| 100% | TEEN | 4 | ___ Choice Awards (ceremony last held in 2019) |
| 52% | TONYS | 5 | Theater awards ceremony hosted by James Corden in 2019 |
| 49% | DJKHALED | 8 | "Higher" performer who hosted the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 49% | OSCARS | 6 | Annual awards ceremony held in California where cast and crew compete for golden statues |
| 42% | ESPYS | 5 | Awards ceremony hosted by Anthony Mackie in 2021 |
| 42% | XXXXX | 5 | Awards ceremony hosted by Earl Warren in 1951 |
| 41% | OTHER | 5 | Last choice in some surveys |
| 39% | STREAMED | 8 | "The award ceremony was ___ live." (aired in real time) |
| 39% | OTHER | 5 | Last choice in a questionnaire question, often |
| 38% | KIMMEL | 6 | Television's Jimmy ___, who hosted the Academy Awards ceremony in 2023 |
| 38% | GRADING | 7 | Ceremony for awarding new belts in Tae Kwon Do |
| 37% | DECAF | 5 | Coffee choice in the late afternoon, perhaps |
| 37% | BTS | 3 | "Butter" K-Pop band that won three Kids' Choice Awards in 2021 |
| 36% | JOELMCHALE | 10 | "Community" actor who hosted the People's Choice Awards in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 36% | USA | 3 | Country where award mentioned in 44a is held: Abbr. |
| 36% | IRAN | 4 | Country that held American hostages in the late 1970s |
| 36% | EMMYS | 5 | Awards show that went hostless in 2019 |
| 36% | CMA | 3 | ___ Awards (event held in Nashville) |
| 36% | ARTISAN | 7 | California ___ Cheese Festival, a week-long culinary celebration held in Santa Rosa in 2019 |
| 35% | GLENNCLOSE | 10 | 2019 SAG Award winner for her role in "The Wife" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | SANDRAOH | 8 | 2019 SAG Award winner for her role in "Killing Eve" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | RENT | 4 | Tony Award-winning musical broadcast on Fox in January 2019 |
| 35% | TONYS | 5 | Awards show hosted in 2019 by James Corden |
| 35% | KENANTHOMPSON | 13 | "Saturday Night Live" comedian who hosted the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DEMILOVATO | 10 | "Sorry Not Sorry" singer who hosted the People's Choice Awards in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 35% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | 2019 Masters champion who had last won the tournament in 2005: 2 wds. |
| 35% | EMILYBLUNT | 10 | 2019 SAG Award winner for her role in "A Quiet Place" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | CSI | 3 | CBS forensic drama that won People's Choice Awards four years in a row (2003-2006) |
| 34% | WINE | 4 | Epcot International Food & ___ Festival, annual food festival held in Florida which lasts up to 75 days |
| 34% | ALLIE | 5 | Holden's late brother in "The Catcher in the Rye" |