| 100% | NADIA | 5 | ___ Comaneci, the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 at the Olympics |
| 74% | NADIA | 5 | Comaneci who was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect ten at the Olympics |
| 58% | NADIA | 5 | She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist and the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Games |
| 55% | COMANECI | 8 | Nadia __, first gymnast to be awarded a perfect 10 |
| 50% | COMANECI | 8 | Nadia, the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 |
| 42% | YOUMIGHTTHINK | 13 | The Cars Top 10 hit whose video features 44-Across as a housefly (and was the first to win the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year) (3 wds.) |
| 42% | COMANECI | 8 | Nadia who was the 1st gymnast to get a perfect 10 |
| 41% | RETTON | 6 | Gymnast Mary Lou who was the first woman to appear on the front of a Wheaties box |
| 38% | NISHIYA | 7 | Momiji ___, Japanese street skater who was one of the youngest Olympians to win a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics |
| 38% | PEN | 3 | Remember the first time you were allowed to use a ___ (ink-filled writing tool) instead of a pencil at school? Best. Day. Ever! |
| 38% | BONO | 4 | First musician to be a ''Time'' Person of the Year |
| 38% | SKY | 3 | ___ Brown, British skateboarder who was one of the youngest Olympians to win a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 38% | TARA | 4 | ___ Lipinski, US skater who was one of the youngest Olympians to win a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics |
| 38% | KUSUO | 5 | ___ Kitamura, Japanese swimmer who was one of the youngest Olympians to win a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics |
| 37% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | First Native American to win a gold medal at the Olympics |
| 37% | MIRAINAGASU | 11 | First American woman to land a triple axel at the Olympics |
| 37% | LORNASIMPSON | 12 | "Projects 23" photographer who was the first African-American woman to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (2 wds.) |
| 37% | YUTOHORIGOME | 12 | Japanese skateboarder who was the first person to win a gold medal in skateboarding at the Olympics, in men's street skateboarding in Tokyo in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | What is said to be found at the end of a rainbow |
| 36% | JACKIESTILES | 12 | 2016 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first Division I player to score over 1,000 points in a season: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SE\"HOME | 8 | Be a gentleman to at the end of a date, say |
| 35% | LISALESLIE | 10 | Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game: 2 wds. |
| 35% | OTTO | 4 | Swimmer Kristin ___, the first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympics |
| 35% | STEVENASH | 9 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the first Canadian to win the NBA MVP award |
| 35% | SUNILEE | 7 | Gymnast who was the first Hmong American athlete to compete in the Olympics |
| 34% | POT | 3 | Container that's said to be at the end of a rainbow |
| 34% | JOINER | 6 | Person likely to be at the top of a sign-up sheet |
| 34% | TATUM | 5 | Actress O'Neal who was the youngest person to ever win a competitive Oscar, at age 10 |
| 34% | KOSOVO | 6 | Partially-recognized Balkan state that was a first time entrant at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
| 34% | VVEBDUBOIS | 10 | Historian, essayist and civil rights leader who was the first African American to receive a doctorate at Harvard |