ | vibrations(3) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Science - Other | Illinois Urbana | integration(3) | ✓ | harmonic(1) | ✕ | Cauchy–Riemann equations(2) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Science - Other | Purdue C | titanium(2) | ✓ | corundum(1) | ✕ | hematite(3) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Science - Other | Purdue A | correlation coefficient(1) | ✓ | linear regression(2) | ✓ | confounding variables(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Science - Other | Chicago B | Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation(3) | ✓ | cosmological(1) | ✕ | Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric(2) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Science - Other | Indiana B | proof(1) | ✓ | four(3) | ✓ | coloring(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Science - Other | Chicago A | binary(2) | ✓ | quicksort(1) | ✕ | Richard Hamming(3) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Science - Other | Purdue B | sand(2) | ✓ | plasmas(3) | ✓ | CNC(1) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Science - Physics | Illinois Urbana | lasers(1) | ✓ | Bose–Einstein condensates(3) | ✕ | optical tweezers(2) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Science - Physics | Chicago B | Werner Heisenberg(3) | ✓ | ferromagnetism(2) | ✕ | exchange interaction(1) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Science - Physics | Indiana B | imaginary numbers(3) | ✓ | instability(1) | ✕ | Lev Landau(2) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Science - Physics | Chicago A | angular momentum(2) | ✓ | gyroscopes(3) | ✓ | Euler equations(1) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Science - Physics | Purdue B | particle accelerators(2) | ✓ | Lorentz factor(3) | ✕ | cyclotron frequency(1) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Science - Physics | Illinois Blue | Niels Bohr(2) | ✓ | probability(3) | ✕ | path integral(1) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Social Science | Illinois Urbana | self(1) | ✓ | Carl Jung(2) | ✓ | self-efficacy(3) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Social Science | Purdue C | Industrial Revolution(3) | ✓ | Émile Durkheim(1) | ✓ | anomie(2) | ✓ | 30 | EMH |
| Social Science | Iowa A | bonds(1) | ✓ | liquidity(3) | ✓ | coupons(2) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Social Science | Chicago B | Brazil(1) | ✓ | Claude Lévi-Strauss(3) | ✕ | Yanomami(2) | ✕ | 10 | E |
| Social Science | Illinois Blue | donations(1) | ✓ | corporate personhood(2) | ✓ | revolving door(3) | ✕ | 20 | EM |
| Social Science | Purdue A | swear words(2) | ✓ | taboo(1) | ✕ | algospeak(3) | ✓ | 20 | EH |